Show I 1 cause and elect effect the Phel idelphia AmeX american ioan in commenting 1 1 9 upon the astounding frauds lately disclosed I 1 1 I 1 ed in wall street says bays I 1 mr Soh Sel wyler stood I 1 high in the confidence of the community he occupied a positron position which hof of itself seemed to fur furnish high an ample incle guarantee that his conduct in all relations would be entirely en tirey exemplary and unimpeachable pea chable habas trusted with iaun ense enge iq interests terest interests involving millions of dollars and the happiness of or thousands of people no one questioned his integrity no na one doubted his purpose faithfully f to administer and protect the affairs committed to his hii business skill aill and personal I 1 a I 1 honesty but he has proved unworthy to all alb prom from such an n emi eminence nerice iii as that on which jie seemed to 0 stand erectly and ana securely aurely he hasin has in an tv vil hour slipped I 1 awai away and plunged into an abyss of e rime crime ignominy and contempt from which he can never rise this thip we repeat is a pitiable a revolting tini spectacle I 1 I 1 to what toay nay we trace it there is no difficulty in answering als question qu option his fill fall is i 9 attributable to that th at inordinate passion for wealth and the miserable vanities that aliat wealth mity may p probie which hasior has for years past been growing into strait a trait of our jour national naf ciona character the lust for money liioi ey tie eagerness to 40 ao 0 ona suddenly denly enormous fortunes is a marked peculiarity of hundreds of men in american 0 cities ai and ae ambition h has produced gradually a looseness of moral principles and an extravagance extra varance of mercantile habits of speculation tion and aid operation which are naturally displaying their fruit in just such snob stu stupendous pendus frauds outrages and atrocities as we have lately witnessed to got get rr no matter how is a sort of monomaniacal aspi aspiration aspiranti rati on with sian mana tf and to ta this is object there appears to he be an A in increasing creasi ng dispi disposition to sacrifice everything aver that is truely valuable and alered s earell eare cl society at large larg 0 deserves d much in ach of the blame for this ai us tendency of bf affairs 1 4 1 while I 1 irmay it may complacently disc discharge arg e its bicorn acorn and exe cation upon the wretched victim it is not innocent of his folly and iniquity the ta deference which the world paa pays to personal opulence the manner in haduch it bows b aws and truckles trickles tru ckles and kneels to it t every where and andon n all biag ing obsequiousness with which it shows iball aorta of respect and fills its irs pr aud nostrils hourly bourly with the of ido I 1 batrous lat rous u adoration is isabe the baneful stimulus that bat is perpetually elci exciting t ing at and d foster fostering ipg t that sordid cupidity which VV doea not hesitate socheat to heat and steal and murder even hat it may ma dwell in great palaces give splendid entertainment dash das h along the highways highway s of 14 life i superb erb equip pages and rutter flutter I 1 and parade i in all the dazzling glories jofe of I 1 ian an illusive and felonious affluence 1 I 1 |