Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-15

deferred from making earlier report, because OF .ne
sudden change which took place IN ''ie '"'"'e,"''ns
districts by the cessation OF the usual enpi"yh'h'
which made Them DESTROYS OF possessing such hl"riha
ton a they might be able to collect rs !" 'he ""'hhS
of the system under The adverse circumstances 20 ""
il beca so suddenly exposed.
Tbe repor states that the greater part OF the manu-
Cc,ur;nr conn,es of Stafford Nottingham and lelces
ter cessation IN the demand for labor look pace III
lS37 more sudden in lis approach, anu more 'Ae"sN.
in s operaors than has been known on any p.e''ou'
occasion In many places owing 70 =" ,,ed -
of The workhou<e accommodation, they W re obliged I"
susnr,d IN. order prohibiting outdoor relei 10 t ane
bodied In Noting ham, after provaihs ~! neal3 ~
persons BY the workhousc subscription OF was
entered into BY the principal inhabitants Oh t,'e ''
and Tho UNEMPLOYED operatives were seto worK III con
stu,;n road through some property belonging to the
corporation. c ,h ,,to %
Tho ,.ort;nr classes in Coventry, Folesh Numento,
Mansfield and other places there IS also report from
~ u, mon the condition ofihe Spitalfied wcavers,
in wb;c he states that out of 900 looms, one third
are nItoce,her unused, and that certain OF the remain
ing looms are only partially employed ana MI nias
pcrdce the migration agent, IN similar report rom
Manchester dated July, le'', says, me eh'''e '". "
The district was all at parayzcd, and d'strusl
\ sns,on5.d sr a season almost all commercial opera
! tons.
..Tb hoard have inspected the various reports OF the
charitable bod es of The time, for further facts iustra'
two NJ The effects of the panic upon The ,rorRg classes
relieve the distress of the most unprcccdented numbers
of unemployed work people Sheffield was divided m
IN districts and upwards of 5000 persons were at one
i'm. snnno,ted BY charity The committee OF The DIS
tress fund stated in public appeal that in hundreds Of
families children crying for food 10 parents una
HE 10 Give it, and others, sickness, arising IRON tne
want of The accessories Of life, threatens, without a
speedy relief TO bring the sulerngs OF the wrcched m
diyiduals close The eighth annual report oi me
Liverpool Visiting Society for the year $50, states that
during the four preceding years. the average number
of cases relieved by the board 2,Si2 at cost IN
provisions Of ESQ., Is Cd whereas during the last year,
the number 1902, at the cost OF Lib Is. ad ana
bv table of the number of inmates of the Liverpool
ASYLUM for the Houseess Poor, it has been found that
1881 were admitted in 1897, whilst the highest num-
Der admitted in any of the three preceding years
amounted only TO 1859.
.The Leeds Church of England Visiting Society, in
their annual port the first of October, loH1 begin
with amenting the commercial cmbarrassmcnts, and
the consequent privations of the poorer classes
Such, fellow citizens, is but small portion OF the
fruits gathered from National Bank IN England
where the tree has been growing for nearly century
and half DO you yet desire to re-engratt branch
thereof into the tree of Liberty, which was planted by
our fathers, and "waercd with their blood, that YOU
children may gather like fruit:
If YOU vet desire this then read this report through
and YOU will not only refuse again to plant this
cursed tree in our Republican soil, but you will cut W
by the fast you can, (whout injury TO olhe
GROWTH every scion and sprout that shall spring mp II
the land that our children be not tempted TO eat
the fruit.
