Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-14


upon the exercise of those moral virtues
which the higher law enjoins, but upon
which there can be no legislative enact
ments of any force or validity. For the
perpetuity of our free and cherished in
situations, we must rely upon the virtue,
the morality of the people, not upon the
success of this or that measure or this or
that party. There is, however, a right
and wrong side to every question that
comes up, and no freeman is absolvod
from the duty of conscientious action
thereto.
In the inordinate desire so many have
for money making, they forget the du-
ties they owe their fellow-citizens, dis
regard their rights, and, without scru-
pie, make everything subserve their
cherished purpose of money-getting. A
large portion of the business of the
country is now carried on by large and
powerful corporations. They have no
souls, but their business is run by a ma
| chinery that is perfect, and which the
operators understand, but nobody else
does. By such combinations an immense
power is gained, which is too often used
to draw the peoples money from them
unjustly. But this cupidity is not all in
corporations. There are men all about
US whose leading object, end and aim is
to get money, and the whole energies of
their minds are directed to that purpose.
They keep themselves within the lawsO
/ the State that is, they do not violate
the letter of these provisions, nor do
| they SO openly or grossly violate the
| laws OF morality and rectitude as to at
tract attention. They are, in general,
far-seeing, lay their plans skilfully, and
with view in the end to get money, re-
CARELESS of other mems rights and inter
! ests. A man goes to one in pressing
need of loan. The sharper fully in
/ forms himself as to the mans business,
and circumstances. He finds him active,
enterprising and hopeful, but not large
| ly endowed with that far-seeing sagaCi-
! ty which looks into the future. He is
very ambitious to actively prosecute the
business in which he is engaged, but
! does not calculate closely as to what re-
suits may be. The plans are laid, the
fable Of the spider and the fly becomes
living reality, and this hopeful and re-
ally useful man goes to the wall, while
another sum is added to the already i'll
! gotten gains of this shrewd, selfish and
unscrupulous sharper. ...... .......
| Fortunately. all men of means are not
of that character. Aid, bv wav of loans
and otherwise is every day rendered in
business matters where the nurpose Of
the individual RENDERING such mid is nure.
and the DESIGN is really to helm. But
men of the selfish, plotting character
above named are more numerous than
we wish they were, and in business re-
lations they should hc avoided a. much
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