Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-07-09
From The Chronotypc.
Money against Morals.

/ am not about to perpetrate a sermon up.
on the ,rite text. that money is the root Of al
evil, nor do ! intend 10 indulge in any phari
saical cant upon the selfish prOprnsities which
prevail among us In the scramble for wealth
for in this respect, ] do not suppose that this
age or this community differs very essentially
from other times and other communities buI
! wish only to note two circumstances which
have recently occurred in this our very good
city, which will show pretty conclusiyely, |
think, that the love OF money Over-rides NOR
al influences a little more decidedly than most
OF US are apt to imagine, and that the most
decided inlquliy that is available, 10 make or
save money, may be practised among us with
the greatest lmpunity, even though in other
cases 1t may meet the Reproduction it deserves.
But TO our subject.
The managing officer of one Of the money
ed institutions of this city, a man Of far more
than ordinary intellectual ability and acquire
ments, and of hitherto u~nsuliied reputation,
has been detected in reanneXlng to his indi-
vldual capital, and appropraIlng 10 his own
use, certain earnings or ShaUjngS Of the bank,
with the business affairs OF which, he was
intTusted.
Upon the discovery of this embezzlement,
deep peniIence was manifested by the delin-
quent, the most prompt and ample restitution
made, and the strongest appeals for mercy
preferred. As an erTing man who has suffer-
ed the punishment Of an accusing conscience,
and who must continue TO feel the pangs Of
remorse, and notifications of pride, il could
be wished that some little abatement of the
open and general Indignation might be ex-
tended to him, especially by his brother Shy
locks of the street, between whom and him
self perhaps, after all, there may not be much
more intrinsic difference than is supposed to
exist between tweedle-dee and iweedle-dum.
But let this pass. We have no desire to eX-
tenuate crime, though we may often wish 10
mitigate punishment, and abate suffering. 1t
is sufficient to say that this affair Is viewed
with universal indignation by the community
at large, but especially so by the more veal
thy portion Of our citizens.
Let us now consider another occurrence
which has turned up amongst us, one Of far
greater moral lurpilude, and far deeper Grim
|inality, than that which we have been cOnsi-
dering, and ponder upon the verdict which.
in this case also, has been awarded by the
community to the offenders.
At the instigation, or rather at the bidding
and direction of one of our merchant princes
to his servants, a man has been kidnapped at
MONDAY in the streets of Boston. and borne
off into hopeless slavery, one hour of which,
we have been told by competent authority, is
more intolerable than an age Of that political
bondage. against which our fathers rose in re-
bellion.
The perpetrators Of this iniquity walk the
streets unmoles,ed by the law, and unrebuk-
ed by the moral sense of this community
nay, more, the prime movers in this transac-
ton, the head and front Of this offence agalnsl
God and man, openly boasts in the streets and
through the public press, that his brother mer'
chants justify the deed and approve the
crime! Nor has this taunt met with any de,
NAL from the 'gentlemen Of property and
Standing but with silent assent passes IN
challenged
If thu uniueky 6nencier were compelled to
pass the nom Of high change in public pro-
senoe, among his quondaua friends and fo.msl
sseociates, we doubt not the severity Of th'
punishment wculd exceed the iaslc'ioa # 'h'