Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-11-01
FEARFUL STATE OF THE MANU-.
FEATURING DISTRICTS IN ENG
LAND #

we extract says the ltampshIrei Isle
Of Wight, Independent, the following let
ter from the Morning Chronicle. The
picture it gives Of The state { fIhe Ginem.
ployed population Of the principal manu-
factuFiUg districts ofthe country, is fright. |
fal in the extreme:
TO the editor Of the London Morning
Chronicle:
Sir--Having made a short tour through
the forests Of ROsedals, and the adjacent
districts Of Colne, Burnley .Fauinham,
&c, trust that you will not ,desfa Il ln>
acceptable, If I state 10 you without eofh
ment or observation, what have seen
and heard. You are prOpablg aware, that
in no part Of Lancashire is the immense
imprOsemsht produced by industry and
Intelligence more clearly manifested
than in the district which3s called the
Forest Of Rossendale; forrdihs a squire
Of about twenty four miles In breadth
and length, between Bolten, Blackburn
and Burnley. Itis not century since IL
was mere waste Of moOrs and bushes
probably not worth one thousand year,
indeed, in the reign Of James |, the whole
produced less than one hundred and fifty
pounds per annurn. Il is nov studied o.
yer with factories, prinl-works, and
bleaching establishmenisI cultivated in
dairy farms to the very summit Of its
hills, and worth al ieest sixty Thousand
pounds of annual rental, After having
witnessed such stupenduous resnlt pro.
dueed BY the labor oil the men of LaRcas.
shire, It was impossible not 10 feel sym.
pathy In the hardships 10 which that labor
was said to be exposed at the prenseni
crisis, mingled with The dread of the con-
sequences, ifths prosperity WHICH indus
try had created, should Eetgograde as'rap
idly sit had advanced, 4Ad It the masses
Of population which phundenc6 of employ
ment and aggregated ia TIE ancient for
est, should be left suddenly destitute
.sTo ask the rugged hills they tread,
For fattened steer or household bread. ,
On all sides, was informed that tht
condition Of the operatives, whose won
s;kous creations OF new rttiohal resoul
les Tsse before me, who rapidly !deierior
aline. a1d ,Sscame anxious TO discover
notSahly What they had fallen to- BID
Wbatthey had fa!isn from. "
was informed thst there yas one es
tabiishment, that Of Messrs, White efeld, .
HoIlymounl, which, from the speculiar ma
turs Of its business, had suffered but It'll
IA the present pressure, and that l conl
see What would be the condition OF tn
Lancashire operatisA ~ prosperous times
To Hnllvmount. nv attention was first d
rected; / visited, its mills, which exhlb
all the Tefnemenfs Of mechanical tigen'
ity, but these we're to me less lnieres
inc than the habits and the condition
the operatives. was in the midst OF
healthy, happy, aud contspted. poPul
tion. The '6peis4lyes, ons and all q
clsred thai their only anxiety was, lest t
bvoosess Of distress should reach the
tsbIishment of Hollymouni, snd dePri
oE the; employment they Possessed, al
The comforts il prbddced. The schc
Satacbed ID the Hctory was Of the me
sseGsnt and convenient buildings ! ha
ever seen devoted to the purpose OF ed
S,cation; Il was we'll ventilated, aud fIl
;Shsd With the best apparatus for bel
ljobted with gas and bs&ted with wa
,Ister. Il could not have cOst less thai
thousand pounds. The children pay y
uepces per week for instruction, bat !
expenses are betrayed by the bensvoll'
nTs6rietofs, and 9Iis weekly stipend is
S,wStl is accumulate as q reserve fund
Said back 10 each pupil at twenty''
vears Of are. The village Ok Hollymo
,aould eIseware be called thriving to
srhe residences Of the operaiiyes are
10 much cottages as handsome .hougI !
Consisting Of four 10 six rooms, provI
W;th every convenience necessary
comfort ana cleanliness. They are
fnynished-and in many cases with
hoeany, ksaw none destitute OF 1c'
.r5 4 small collection Of be3ks, geSel
an religious subiscts. The Messrs, WI
head are msthodigse, and have erect'
chanel ofi Ionic order, Which y on
1he mOst beautiful specihehs Of Gre
srchisecturss erected in modern time
Tba children in the village wsre rem
sblv healthy. neat, and intelligent
anewared lie feS casual Questions
dressed to Them With pqllteness O
meahor al proprls,y Of EXPRESSIONS =
could notsba surpassed id puch n
rank Sfaite. was uifOtTsd that
invested considerable Sums in the 50
bunk. ffthe eutifo forSs!s had beer
liar u HoIymoGnt, It wetld have
an earthly paradise.
a On'ths same eyeniag process
sBaFhIsy, and The contrast was PEI
l,eaftsrending. Groups df3dlers ST
the midst of the street; Their face
gard with famine, and thesfs eyes .
with that ierca and uneasg exp
4 hsvs often noticed IN magacs.
UP 70 some Of :lleul and snteFsd y
yersahOn, They we're perfectly