The native American., 1839-11-23

accused OF larccnes, &c. As a people, one o
i their leading characteristics seems TO be honesty
/ AID IN aversion 10 any violation of the law froE
mefcenary motives. When they DO steal, they
arc generally in liquor. Assaults and batteries
aud other offences arising from hot blood, are lht
charges generally ailedecd against Irishmen.
ne mass Of The petty depredations committee
upon property in our vicinity within the last few
years has been rerpe:raed by Germans lately ar
rived. This statement may excite some surprise
The Germans are, as people, distinguished fol
hones'y ANA moral reciiiade. The voluntary
German emnigrants who have adopted this coun
| try are among our very best citizens. Bat there
have been recent mmigralions to this country o
q different character altogether. The German:
who formerly arrived at our wharves immediatel,
penetrated 10 the interior, and, selecting farms, By
their industry made the wilderness to blossom as
the rose; our country never b3astca a more indus
trloas, patriotic and useit! population. The re
cent German emgranis are flung of III thousand,
| upon oar wharvcS and remain permanently il ouI
cities. Ignorant, bcsotted, destitute, they wander
about orr streets, begging, Pilfering, and. ever
forcing their way iato the houses OF our citizens
ana extending their deprcdations to offences Of !;
| holder character. Hundreds of these wre tchcs
have been cunTiced by our courts, many of whom
are unable to understand word in our language
1t is 70 this source may be traced, in great mea-
sure, the increase Of crime in this community.
ne ingrass OF this vast pauper and criminal pop
ulatlon cannot but be regarded with suspicion
and if we had no testimony on the subject the
Facts Wonld Justify the inference that our country
was made the Botany Bay Of Germany But
The matter has not been LETT to doubt l he CON
LESSONS Of the conyicts themselves prove il.
Many Of the worst crimes in this STATE have been
I ~ u
Ter, the murderer Of EclIcsbach, now under SEN
ence Of death at Lancaster. is, according to his
own statement convict from Germany. Tie
following remarks from the New York Signal,
lcomprising some important evidence from ~
eastern pager, are worthy of careful perusal
We unite III the hope expressed by the Signal,
that this subject will receive the prompt attention
Of the General Government.
7" The ;,:rt IS notorious, that for more than Six
eighths III lie nanC2r:sm for which we are taxed,
we are indicted to tlc old word. We do not
grGnhle even At l;ila gross as the imposition may
be; but when foreign authorities undertake 10
dlscmoognc their criminals and convicis upon our
'shores, by whole cargoes, We think it time for
cvery American, whether b. birth or adoption, to
eXclailn against tho outrage.
eve learn from the Newbury rorI Istra,l, tbs.
letter from tie American consul at ilessc Cassel;
states tha. the government Of Hamburg depors
from time to time those criminals who have either
been condemned for life or long period. They
give them the choice to endure their time, or to
emlgratc; i'll which case the government pays
their passage. They bring stet rage passengers
from Bremen to the United States, and find them
with good provisions, at sixteen dollars head for
cach grown person. The consul says: This
price the Bremen ship owners could only afford
by carrying large number, 10 obtain which.
they had agc:ts over the interior Of Germany, ,
and induced the lower class, which live in very
impoverished state to cmigrate, by making them
believe that labor 50 much demanded i'll the
United States that able bodied men could earn, as
soon as landed, two dollars day
81 In addition to Ills testimony, Mr.. List, con-
SUI al heipsic, says, that not only paupers, but
even criminals transported from the interior Of
,.is country, in order 10 be embarked FOR the Uni
ted States. 1t is further stated, that Mr.. De
SSH, formerly an officer in the service Of the
Duke 0! Sake Gotha, has lselv made PROPOSE
tons 70 The sna!lor States Of axony fer transport
ting their criminals to the United States y, seven
y-iiye dollars per head. which offer has been ac-
cepted by them. The first transport Of criminals,
who, for the greater part, have boon condemned
to hard labor for life, (among whom are two no
torious robbers, Pfeiel and Albrach) would leave
Gotha on the 9Th Of October, and it is intended,
by and by, to empty all he warehouses; and ja!Is
Of the country in this manner. There is little
doubt that several other states will initiate the
no:arious practice
!" Ii is also atlcscd. that i, has Of late become
ia general practice in the towns ard boroughs Of
Germany to get rid Il their paupers and vicious
members by collecting the means for efieciing
| their passage to the United States among the in
| hahi,1nts and hy suptIyiup them hnn the nnh;ic