Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1841-12-02
Aa|0RA!'L|TfIES.

snd outrages the alsen fraud and the
startling crime. Which walk abroad at
noon,av, we fancy We can hear in all A.
round us, the CITY ols No! wo! wo unto.
the workers of iniqaitvi' Sin, plated in
gold, throws back the hasteless arrows Of
justice; vice overbears the moral sense &c
the community; corruption spreads its
lothesoneness over al that was once fair
and lovely; the ties Of honor and honesty
that once bnund men to their solemn OBJ
i legations are severed; the requirements
Of good faith are disregarded; the de-
cencies Of Life are openly violated.
Is this fancy or is it fact Let him
who doubts, examine the condition Of
ovr public institutipns-let him probe
the depths d our social intercourse. n
, the former he will And dishonesty reign
ing triumphant bold faced yillainy
lordi5s 4 With supreme sNa while s.
sbasked and;shrinking merit covers be-
sfsfe Il; and trick and regeneration oc-
knpving the places which ought to &c
filed viii candor and piain-desiins. e
the latteihe will find smooth-faced by
n,cricy ,canting benevolence, lying phi
sunthrsply y, and Nickedness, under the
garb of aorality-avarice, that sucks the
fe-blonS from its administrations
ness. tia paases at no restraint OF de-
ceney-ixury. beyond the dreams ct the
Sybaritd sWo! wo. wo to the workers
Of iniquk.'
God iIp Us here OF Philadelphia, for
greatly we need his protecting gra-
ees le laws which men make are
broken Tough. OF serve but as meshcs
to catci1e unwary; against the strong
evil -do4,ey are worse than powerless.
neholdk man who has squandered the
patritnd Of the orphan. and broken the
cruise de widow. and snatched The
crust fStha foethIess gems Of the old
and ming poor Behold him AS he
walks 81 clothed in purple ard fiue
linen, is at tables grnaliing beneath
the tre&rs Of the earth. Costly raj
ment aisnltuous viands, and the rich
est iuiG Tie grape are his; the four
Quartet the globe supply him with
,iaintiel sIelicacies and rare caer-
ings: tteat Of the Door and the needy
i distllnto anbSosia for his fastisii-
Gus APE. Contrast him, in all the
iasoIeE his ill-gotton wealth, with
Sc poSim whose face he has ground
Is exactions whose cup he
hawith bitterness whose bread
haseened with the torturing tears
jgraeee with what an air he swags
hrs TIL the streets, pride IN his
-. Dor. De ssslhis -eze,, and then be-
hold the ether crawling to his miserable
hovel. weak, weary, -dispiiited and tles-
polj,ng, to listen to complaints which
he cannot sooth,, to witness misery which
he cannot alieviatc-sW 0. wa! NO, the
worker ofiniquity!'
Why is it, gracious Providence, that
here where we boast Of equal laws,and e.
ven handed justice--here, where the orator
proclaims, and the poet sings. and the
scribe records, that al met, are alike
bound by the strong chain of public o.
pinion-that the starving wretch goes uu-
ssept and implied to bis ielon doom, and
the loftier sconndrel still basks unharm-
I'd amidst his rose-colored enioymentss
Why is it, that he who snatches his
neighbours. pufse in--awald of just pun-
ishment-rpts in the dampness Of the
prison houss, while he who takes from
his neiehbor his houses and his lands and
his possessions4le who absorbs into his
own yolaci0us chesttheusarsds and tens
Of thousands belongeg to others--he
goes on, day after day, Sscumulat;no for
Ills own gain from the ssreyerses Of
those who have entrusted hiM. rolls IN
lis aiided chariot, and laughs = NE m;a-
fortunes he has occasloEed:
oh, judgement thou art fed to british ssssa
And men have lost their reason.
There was time when j. was a prid'
70 bean inhabitant Of this city. Goot
faaf in our public transaction-hono
and decency and respect in our pr.yat
.lasl;nos-such were our characteristic
amone all men. That time has passed
Reproach has fallen upon us;-lndlscr'
l,on-misma nagement--eraud-- CORFU
,;sn-yiolenee all these have stalnt
M purity o( of our reputation. Gre
seornorationa swallowing up IN their a
crasping efforts the incomes Of the col
netent. and the laborieus earnings OF Z
i,oor--fnen elevated by their fellows
lie highest pinnacle d esteem, sto9pi
% coIifriyances which would have q
raced tie most lovly-public Office
w;Ifally abusive Of their trusts PUB
;asf;ce twisted from its solemn impair
~ w y n.,,l; " 6ninion misdirected pl