Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-14
FELoN EMIGRANTs TO NEW YORK.

FROM THE LONDON TIMES SEPT. 20. .
We have been the steady advocates of emigration yet we
are friends to " Mr.. Jackson, and what is called the
City Mission. may be that many persons
of the significance Of these terms. "Mr Jackson gen.
teman who has for time been engaged in pruning the
social garden upon emigration principles the phrase City
Mission" indicates the Of his labos Mr. Jackson in
Shorthand whether the merit Of originality belongs him.
whether he be merely acting mnsteray for Others can
not say-scagng scheme Of feon emigration upon an
extensive scale.
II Mr.. Jackson content TO direct his horde upon
tract of country tenaned alone by the Kankaroo the Opos-
sum, and the Bandicoo, foreigner at least
woui have legitimate ground Of complaint The system
would sound strange enough So 1t odd way
Of reforming community Put premium upon petty lar
ceny and bonus upon burglary This is applying the st-
mulus the wrong end Even if Mr. jackson were about
dispatch his proge to desert land might well become
question whether The community could continue wink the
existence of very wcorganzed society for the propagation
and encouragement Of vice.
Mr.. Jackson, however, does leave us in any such du-
bous state Of mind to the tendency of his system He dis
patches his emgrants, untdy, morals and ALL off the Unit
ed States that is to say, into the very heart of populous
commercial community. The local authorities are coy at re-
ceivng into their territories perennial stream Of English
trunk sewerage TO all the moral ammonia Of England
upon their SOIL The authorities either of the State of New
York Of the Federal Government about as is sug
gested make protest against this astue plan for dis.
posing English felony The way the matter was brought
under their notice leave but little doubt that the system
of this English "Fe0n Association such as we have rep
resented to be. The strongest confirmation Of the state
ment comes in fact from Mr.. Jackson himself Some time
back the wives Of two emgans the United States present.
ed themselves at Of the London police Offices Their hus
bands had received free passage America from an
socaon with which the Of Lord Ashley was said to be
connected and Of which Mr. Jackson was upon his own
showing the principal manager II appeared in the course
Of the investigation that there society which
proessed 10 take into consideration applications of parties who
had been formerly convicted of crime, bot who now
anxious retire from the Of their former msdeeds and
enter upon Of life This sounds at first like
charity in It's most ad cdpnum presentation and no doubt
many good Samartans have been induced contribute their
mite to benevolent arrangement But the msor-
tune Is the criminal sntecedents admitted the qua
cation, follows in strict logic the more henous the crmi.
naliy the higher the qualification What credit them is TO
be attached to the promised reformation Perhaps
the deeper the crmnay the belief be placed in the
criminals promise that he the eve Of thorough refor-
nation
in the of the investigation that Mr. jack
son and his friends bad met with great in throwing
thieves Of various degrees OF standing in the profession upon
OF their exeons Mr. Jackson aseverated over and
again the magistrate that the positive belief that the
parties shipped had led the life Of often convicted criminals
entirely essential for their applications to be entertained
and that there TO suppose the vigilance Of the
association had been in fault except the instances then
before the court" II had turned out that of the two emgrants
whose fortunes then under discussion one had never
been convicted Of any offence at ALL and the other simply Of
Infringement OF the hackney coach act The success
however, with which they simulated crime, and made them
selves out objects for the favorable nerposon Of the society,"
may be taken in itself as very pretty Of rascay, and
must have gone great way in removing any apprehension
lest the bounty Of the association had by mistake dis
pensed upon worthy objects.
II would be merely frivolous any thing like reason
ing upon such scheme this We prepared 10 admit
that the directors and supporters may be Mistaken but bene
violent men, buta considerations apart Of the ntoerabe in
jury they arc 20 unjussby nctng upon the United States
what will bo the effect Of their proceedings upon the criminal
population at home free passage 10 America is signal
boon TO be conferred upon the honest and industrious II has
been the daily and nightly thought Of Thousands and hundreds
Of thousands who in the midst Of infinite temptation have
sweryed from the path Of rectude and honesty Il
would be in vain ior such to present themselves the
board Of Mr. Jacksons association. would be useless for
them TO number their years. their Children the temptations
they have wtood and the honest acts they have perform
ed They have not been dragged 10 the ssonhouse and
the poicecout they have the inside Of the pr
van, exercised their limbs upon the readml tho
penenary the hulk and the convict colony them un
known they have claim upon the bounties OF the asso
citation LET them stand aside and end their lives as they be-
gam in the midst Of ceacess toll body and corrodng ankle
tics Of spirit