Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-21

more vivid and p.easurable. But the tC
matter does not end with this unusua p
Of criminal material We IT
have wars from time tn time, and they IL
are great awakenGrs In men, OF al! that u
is worst in their natures. Spencer says. ri
The citizen ma,ic cal.ous by the killing n
and wnundng OF enemies. inevitably e
brings his caliousness hcme with HIM
Felluw-Ieeling .habitutlly ,ramp'ed down II
IN military conflicts, cannot, at the same
time. he active in the relations of civil t
lie. In proportion as givin-. pam t" 5
other. 10 made a habit during war. 1t I
will remain a habit during peace; in"v- {
it,hly producing in the behavior OF citi-
zens to one another aniag"nisms,
c.tmes OF Violence aud mutitudnuus
nggresSiuns nt minor kinds, tending to :
ward n d sorder that calls for cocrcIve I
government" There was never q man
v ho was not made worse citizen by
| heinga soldier We may safely say that
nc generation in America has escaped
the influence OF war The torrent OF
crime that has swept over our country
since the civil war, shows how true
statement of the case Spencer makes |
| Contemplating the vast supply OF crm-
inal material we have. and the unceasing
training that our wars give US all we
need only wonder that we pay 50 little
tor the expenses Of crime. In the Gu
pacitr Of public servant, and alter
ward AS n politician, in western terrl-
tory, assisted in a plan that was prac-
lically test of deportation. Before we
had q penitentiary we sent our crimiha's
to The house of correction, In Detroit.
They served their time out, and did not
come back 10 us. 1t WAS tar away, rail-
road travel was expensive, and the rec
ollec,Ion OF their experience among US
WAS unpleasant so that there was no
: force drawing them back to us; and the
force of inertia and poverty kept them
> away. The federal government built
Il peniten,iary in the territory, and tried
. 10 make us present of it. but the gov
ernor promptly declined to accept the
o elephant. AMI the Legislature agreed
o with him. Finally the territory was
y "hu,ldozed' into taking it, and It has
1t been ever since in the same quicksands
1 that any other commonwealth that own:
81 apen,entiarv must wsllow IN. The peo
ie ple of the town were at first pleased
~ with the idea Of having the pen!tentlar.
r. located in their place; but their mos
es grierous complaint now is that ever,
Al ex-convict is more apt 10 become res
e. ident OF their town than auy other. 4
e> Law OF the least effort keeps them
lie the first town they are tree in. unies
Oh some greater induccment "verr"mes
'lh And they tind them not reformed or d'
IRE ,ermined 10 work, but only the SAN
IS' criminals, lutte more enlhlttert
eir against society BY their puni-hment'
ne have known a man to be arrested f'
~. larceny. bciut, til. day Closed on "hi'
ND he was tree alter several Years inca
'' ceraticn
I" Although W. regard criminals in o
light as parasites we mus! regard the
as fellow men in another. Therefor
''" If any thing opens the door OF hope
.hcm. We should duly consider It.
pOitatiun alone does this Crmnf
N ,,om England developed Tcspec'at
community in Australia. because tn
~ .ouyur had society at hand to pr
upon, and had Il continent before th'
''>' to develop. They had chance
cease to do evil and learn to
well, >" until action produced habit. a
; 80 habit became "A transmitted and inherit
quality. Not 10y precept. though hes
daily not by example unless It Is
lowed, but only by action often eau
By the related feeling, can mora! ia
va be formed says Spencer. To dep'
our criminals we ought TO have tore
penal colony. Alaska would not
'"' They would be too anxious TO get aw
South America or Africa would be
" ter Either adjacent to Liberia or
the English settlement in South Afr
law we could acquire 3 small territory
the purpose. AS state cannot m
wv treaties, the United States would h
'o"' to do this. Our state could. perha
'o''' begin at once to get rid OF the Grimm
'" /, could make contracts with ST
masters to receive them at New II
and deliver them 70 an agent OF
Wv" state OF Missouri in Liberis. !
'no agent could hire them at once to H
s'''. peau or native planters until the g.
"''u ration of their terms. Many OF Il
" would remain in the country, some &c
no"s into the adjacent English settleme
lew ever getting back here. v
"s' severer laws against crimes commi
. NV by rowing criminals, death tor deli
,bor. ,d ,..,.;, cr;,ro. .g.i
e'' female children under twelve years
age, and deportation for other cri
except these two, we ought in tim
have 4 yeritable millennium, comps
with the present state OF things.
there is any value IN convict labo
can be got out OF 1t IN penal colon
- well as here; and il will not, ut IL
''e interfere with our laborers here.
'''"A virt laborers in penal colony NIGH
70 SLOWED alter certain time. 10 ha
part of the product OF their own Ii
!, HS' set aside for their own benefit. Il
lings .;.an ,h.,r -, ,hs .,,ra,;,n q, ,
WV term OF service. They might thus
encouraged to regard labor as st
thing beside 4 mere punishment
w the plan works well the other STATE
Wv" the Union wi doubtless soon TAX
intercs, in It. Aud If all deport
- 'i' criminals there would be. l supp
~ fifty thousand at once and others
Year to year. thrown into the p
''' colony. 1t seems 10 me that N
We ~ Edwards has completely answered
claim that convicts could be keE
adopt ,o,.,;.. o,a r,r..d -,
roads AS 1t was copied from the
lia Democrat of December 9th into
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