The report goes to state that
Scotland the first, usual, to feel the effects
of a pccunlary crisis a.,
"A public meeting was held in Glasgow on the 1911
of May, 1887, 10 raise subscription for the relief o
the distress of the working classes Upwards OF eigh
thousand pounds placed at the disposal of the CON
mittec At one time about 300 persons were fec
from the soup Kitchen OF whom upwards of3,SOO were
grown pcrsons-Iarce bodies of lahorers at tn,
sau'e time thrown out of employment, and rendered
destitute in Dundee and other large towns in Scotland
In Paisley n public meeting was held the I'LL
Of April 81, TO raise subscriptions and in June
was calculated that ~ GOO persons were unemployed
and at Strathaven and other towns and villages in The
West of Scotland restitution and disease prevailed t
| an alarming degree.
| The report goes on to state:
/ "Nor did Ireland escape her share III the
amity" And the examinations made By the board IS
tablsh the fact, "that disease and crime followed IN
the train Of such suffering; and in three towns alon,
il is shown that the SICK received in hospitals ant
other places, for the reception of diseased poor per
sons, during -i7, exceeded the number III any former
year by more than 5000: and that criminals were com
mItted to the alls during the same time IN like pro
tporton which could he attributed To cause but the
commercial crisis drought OH by the Bank of Eng
land.
The report then further states that hc Board have
thus, 1t is presumed, brought forward sufficient data
from which To form Judgment of the magnitude Of t,
injuries inflicted upon the laborng classes by The opc
raons of the Bank Of England upon the currency. ]
has been seen, that the effects of The panic the
ney market to deprive of employment large por
ton of the industrious community, 10 subject them Il
the most intense prva'Ions TO degrade them TO the levc
of puufcrism, aud ultimately oproducca great increase
OF disease, crime, and mortality.
"SimIlaT consequences must GirdgS flow from
forced contraction of the currency
"Evcn al tins moment the same process on the par
of the Bank Of England is again going on and pro
ducing repetition Of all those evils which have bee,
enumerated In Leeds, Nottingham, Paisley, elias
gov, and other large manufacturing towns, multtude
of industrious working people thrown out of en-
Ployment, whose prvatlons again cauSinga lament
able increase of panpersm, crime, and disease.
at becomes, then, of the utmost importance TO thu
welfare of the community TO inquire how such baneiu
} fluctuations may in future be prevented Hitherto i
has been too much the custom to consider the questions
of the currency merely its relation TO the banking
interests; or, If viewed with reference to the public
welfare has been mainly guard against direct loss
es by the failure of banks. THE far greater inj"rie
inflicted upon de community by hc changes IN I'M
AMOUNT, and consequently VALUE, IF paper chr
rency rW IS hopcd, engage that conSideration arhici
they 50 str0ngiv merit.
u "Although it scarcely comes within the scope o
their present object the DO rd viii add reflection upor
the subject OF the undue privileges of the Bank of En-
gland. That such power the property, and, a:
has been SEEM the health morals and very lives Of Tho
community, should be vested in the hands of TWEEN
neft of body Of bank propretors, must be regarded
one of the most singular anomalies of the present day
That the secret acts these individuals vellcd, they
are, even from the eyes of their constituents
should decide the fortunes of capitalists, and The
fate Of artisans: that upon the wisdom
their Judgment should depend the happiness misery
of Millions and that against the most capcious exercise
oil this power there should be neither appeal remedy
that such state of things should be allowed to cxs
must be regarded as REPROACH TO TIE IN
/ TELIIGENCE OF THE AGE and as tOtaiiy ire
concilod'c 'ehh crcry principIc Of pnJic justice.
"lt, instead Of being handed down TO US from ou
ancestors it had been proposed in the present day, L
create bank, endowed with the powers and privileges
| OF he Bank of England, the common of the
cou.!y wcGd have rcvolted against the attempt TO
tablsh such = monopc!g.
Comment is unnecessary The common reade
will discover that the which proG".d the dis
trcss among the laborng classes Of England, "a,
same as those which produced the distress i: thu
country for twenty years If our condition was no
I 50 poor as theirs, it because our Bank had no
yet acquired power enough. The same disasters were
threatened greater curse TO the people than Ma
tonal Bank was never known
I,,, eat, -. n