Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-11-07

Now, what say Won. my friendsl What will the
farmer of New York, Of Pennsylvania, md New
England, say to the idea Of walking 10 church. a.
he head Of his family. in his jacket tico years old!
What will the young man say, (when his work IS
ended and he desires to visit the fnnliies Of hi
neghbors,) TO the pair OF pantaoons, not quite
two years old, indeed, but as the farmers say OF
colt, coming two next grass. and which, for egl.
teen months, have done yeomun's service! Away
with il all--away with this plan of hnmhling and
degrading the free. intelligent. well educa ted, md
well Paid laborer Of the United States. to the level
Of the almost brute labOrer Of Europe"
And how do these European loborcrs livel We
have seen of what their food consists vegetables,
rice, oatmeal, soup. and sometimes salt provisions
rarely if ever. butchers meat; but in what con-
di0n is their homes, and how 10 they live there!
The Journal of the Statistical Society of Eng
land, states, that at Nottingham, out of | 900
houses, 600 are built back To hack that IL. they
are devoid of ventilation. At Liverpool, there nre
1852 inhabited cellars. described as dark. DAMP
dirty. and i'll venriatea; they lodge oneserepth Of
the whole population, Of whom &c, 0O, are the work
! ing classes. There are besides. 2270 cunrts, in
which from two TO six families resided What q
miserable disregard does this show "f all that
shnnld constitute benutiful abnde The absence
of pure air and SUNSHINE. the constant presence OF
damp aud contaminated vapors. In Manchester. Of
| l23 232 workers, 1850 live in cellars! At Bury.
| IAN ominouS name,) OnP-third Of the working
classes are so badly off that in 773 hnnSes. one ben
serrea foHr pfrSons-in PVT, one he'd for five; and
in 7S one he'd for sir persons In Bristol. forv-sS
ppr cent or nearly one half, nf the working classes
have but one room for family" And this is in
England. whose lahoring men are infinitely better
of than the Iaboring men Of the other European
nations, as have shown.
In Paris the CONDITION If the working classes Is
still more deSlinte--a greater number of families
herding together in one house. with common out
| lot for all: and exhibiting Snrh n lonthSome ant
disgusting scene Of filth. wretcledness, and power
iy, as heggars description.
| In Naples where il is said there are 10000 beg
gars, and whose situation. population, and wealth
entle it to rank amUng the first cities IF the world
the misery Of the poorer classes is very grnat.--
The rate Of wages there is so low, that all induce
mpnt 10 labor is DESTROYED; the consequence is
that want and wretcleineSs. accompanied by vir'
and moral dpgrndatinn are visible in all portions O
that city. And this is hut feeble view Of thu
condition of many Of the cities of Europe.
state these facts that the mechanic and lahorinG
man Of this country may form some idea OF th'
condition ard circumstances Of the mechanic mt
!aborng man Of the hard-money countries of the
old world. conld 90 on and ennmerae other in
stances as they are exhibited in Germany, Btvarrn
Sweden. Holland Russia and Cuba. hut it wonl'
he only a repetition Of what have already told
all proving beyond a possibility of doubt. that II
those hard.money countries, the condi'inn of th'
Iahoring man is one Of poverty. dr>truion AM
misery, beyond the conception of an American Me
chanic
A very important fact. and one which cannot h
TOO strongly impressed upon the minds Of the me-
rhancs Of this country, is aScertained from s'a,>-
tcal tables, collected by of character and ahil.
irv; and it * this: that the rates Of crime and in
morality INCREASES with the DECREASE of wages
The annual rate of mortality in the various citie'
IF Europe, is as follows: