New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-07

From the CoarieT & Enquirer Nag 5.
writer in the Albany Atlas under tne Signature OF
Euual Rights IL attempting % snow tuht CTedu0Ts
hare c,,qia rie." He born century too late Tor
success 10 such undertaking He ought TO nave pro
pounded his dogma during the reign OF oaroarls OF 10
the dark ages II ne expects TO obtain assent 70 IL 10
mis- nineteenth century his task is hopeless.
Modern progress mas exploded such anuquateo nOuons
Il one Of most glorious discoveries Of tne age nat
creditors are Turks-hsrd hearted, reieDtets-to De
spurned 1sested and regarded as the OF securing OF
c,eaton Their only utility IL 10 keeping debtors in ex
i.tenee Debtors are men down uodden, rampleo upon
crushed ground beneath the iron heel oil creators mo
toe earth and bleeding humanity demands hst tney
sboud be uited relieved and released by the shortest
possible process from their state Of degradation and
wfetcbedness Creditors per contra, are inhuman mas
ters and have no rights
80 also of criminals The progressive, reform.
INK spirit taught this age tbst me sole purpose ana
de.ign of Law 10 10 reform criminals The rest OF SOci-
sty has nothing TO do with H. Criminals are those who
have been unforunste their bumps society has been
= step mother 10 them and so they have some more
and some less bumps than other people. Their pro
pensites led them into paths that don't lead "here
they thought they did. They are unfortunate tney
be cured aud the single object OF La" IS 70 cure
aud encourage and comfort them. Law, therefore
must not concern tsef with such nctOns as justice nor
with such outoft e-way projects as promoting me
good Of Society II must study human nature-exsrn
inc the bumps OF criminals ascertain tnen passona
propensi,ies-and then adapt lie acquisitions 70 their
comfort and convenience and property In psst umef
men have made great mistakes upon these suolece.-
They have egsated on wrong principles But All thing'
now are to be act right The dark ages have passed
proeress has dawned upon the esrhsnd there Is de-
cidedy good time coming
TbecoTresuondent of the Atlas will therefore that
he is wasting time sndiDk in attempting 70 prove si
creditors have ri4hfs Nobody has any TSAS except
scoupdres and slaves and debtors. Women have some
because they yrannized over under that baTbsrou'
nstfutOn-the lingering relic OF dark age-haTTiaSe
Their however, will soon be- attended TO- nus
banda the domestic name for monster of desPohsm
will soon be abolished, aud the women Will be redeemed
and disenthrslled But criminals and debtors are the
only Glasses that have deHnte rights among US Just now
Laws must consult their convenience and advantage
solely Every btor be able 70 keep all his prop
erty out Of the clutches of that relentless monster hrs
creditors aud criminals are IN every pOssibe way 70 oe
treated teudery The remonsrances OF the honest or
drly and unright members Of society must not De IT.
gsrdd In this they are fortunate IN their
bumps and do not understand the nature and proPens'
ties OF criminals.
radically wrong and dangerous TO society lhey are.
no viewer bieoed hesrtless inhuman enemies oil their
race and must be cast out Villains, aud those VINO
know and sympsthse with them, are the elect OF Tue
earth: and all these things must be committed unto
them We do entertain the hope nevertheless thai the
day will come when we shall 60 back to common sense
and sober Judgment enlightened by experience LOT les
sons In Legislation The quscks that now vex the public
ear with their clamor and threaten utterly TO destroy
the body polite with their nostrums Will have their day
aud then 20 to their place and be heard OF no more
Heaven spsed the day
IL IL is amazing, is II not that such an article
as the foregoing which we have quoted entire and
yer5atinq,) should appear conspicuousy as Editor
al in a journal edited by J. Watson Webb,
who. beth as a convict aud a bankrupt has had
urgent occasion to solicit and to profit by relaxa
ton of the Laws rigor and an interpositon o
bleeding Humanity" the spirit of this enlight
ened Nineteenth Century" &c. to save him from
unpleasant consequences. OF course, Col Webt
cannot have written the above but those who have
access TO his columns have no right TO expose hin
in this fashion We call upon the Colonel TO pu
a stop to it for his own sake and that OF ms rea
friends Whoever writes the above land tn,
rau-.ar "a fnll Of snchl is not one OF these.