North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-07-03

; 3
mena's. F." ~ a division 81 ftogruy among
swarm r Eut-Gean flundcrcrs. Of lhe
degradation 0l industry, of a court esisb-
aAhed ctHtch, supported oui Of the pro
lcee.is ~ ibe sweat aod blood 81 the people,
an8 finally. of tie total aboll,ioa ol civi
and socia. rights.
/ Tnr ErGLIsR NoEltIrr-rnr srAE.
vISn MfcHANIcs--tHD Cons TAxrs.-
8 } iHm alt NafJ's speech in Parliament.
+ II march, 4 letter rom Preston. which
town Lord s'anicy Appealed to as i.Iustra.
ure manufacturing prosperity, described
I The wreiched condition oi ~ small portion
OF the population; ani be would read an
extract from u O. the House
The effects Of these reductions upon
the comforts Of the we9vcf's have become
such as to render their payalians inin!era-
bic i youHg fellow olten lancied that be
could appear more respectable than most
married people whom he saw around bin:
bot The appearance Of child or two soon
undeeeYed bin, and be Is found presently
10 the same miserable condition OF most 9th
efs who, similarly situated IN life, had en-
tered the married stale-a condition from
which all his exeftlons were Inadequate 10
relieve him tai his children were grown
sufficiently large t. be able to assist in their
maintenance Having been confined to
the paIlfy plttance which his best exertions
affords, the casualties oi life were wholly |
unpfovlded for; and a change OF work, and |
a bad kind Of work, or little sickness. de- |
-tfoYed all his credit; and if without friends |
10 these emergencies, a state of horrid pri-
'atlon commences He is found frequently
iolIlng an entire day without food; Jour
leylng home with piece Of cloth which
&c hath just iinished--il living in tie coun.
.rY, distance Of three, four or five miles.
win PAIR OF clogs on his feet, and cloth
ng IN which he Is ashamed TO appear; for
winch piece only is. or IS. is due, and the
Ireater part OF coming week to provide
GOD herewith, though hungry 10 com.
nence with, and de5llila ted in frame bv
revtous prlvation. The writer himself
aid, he frequently had two or three DAYS
D get over without any food whatever
rovlded, or any knowledge of the means s
Y which II could be obtained. A little
zeal borrowed here, few potatoes procu- c
"a there, with occasionally the scraps OIL
le last meal from some kind-hearted neigh
Or who had knowledge OF his state, or d
w pence IN The way OF loan, were OBJ C
'ned. But this was not always the case: k
ID when himself and family were thus y
niortnnate in their applications to the d
Dor nelghbors around, then the suiiernes il
ere indeed great. On Tuesday, his IA I
ier-In-Iaw, who then lived with him, failed $,
get his work out Of the loom, as had q
zen hoped; and they went to rest that h.
ght supperIesS. Breakfast time on the II
ednesday passed away, and still nothing CT
take. Night at length made its appear. m
zee; and all the schemes to realize a little Of
Oh Were abortlve, having nothing which m
ey could pledge. Such had been their des- 81
ute state for considerable length of time
evious. The agones of his own feelings =:
as at this time understandable, not so much n
his own sake as for that of his more ~
fortunate partner, who had the whole n
Inc day strong and healthy child tug ~
ng at her breast, and which had shown ~
ell much more ravenous than usual, ha- =
lg no other food to direct it thereirom.
lrng the night he frequently entrea,ed
10 remove the leech from her (tor BIZ 4
at name be recollected having designated N
chId.) Once, on awaking from brief hn,
mber, he enquifed how she felt herself. ba,
found that she had tainted: he imme lie
'dIately arose took the meal-bag. turned ties
wrong side out, and shook it over the on
Die; the few grains detached therefr0m ch'
collected, and made of them bowl Of s sn@
ter-grueI; and with this, he really be- dai
we'd, her life had been preserved. How the
my were present at some ball or mas tho
Grade, the expense Of admission to which eih
'uld have vlctualled his little family d,
nth or more? But how little do such s a@
n, although deriving the whole of the anl
lndance they enjoy, care or feel for that ma
ldlton which their own avariee hath der
ne created len
Now, continued Mr.. Ward, if the veal n r,r
arstocracy OF England maintained that spa
(which produced such state of THINGS. VIII
re necessary for their support, in what iou
sluon dld they place themselves, In the a,
ne position Of the old French aristocra- Nh,
cho
And where was that nobility now?- VOL
lere was an end to their career and ex- and
ions. fem
gan
bee
H. =