The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-22

Another death knell sounded out of the
courts of New York, Friday. Another
corrupter of the people, tamperer with
the elective franchise and robbcr OF the
public funds met his doom. The prince
of all the robbers, the heir apparent OF
Tweed the king, follows after the king, and
the doors of the pententiary or states pri-
son stand wide open to receive him. Henry
Genet, the ''prince," as he and his friends
delighted to designate him, stands convict
ed of robbing the public treasury, the safe
ty of which he was sworn to protect. A
commissioner to superintend the erection
of the Harlem court house and to see to it
that the peoples money was economically
and judiciously expended by false and
fraudulent bills he distracted thousands of
dollars from the city treasury and placed
| them in his own pocket There was no
| danger of detection. How could there be !?
| The city was controlled by class of men
who not only winked at such acts but par
| ticipated in the proceeds thereof. Backed
up bya majority of over fifty thousand
votes, the dynasty seemed destined for per-
petuty. When one of the peculators died
another was ready to take his place, and
we'll could the cry ring out, as of old, the
kings dead ,.the king lives, long live the
king. Happily they were too strong, too
safe, too secure. The revolution came. 1t
came surely, silently. peacefully, but aw-
fully for the plundercrs The king was
dead, the prince has followed him, and no
one is left TO cry out long live the king.
Henry Genet, had he been honest, had the
| qualities to have made him an useful public
man. Possessed of more than ordinary tai
ents of pleasing personal and social quail
ties which attached to him all classes alike,
he preferred TO attempt the attainment of
wealth and public position by dishonest,
corrupt appliances aye, by stealing, brib-
cry and ballot box stuiiing than by honest
patient industry.
1t may be, if there is such a thing pos
sible that dishonesty was bred in him, and
that his blood told lie has held positions
where he could have amassed Il compare
tive fortune, certainly a competency, by
honest means; but chosing dishonesty this
is his end. Six weeks have made a vast
difference in his destiny. He had served
his city and districts in both branches OF
the common council, as county clerk, an(
in the state assembly and senate. AT the
last election, some six weeks ago, he pre-
sented himself to the voters of the district
as candidate for the assembly They
endorsed minimizing him their represen
tative by plurality of over fifteen hundred
votes. Friday jury pronounced him {
felon. The people of the district sent hin
to the assembly to assist in making laws
but court and jury have convicted him al
felOn and will send him to the prison
house. First Tweed, then Ingersol, ant
now Genet-do not others read their doom
can hardly conceive of more impressiv,
lesson than is taught by these quick follow
ing convictions; but it is so apparent tina
it needs not enforcement trust, how
ever, it will be appreciated and followed
Aside from the most suggestive facts-tha
the only safety is in honesty and integrity
and that, as general rule, mans sim
will, sooner or later, find him out-tlere II
another which is all important and may b.
overlooked by Vermonters. The safety o
the country, the security of society, depend
upon intelligence in the jury box. Gu
Vermont jurors have always been intelli
gent, and we have never suffered in on