Connecticut western news., 1875-02-05
ADVICE TO STATESMEN"

\ City JeaenaI Gives the Newly-Elected
 Officers SOmc Advice in a Sarcastic Way. . sEhe New York lfera4t1,s ina sarcastic Rrticlo headed < Advice ito Statesmen," says: Without dlsheartening anticipa- tions as tc what may be the result of Recent reforms, it may be well for our .irs!s S statesmen " to learn a few lessons from Shs past. The cardinal principle of craftsmanship is "nOt to be found out. 1" AS the prudent householder builds his foundation upon 8 rock in calm times, in ,serder that he may laugh at the tempest when 1t. does it's fearful will, so the ca,i- tious '' statesman," in the beginning of -1his earesr, will do well to profit by the ilhlstakes and .overweening condolences of the past, -s-o - ,.'- .ts7--.
 -zooAs we have said, the statesman s !" duty is ''.pnot to be found out." It is not so much what we do as that people .,tlo pet know that we do it. To that end let our "statesmen never keep ao- counts; for bank cashiers have habit of merciless truth-telhng, when under oath, They do not like to go to prison for pef .slluy. They havo never been known to swear q customer out of scrape, and Bsthey have no hearts above their figures Asthd their ledgers. Let eur statesmen also avoid banking houses, nor seek to have checksycashed for large amounts of money; fer bank officers have d way of sending asdeteetive after mysterious GUS toners, and finding out their names and remembering them on the witness stand .eA bank book is often disagreeable property, Somehow when check iB onea written 1t never dies. An innocent, harmless, inexpensive check, written long ago and forgotten, it's proceeds gone into champagne and tr11fhes, will rise up like a phantom to arrest the most prosperous ss statesman. Nor is .its saferto- be careless about bank bills, Bank bills are sometimes marked and traseds A wise a'' statesman owouh do well to keep all his transactions in gold,
 Another rule Is not to divide with Aplasserers and carpenters and safemakers sand vulgar people who care pore about s'fsqueal < at the first appearance of danger The experience of the retired " statesman s's'on Blackwell's Island on this point will be instructive. Once having obtained their honest wages in geld at is always safe to put it away and -keepsitl Do not squander 1t on lawyersI If the truth were known about the ring .corruptiops, and we could trace the ad1 ventures of the many millions taken from the treasury under the Tweed reign, a large part would now be found in the possession of attorneys-at-law. One good, live, active, bustling lawyer, not too dear, Is good thing in well con- ducted business, and may be called Q, prudent investment The abuse begins when six or eight lawyers are hired; not because of their ability, but their " in
 fiuence." Once "statesman in mis- fortune falls into the hands of these gentlemen his chances of bankruptcy are about as sure as the we'll fattened Stras- bourg goose IS of finding it's ultimate destiny in pate de foie gras. The !" statesmen" of the past were wiser in this respect than the modern gentlemen. No one ever heard of MT. Turpin, or MT. Sheppard, or Mir. Claude Duyal, or any of these renowned statesmen of the post, taking checks, or going to banks, or receiving anything but gold, or devoting their hard-earned wealth to the aggrandizement of attorneys at law. What these gentlemen earned they kept, because what they kept they had. '. If there is,any object in the world less in teresting to an attorney than another 1t is client who has paid all his money in fees and is serving out his term in jail.
 There are minor, points that should be r0m0mDered. AVO1d velvet coats ana scarlet neckies, They attract attention. A true statesman always prefers the shady side of the walk Do, not wear diamond pins nor gaudy apparel, nor in vest, in trotting horses, nor frequent public places, nor write for the newspa- pers, nor be interviewed" Remember that journalists are the common enemies of mankind, that they are a corrupt, venaI class, capable of doing violence to illustrious .reputations. Do not seek notoriety by organizing clubs, target companies or excursions. Reserve all these comforts until you have retired from public life and Investigations are over. If trouble should come, serious, searching trouble, five years trip to Europe is always in reserve, with this ultimate advantage, that at the end of the five years you may return to New York, take up the cause of reform, or ganize a committee and purify public affairs just as you yourselves were prlri- fled in the past. ''- -.' '.@..i
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