Washington telegraph., 1862-01-15
WASHINGTON ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Is. 1862.


WHAT CONSTITUTES A JAY-HAwKER
The term Jiy hawker is one Of very re-
cent origin, aud seems to have been in
vented 10 designate tile meauest aud low
est specimens Of mankind. a jay Hawk
er Is robbcr--a THEA rogue an as
sassin a robber il one who selze~ upon
the goods, Or property, or money of an-i
other. either secretly % by force, and ap
propri1ies them 10 bis own use, without
the owDer's cons-nt, and without aDy
compensation to the o'rner Cor tile loss u
biz substance For such offences, by the
common coDSenr of civilized nations, the
Offender Is subjected 70 infamous punish
meat. Whipping, branding, iDcarcera-
tion IN the State prison or penitentiary,
confning At hard labor, forfeiture of the
rights of suffrage, Or Vt the right u sit
on Juries, Or o. giving testimony 10 courts
when tie rights Of honest men are adjudi
cated.--are some OF the punishments in
Aicted under iiffereut governments for
these disgraeeul and Injurious crimes -
Not Only are these penalties inflicted by
judicial tribunals, but Others of sill
more terrible and appalling character are
visited upon the offender by people If
enlightened moral sense a rvbber, a
rogue, is properly excluded from reputa-
bic society NJ honorable, Lighmioded
man will associate with a rogue, nor per-
nit his family to do 50 lie would great
y prefer to bury bis daughter in peace-
bride of Jay Hawker Such an exclu-
sion from the pale Of good society is a
fearful punishment. Il j. akin 70 that
described III holy writ in which all things
impure are to be forever shut out from
the sphere Of light, and beauty, and good
ness aud purity. Aud ye, these punish.
iuents arc justly inflicted upon rogues and
robbers. For such uumanly,' dlshonor-
able, damning crimes against the estab-
lishcd rights Of society, We loathe aud hate
the tribes of Lane and Jennisun, and
Prentlss, and all the race Of rogues who
are now committing acts of robbery aud
burglary upon the deiencesess people Of
Missouri. For such crimes their names
will 60 down to history covered with ever
astIog infiniy and shame. The man who
is honest will not steal. The man who
would steal brass pin, would rob bank
| The man who would steal chicken would
steal 4 b rse, or pick pocket, or commit
burglary The man who will stsal, ar
rob at al, under any circumstances, will
steal or rob under any circumstances, ac
7 coFdins 70 his passion for stealing aud L.
opportunities that may present the a
selves. The man who robs j. robber
Inc man who steals is thief No cir.
cuustances can justify the one or he
/ other. Ii 4. steals from B., \. is thief
Ii Il. u en- goes aui steals from \ then
! B u another thief, and the two nay well
snake hands IAL w lF.ynLs, tvr une i ju>t
good as the other. The man who would
RIB 40 enemy, would also rob friend. if
there were 10 enemy C rob lie who
would steal from secessionist, will steal
tromh tory when he can do 50 No sul-
der of an army can have the fimsiest color
Vt excuse for stealing. The army has the
power always to supply Itself with any
thing that could be stolen. If necessary
20 the subsistence of the army. let the
comm ssary take it according to law. aud
pay Tor H. II the conmissary fails ia
his duty. let rim be arrested aud di-mis
sed III disgrace The acts of viiI'sny
com mltted by the Federal troops in vast
lug the substance of our people are more
wanton outr1ges, Or they are the out crap
pings aud ear-marks Or the straight>Uut
rogue, vino seeks the army to indulge his
propensity for thieving-
Ii would be difficult, If not impossible,
to collect % 900 or 80 900 men together
without having some rogues and robbers
among item. But if there is a soldier ID
the army Ut Missouri 50 lost u all the die
tates of honor aud manhood as % let him
self down to the level Of a common rogue
he ought 20 have the word Jay -Hawker
branded On bis forehead, and then be
driven out from the patriot army which
is nobiy cUntending Tor truth aud right.
LII there is an ofhcer SO mean-spirited rs
to permit his men to become thieves wi:h-
in his knowledge, and without prompt
and severe punishment, then he Is him-
self no better thana Kansas Jay Ilawker,
and should be driven Cf to herd With the
tribe OF John Browns If it were pos>i-
tle to corrupt aad pervert citizen soldiers
from their high character as cltizsns, and
as men, into class Of robbers, il would
be mercy to the world if they all should
be shot down the first day they went into
service. It any such practices exist IN
our army, even on the part Of few men,
we do not know it. We know that
mao arraigaed and convicted Of stealing,
a short time since, was punished win
fifty lashes, aud then drummed out of
camp. So may il ever be- Let us keep
the character of our army as high and as
pu:e as the holy cause Of freedom and
self-governmeLt for which We now suffer
and bleed 49, Missouri Army Argus.
p0r The treasury notes Of Arkansas, of
small den ominatioas, are IN general use.