The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-12-07

his chosen. Human sxpersepcs she~s that
t1e Msksis grcAlsst manifestations Of ~.
sreiion and prcvidcntiai care AlwAys conn
IN periods Of deseest dls,ress, come, 10
fHct, when earthly effort IL unsvsiling and
ali 10 icfs 10 an spp~ai TO the scscs Of al
strcr 9Th and oil wNicm. fancy m,st OF
of as have proved thn Ia osr owa lives.
without sesking the laugh !, NAV rsiss,
| quote the us,erAnce Of the darksy during
the Charleston earthquake, ~ depicting
the feeling Of good men today. The darscy
rushcd out OF doors At the nrst shock, and
with ths buildings falling 10 ru'ns about
hlm, dropped on hIs knecs 10 the strcei,
stretched his claspsd hands 10 Heaven and
| prayed 30 Lord, II ever youss swins 70
help poor niger, nowi do timeI"
Events In our country are fastening TO
eli nax. The evils which have long been
recognized are now seen TO our alarm 10
exist in oil classcs Of society. Law and
religion seem unable to cope with them.
Men arc showing mot desire and eager
meas to do wrong, that 10 to BE- expected
but 40 Inability to see tho wickedncsa Of
the thing. Their conscieuccs are scared I.
| rhey are setting up two standards Of honor
and truth In opposition TO the DecAlogas
aud the Sermon on the Mount. A man to-
doy may be Bitlc honest or ia'c-honesf. so
long 90 he can keep out OF jail, he 10 o. X /.
We see the active business man OF the ma
don daily exposed ~ = sanctlmonious
gang OF hypocritical scoundrels. Many Of
the .fiest men OF the land" stand forth ~
liars, bribers, perjurers, ,erubezzlers, thieves,
.ubornors OF perjury. blAsphemers and vile
corruptionists. And they are the men who
clntrol our banks, railroads, Insurance
companies and industrial corporations, and
guide the policies OF our political parties.
| In the recent investigation 10 New York
| CITY these men were shown to be In con-
uol Of newspapsr courts, legislatures,
and 10 part our highest official bodies. And
they unblushingly avowed craft, deceit, ~
ing and stealing, and the sequstration Of
the trust funds Of widows and orphans, and
boasted that they could not be punished.
They are lao honest, And II they did not
actively engage In the criminal offences
themselves, they formulated the plans and
connived at their execution and prohted BY
the rascality. II they knew the facts they
are knaves ; II they did not know them,
they are fools. They may .choose either
honor Of the dilemma they prefer.
All this sacrifice OF ideals, loss Of repu-
tstion and destruction Of character 10 caus.
ed by and done in the name Of the Almighty
Dollar! The Devil must have tied
money, since nothing adds to his power
and prey so nightly.
One amazing and humiliating and dan.
gerous. phase Of the case 10 that the revsl'
alton Of the awful facts does not stir the
people to revolt. 1t 10 - II they we're the
"outs, biding their time till they could get
in, to revel 10 their turn in the same do.
bauchery Of graft and sin.
The wider the field Of investigation ex.
tends, the more men Of note are caught In
the tolls. One gets the impression that II
an sppsrenely honest man still survives
amoug the commercial giants OF the day
| IL is simply because the ssarchllght has mol
yet enveloped him In the sweep of:its rays
Az each DAYS sun sinks to its western bed
| its declining beams bear with them to ever
lasting eclipse the reputation Of one more
representative man.
The end must come soon. These dis
graceful and disgusting evidences Of moral
obllquity cannot long be hold up TO thu
gaze Of the. youth Of our land, Mammor
, must come down. And because l have seer
ill the heart grows sick the unwillingnesl
or inability Of the law to deal deservedll
with these prodigious characters,l feel tha
the Lord will soon come to the rescue
. the rescue Of His Commandments, Hi
. church, His people and the Mission Of Hi
. lear Son. He may have allowed the sor'
co tester thus long 70 make the growth OF
: the body odious 10 the sight Of oil men
dc has done 80 effectively in my case.
abhor these moral lepers, though they b
] men Of mark and millions. desire NJ
= contact with them. would no more shak
he hand Of one Of them than would fon
= die the fangs Of . rattlesnake. lwouid no
. admit one Of them within the four walls
] u my pure and peaceful home any NOR
han would open the door in welcome
. sn imp from He'll itself. You cannot max
= me believe they do not contaminate the ai
I hey breath, and their living presence J
e New York City Is IN urgent case for IN
= Board Of Health.
2 But In this"moment Of righteous wrat
here is only one wish I would like fulfille
IL would like to be Foolkiller for nftee
e minutes. That would serve to rid th
earth Of these degenerates who comber i
8 And yet 1t would be shame to kill then
II would be monstrous to defile the swee
+ pure bosom OF Mother Earth-that boui
y teous, gracious, faithful nurse and provide
., for us all-with the nasty, foul, filthy mai
). II ordure that was once called AcCurdl
'e Mccall, . Murphy, . AcCarren or Heg'
y man.
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