Milford chronicle., 1883-11-23


by the State, that he should place a
higher value upon money than upon
uprightness, integrity and honesty?
Are we to be astOnished if he adopts
the principle of the Scotchman who
said to his son, 'Rab, my lad, be aye
maxim money; honestly ifye can, but
be aye maxim it,"
With shylOckism 'nOthing succeeds
like success. " To be unsuccessful and
to be poor, no matter how honest, il
holds to be criminal. Let man even
through no fault of his own, fail in
business, even though it may b.
through the hitheltO undiscovered
criminal knavery Ofa partner or agent,
ana his vulture-like creditors will
pounce upon him. The swiftest
winged one of them all, claiming the
whole of the carcass until his gorge is
full; driving off with bloody beak, and
besmeared claws the rest of his con-
ferIe until he is satisfied, and then
turning over to them the skeleton
corpse for them to sharpen their beakS
upon. "To the swift belong the spOils >
and "Thereis no ohOnOramung thieves"
are verified in the laws in regard 10
bankruptcy IN Delaware and the ad-
joining State.
We could, but will not cite cases
which have come to our own knOwl-
edge, that would justify what we have
said, severe though it be Our readers
will call to mind many such cases in
their own localities. Many an indus
try that would have been of great inn |
portance and value to the neighbOr- /
hood has thus been crushed and so en- /
ailed great general loss to the body /.
polite. Had the unfortunate promo /
ers of such enterprises been lenient-
v dealt with in their misfCrtunes, and .
sustained it would have been
or the general good. As it was, it re-
ulted in the Devil for all" Smartiug
lrder the selfish treatment they re-
.eived, these victims of sbyl0ckism
rave gone east, north and west pro-
laiming the injustice of the laws
which ruined them, and deprived the
ec,iOns from which they came, of
heir enterprise and business knOwl-
dge; for as 4 late prominent and
Wealthy merchant of New York. once
ruly and wisely said: "A business
nam must fail once, in order that he
nay know how to do business" But
uying cheap and selling dear, does
ot comprise the whole of business.
he opinions of too many of the good
cope of the Peninsula to the contra
y notwithstanding
We do not mean to say that shylOck-
'm is only practiced by the rich. BY
o manner of means. 1t pervades all
Iasses. who rack their brains until
leir heads ache, devising how they
IN get the better of another in busi-
tss transaction. How not to give
leir neighbOr an honest equivalent
II value received, is to them great
ltellectual accomplishment. They
eece their neighbOrs, and these when
icy go abroad are asked as to where,
I'd how they were shOrn. Their
carers make up their minds to avoid
lch shearers, and so retain their
9eces, especially if they are golden
eeces. We know whereof we speak;
+ we are in position to know the
liniOn, of the outside world respect
z Delaware, better than most men.
Some day, and perhaps ere long,
Daniel will come to judgment" and
ylOckism, which is only another
lme for greedy selfishness, will re-
i've its Just sentence of cOndemna-
III; aud in addition to fOrfeiting even
{ pound of flesh named i'm the bond,
III be adjudged guilty of treason to
e State. In true Republic the gov
is the people. Delaware is
It yet really republic, for the gov
nment is one element, and the peO-
e another Vor pop,di Vro Die; will
metime be the battle cry; then many
the existing bats and owls of evil
II be relegated TO the dark and
IOmy caves from whence they issued,
d those who sustain them will have
coffin bearers to carry them to their -
nbs and keep watch over their re-
'ins. 1t will be a long procession.
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