Washington telegraph., 1862-01-15


with thing Ginning 50 exactly with our
own ideas, that We almost Imagine We wrote
il ourself We would swear u the follow
Ing, from the :. Crescent" were Il not for
the rich rein Of sarcasm, aud terse common
sense, which il above our fight.
Its refreshing occasionally 10 meet a
naa, who in fit Of desperation, makes a
bold onslaught against some popular hum.
bug. Here is the fellow that does X. We
would not dare 10 say much as Le does
bat uc DW pat him % the back aud feel
glad be went it,
TIE STAY LAW QUESTION Accord
Ing to the teleeraphic dispatches Of yes
terday morning, a bill was reported in The
/ House of Representatives on the 18th to
suspend for one year, after Me close ofMe
,oar, the forced collecti n of debts. This
bill was made the special order of the day
for yesterday, aud at this writing We Ia vc
no knoSiedge OF what has been done in re-
latinn {, 10.
Were We acquainted with the details of
the bill we might speak with full knos~
ledge; but as We are not, aud have only
the lelcgraphic TO 90 upon, supposing Il
to be reliable, all we have TO say is that
the bill requires some additions to make
il plete Instead of debtors having
Gone year after the close of the war In
which 20 pay their honest debts, the word
s'eterniiy" should b. substituted, ana if
any scapunirei cf editor should seek to
Obtain what was justly due him, for loaned
money, hire or sale of negroes. lands or
houses, or any other description Of pro-
| perry, lie should be hung Inconii0enily,
and without the benefit Of clergy Con-
f5anl creditor who wsnld presume To
Claim his own. lie should b. joyous in
staryIng-should delight in the hunger of
lis wlte and children--rather than op-
press his fat aud comfortable debtor, WHO
L. fat and comfortable because be enicvs
the use OF property he has never paid for!
HErrah for stay lawsl Welcome repu
diaripn. Let Us all 20 70 stealing Who
caresy Creditors never had any rights,
aud never ought to have. The red repub
iioa" idea - that "prcperty is robbery"
4 aud # that principle l. to be carried ont,
a. Is apparently proposed. the Legislature
should declare that all property holders,
Y whether debtors Ur creditors, are robbers
What j. the use Of making fin uf one aud
/ low. uf ili other. Either the creditors
have a right % make their debtors pay
them, " the debiors have the right TO
punish tile creditors fyr making the at
tempt There l., undoubtedly, rsscaify
iuvulred, aud as all creditors are wilkins.
aud all debtors angels, IL is 10 he hoped
| tl.at every scvuDdrel who should presume
to Imagine that deb. Is Justly due him.
much .e-s attempt tu collect ii, shall b.
hung, drawn and Ilartered, and after be
4 ing il.umb-screwed, skinned, and other
wise tortured, according ~ the old fashion,
ed way 0f inakIng men christians aud vir-
\ tuDus
\ Passing alDng it gives the telegraph a
\ "lIg' I'D tito fifth ribs, as well deserved
/ "A IL j. iaconlc. Read:
fae Telegraph WIS silent yesterday, fol-
! lowed by d, arty wishes that il would cease
IIs daily aav.ces of nonsense aud rumOrs
from Virginia.
\ West Point then comes in for n share
Of liz remarks. They are Doth timely aud
/ true:
The fact IS that the frequent allusions
about West Point might as well be dis
peused with. The latest telegra phic ad-
vices, ia giving account of TIE list bat
tie somewhere in Virginia, says: ..Col.
Johnson, a graduate of West Point com
msnded." We have doubts nsregard 10
any thing emaDatiDg from Richmond but
from tie manner ID which West Point is
SO frequently alluded to in dispatches and
correspondence from that vicinity, il j.
supposed that no one can be commander
or lead any army Of soldiers uuess lie las
passed through West Point 1t appears
to have been forgotten that such Generals
aud Commanders as jackson, Taylor.
Brown, Ripley. Twiggs, Worth, Towson,
Jessup, our .own Persifer 4. Smith aud
Quitlnan and hundreds Of others in the
war Of 1872 and the Mexican war, with
such Generals as telling Price and JEFF.
Thompson never passed through West
Point. We will not speak about Gen.
Fus sand Feathers, as he has retired
Undoubtedly West Point has been of great
and signal service 10 the country, hut
there i such a thug us running hobby
into the ground.