The Placer herald., 1865-12-30
Rum and Religion.

kum ana Heu&l0n.
Governor Low, having in his official mes.
sage. called The attention Of the Legislature
to .the superior civilization and Christianity "
Of Massaohuse over Virginia, he no doub,
contemplated that there should he some &C.
lion taken by that body on the subject. We
are sorry, therefore. that Mr.. Miner con.
ssn.ed to the withdrawal Of his motion for a
special committee on the subject. It being
y matter in which the State Of California is
deeply interested. it ought by all means TO be
thoroughly ventilated. We were born and
reared in the benig ighted "Mother Of Presi'
dents" and would have watched the inves'i.
CATION with deep interest.
But our Object now is to call the attention
Of TO, ernor Low to- the subj"ined item
bea, ing upon his proposition. which we find
in the n Y. Sundoy Mercury Of the 25'h
fult. We cannot say ths, The subject matter
thereof will require legislative action. An
Executive re,nonstrance addressed 10 the
Gov Q, nor Of Massacl usetts may answer-eve
~ purpose. We leave this to his superior
clviiza,iou to determine. We are salit6sd
however, that something should be DONE
Here it is:
byron asserts that nothing so soothes the
soul as rum and true religion This doc
.rine has been adopted as the creed Of the
pious Bostonisns. A vessel The Thos. Popr)
cleared from that sanctitisd port few days
ago for the benigh,ed regions of Africa
frsighled with seven missionaries and twen-
ty.pins thousand gallons Of New England
rum. The proportions of Fsstatt's bread
and sack were not more in favor of The bot.
tie than the respective quantities of the
bread Of lite and the alcoholic decoctiou
transported to Africa by the Boston disse,n
inators Of gospel truth and rotgut. Whe.h'
er the whining cant Of the missionaries or
the liquid lightning Of the demj"hn is most
calculated to degrade the poor African may
bs considered an open question. England
Christianizes China by compelling her
authorities to allow an infamous opium ,raf.
H. to be carried on against her own internal
regulations; and her namesake here sends
cut cargoes to her friends in Africa Of snuf
| fling hvpocrites and delirum tremens"
| Think Of that. Governor-se Puritan
missionaries and twen,y,nine thousand gall
do you suppose Africa will have against such
an enrounterl Forty years ago they sent
these same civilizers To the Sandwich Islands
This interesting group then contained about
half million Of happy and thriving savagss
Living in accordance with the laws Of Ma
ture, prescribed for inferior races. they were
hea,bful and multiplied themselves. Since
then, under the inf c,on Of New England
rum and missionaries. they have dwindIed
away to about eighty thousand, and in forty
years more, will be as absolutely extinct as
though they never had existed. In view OF
these results at our door, it is eminenty pro
per that the Governor should take the Ques
lion Of rum and missionaries. as civiIiz. RS,
into serious consideration. What is right to
be done in the premises We are not prepared
to advice. We have every confidence in his
superior civilization" hut would suggest a
conference with our clerical stumpers, Steb
bins and Srudder. before final action in the
matter. On. of them. at least, judging from
his Sunday speeches, is on terms of The most
familiar in''mary with the Almighty and
both the nigger. Advise with them. Cover.
nor, by all means. s. f. Examiner.