Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-06-16
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It would seem, would
teach a man to take pains to avoid dis
aster. But we believe the contrary Is
invariably the case. A gentle
man who has machinery in operation
informs US that lads and new hands
never receive hurt In the first, and sell
dom In the second year Of their en-
ployment. 1t Is only when familiarity
with danger makes them careless tnat
they receive the damage, loss Of lie OF
limb, which might have been aVereea
by caution. And this Is true also OF
many Of the employees upon railroads.
and the drivers Of horses attached to
public conyeyanees. The experience
which ought to insure safety Is ooun-
terbalanced by the Indifference which
custom begets. In moral relations and
in business movements the same unfor-
tunate-ru seems to hold good. Those
who understand danger and risk come
at last to despise the caution which q
novice does not forget. This Is poor
consolation to confiding persons who
fancy that the experience Of those who
hold their lives in hand Is a guarantee
of safety. The only security, after all,
Is In conscience. Every man should
not only regard the lives of others as a
sacred trust, but his own life also. So
should his own property be carefully
guarded; for while family or friends,
or the claims Of humanity and justice
exist, he Is, in one sense, a trustee for
the property Of which he Is In law the
absolute owner. He has no moral
right to ~squander, leopard, or to
waste the means Of which no thus
holds the trust. Carelessness of
ones own property very often causes
indifference to the rights Of others, and
thus, with no worse motive than care
lessness If c~arelessness can be termed
a motiveh property Is wrecked and
character blasted. There are many
such melancholy ruins, which never
become public except among the suffer
ers. Delicacy, charity, regard for the
surviving family, or a natural dislike
of notoriety cause many breaches Of
trust to be concealed as far as possible
from the public knowledge. Where
there Is no prospect of recovery Of the
property lost on wasted; or where the
tr-ansgressor IS from repentance un-
likely or from circumstances unable to
do further wrong, perhaps 1t is as well
that this should be so. Every man
must be the judge in his own case OF
the course which 1t is proper for him
to pursue. But if all that charity COW
ers or policy ~conceals in society could
be revealed, many people would be
shocked at the revelations. There Is
one event which compels publicity
and that Is the death Of the derelict.
We do not mean by publicity the
chronicling of all the circumstances In
the newspapers. But We mean the aw-
full shock which falls upon a commu-
nifty when the name We have been
accustomed to respect Is suddenly shorn
of its honor; and the memory which
friends would cherish, they can think
of only with sad pity at the best, If
not with injured indignation. Such
melancholy departures from rectitude
damage mems confidence in their fell
lows and this occasionally goes far
enough to cause doubts Of men whose
honorable practice Is fully equal to
their deservedly high reputation. The
perils which in some instances surround
a man whose probity nobody presumes
to question, are like the increased
risk which is incurred by the adept
among machinery. Occasionallysan
unhappy object of popular confidence
presumes upon that confidence, and
exposes himself to temptations and
dangers which a man less trusted
would avoid. In such cases the almost
uniform result Is ruin, public exposure
and private remorss, which Is worse
than any notoriety. Men may hide
their faults from others-they cannot
conceal them from themselves. They
may even live down public censure,
and vet not be able to stife the stern
reproofs of their own consciences.
Self-respect Is among the dearest OF
possessions. 1t will compensate for
poverty, and make penury cheerful.
But no amount of ill-gained wealth
can so gild to himself a mans iniquity
a to hide from himself the base metal.
Then, too, it often happens that people
force their condolences and their trusts
upon others when they ought to trust
themselves. This acts badly in several
ways-it begets want Of self-reliance
and general habits of helplessness in
those who fall into the practice ; it
frequently adds to the cares and
troubles Of men already sufficiently
burdened in that respect, and some,
times throws temptations In the way
of men on whom such trusts are forced,
to betray them, and brings them to
premature graves as unfortunate vic
tins of remorse. These are results
that people would shrink from If they
only knew how often they r caused
by adopting the habit Of relying upon
others. to take r Of their affairs
when they should take care Of them
themselves.
THE PRIZE RINa AT GRASS VALLEY.
The Grass Valley Union Of the 18th
inst. says