Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-08-21
IN ENGLAND AND IN
THE UNITED STATES.

Lord Br0usham, and other philantrU-
pists by profession in Great Britain, have
made great noise abou; The case Of a
man in South Carolina, who was senlen-
ced to be hanged for slave stealing. They
held up one Of the American States as the
only civilized community in the world in
which such penalty for such an offence
was authorized by law.-The fact of the
case however is that the law in question
was an English law passed in 1850. while
South Carolina was under British rule. 1t
had remained obsoute on the statue book
its existence scarcely known, until the
occasion referred to, when the States At
lorney found himself obliged 10 urge it
against the prisoner. The man, however
was pardoned, aud there was an end of the
matter,
Judge O'Neal, before whom the case
came, has given abrief history Of the affair
which is published in the Glasgow papers
In the course Of his letter the Judge asks.
'Is Scotland free from the sin OF slave.
ry-white slavery? Are there no task
masters in England. Scotland, and Ireland,
who can vie with the very worst amongst
us? Compare our slaves, negroes though
they be, with your white servants. your
starving laborers, your suffering tenautry /;
and if they have not more comforts, more
happiness, South Caroliuiaus will be con
tent 10 be branded as mercless tyrants.
But until the condemnation is brought
about, we say to your censors, Physician,
heal tlvselL."
The London Times, commenting on the
Judges letter, is constrained 10 make these
admissions: The difference bet'oeen
England and Carolina is, that our achite
SLAVES are so cheap that the people rriH mol
buy them. They are drug in the mar
ket. II IS the interest o The employer to
leuue them as. free as possible. The selfish
ness of po,0er and aoeal,h, Of land and cap
ital. tells mol directly on the individual
rohite, slace.' but on the system of the a0hole
laboring mass"
This is pretty fair exposition of servi.
tude 10 England. The slavery of English
laborers is that of caste. ut is the inter
est Of the employer 70 haue then, as free as
possible" tTha, is 10 say, the domestic
relation between the :employer and The
laborer is as slight as possihle-for the
reason that the former wants The service
Of the. other, without .ipcurring responsi
bilities towards him. beyond the small pit
tance Of. wages which is 6xsd,b by the mas.
ter himself He comes under 20 obligation
to furnish regular, employ yment, but dis
charges the laboreF al will, he is not bound
20 supper, him while the poor man is sick
be lakes no care of,he old broken down
iaborer: :.
Neither does the English master do any i
thing TO see his working man comfortably
provided with lodgings, food, OF, clothing.
He pays >the wages agreed on, and that
terminates the whole obligation of the en-
ployer. while out of his scanty allowance
thus afforded the laborer must do fof him.
self astweIl as he can. He has sold his
time and his labor to hismasler; he must
have work or perish; he is arihe niefcy Of
the master--ftr hisla6or is ,:drug in, the
markets" the employer can have i, al his
own price. aud 10 the language of the
Times, he screws the poor wofkingman
downsslo a scale of living which he would
he ashamed TO allow in his horses and
dogs Charleston Mercury:
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