The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-08
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llsre q story which We recommend
10 The lesser MoHous spi Gilmaus, who
ate not yet found oat There arc such
men, who know themselves uudi !or the
trust reposed IN them, aud yet go on rob
bing Others, parsncd BY q fearful looking
for Of judgement Not necessarily vii
lains by nature, either The recent hard
times and The struggle for display and
power make temptations strong, and the
American custom Of leaving otllelals un-
watched makes fraud easy. Good repo.
tauon alone will carry man through
forger.cs AS clumsy as Gilmau's, aud 8
swindle as gigantic as Morlon's, aud en-.
able him, like the latter gentleman, when
he Is found out, TO charm respectful re-.
porlers with grandiloqent declarations Of
remorse, until they hasten to cover up his
crime with admiration OF the Christian
graces with which be adorned II, Heaven
forbid that we shonld be hard upon any
fallen man. But there Is no more slgnif.
ioant sign Of the corruption Of public
morals, and there is no surer way to
spread that corruption among the young,
than the good humored forbearanee
which such criminals new meet from the
public, the lenienoy with which their icl-
ony is excused aud rebaptisod as mis-.
take bali of Mr.. Morton's virtue was hid
den from the public, until his exposure,
when the Philadelphia press lifted II to
view as Shem did his fathers garments,
and walking respectfully backward, COW
cred him with 1t. Any keen witted lad /,
reading the story as told at the time,
would be bewildered to fiud where the
virtue ended aud the crime began in such
a mans career. We are apt to forget
that the history OF the world IN few
years will be made by Just such lads.
Nobody, however, can misunderstood
the meaning Ct this Kentucky story. A
certain lawyer in Lewis county was ap-
pointed Judge of the Criminal court, be-
ing much younger man than bad ever
before held the office. lie was a brilliant
honorable fellow and sound jurist, thor
oughly competent for his office except
that be drank hard. The ether day, in
opening court, he was so much under the
influence of liquor as to be unable to
transact business. The next day, being
sober, he came into court, and in few
manly direct words acknowledged that
he was victim to vice which had dis
graced him. ! am unworthy of the honor
and trust conferred upon me, he said,
and being unworthy my office have re-
signed il, My judicial integrity aud Of
fetal acts are bameless, thank God ! ]
am no longer Judge of Lewis county.
May God keep me 10 my effort TO reform
There was not sound in the crowded
court as he spoke. No one could look ct
him aud not know the struggle through
which he passed before he could so hu-
initiate himself, was worse to bear than
death. But there is no one whose heart
would not warm TO an offender who Is
man enough to acknowledge his error,
and go honestly and humbly to work to
regain his lost place. When the Judge
entered the court, says the paper from
which we borrow tho story, the pubic
feeling against him was that of anger
and contempt; but when he went out
every man there was his friend and ready
TO hold out helping hand 10 him. We
have faith in the future of man who,
having fallen, could thus make firm
ground under his feet for a new path in
life. Both God and man help those that
that help themselves in this fashion,
N. y. Tribune.