The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-05
Lowell.
Correspondence Of the Herald.]

Correspondence Of the Herald.]
LOWELL, tMass.) Oct. 80, 1S4S
LosUfR- Popularity Of the Herald-Business- Cha
racter Of the Poptlation-7he Operatipes-Ito
Sides to the Question-Rum-Politic and Political
Hatchls
DEAR BENNETT
Strange that you have no correspondent at this
place no ever.present, faithful monitor, to give
tangibity to inknss' of life in "our town, that
the same may be heralded forth to the glory or
shame of the actors particularly, and the present
generation generally, and thusso.on record for the
benefit of future ages. But though Lowell's fame
is little known to your faithful Herald, yet the He
raids fame is Unknown to Lowell hence its po-
pularity and extensive circulation among the intel
lgent and discerning OF all parties The Herald
outsrippiDg and defying as il has, all COMPETE
ton-shnes as Upright particular STAR in our
chosen constellation, and its periodical lisngs are
per consequence hailed with admiration by its anx.
ious admirers
Allow me, then, to introduce myself with ten
der OF services as an occasional correspondent at
the focus of cotton spfndes. Almost every body
has heard more or less OF Lowell, yet comparative
y&ew have arrived at correct conclusions in regard
either to its pecuiares or its general character and
strongly marked character 1t certainly has. Low
ell 10, to all intents and purposes strictly and extern
sively manufacturing place: It's population 10,
then, compounded OF such Of the varied qualities
of the great body polite as are best adapted to the
DuSlDetS, WIN u view always 10 TIC kcfIl annual
dividends to stockholders.
There are thirty large factories here, owned and
operated by eleven companies, legally incorporated.
Unitedly they employ upwards OF 10000 persons,
four ftths of whom are females. These people are
of all ages and conditions; they come from all
quarters of all countries and speak all languages
the yankee mother tongue, the John Bull English,
the mongrel French, the hot potato in-y our mouth
irish, and the totally incomprehenslble; and more
than this, they here strangers, leaving tar be.
hind them the keys TO their former character, and
not unirequeDty all that was valuable OF character
itself. Yet the character OF the society thus COM
pounded of discordant elements, is elevated high
above the standard assigned TO 1t by one OF The two
classes who have widely misludsed-(he one too
low and the other too hgh)ils true relations re-
fer to the opinions of people at distance. who can
judge alone by what they read and hear: While
the one class Influenced perhaps by prejudice and
false standard OF education and morals have given
the Lowell factory glrls' very low position in
society and very little weight in the scale of virtnc
and the female ornaments, another class has be-
trayed corresponding ignorance In high toned, I'M
merited adulatlons. il 10 TO define the manner
in which this latter class has been misled. For two
years past a very respectable monthly periodical,
under the title OF Lowell Offering" has been is
sued here, under the patronage of the Companies,
and professedly under the sole editorial charge of
females who work in the mils-vugarly called
factory girls Many of the articles contained in this
periodical, do indeed possess much literary merit,
and they forih to the world the productions OF
the actively and constantly employed Lowell facto-
ry girls. The const quence is, II gives the repu-
taton niasse. Now, this is false and why =
Out OF some eight thousand factory girls here, not
more than a dozen ever contributed line to tho
Offering, and nearly all the original papers thus
published have been written bv three or four -
This 10 an undeniabe truth What relation, then.
can this periodical bear TO The moral and inteec-
tual character Of the operatives generally 1t is
splendid Illusion" got up by clergyman
speculation, and sustained by the companies for
effect But cannot nov 60 into the general opc-
ratons OF the manufacturing systematic condition
and prospects OF the atves-the effect OF
slant pressure of various influences upon them-the
way IN which the agent. detue the exact difference
'twixt tweedledum and tweedledee," and the
peculiar effect which the withdrawal of all the pro-
stockholders must naturally have upon the prospe-
rty and welfare of the place, and the people gene
| rally. will speak OF all these things hereafter.
criminal term of the Court Of Common Pleas
IL now IN session here. Some fifty hard custo-
mers" are to be tried for violation Of the license
law-that is, FOR selling the "critter to those who
had an awful inkling tor swallowing him alive.
Monday, November 6, is assigned for the trial OF
Wyman, President OF the Phpnix Bank, Charles
town He will not be convicted.
And yet fortnight To election! How can We
endure it 7 The awful din OF PREPARATION, and the
fearful clashing of (5tate) arms has already driven
halt the town mad. The wings 60 il to the death
on the State arms hobby, and the locos meet them
half way with dunning letter from State credi-
tor in one hand aud the retrenchment bill In tho
other. The wings have had several grand rallies"
but the ocoe did not define their position till last
Saturday night, when Ben Butler, 20 the official
organ OF the party, unburled the hatcnet, and IN
due form declared the war begun Butler doef
reyshlp. More anon. SPY IN LOWELL.