Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-12-20


imagine that bankrupt law has taken 90 th
from bis soul one s,raw's weight Of daty 10
to pay prineipal'and interest, every eeut ga
he owes. Is
PUTTING PROPERTY ISro YOUR wIFrs Ilil
HANDS
There are many ways in which men avoid
paying their debts, which will not bear G
the test of honest investigation. Many a al
man fails in business, and when his creli- a.
tors come upon him for the property b
which surrounded him, it is suddenly dis n
covered that bis reputation Tor wealth was "
built upon the possession of a splendid u
house and grounds which he had made 4
over to his wife, He has been trusted I
because he was supposed to be rich. But I
has riches were false preteEeos, Ills wife y
was rich, aud under cur laws, which are !
far more favorable to yomen than to men, G
she holds the wealth, and the creditors a
are defTauded, To put ones property IN
to the hands of another so as TO save il
from the liabilities of business on the
strength of that property, is not honest in
the sight of God or good men. But therejI'
is vast deal of this wrong-doing in every
commercial community, and it is not up'
: likely that the most Of men will dissent N
from my position that this is positively
wrong. The wrong lies in conccaling the
fact that the assignment has be9n made,
, aud continuing to demand and receive
credit on fictitious basis, r.. lr ..itu
.
d The subterfuges to which men resort,
i to evade the payment of'their debts. are
: better known TO men Of the world than TO
others; but some of these ways and means
are so common that they have almost
IS ceased to be looked upon as dishonest
St Brobably few men have scrupfes that Pre-
a vent them from evaAing taxes if they can,
To- 1t is not the duty Of citizen to, put lTini-
is self in the way Of the assessor, and it is
is very true that, in our city and in most
le cities. assessessments are made without
10 Justice and with great partlahty, But the
s. wrong-doing Of officials does not absove
al the citizen from his obligation to. tell the
he truth. The concealment Of property, and
be giving deceptive answers, are just as dis
honest when designed to cvade govern
ment tax, as when made to an indlvidua
IA to escape the payment of an ordinary
70 debt. The Income Tax perpetuated
IN without Justice or ekpediency isan odious
10 and demoralizing imposition upon the pco-
~ pie, but he who makes an untruthful or
. partial return Of his income, to escape his
L full measure Of taxation, IS not honest
" and cannot Keep good conscience in the
en- sight Of God. .1''"' , '''''''l. 7 I
he The custom house is an institution
o. which many hope Christianity of another
ne generation will utterly abolish; /; but while
lk; It exists as, apart;of the political economy
oi under which we live, to defraud the Gus
IN toms. is just as wicked as to swindle ones
ne neighbor. The temptation is strong to
ig- smuggle, and false swearing 1abounds
ne where goods are subjected to the duties
on of importation. But it is not rights,-Iit
llu is positive wrong,-7i to conceahdh the truth
eS' % or to make an erroneous representation
ol- regarding the nature or value of anything
uo which was brought into port. gai1e.i
'n m u9,G7rhfG GAMBLING, aa' 'ei 1.a"
n | am not sufficiently acquainted will
aid the nature of those operations IN stock
in which are called specat'tiye, and whlcl
at are spoken of as gambling, to make any
ich remarks regarding them Buying anc
not selling stock, ,doE gold on change or IN th'
% y! street, is Just as legitimate and may b.
,lal done with as much integrity and proprle
ere ty, as any other species Of property, aBu
bic into whatever transaction there enters thu
elements of mere chance the Ipripcipl
of gamblng,-there is dishonesty an'
e that practice is in itself wrong, and IN II
!, oi consequences demoralizing To seek tn
lne prorerty Of another without giving HIM a
"a eouivaleht, to rob him. To put mone
pe on the hazard of die, or in a rattle, or
'ye- game of cards, or in a lottery.is profan
ioo- and wicked. AN civilized countries hay
o"h 'n,h come to recognize gambling by Lotteries
wv. w" a social evil to be restrained by law. Ou
''on State, and nearly alhtheq States, forbi
a., atS it under heavy. penalties. 3et'9it col
teu tol tinues to prevail, chiefly underothe p'
"es lection of the Church and mainly the wv
Wno men. In Roman Catholic o1countries 1T /
ny practised almost universally ypnwith II
~ nA sanction of reigions19 Ino Pretstal
ia =: countries and church fairs forpions nu
- poses, this vice is stllll practlced ITO
!, ne ne frightfulextent. This is largely owing
'ui the fact that the female mind does.notal
Nv prehend the reason of the wrong. Ii
ln hipN fair for the benefit of "a church or scho
'u'S or the poor is set on foot, the mlnls'
''Fo and theintelligent men Of the 1congreg
X ton readily see that lotteries, being pr
b;cb .hibited by the lawsiof' the Estate and 4
m 10 sound principles off 9pablic morals, oug
H. not 10 be allowed insithe fair. But W
.oase men will not see it, and willan subn
: sos ob. to it, andwill have the lotbenya Even
reot the lbtter, is prohibited, they will 81
,l;sh. reptitiousy introduce theatystem und
I oll some other name. and dispose of thu
ours fancy work by the principle Of, gamb9lilr
trne Lastiwinter, at the corner ofiThirty-Six
.asnlt street and Broadway, Lsaw anloil pam
those ing of Jesus Christ with label on
,taLe breast, :, dollar chance, land Prest
who teriano and Episcopal Christian lad
and and asked me to take a share lin the lotto
! tho byi which, in defiance flaw, portrait
man the Redeemer was to be disposed Of
inos. his vesturef was attbe foot of his Cro