Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07

The public is occasionally shocked by the
disclosure Of some great fraud or dnau-
cial dishonesty There are those who are
tempted to lose their faith in the honesty |
Of al men by these exceptional instances
Of O want Of integrity. Aud yet is graft.
ryinr that The general sentiment Of the
community cordially rerrobatos personal
fithlcssucss to sacred trusts, and that the
instances Of O violation Of the laws Of
business rectitudo are exceptional and rare.
Men still condemn pocuation and corrup.
ton, and but comparatively few are guilty |
Of IT, There are probably five thousand
banks end trust companies aud savings in
stiuions in the country with tens Of thou
sands Of men employed in handling their
funds and there are scarcely half a dozen |
cases Of dishouor to the trust rcposcd in
them in the year. The business Of the
country is carried on only by placing uu.
limited trust in the integrity Of all those
who are engaged in IT, and it is not com
mon occurrence lor Us to hear Of any uu-
faithiulucss and delinquency. The robbers
of banks and trust funds are generally out
side Of those who manage them or have
anything to do with them.
We do not sympatbize, then, with those
who think that dishonesty, and fraud, and
corruption are eating out the heart Of So
ciety and destroying the very foundations
Of public credit We retain our confidence
unimpaired 10 the business men aud fnan-
cial Institutions Of the country. The honor
Of our business men is far ahead Of that Of
our politicians aud probably, in no age Of
Che world has personal fidelity to important
trusts been so vigorously exacted or so uni.
ycraaliy exhibited, or has personal betrayal
/ Of sacred trusts been 80 decidedly and
earnestly condemned. And if feeling Of
pity hes followed those, who, under the
pressure Of temptation, have violated their
obligations, IL has been for q wrong that
could not be repaired and a disgrace that
must be borne, Sadly, but inexorably,
does public sentiment Judge aud consign to
oblivion one who has been rccreant to his
financial obligations and appropriated to
p himself the property and funds that belong
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