The age-herald., 1901-11-25
-Aamsy0l ,ScAley's Fsnancsol C0nditsou

help as Mir Howells or Lord Rosebery is of his. But schley's petition Is diff. forent
 schley might have written his book had there been no investigation or occa- sion for one, but he cannot write 1t now, because. although the investigation re- suited in his favor, It was an investiga- ton of his honor and courage, and no man of honor and courage can endure 1t to put them up for sale under any pre- text.
 The same obstacle will stand In his way should he, for example, be offered the po- sition of partner in some rich business firm. For, why did the firm offer him the position? Was 1t because of his business ability? Surely not He has never be- trayed the possession of any ability of that kind. He does not belong to the mercantile class. His genius Is of quite another sort. Do they. then, offer him the position because he Is a retired nd- miral?. Hardly. Had this investigation not occurred Schley would not have been likely to be approached by anybody with business proposition.
 Mo- the occasion of the offer (supposing 1t to be made) would be that Schley had been investigated and his name thus brought prominently before the public. Therefore his presence in the firm would draw to 1t public attention, and business along with the attention. Schley cannot afford on any such ground to throw him self upon the market. The money he would earn in that way would burn his fingers. He wants clean money
 General Grant in his innocence of his heart, went into business; it was an ill., advised step, and he suffered for it the depth of humiiation; he was valuable In the firm because he was General Grant, and for no other reason Yet 1t was not ethically wrong for General Grant to accept the position, though 1t was injudicious, and perhaps bad taste But Schley is worth money (not for the momenD not because he is Schley, but because Schley Is notorious through his misfortunes; consequently he Is debarred by the code of gentleness.
 It appears, then-not to prolong these illustrations-that Schley must live pau per, not for any fault or error of his | made the object of a baseless and das- tardly attack by persons who harbored selfish and ignoble spite against him. These persons could not prove their case; they only succeeded in proving the op- posite of 1t; and they will not be ade- quately punished, or probably punished at alls for what they have done, and failed to do; they will not suffer, but Schley is the only sufferer.
 He not only had to undergo the mor- tification of having his professional con- duct and personal character questioned and vilified; but. because he dared to defy the slanderers, and prove them wan tonly false, he must submit to absolute poverty during the short remainder of his life. Were he young man, he might enter into some industrial employment and work up and make a living; but he is too old and broken for that
 Shall a public subscription be raised for him? No; it would be aims. Shall Congress make special appropriation for him? One can imagine the debate over the question; but oneecan hardly imagine 8 sensitive gentleman like Schleys surviving 1t. No; the serious feature about the sort of wrong that has been done Schley is that 1t can never be made good to him;sit is final and fatal. We can never lay to our souls the hattering unction that we have given him compensation. Only one good thing can come out of it, and that improbably that we may learn to be more slow to islander in the future.