Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-11-01

esteTsj they Wilt 60 miles to do you Q
service, blt they will not stir one inch 10
do homage to wealth OF station, Each
man had his own tale Of sorrow 10 tell;
their stories we're not
The short and simple annals Of the poor
they we're complicated details Of misery
aid suffering. gradual in their approach
and grinding in their teSult; born, how
ever with an iron sndlrahce, such as the
Saxon race alone displays. and With the
s,ernness, belonging 10 the noblest lotm I
lof pride--of indebendenl lab%r., We |
want not charity but employment was
their Unanimous deehrAiiOf, and proofs
Of their truth were abundant in the enec< |
d6tes told and verified Of men having |
travelled miles to obtain Job, however
E&reiched the remuneration.
found them all Chartists, but yiIh
this difference, that the b9lck. printers
and hand IoUm weavers united to their
IOhartistA hatred Of machinery which
was far from being shared BY the factory
opststiSes. The latter also deprecated
/ any, Thing like an appeal physical force,
while ihey Stxenuously urged and imuied
late appea to arms. There was no cop.
cealment oE.se1timent on either side. !
heard more th6G twenty openly advocate
1.-THE expediency 6F6Irning down the mills
lin order to compel the Factory hands 10
Itoin in an insufrectiohaiy movement. -
A mill had Been burned down at Cdlne
two nights previously doubts we're enter
. tanned whether this had been the re-
(. result of design or accident, and il tho
: sheets Of Burnley there were groups ex.
i pressing theirihopes thatit would be ataced
!. 10 design and followed by Initiation, yblle
! The heartiest chrses were bestowed on
!. the factory hando OK Colne for having
/ heartily exetlsd ihemaelses to check tie
!. confiagraton, and 10 supply water to the
! engines. Permit me to tepeat that these
sentiments were expressed openly and
in the public streets. ! stood amongst
" them and was known 10 be stranger;
9 ,here was no appearance Of speaking eI-
!. ther with design TO be over heard, or
i. an anxiety for concealment. Had been
Z. one of the posts in the sireet.'my pres,
/ encs could not have been ysewsd with
1t more perfect indifference.
On reaching 0olne, went TO the mar.
8, ket place and addressed myself to the
DG most Intelligent looking Of the many, itie
i. operatives BY whom II was crowded.
le asked him to guide me 10 the streets
Id where the unemployed work people resi-
he ded, that NIGH see with my own eyes
,s the condition. to which they were reduced
Ii. Asl had neve been in this part of tbs
~ country Refota. Il ysSas ifnsossi6le for ms
n. 10 collect specimens, and ftook care tha
ct. nv guide should not, i6s though he le'
Of Ito the streets, | look the houses a. ran
IA dom. In all | visited eighty" y"three dwell
la. ings, selected at haEard; they wore destI
le. tute Of furniture save old boxes for "a
lie bIes, and stools or even large stones 10
es. chairs: Yhe beds NeFe. composed Of STRAY
i've and shavinea, some times with torn piece
md Of carpet, Or backing CANVASS for coveI
ool inc. and sometimes without any dOyerlh
ost whatever. The food was oatmeal an
Ave water lor breakfast; AouF and water, wit
du. a little skinned milk, for dinner; eatme'
I'm. and water again, for third supply, vii
inn those Who vent through the form Gf ca
lrm inc three meals day, was infotme
IN lin fifteen families, that their ch;idre
wo. went without the t'blue milk" or N:
the from which the cream had been tex Q
lent on alternate days. Twas an eye wine
al. 20 children appeasing the cNaviRgs OF q
j, 10 stomach by the reipse Of decayed vege'
one bIes in the root market. saw WON
,unt Ein the very last Stage Of exteauation sue
ywn. ling and infant, which could scarcely dr'
not single drop Of nuiriment from her
sses. hausted breast. inquired the chill,
Iaed ace. fifteen months---why was y
for weaned9--another moth would be az
yell ed 10 the nitaber Of those for whom
ma. present supply Of oatlneal was insufficie
Ico,cek | was told that there had been several
rally ses Of starvation. On asking why a,P
,bite. cation had not been made tS the parish
ed relief, was informed tfiat they "
ne Of perlons from the agricultural dissFl
eCian who, on coRmitting an set Of vagraI
e5.= would be sent to'the parishes, and
mark. they would rather endure any thing,
They the hope Of some manufacturing rev.
ad. than return 10 the tyndition Of farm
f do, borers from whichthey had emerge
witch This was 4 fact perfectly new 70 me,
,loher a, the iirst blush utterly incredible Z
, thew asked the neighborsj ia two 0faS
ovinTs stances quoted, and 10 the dbsence q
= aim. guide. and without their NEyiiHa 8
! {sen cion nF my liaVing had any ps sious
W.T. versation on the subject and they nc
dsa n 10 confirmed the story, bnt seem
rsts,,y consider any appearance Of scePtiSl
lo66d "a mark ofPrejudice OF Of ignorance.
: Ess.b mist add, that all the places
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