The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-10-16

may be an adGlterer, and in another set
of circumstances lie will he dchulter.
Let fortune pour wealth into his lap
| through the ordinary channels, and the
demon that presidos within him may
! not come out in the form of fragrant dis
honesty, so that though he may pass
! for fast man, he may yet he held as
/ an honest man, and command unlimit
| ed iinancia! credit But, now, let the
divinilics oftradc conspirc against him,
and doom him to poverty, and, 10! one
mOrning the world IS startled with the
/ report that Mr.. So-and-so has run away
/ with hundred thousand dollars! And
everybody is surprised which only
proves how stupid everybody was. |
am well acquainted with similar case.
remember, n far back ~ fifteen years
ago, making II visit at The house of q
certain man in Il Western State. That
man could have gone to any bank in
the city where he dwet and borrowed
fifty thousand dollars. and no questions
asked. Not a debt but was paid with
punctuality, and none less than he was
suspected OF taint in financial honor.
But had not held intercourse with the
man twenty-fOur hours before | discov-
cred that, for some reason, either con-
stitutional or educational-probably
both--hc had a low moral organization,
which developed itself in what might
be called petty vices, He was remark
able for his facility and fecundity of
unc'can jp,ts and anecdotes. He was a
provcrblal tipplcr in social festivity.
He wa. II pretty intimate associate of
the whiskcy bottle, and occasionally he
was 20 loose rs to become what is called,
in common pariance, "tight"-whatcv-
ar hat means, for have 10 personal
knowledge Of such IN experience. t'if-
teen Yeas tampering with filthy d!a-
,cct aud rum What sort of Il sequence
should YOU expect from that young
man" Aud yet the man had never
stolen dime that anybody knew of
till few years ago, when, trusted
servant Of the government, venting
political ga, about loyalty and all that,
he reached his hand down into the Ma
TONS wallet and took Il hundred thous-
and dollars! y respectable steal, says
the ethics Of the time. II he had stOl
en- my pocket-hcok with five dollars
in it, becuuse he was hungry, he would
have gone to State prison. But those
gentleman thieves, who steal in Iibera!
| figures, we must consider whether they
DO not deserve a more elegant fate!
In conclusion, wish to warn you
against morbid aud most alarming
feature in public sentiment. mean the
prevalent idoiatry Of financial power.
Itismy opinion, that whatever religious
and moral culture young Edward
| ketchum received in lis Chi!dhOOd-and
youth rs matter Of theory, yet the
practical hercsy which he drank IN
with earliest lessons Of the iirpsidc WAS
that the money power was the only sort
of power worthy of respect. To he the
monarch Of Wall street was in his judg-
mcnt, to be dictator and lord every
where. And declare that the preva-
! lent opinion OF men, the fashionable
ethics Of the world, are calculated to con
| firm rather than unsettir a man in this
| pcrnicious judgment. The very SER
wants in yopr Kitchen are inrregnated
with the vile hprc.y, and feel son sc
Of essential inicrOrity on account OF
slender income and calico ir0cks. Thi-
horrible maxim has diseased the whole
fabric Of society to an extent of whlcf
we are little aware,
When the cholera was raging in Alex
audria balloon was sent up in the sky
whith piece Of raw meat attached t.
it, which purified in a le" moment
by reason of the tainted atmosphere. 81
the false ethics of life imprcgnatc th
whole mir with moral disease, and mel
cat and drink damnation, and breath
il in unconsciousIy with every breath
The purging of society from crime mus
begin and go on at every fountain {
public sediment. Oar children must b
taught the Is Scutinl difference bctwce
talent and cUnning-hetween the farnI
ty Of smartnes, that will lie by thi
wholesale for nioncy,nnd the normal "a
f pacity that can accumulate gain by 'i
gitimatc appliances.
Hobbs, in describing the Parliament
airy leaders in the time of Charles
, says, "If craft be wisdom, they wer
, wise enough! but wi-o, rs | define 1t,
: he that knows how to bring his busine'
) to pass without the assistance of knaver
, and ignoble shifts, by the sole otrengt t
, Of his good cOn,rivance. y fool ma
, win from better gamcster by the nt
: vantage of false dice and the packing ,
Q cards"
, am ashamed to see how readily me
will bow down 10 success that Is game
l by craft instead of real wisdom. Ft
Il my own part, | will accept the destin
!, ofa town pauper before | will do
# The young men of the country canno
p be too strongly eXhorted to beware
o the enticements of that bauble whit
Il men call SuCCEss--which too common
o Iy predeslinates the bankruptcy
t Truth and Honor in the soul. The onl
q way to secure Success which shall
r abiding, is to work with clean han'
@ aud an honest heart. There ure Ii
g which do not come to light in Wa
n street, or find lodging in the Tomb
J. They nestle in the secret bosom, the
= burrow in the licensed strategy of Il
g counting-room, they lisp in the smoo'
4 dialect ofthe parlOr, The only safegual
l. of manhood is 10 esehew GUlies and er
d brace all truth. In Heaven are no Ii
e and no liars to tell them and to go
#, Heaven FROM "A cottage of penury
t better than TO pave mans way wi
It ill.gotten gold 10 remorse and despair