Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-02-27
A RADICAL EyIl,.

A RADICAL EvIL.
| The world is teeming with wha
may be justly termed radical evils bu
while this is SO, the public attention
can only be directed to them by piece
meal, or one at time.
| Our mind at this moment is called
to notice the sad effects upon the youns
man entering into active business life
of a want of promptness, especially ,
want of promptness in paying debt.
that he may contract.
Young man, you may set this dowr
as an infallible rule, that the busines,
men who have had experience, and by
industry, promptness and frugality
gained competence or wealth, are Of.
ten looking about them.to find compe.
tent assistants among young men, and
they scan closely the conduct of all
those who come under their observa.
tion. Il is silly notion that young
men sometimes entertain, that their
shortcomings are not noticed by those
whose good opinion they know is val
liable, and which they desire to retain.
Such conduct Is not whit more silly
than that of the ostrich when It hides
its head in the sand to escape the no.
ticc Of Ito y,uro,,ar
Among the many good qualities
which the young man may have as
recommendations to favor In the eyes
Of the straightforward, successful
business man and good citizen, there
stands prominent the one of carefully
guarding against contracting debts he
ID not sure of being able to meet, and
as carefully adjusting debts with
promptness. If the man who, having
passed his majority, is just budding
into business life, makes debts and
frequent promises to pay, neither Of
which he liquidates, and then goes
around among older heads, who, in
ninety-nine cases out of hundred,
never made their ten, twenty, or hun
dred thousand dollars by pursuing
such course, and asks for their con-
fidence, for their countcnance and sup
port in some enterprise he contem-
plates, or for employment, he must not
be surprised If his request be kindly,
but peremptorily declined.
The fact is, young man, you may be
poor, you may be without what the
vanity of the woEld calls social status !;
but vain effort to keep up appear
ances by clothing yourself in apparel
unpaid-for, or otherwise shoddying
through the world, will, each day, de-
crease your standing and lead you on
in confirming you in a habit that will
finally sap irrevocably the foundations
Of all your native manhood and end
in making you worse than good-for-
nothing. We know there are valid ex-
cuses, sometimes, for failure in prompt
ness, but these the world soon learns.
and it is not Of these VIC speak.
We see every day, about us, many
young men contracting this slipshod
way of going through the world, and
it is SIMPLY fastening upon them rad
ical evil that precludes success in life.
Young man, let us assure you that
rigid honesty and promptness is worth
as much more to You than contrary
course as good sound, robust body
is worth more than feeble, sickly one.
The resolution to instruct the Judi
ciary Committee, of the House, to
inquire into the question whether
Schuyler Colfax was liable to i'm
peachment or not, was instroduced by
that sweet-scented Fiye-Points' demo-
cratic Congressman, Fernandy Wood,
so frequently immortalized by Nasby.
There was slim attendance of Repub-
lcans, and democrats were generally
in, no doubt having knowledge of
the plot. Only three Republicans
voted for the resolution, and they SO
voted that the Judiciary Committee
might have an opportunity to make
a report vindicating Mr.. Colfax-
Other Republicans thought the
resolution ought not to reach the
dignity of q reference even.-
Not man of the democrats who vo-
ted for the resolution, has the remot-
est idea that there is the shadow OF
grounds for the impeachment of the
Vice. President, but they sought to
sneak around like sheep-killing dogs
and throw shadow upon the charac-
ter of Mr.. Colfax, by introducing and
voting for the resolution, calling upon
the Judiciary committee to investigate
the matter. Now they will ring the
changes upon the large vote for the
reference, as scandal mongers always
do, when they can cunningly and infa-
lhously set a story afioat about repu-
table man, when they know there is no
truth in it. That job is a scallawag
political clap-trap.
The Des Moines Republican says a
report comes from Council Bluffs, that
General G. M. Dodge, who failed to
answer the summons to appear before
the Credit Mobilier investigating COM
mittee at Washington, slipped into the
Bluffs on Monday night of this week,
but has avoided publicity, not being
anxious that the officers of the COM
mittee should know of his wherea-
bouts.
The famous Sioux chief 'Settine