The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-05-31
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"a y New YORK, Mays 1884.
EDITOR LHiEF: u
The clouds are breaking and we are
slowly getting back to solid ground. VI
course it is we'll understood by this time
that the business Of the country has not
been affected by tile Wall street gamblers,
only SO far as thieving concerns like the
Marine Bank have swallowed up the funds
of reputable business men. The confidence
of the public has been greatly shaken III our
tpious bank managers. We used to think
because they were active in church matters
and gave largely to missionary associations
and presided at the Bible societies, and
'wept over the benighted condition of the
heather, that they we're most exemplary
men; but the scales have dropped from our
eyes, and now we see the utter worthless
ness and bolloWness OF their professions.
Take A. S. Hatch for sample brick Mr..
Hatch was one of the most pious men on
the street; and he was not satisfied with
being good, he labored night and day to
make everybody else just as good as he was
himself. He was great on exhortation and
powerful in prayer, and was never SO happy
as when he heard Deacon James say, "Win
Brother Hatch lead?" One of his favorite
resorts was Jerry McAuley's mission, where
abandoned women and thieves seek the
way of salvation. Mr.. Hatch was regular
preacher there and Jerry MeAuley was
proud to have Brother Hatch there because
he gave substantial aid to the mission, not
to mention sound spiritual advice to the
sinners. How would poor Jerry McAuiey
have felt had he known that the money
which Mr.. Hatch so lavishly dispensed was
either stolen or won at gambling. Mr.. Hatch
and his friends used up million of dollars
belonging to the Newark Savings Bank, and
its sixty-fye thousand depositors. The
widow, the orphan, the MANNED, the halt,
the blind, the sick, the aged and helpless
were ruined. If such a crime had been
perpetrated by professional thief and
outlaw, or if burglar had broken open
the safe and taken million of dollars out
of the bank, how the country would have
'rung with the robbery, but this million
was taken out by two pious christian
gentlemen in open day by trick and device
and lies. For they did lie when they rep
resented themselves as solvent and got a
million of dollars of other peoples money
to stake on Wall street gambling table.
SC $hax, l.od ,rfr tod
as solvent the President of the Savings
bank who lent them the money would not
be in danger of States prison for the viola
ton of his sacred trust.
1t is a lamentable thing to think of, but
most of the rascals involved in the late dis
aster have been travelling on their pious
record for years. Mr.. Fish, who assisted
Ward in robbing the Marine Bank, was an
especially pious and exemplary man.
Smoking and chewing were his abomina-
tions, and anything like profane language
was worse than Sodom and Gomorrah. Yet
when Mr.. Ward came to this sanctimonious
rascal and gave him to understand that
there was something crooked about the
enormous profits he was receiving and he
had better not inquire where the money
came from, this pious rascal says, "all
right" shuts his eyes and pockets the swag.
George I. Seney is another sample brick.
If there was church to be erected, or a
library to be helped, or missionary
station to be put on its legs, where the
name of the good and pious George I.
Seney could shine on the subscription list
like morning star, Brother Seney's white
cravat was generally around; but if q paper
was circulated to assist the family of poor
laborer who had broken his leg falling
from a scatfold, of some sick woman with
n lot of starving children, Mr.. George I.
Sefey was never to be found. He did not
spend his money in that way. The men he
employed were screwed down to the lowest
living cent for their labor, and outside of
his great benefactions paid for with money
which he won gambling on Wall street
stocks, during an acquaintance of many
years, never heard that he has given a
dollar to the poor. He may have done So
but if he did, he kept his left hand in pro-
found ignorance of the work of his right.
If the late panic has no other effect, it will
weed these canting hypocrites out of the
churches they have dishonored, and the
religion they have disgraced. 1t is good
thing to have rich friends and relations at
such time. Mr.. Emo paid three million
and five hundred dollars to save his dis
honest son from States prison, and it is
that some of Mr.. Hatch's friends
will help him to restore the million taken
from the widows aud orphans of Newark.
l hope they will for the sake of the innocent
victims; but l can't forget that in the city
of Wilmington on Monday last man for
stealing an umbrella was sentenced to
stand two hours i'll the public pilory, to re-
celve twenty stripes OH the bare back, to
pay fine of six dollars, and to be impris
oned three years. What would become of
Brothers Fish, Hatch and Seney if they
received punishment i'll proportion? Ga
briefs horn would sound before satisfac
ton piece was entered.
q The meeting of business mon on Tuesday
night to crystalize n sentiment looking to
the denomination Of President Arthur, was
one of the events Of tho week and in CON
nection with this wish to. say that I have
never beheld a more disgusting and shame
full exhibition Of unreliable and untruthful
journalism than that displayed by the
great dailies Of New York in their reports
of the Cooper Institute meeting. The only
papers that gaveseven partially fair re-
port were the New York SIN, Brooklyn
Eagle, and Herald. Mr.. Dana is a wicked
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