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wl irtied a hardy and industrious laboring n cla?s who arc both able and willing to lay j 0 •hold of the pick and shore! and assist in j vextracting the precious metal from the au-1 sriferous earth which covers the valleys, the] _hillsidwo and the mountain tops of the rEureka State. A great deal has been y said, and truly said, of our wonderful prosperity, and the almost fabulous amounts of gold that has been shipped from ourshores. But with all our apparent pros- .perity, with all the gold that^we dig from j our mines, and which is smelted in every j mint, and stamped in the coin of every ^ civilized nation on earth; the question may y be asked, are we a contented, are vre a j happy people/ We answer most emphati ^ cally, no ! That no people, or community ^ of persons, can, for any great length of time, be happy, when there is so great apreponderance of the male over the female Iportion of society as exists in the State of j California.1VI1tMan never has been contented under such circumstances, and never will be till human nature itself changes. God has justly ordained that man should not live for himself alone. It is a part of his very nature to desire the society of the opposite sex; and that man who will wrap himself in his own selfishness, and refuse syuipa- 1 thy, or a feeling of attachment for that 1 class to which his mother belongs, or to ' be influenced to a certain decree by the ' presence of virtuous female society, is void I; of all feelings of refinement and should be ! banished without the pale of civilized so- j ] ciety. It is true, many may for a time i enjoy themselves in their own society,: i when there is a freedom of expression and i action that pleases, and appears to possess lt;a charm for the time being, but of which ’ they soon tire, and grow melancholy, mo-1 lt;rose and morbid in their dispositions, be- i come rough and uncouth in their manners and selfish in their actions : and lone:for a change, where they will be surround- ;ed by that refinement and delicacy—that; lt;something—the real charm of which is j inowhere to be found but in the society of j lt;woman. ]Woman lias, in all ages, controlled society at large, and that society has been goodW W •' lt;|or bad in proportion as the women have been virtuous and respectable, or abandonedand profligate. jc■Now, what we most need in California, is an addition of virtuous females, who will! bring with them the refinement of the j older states, and stamp its impress upon j society here, and shed upon all classes]that; benign influence which they alone possess.Then will that moral reform be perfected, which hits been working its way slowly but surely, for the last four or live years.Then will “’dance houses ” with all theirattendent evils, be banished from ourmidst; drinking saloons will become less frequented; men will spend their evenings in the society of females pleasantly, and in accordance with refined tastes, and leave
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San Andreas Independent
San Andreas, California, US
Sat, Feb 21, 1857
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