The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-11-15
WHITE SLAVES.

The "iriends OF humanity" Of the present day run
through the Antilles, they ransaek India, they scour
the coasts Of America, 10 discover aud denounco lie
enormties attendant upon the employment Of "b.aoa
slaves" They have, happily, il Is true induced let.
ter and sineerer men TO make the dealing and even
the property IN black slaves felony, and they keep tie
attention OF the civilized world awakened 10 their
proceedings by constant appeals TO the public 10
which facts are too often perverted 60 use De
mildest term) 10 the purpose OF subsantlatlng their
own exaggerated views or illustrating their layorlte
theories. But, Ia the mean time, they fall oH from
the at least necessary, the at least benehcer,
works Of abating cruelty, restraining ayarce aud
posing beartless selfs hness ss praetised al hone
al their doors, by their own hearhs II
There the children of labor the old and tie your,
but especially the latter, their eompatrioi, On
native 10 other European soils, may anguish uGri.
tied and uDreeked Of, amid the incessant tolls Of he
most helpless and ill-requted labor There, with
exhausted strength, eDieebled constitutions impaired
iaculties-n the EXTREMIST physical desututiCn m
the hopeless and ray less atmosphere of miser
the male and female artisans, who minister 10 The
caprces of fashion or the demands Of luxury are
permitted TO ilnger on, oyerworksd, uDder-ied de-
irauded rather than paid, ill crime, or death r.
idocy anticipates the crisis which starvation would
otherwise have cruelty protfacted This is the bitter
lot Of some thousands among who The servant.
of our mIlliners, dress and corset-maker> tsl.r,
shoinemakers, and other traders, who, in too man,
instances, avail themselves Of the existing compei
ton IN the market OF manual labor 10 raise the 5ry
est amount Of profit the business they DO in ,t,r
disregard of the wholesale destruction of human life
the biighling of human health and hope anu AaprI.
ness which what Is technically termed their mode
Of doing business is hour after hour entalling Euf
we reminded that there IS yet another class Of
Observation-Disclosures tow lot if ii be rOt
severe, IL seems to US II would be less difficult
/ 10 alleviate, in future, by means Of Ordinary police
regulations that might efecually prevent tie ex.
posure of further victims 10 the same hard DESTINY
We speak of the numerous itinerant beggars for
the most part Italian boys, who are kidnapped in
| their country and brought over to this by de-
signing adventurers, under plausible promises OF en-
aiding them TO realize handsome sums cf money
wherewith they may afterwards return 10 improve
their fortunes al home. 1t that there are yag.
abouds who have specula,ed 50 successfully in Ia,
nefarious system OF deception and tfeachery thatih
themselves have returned to Italy ilh 800 or Zoo
in their pockets leaving tie unhappy dupes Of their
cunning and recklessDess to starye here for want Of
employment, TO be arrested and imprisoned as "a.
grants 10 ealize their previous notions Of British
hospitality in the dreary pureus and the attenua-
ted fare Of parish workhouse, At this very moment
there resides somewhere in the vicinity Of Hattou
garden Of these boy-and' organ Importers WHO
has kenRel-it is literally SUCH and nothing better
of fifteen or sixteen g Italian boysn whom he ha,
persuaded 10 quit their sunny homes and come over
with him hitler lie keeps them, Informed,
in one apartment, sraw-strewed, which il, their dot.
mitory, their eang-room, their only resting place,
But neither the broken sleep, nor the more broken
food the hard repose of even this iororn asylum,
may be purchased by any one of them, until he has
first paid TO the unfeeling whpper-in by whom
they have been puroined three shilings the day.
earnings Of the miserable organ, the exhibition Of
the white mouse the raccoon which has been
Gded to him for this purpose. The same owner feeds
them on such refuse as can be most eheaply Pur
chased at the estimated cost Of about IS. per head
per week. Whether the unhappy boy has TO pa!
this subsistence money IN addition 10 the sort OF req
tai of IS day to his cruel employer does not appear
Should II be his fortune to earn IN one day more than
uree shilIings, we may presume (perhaps, indeed
against hope) that The surplus becon his Now
let us see how the account stands with the whole.
sale white SLAYER" whom they serve. ! he total If
his expenses for the sixteen boys may take il On.
GLIDING rent Of room loft at S. per head pr
week, ca IS. Ills earnings from them, al IS per
day, will be GA S., leaving clear weekly prot, Of
flO 3s Other "whe slavers,n it is understood %
much better than this; and hitherto many, having
been permitted by our police to accumulate by these
detestable means ample provision for the remsln
der OF their lives have left US forever but not with
out memorials Of their successful practices and
slumbering humanity. The poor-rates have been
finally burdened with the temporary support out
door relief Of the helpless and defrauded dupes whom
they have in all cases declined 10 carry away 'A
them. We call these things ouirsges public &c.
cency, on Christian feeling, social charity. And
yet the continuance OF these practices the identity
OF the slave masters the localities where they re-
side await the returns to be brought into them )
lheIr Victims The BRUTAL violence and cTuelLtN ~
which they subject the unhappy boys who have not
succeeded in realizing the sum they would snaci
from them the palpable nfTactcn which their dai
occupation involves of the laws that restrain or pro
hOt mendacity IN our streets-these are all facts
orious 10 the constabulary and familiar to the ma
gistrates Of the metropolis. On fine afternoons
or twice a week, we may see, in the Kent and Dove
Roads, string Of these deluded lads following, will
aching feet but faces besming with hope the gaur'
kdnspper, who strides along with his single rank
file at his heels TO the suburban. den 10 which he 3.
about TO introduce them, cooy calculating tie gam
he will reap out Of the toll, the suffering the M
usage OF his followers. Surely the Poor law Com.
mssioners ought 10 look TO tins iDfamy and adopt re-
pressive measures without delay TO prevent, at any
rate the influx Of foreign beggars, and TO save O.,
from so unnecessary an addition TO the burden a.
ready to be sustained in providing for the relief q
our own poor london Sun.
MouRSruL CALsMrrI.-We learn from the Bur
lington (NermonD Free Press, the following mos
heat rendLg scene, which occurred thre
miles south Of that village Tuesday afternoon, ~
inst. Three sons Of Mr.. Peter Culbert-named Tho
mas, William and George, aged -, 10 and years
resoreG 10 the mill pond their fathers residence
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