Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-01-30
REsrECT 10 RAscALITY.

inst. the following most excellent re-
marks, which, though calculated for the
meridian of New York, will, as the al
manac makers say, answer very well for
the neighboring country.
"Our republican Partially to titles is
such, it would seem, that we must be con
siantly making use of the commonest at'
! fixes of courtesy. Ii would be amusing,
lit were not revolving, TO notice the man
ner in which we notice the names OF ev-
cry common scape galows, when latte
anecdotes are told of them IN the newspa
pers. Par example, these two unmitlga.
| ted scoundrels, Swaftwout and Price, are
always called, with sort oftouch my-hai
air, Mister Swaftwout and Mister Price.
Now what superior right have these IN.
diyiduals 10 be honored with the deslgna-
| ton of Mister than the fellow, Coleman,
who happened to be hung the other day
Why not announce, that Mister Cole
man, the colored gentleman, was yestcr-
day morning executed, in const quence OF
having unfortunately murdered his wife r
! No! crime in Grape is very different
thing from roguery in rags. The prodi-
gious pecua,or is treated with Difference
amounting to respect, while the villain in
a small way is hooted at by every rufllan
who happens to have the luck 10 escape
| from Justice. We have no patience with
these distinctions of rank among felons.
| The great deiaulter is in the eye of equity
as fitting an inhabitant OF a penItentlary
as the little thief, who, with hardly hear.
ing and no defence, is despatched on a
short journey in the corporation coach,
into which Light is admitted from small
apertures at the sides. lfSwartwcut and
| Price had their deserts, they would be AS
sisting Rathbun, the iorger IN doing the
State some service q, Auburn, at this
moment, instead OF travelling for elegant
recreation in Europe. Yet such men ms
these are to be called Mister, torsooth, by
all our most respectable journals, and
defended sioutly when their fair fame
| is called in question las if the Stygian
hue of the Prince Of Darkness could be
dcepened by Z" u lick of the iat-brush.
| /" fedltors are seeking vent for their
sympathes, let them visit our city prison,
in whose damp and ague-brecding cells,
the honest debtors lie buried--ves, literal
ly cntombed amid the sounds Of activity
and the hum of busy Industry Here is
food for compassion-herel IS stuif Tor the
exercise of strong Indignation Here are
verilable NiSters aud ESqmres, men OF
worth and high character, aud true social
texcuiisnce, uuiupcazhabic men, who by
reason Of the heinous Inequiiy OF the law,
are suffering apunishmenl from which the
thief Of millions IS exempt. Why the
the bare proposal on the part Of the Pre-
sdent to make defauIters charge. bile with
| the consequences of the crime OF felony,
has thrown portion OF tho press into u
| cayer of symputhy and outraged passion
| To .hem, we say again-go To the debt
! ors prison. Ii we are Sovereign peo-
ple," let us exercise our sovereignty by
relieving the innocent from the penalties
which are due to the guilty; and LEI Us
treat high and successful viIlany with no
more respect than the meancs, fraudulent.
encroachment upon the Majesty OF the
Many.
The GIRAFFE.-A fellow went up to
the Poydas Street Circus, New Orleans,
the other day, and asked the keeper IL
the sign over the door was correct re-
presentation Of the animal.
Gan exact one," said the keeper
"W ont you walk in Only fifty cents.
"Fify cen,s"
THAT'S all sir,--fare reduced-won'
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