The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-04-10
qEFects of Public. Gorr,,ption.
From n the New Ssork Tr5.ieaaue a : :


s'soa From the New YORK Tr,euueS ssiv. S
aThefeis d end to the evils of O flagi-
tiousexanple. We must believe there
were sfe w mem who voteda for the
salarysrobbefy7 who wotIld1 not have
done aitsif they had EFefeeted upon
their act. 5slf ai sog38p38Eo9 GA 10 O.
Think Of what it meansa Itis mot
only robbery in fact.y But to- the pubs
lie mind it is robbery! !isdt is sSkaown
and regarded asi just lolies big Steal.
The tutofed and the untutored amind
alike consider itpubiic Stealing iboid,
defiant robbery. .'niW hat an example, {
1t il atstimnient TO every scotindFeiiin
in the land at keeps villainly IN
countenance exeryw here. 81 Il prompts
meni,to take money sthey shave mot
earned and do not own wherever
they can get chaHee. 5sT'hej bankoofz
ficer or the clerk of every grade, In ev-
cry profession and every pursuit, who
thinks he is iusufficieatly paid, under
the shelter Of this example; will icon<
slider he too may rob his employerat
will. The. slave was n thief, because
his master stole him and al! his earn-
ings andD all his belongings IL Con-
grcssmen may march .up ina body to
the Treasury and rob ii sofs Sc, 600
apiece, because there IsA nobody lstoi
prevent them,t then anybody, aud ev-
erybody9 else in nIncircumstancesa %
TEN ptation may3dostIIe ssame.s And,
stim mhlatedl by this high example, they
will do the same.aEC Con gfessnenf will
thus in fuse fresh vitality ityIiutosthievefy'
and dcorruptionlalIs over fhelande Ali
the garroterI wants is your m ofey.i
lie garrotesstor money. 81 All the scarf
pet-bagger or South Garolina negro-isl
atteris money. lie liesgto get mons
ey.gaH q steals ito get money. He
wrecks State to get money.aoA
not he and everyb0dy = kept ins coun-'
tenance and inspiration by the exam-E
pie OF a majority ofaa United States
Congress, who rob- a1treasury rand
disgrace q nations in order to- get
money? p waH 5 nl ,si u .sasss isEfasg,
1t is the great pindnstry-eiuployiag
public that is most effected by the
shocking example. Itis the menswho
employ labor land require integrity.
It the men who know and lfeefthe
value and the. necessity of honesty
that are more interested in this. bus-'ll
mess than any body else. It isn't q
moral question only, by any means.
1t is q question % safety TO the indis-
pensable morality of the community.
Men in private lite must have stand
ard of integrity, and of honor, sand of
truth, which unust be maintained, or
their affairs, aud even society itseaG
go to ruin. If financial lOosenessl i'm i
public life is to pass unrebuked land
unpunished, why not in private as
we'll Every public mans detection
or detection from the paths of homes
ty is n public calamity, insomuch as it
is an aniadthoritive example.1s One pub
lie villain is the father of,ag thousand
private lones. Hence the alarming
progress of decentralization In any So
ciety in which itionoe gets cheadway.
3 ----i. aoh s.sfiYE Bliss - d sssslsiuB4 z |
Iowa will7burno this winter, aG,000,-
900 bushels oil corn, for fuel, lbeeause |
the railroad tariff Tor lffeightage will
consume. fee bushels to transport one |
tothea seaboardta This most forcibly1
illustrates the power of ofimon0p0ly in
retarding the prosperity of the coaa-
try.