The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-04-22

blame:ess character, whose virtue has
been regarded - too well established to
be in danger from temptation, have
fallen from The near contsct with crime
and vice made necessary By the duties
of their oflcs. Familiarity with prac-
tices Of thieves, robbers and murderers,
both BY reading the garnished accounts
published or listening to their disclosure
in the court room, and making . study
Of crime with view to the detection Of
the criminal. have often given The first
suggestion to tie mind Of the possibility
Of committing the same or similar crimes
without detection. Even in our limited
acquaintance We have known several
men whose character lad been for
many years above repzoacA. but Who
fell ignominiously from too great fsmil'
iarity with crime and Criminals. One
very conscientious, apparently . good
christian from boyhood, took . position
on . police force where most Of his
time was spent in the society Of the
low and vicious, studying their habits and
character, hrst lost sensibility, con-
sciences became dulled, and on through .
steady. downward course, he went TIL
he ended in impisty sad outbreaking
profanity, and the end Il not yet. An
other, Of equally good antecedents.
had near view Of . companion who be-
gan course Of petty tAeivipg from his
employers, ending in the peniteatiaEy,
and from contemplating his stupid ef-
forts At concealments sad considering
how easily he might have escaped deteo-
ton by adopting other methods. he d.
nally began to experiment himsslf. fol-
lowing closely In the track of his preds-
cessor until hs to was arrested by expos
ure, despite his well laid plans. An
other. without early advantages Of ed
ucation. but frse from vicious habits,
Q professed christian from early man
hood fer many years led IN exem-
plary life, but at an age when It II sup
posed mans habits of virtue are iron
clad, he took position On police force,
and it was not many years before his
friends noticed that his moral sense had
become bluntsd, he made no mics dis
tinction between virtue and vice,
meeting with leWd women on the streets
in his nightly rounds. and becoming f.
miliar with deeds of darkness that must
necessarily fall in the way Of his busi-
ness, temptations were presented that
in the end mastered His soul, and he teo
furnished an illustration Of Pope's f.
miliar lines:
.svlee b . moastsr of such hideoas mien.
Thas to be hated needs but 70 be sen:
But viewed too often. with familiar fsce.
We Arss e,dure. then pity, then embrace"
The moral IL too plain to need stating,
but We cannot forbsar sdding that when
an oficer finds the sensibility Of his
conscience getting dullsd and able 70
endure without adherence the vioss
that good people and good society con-
denim, il 10 quite time fer him TO ssek
other employment. No man need dat.
ter himself that he can lead IN immoral
Life and conceal his rottenness from the
public. His sin viii surely and him out,
and before he becomes entirely indifer.
ent 70 public opinion he ought to take
the alarm and dee from temptation and
the very appearance Of evil, or the dsvi
win surely get him. soul and body, BE-
fore he II awars.