Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-05-31
VICE IN MANUFACTURING TOWNS

VICE IN MANUFACTURING TOWNS.
We well recollert lo have seen IL stated sumo IL or
ID years ugn,thaI The number II convictions for cap
Iial ch'nceS in the large manufacturing town Of
Ninnrhes'e CT. England. during one year was greater
than in all S1OIlnnd during the sans periodrThis was
considered a startling fact. siriking!y illustrative OF
the prevalence Of vice ia large manufacturing towns
and It is not remarkable that n1ny Of our s,bor CHI.
zens should have opposed, on The principles of mo-.
rally, auy encouragement on Tho part OF The general
governmental the csi,b' isneir ofmanuCIciuung cor.
pnralinns-insliiuiious which could not have been
pui m operation 10y individual enterprise. Il Mas
believed and predicted that our manufacturing towns
wou become rccepiacles-of imm ,r~ial,ty and vice
That the c%nnihstOn woull sp cad To the adjoining dis
'ricts, nnrl ia a few years, New England would be
delngeJ wuh dcprhviiy and crime.
Has this pred 'c;inn been verified! We answer
emphaHcaily-N o. Nor is lhsre the least prpba
hilry what 1t ever will be. A l~oreigner on HI, arriya
IN Amcri,a is fOrcibly struck with The vast differ
ance between n %populOus manufacturing town. ia
Europe. where puyery snI vice are exhibited u
hold relief. aud a minuficturing Town IN New Eng
land where The marks "f povery are seldom seen
where good order and morality every where pre-
vail.
Look at Lowell. the largo manufacturing place il
Amerira-wherc The sum ui nearly eleven million,
uf dollars is invested ia manufactures and where ia,
popnlHtion. a very large proporirn ef whom are III
e'ily coiitlrCted Nth the manufacturing establish
mcut-,excee,ls 10000 There is hardly 10 he found
a more orderly pppu!aiinn in the couniry-or a
place Oi equal srzc, where the people are mnre in
%teIligeni. aml The morals oTil inhahiinrv nr- more
pure. u WAS stiiei la,' year. that ofS3S6 600 de.
posiicd "a the ) wings B taS. ia thai city. tho sum
ol S2jJ.OO0 belonged mnl erajivcs, principally l-
males EN- llpycd ia the factor e.. u isa'su well
known that at This time tiere is a monthly periodic.
al published IA Ih1I city. ina handsome oclavo furm
made up Of original afiirlcs, both poetry and prose,
from The ems OF the Factory Girs. and which will
compare lavorably ia literary merit. in vieor OF Ian.
guage and purity Of thought. with the average lite.
rary journals Of ibc country. SIcii is the elect ol
manufactures 90 The population of Lowell fact
which Is highly honorable To- the ~New-Eugland pa
pa aiion gencrally-lnd which ais speaks ia strong
language ~ flvur of Ihe IN ale of managing these
c"rporliions. 10y The representatives. Of The slockhol-
dcrs.
tiwell has been called the Manchester Of Amer.
ica- but there Is liulc IN common wIih the two pla.
ces. excepting that in hath. extensive manu.aeiur.
IHs operations ae carried on. The inhabitants OF
Lowell are enicrprisIng, industrious, anil indepenl-
eni' IN The siriciesi sense OF that word; AMI We hope
that The lime will ne rr come. when il will he the
seat of The humdredth part sc The misery. Ignorance
poverty, and oppression. which, during the last
quarter OF u century. has Characterised the Man.
chester of EHglnnd.
The manufacturing POI ulalinn OF other towns
are Qi the snne character with the people of Low
eli; aud ihus The experience Of nearly twenty years
has completely Ove'ihrpwB one of The strongest ar.
gumenis which ia by gpne days was urged against
encouraging The establishment of manufacturing
corporations BY a protective rcvenue-BessOn pa.
per.