The New York herald., 1876-03-13

trust believing that you are not only OF honor,
but also honored when man who consents 20 accept
responsibility like that, and then bctrays his trust
what shalt be said OF himf There IS no word in the
English language, Shakespeare could not
com S one ihat %ouiI express sne u utter aU
poltroon in the face OF the world. He has confessed
himself worthless in the face OF humanity itself Let
me instance another case The betrayal Of trust by
soldiers. They men whose traditions all
against the offence Tho soldier schooner than any
other, is q thcE He may be cruel but a rule, he
honest 1t has been reserved for this generation in
America to witness soldiers berayng their trusts and
selling their country pieces Of silver Is
there is less belief in religion than there used beY
This moral turpudc is not confined to creeds sub
divisions OF creeds II not dependent on the creeds
nature and training that keep men pure and noble.
In arstocratic society many advantages are derived IN
making classes. In building steamships we ind great
advantages In constructing compartments TWO or
three of them may be broken and the ship saved but
If there are no compartments the waves can sweep
throughout the ship and damage cargo and drown pas
sengors In our ship Of state there are no compart-
ments The waves of corruption sweep throughout it
Another great evil OF our time is opportunity" II
Is chance 10 do anything and everything people are
inclined TO do II is almost sure, then, that they will
do something they ought not TO do The iron bar that
will stand strain OF thousand pounds will give way
II another hundred pounds be added. Trial Il dsci-
plne Temptation is the extra discipline the added
feather that turns the scale the last straw that breaks
the camels back the last hundred pounds on the bar
There is not living man who could not err who may
not fail Only the Infinite has no ether TO men and
women the teher is very short Temptation Is always
accompanied by fall II therc is not fail 1t was not
II is all with tho Americas great statesman,
who recently absconded from Ludlow Street Jail,
doubtless honest in his early days; but If his
friends of early years, and who have not known
him since, should hear the stories told about him now,
they would shake their heads In doubt and sorrow The
man who is honest in country store is not always to
be trusted the Plains, not always to be trusted in
the Indian department lscnsationl He is wise who
keeps within his condition; keeps fortified and bar
ricaded against taking upon himself more than he
do, than he is fitted for The strength Of the
character OF New England hfe that has made il vic
torous all over the land, was the nurture OF the
young people. They were taught TO respect authority
and give allegiance TO the power above them The
rule insisted law, without explanation
or modification. The principle was planted deep and
the root was sound 1t must be learned in youth or
II is learned. Another cardinal element OF New
England life self-denial IL is tnat which is felt
in its influences clear to the Pacific coast.
There Is DO law Of greater force than that Of self
denial Learn what you can do; learn 10 refuse the
cup that you know will poison you; cut of everything
you ought not TO have. Live within your means and
you will bo we'll prepared for better fortune Then
as your day is so shall your strength be.