The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-15
Misplaced Trusts.

HE daily papers report the detslcs,
ton of the city book-keeper and col.
lector for one Of our Wholesale hard.
ware houses. The extent Of II.
shortage" is not known, but il is be-.
lieved to amount to several Thousand
dollars. The young man has, Of late.
had the reputation Of being "fast" and
INDUCING in extravagances bsyond the
amount which his salary would Justify.
The unfortunate condition in whichthis
faithless employe now finds himself j.
but the same in which many another
has found himself, not only in this city,
but in every city, and, we might ssx
town in the country. 1t is the Cd
story, temptation, fall and disgrace
The bitter ashes of repentance xl
hardly atone for the inexcusable courss
which this man and others choose, il
their moments of pleasure-seekihe, to
pursue. The strangeness in all these
proceedings is that fast young men win
toy with vice, knowing that, in the
future, q day of reckoning must be bad
If this defaulting book-keeper had any
perceptive faculties at all. he must have
known that he could not long continue
his system Of regulations, and that
sooner or later the denouement must
come. To-day this violator Of sacred
trust, this betrayer of a personal conf.
dence. stands with reputation chsred
and blackened. Upon the white page
of his reputation there exists = foulspot
which can never be erased. It is said
that he had home and q wife and
child. Ifso, in that home there restss
shadow whose darkness Can never Do.
part. Upon the heart Of a trusting
wife there is q weight which can never
be removed until it has ceased its pul
sations in death. Did this young Nun
think of all this when stepping out
upon that life of shame, which has thu
terminated in his ruin and sent him.
fleeing outcast from the city and tn
home he has disgraced?
There are others to-day following
rapidly in this young man footsteps
Daily thew are tempted to betrsy their
trusts. Some have even stepped across
the fatal line, and are now doing The
same unlawful act which has cost this
book-keeper his situation and the los
Of his good name. Some trumpet d
warning should be sounded for these
misguided young men. Something
should be done to arouse them to tho
danger of their position, but more to
show them the enormity Of the odense'
they are committing. ~
There is a duty for employers in thi!
matter. They should keep wstchful
eye upon the conduct of those to whom
they grant positions of confidence and
trust. II they see that their men no
pursuing course of vice or are enggsg'
ing in habits Of extravaganza, then it Is
morally incumbent upon them toat'
tempt to reform their erring en-
ployes, or failing in so doing, they
should remove them from positions
where they are tempted to violate men
trusts. Self interest. az we'll es . hlgn
sense Of moral and social obligation,
should teach those who employ young
men to watch over their characters ana
regulations. This is a difficult task,
we know, especially in q large city, ou'
not so difficult that it cannot be accom-
plishcd.
1t is too often the case that employ
ers know full we'll the course OF dlsslP''
ton and extravaganza which employs
pursue. They wink at the ofense' anu
care little what they do so long as tnt!
believe the work assigned them to 90 -
well performed. This is simply mex.
cusablc. A good moral character oassn'
to be one of the conditions OF employ.
ment, especially where great trusts all
involved. Let good character as %s ,.'
as ability be a prerequisite to employ,
ment. and we shall have lsss OF de'alca,
tions and breaches of trust.-lndaS''''
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