New-York tribune., 1841-12-01

the human frame il ruias. Il cannot be forgotten,
tha; as manufactures have gone up, the operatives
have gene down.
Thi- general principle may be applied 70 the
whole system OF British manufactures; and 1t i,
truth no candid msa. VINO has Investigated the
subject, VIII question, that WHILE II. WORK Is
MADE PERFECT. The WORKMAN Is DESTROYED.
But 10 BE mere particular. Manchester Is the
largest manufacturing town in Great Britain; aad
in sz- and population the second city in ;hs king
dom having nearly tle;sane number o; Inhabitants
as New-YorA Imagine this multitude crowded
together in Herrow streets, the houses all Quilt OF
brick and olackened with smoke frequent build
ings among them large a. converts, without
their antiquity without their beauty without their
holiness; where YOU hear from wiihin. a you pass
along the everlasting din of machinery and vhere
when the bell rings. Il Is 70 czll wrelche- - trcir
work instead OF their prayers imagine tai., and
you have the materials FOR picture OF Man
chester.
/ wen; through several Of the largest nils, and
some OF the smaller ones. In every instance the
propre,ors and overlookers who led ms rouad
wished me- 10 look through their eyes. But, having
good pair Of ny own to which was mere acc-s-
toned. | chose to use ;ne-,. In many OF the
mills there were certain larse rooms crowded
with operatives was toid) which, for reasons
bes, known 70 the ProPrIetors was not pe rnitied
to enter can easily imagine thst person may
20 through many an Engli-a factory without seeing
ysuch Of the evil OF the system. Az intelligent
gentleman. who Is familiar with it in all It's paris
accompanied me. and pointed oGt may things
which should not otherwise have observed. and
which | shall no, soon forget; for saw much
that spoke of sorrow ignorance, and gloom.
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Indies. called Telouttcr by the French. which
exhaes an sdor very agreeable At distance. but
which becomes less 20 as it is approached, until
il smell is unexpectedly loathsome. Alce:as
himself could not have imagined an emblem moro
appropriate to the manufacturing system OF Great
Britain. As We contemplate it from our SIDE OF
the Atlantic, it 70 be the glory OF England,
miniseriag not only 10 our own luxury. a. well
TO the wealth Of the propretors, but to the com
fort Of vast muutudes who by it furnished
with labor and the reward whch industry bfins,
But the deep poverty and the tears OF the opera
,ives we know nothing OF.
Not day in the year passes that the sails OF
commerce are not unfurled 10 bear the manufac
lured goods Of England to foreign countries. OF
this England boasts And well -hc might. If those
astonishing creations of human kill weIe not the
price of blood The Lancashire manufacturers
told Us with an air of exuliation worthy OF better
cause There Is no ideness among Us here you
see the disciplise the machinery, the division Of
labor we are proud OF skill and industry we
clothe the world" :" and they might have added,
strip and stare our laboIers 10 do it.
But nothing has given me much pain rs to
see the utter ruin this system entails upon ctil-
drcn The introduction Of labor-sasins machinery
created a great demand for the labor OF children.
They can now accomplish much for their mas
tiers in one day by machinery, Is strong rsen could
formerly in many; and they work for icw cents
dav. and board themselves. | have seen one
estimate from high authority, stating that the
number of children OF both sexes under the age Of
lG engaged in the cotton, wool, silk, and flax
manufactures of England alone, is orer two hun
d ed thousand; and the whole number of persons
employed in the different branches of these four
manufactures in Great Britain, Is estimated at two
millions But Mr.. Balncs computes the number
of persons directly employed in the manufacture Of
cotton alone. with those Immediately dependent
upon them for subsistence, at one and half
million. 1t should be remembered that this cs-
innate embraces only the operatives in four branch
es of the great manufacturing system.
The number of persons engaged in the British
ceatradc is said to be over li0, goo; one-thlrd of
whom spend their days under ground, working in
the mines. They are n stuntcd and detormcd race
of men. Being obliged, in doing Their work, to
keep themselves in cramped aad unnatural po-
-ition so much of the time they become crooked,
and even in their common gait walk as though
:hev were crushed down with heavy burdens.
Accidents in coal-mines frequently occur, arising
from explosions of inilammable gas.
The Committee of The House of Commons ap-
pointed to examine into the condition OF the col.
licrs. reported they had asccrtaned that 2O50 lives
had been los, in twenty-five years by these eNpo-
sions In no instance had person in The mines
survived the accident tell how 1t arose. Mr..
Buddle. of Wallsend, an XtrcNely well-lniormed
coal engineer. saws that " the namber of persons
employed ulder ground on the Tyne are, men,
4J37; boys 35j4."
There are over 400 furnaces in Great Britain
employing directly in the production OF iron 5000
persons, and the business provides subsistence or
a million. The aggregate amount OF iron produced
in the wear 1889 was 500, 900 tons. In the pre-
p,ration of salt. alum and other minerals. vast
numbers of persons are engaged ne "ho''
number empleyed in the production of all sorts OF
iron. hardware. and cutlery articles, Is estimated
at 900 In the manufacture of lewelry. earthen
and glass ware, paper. wooen stuti-, distilled and
farrnentsd LIQUORS &c. &c, the numbers employed
are very great.
Thc., Is not a branch of ,h. immense system of
manufacture in which there Is not paisiHi sacri-
fee Of health and lite. The ignorance, vice, dis
case. deformity, and wretchcdness Of the English
operatives, as a jody, almost exceed belief. The
philanthropists Of England should rcax nothing IN
their exertons for the emancipation OF the millions
still held in bondage in their foreign possessions
but am persuaded the physical miseres OF the
English operatives arc greater by lar than the
West India slaves suffered before their emancipa-
ton. Far worse even than this IS the condinon OF
the children of paVpers especially.
They are, to all intent. and purposes, as abso-