Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-01-01
CORRUPTION AND ITS FINAL RESULT.


Not long since Jay Gould. of New
York City, was prosecuted by the MN
age ment of the Erie Railroad Company
for mi-apropriaiing, or in palmer Ian
guage, stealing eight or nine millions oi
dollars of the Company's funds.
4 few Gays ago the case was com
promised. The suit WAS Withdrawn and
Gould paid back his i'll gotten gains. and
is as free as if he were the purest of men
That such cheat upon honor. law
and Justice dared TO be prac;iced openly
and without even a blush of shame. il
sturning and causes men who honor truth
and obey law to look steadily into each
others faces and inquire how long can
law and order and free government stand
the pressure of such monstrous state o.
corruption
The state of ...ociety that will permit
the law and the courts to 50 founder in
corruption stands on the brink of dior
der and anarchy, into which once piuns
ed there can be no escape except through
the power Of strong government AMI des-
poii m.
Every honest man who desires the
perpetuiiy of our free noble God given
Republic must turn fiercely against this
state of corruption or the Republic will
soon be numbered with the things of the
past, and live only in history.
If the people permit those who admin
lister, the law, and jnrics and courts to be
as merchandise in tie market, they must
prepare them selves for state of degreda-
ton. A strong government strides close
ly by the side of such a state Of public de-
bauchery, and only awaits the opportuni
ty to extend the iron rod. A course OF
fifty years perhaps less-of such corrup.
tion will destroy the Republic The poor
and those in the humble walks of life are
the ones who must in the end suffer most
by such corruption, for strong govern
ment and drspotism has ever been their
engny They must keep themselves
l.ure, and dern.!d fidelity and integrity
to the law of those rich in money and
powerful in official position. The poor
man now, if he forgets bis manhood and
enters the ways of debauchery and theft,
is net by stern Justice, and the penalties
of a violated law inflicted upon him as
his case merits, tie rich unscrupulous fel-
low who cheats and steals of his fellow
men by thousands and hundreds of thous-
ands goes unpunished, and in majority
of cases receives the approving smile and
friendly congratulation for his unscrupu-
lous work from the very men who if they
committed the one thousandth part Of
such offence would lie in prison for life.
BY countenanceing such work people
warm into activity the very principle that
will overthrow their liberties at the fret
opportunity.
In the great money center of this Coun
try, New York City, money will buy a
man through and out of any unlawful
circumstance. The people mus: rise to a
plain above this corruption and give these
unscrupulous fellows to understand that
such things shall not be, and that no
matter what the financial condition of a
man may be, if he violates the law and
tramples on the rights of his fellow man,
the penalties of violated law shall not be
set aside for him
If the people cannot rise to such a
plain, then, indeed. are they under a
curse, and are rapidly preparing for a
state Of degradation. But unscrupulously
ambitious men with means and then pat.
ronage cf power will place them under
the keel of despotism. History is full of
examples.