St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-05
Lessons of the Hour.

When Judge Davis rose in the court.
in the face of many million dollars,
against the strong current of Il Nitlatcd
public sentiment. the tyranny of rings.
the menace of Il powerful party. and
pronounced Il sentence OF twelve Years
Imni>unmcnt in the case of the m"t"ri-
ous Tve cd. he shook with Il power that
will cIumhlr to ruin the great fabric OF
national fraud vhich i"r years past has
thrown it, shadow across the heart OF
our Republic. staining her reputation.
paralyMmg her power and spreading dis
tIu>t and trembling through the various
grades at her vast community. The
wheels of the Industrial machinery OF
the nation lave been set i'll healthy
motion. the moral atmoSpheIe tighten
ed. the heart of every loyal and patri-
otic citizen chccIed. and the existence
of il stern and immutahlc Justice dem
.n>tratcd beyond the possibility of Il
doubt 10y that noble sentence of Judge
Davis. 1t echoed among the dry bones
of the law until they trrmhlcd again
into life. and to the impudcmt question:
what are Nou going to do about II :!
an insult to every honest citizen
Tweed has received terrible reply.
We think such stern and just rrhrikc
of sin in high places will have Il >;illi-
II, al alt lac,
in the eyes of all Europe. To know
that Justice can fit Il suit of prison
clothes to the back of rich SWindleTs l.
worth all that the know ledge has cost
Beyond the court III which Judge
Davis Slt i another. where Il trial Is IN
progress. with the whole nation i'm
panucllcd ~ jury. and Public Opinion
~ Judge. There stands the prisoner at
the bar Mr.. Political knavc. lie was
trusted with the most Wcightl AND
solemn interests hut he betrayed that
trust. He vH~ >''t ~ Il Waterman oven
the public treasury. and he filled hl>
own puckct>. Being appointed Il makci
of righteous and hcmrticcnt laws. hc
used the great power with which ht
WAS invested |" "T'i'>' '''.'' "'''
l. the l'>'" ne >'"'''''' H'''-' "''',' ~
ned, at the bar of the nation, which
rises to pronounce the Verdict OF guilty.
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"hrF al the ''l'' nave YOU '''' ''''''S ~
say WHY sentence >"''''" '"' '' i''N>'''
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precincts 81 ""i'' h"''' ''"''" III" al
the Scaii"ld' Ie''h on the h'''''' mum
hir the llllai' an" i'' al 'h' l'"i'' S"H
Amen Lesson honesty l. inc 'es'
p"IlcN'
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ing dt>"'''''"i' 'hi"'%" the ''"''''' la
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which, III th"l' iAli nave ''i'''>'" SOM
sound ones. hen followed something
"f Il panic. winch ought h"' |" nav,
been. III" Sl"ri" tact "i inc h'a''el
wa> that In" rotten trees All irIi al
once instead Of IL long intervals. lh">'
that suffered were the least H>t"nl>hcd
They had long seen that lash ~rcc"la,
tium WAS eating lik" Il tanker w"lm imt'
the heart of business. and that a tIm'
would come when never :" brilliant al
exterior would ward on the stroke q"
ruin. As Il nation y" nc restless an'
over cagcl- 10 Ice llch. man goes into
business. and he SAYS. "Wcll. ntcn'