Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-08-03
NO. T..


Factory GHl," Is no exaggerated picture Of tie
helpless, hopslsss doom 10 which hundreds Of
thousands Of children are consigned under The
accused factory system IN England. Against
the eruelues Of this system. the ChaTtist party sFs
now warning among other things, with boldness.
strength and eloquenoe Wbleh would surprise ma
nv republican, readers who take their opin-
ions of Great Britain from Court journals and
Tory organs. England is now in a state Of agi.
taton not realized by public opinion on /, here.
Two millions Of people are demanding universal
suffrage and other reforms, and many ayow them.
selves ready 10 back their demands by force Of
aims. In certain counties they are armug with.
out Disguise, and avow themselves ready 10 as.
serl their light by this greO, and las, appeal
The National Convention lately assembled m
LONDON. has been marked BY addresses and te.
solutions uttered with IMMUNITY, which, flly years
ago would have caused their authors to be sent
lncontinenily to PRISON or Botany Bay and il ~
easy to predict political results when the liberty
of speech and pen is unlimited. The chartst
leaders are men Of education, and high lalent.--
Some Of their speeches which delivered AT the
National Convention. nte represented as afbuent
| in every degree IN statistical Information, aTgu
nenatlve force and general eloquence.
| THr FAerom GlRL.-Yes, our little gil is
nine years old; she lsa dwurfed woman. Her
infancy was passed in pining, pulling want from
the hrst, almost an uniented thing, lef days and
days alone, the mother denied the ehIoymcn, of
maternal sympaihics by sharpcst perjury, (ihe
hend that, at the hearths Of the poor, now chllls.
now blghts, now makes stony hard the human
hcaH,) by Keen necessity Of outdoor toll for tho
infant mouth ut home. God knows how tho
~, IA AL
bnby cngrosses the few hours may half hours
stolen from work TO lavish on the last born and
| then, another helpless sQuohd thing and lhtn,
another md then our factory girl becomes
nurse and al slA years old hugs in her arms, her
hallnaked tatlerdematlion brother She has no.
strength to carry hun, meagre as no is, but shuf
les and siumbles With hun along the street and
now she sits in door ways; and now in lanes
aud alleys, her infant mind receives the seeds OF
future things OF goodness, blessed chance; If
otherwise, the minimizing ylrtouus throw up their
eyes and marvel at the wrong. And thus tho
child passes her first nine wears Of inian, life,
What an infancy Lean and wherej, aud care.
worn, (ycs, care.wern her baby counienanco
made dull and coorless by the miserable aspects
every where surrounding her, she seems as Il
sAc had never been younger nay, more, that
y'ars could hardly make her look moro old,
mere ''~ihin her face Of ba5yhood so deep
stamp 0, 'ee ''a'nI'v' All tho better yeaT-
nngs OF the heart--thc peace, ~ snor,,yeness.
born aud Astounding ut the heaitha Of co".r-,
what has she known Of these Life e. her
has been JOY less selfish, hungry, pesy'sh thing.
Her home has been tho homo Of grinding want;
> nj her 6res,de. man. the lord Of creation. has
been seIf 10 the lowest necessities, and not all
Q ways a silent and untepning one. How often
is the brutal husband aud the reckless father tho
horrid bnndywork Of mysery alone OF all tho
D violence, the cruelty, inflicted on each other by
tho mserably poor, how much Off 10 but tho
wild outburst OF ntoIerabc sell.sulleripg Aud
! our little factory girl has seen this and tho
: shadow of the evil has fallen upon her face.
Let U.s. however, accompany the child in the
lactory. What bitter season. How the wind
howls--wh what dash the slice, is flung
. aguns, the windows The earth is frozen hard
I ns IRON. and The wind now cuts blighngy !;
q snow on The ground, II is five o'clock on
d January morning. The child is up, and with
. lls tcany covering pulled about it, dccendS shiy-
: to the street Poor little wretch her blood Is
= frozen under her very finger nails. Her foot.
+ too for her shoes have been patched past further
Q patching, and yawn nhaf dozen places is gal.
y led with nasty chllbaln, and she llmps most
painfully, Her father, bound 10 the sa.he facto-
j. ry, lifts her upon his back, and checking oath,
L gtOnns from between his teeth. The GIL IS nine
r, years old and, half clad, on desoallng Janu-
}, AIRY morning is carrisd--lhrough cold and dark.
u ness catried-tO work
d The girl now Is in The factory. From THO
Q moment her childhood ceases she IS bondswo-
, man 10 all the cares OF mature life Nine hours
l. n day is her alottcd time for work the remain
=. der OF tho "a hours TO be passed--in what ! IN
d The happy, ultless rccreaIlons Of children, 10
q whom even the consciousness Of existence is al
J. times source Of tho keenest pleasure An
q hodr and halGis gwen TO breakfast aud din
}, ncr; aud when We remember the wages earned
y by tho factory gn|, sometimes as much as Is. Cd
J. per week, aud the costumes Of the luxury 0
F. bread IN hour and half for two meals Is sure
70 y nme sufficient, they might no doubt be eater
g lay, both--ln half the allotted time. There
oil yet remain many hours--hours fer what FOl
y, the merest rudment Of education
80 After uine hours unceasing labor in the coItol
g factory, how elastic the mind how apt for in
n strucuou! how strong to pour over book ho,
no fitted TO receive any impressions that shall lais
d It's posseSsor degree above the beast slaughter
he ed Tor the sbambes The factory girl return
d. home, and what can she do Blu, sleep VIA
er would she do but seek oblivion from tie aosC
NO the luckIng noise OF engines the hell of sound
nc which she has all day suffered Who would kee
IA her one half hour from her miserable bed I VII
u would lesson the blessings OF sleep, since slice
ng may sometimes bring TO her at least dreams
ey quiet visions Of happInessl What TO her
eth reading and SrltIngl Let her quaff Gorgetlu
III ness.
p.
as Tks H'oman Of Century While the Pre-,
ID. dent Of the United States Wis seated at Il
ID, breakfast table in this city on Saturday moun
be was informed that an old lady upwards Of OF