Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-10-22


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In this gambling game tie whole com
muniiy have moie orless rsrtiCipated--i
Some devote their time 10 IT, Since nv
day. reniemller, / djns, enc eoeCeru 20
have Eilel four tines--ii fsils 20 JAY. Is on
its faei to-mOrrow, in as good repule as ev.
or. For when the business Is fraud, and
the customs of il aue dishoHesiis. il does
not take man long 10 repair any littlO
cracks in bis reputation.
Merchants are forsaking their legitiinsie
busines, and dabbling in this pool Their
clerks following their example, Camille too
Simple men. seeing thess msHels Of sue
ceSs, venture their hard earniugS and go to
gambling likewise, The lawyer follows
suit: aud that there may be no want OF
moral sanction, ministers Of the Gospel are
found, not a few ] am informed, secretly
buying and selling stocks.
Nov, when the company IbeInseiges are
gigantic speeulatoB by fraudulent aud
dishonest means, and when the stock Of
the company goes up aud down the street,
carving in It's hand bowl drugged with
gaabling, and crowds rush TO drink its in
ioxioation, it is strange that at length, the
head is sick, the whole body faiat, and the
commonwealth lies at length upon the
ground, walIoRing like one possessed,
foaming and rehding hfe:f9
il supposed that there are one tbOo-
sand million dollars invested in railway
property. Can this mountain ofpower be
used against commercial produce, and The
country not reel ami staggerl Can this
prodigiOus weight be cast rudely hiiher
and thther upon the deck, and the keel
lie IevelH Thero is not an honest man 10
the land, patiently conducting Legitimate
business, who is not in the power Of these
irregular forces. There eau be no pesma.
pent security, il iinaneies can, at pleasure
draw mp such enormous elements OF pow
er, and hold them suspended, like water
spouts, to burst apd food down desolatior
t6e moment they are toucned with misfor
tune. And il commercial men will no
draw tight the reins Of morals upan thes
unprinciplel men, they will hayetheir owl
neglect to thank 5r the nischefs whicl
will have come upon them in some sens
by their conniyAnce. 81
'nI.-NOw, ShqI lessc" Do &ese fine
teach? t...
!. Wage TO learn that commercia
prosperity stands indissolubly connected
with public morals. In their heat, rne
cast aside moral scruples, as one woul,
throw oiTtheif gifrmen,sihu race. .Wher
everybody sins together, men fondly thin
hat thor conduct is law ofnature.-
little by little success donineers over cor
science. Ttspermission OF custom, tb
sole condition 6f accomplishing, the fact {
acctuing wealth with ia praise, and inlS
cnce. and power, these overrule NOR
considerations, and men do not hesitate
violate recttude BY ranks aud multitude
They systenize seiflshness aud organic
injustice,
But all seeds demand time betwee
sowing and reaping. When first sow
thi,tIes are as good "a corn. But whc
the reapipg time comes, they that 30
grain sha carry their bosom full ,
sheaves aud they that SOW thistIos sha
have their skins Piercel full Of spines al
poisonous prckIes N commercial into'
icaion il is M IN drunkenness by strou
drink k-iirst the pleasing. exhention, bl
afterwards tho bursting headache.
No class Of men are lupre interested in
high t"le Of public morals than busne
men. Their life stands in credit as muc
as their bodily Iifo stands n air fit
breathe.
Credit demands tho solid rock of intel
rity. II will not stand upon the shiflln
sands of custom, The merchant shouI
DO a Puritan. Whoever else may perm
the public conscience to be tampered vii
the merchant is interested by the who
force Of self interest, that tho oonscenc,
or mon touch God, ami Rnelior there b
yond the reach of temptation, 70 taml
er with the sancily at tne Divine law,
admit anything to DO higher in human u
fairs than religions reetitu,le. isprepamtiC
for uniaith and unlrust of man 10 man,
The merchant that destroys good mo
aa phcks of the planks FROM The botto
Of the ship which gives to him all b
goods He will founder. lie will |
carried down, sooner or later, by ineyltab
leaking.
2 Public indifference 10 immoralties
common, as in other things, will bs Avel
ged as it we're participation. Tho bill
which the wicked men draw against Il
public treasury 10 pay for tllelT grimes an
vices, are alwaya indOrSsd by the virtuol
men ofthe community and in the en-
the sober always pay for the intsmpsrat,
the pure pay the expenses OF the debapc|
ed; tho honest man pays Cor the kuays
debts; tie working aud frugal man pa
for the indolent and spsndthrift; and
such times rs these it is seen that the bea
long and swindIing spectators run d
commercial world into desperats strai
and then the criminals step aside, and /
sound men take tho bunlen aud carry
In prosperous times men attend TO tn
own business, aud will not bo troubl
with public interests. This is a selhs
ness which God will never forget. IN th
hour Of distress they will find out that
difference to public morals is Itself GRIN
and that Providence, in due season, pit
ishes hoNaA and good men for tho m
condacsa hked mon. which they COT
have prevented, but would at. .r.