Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-09-12
From The Boston Post.
The Home OF the Esick-EsUTuCr.

We had framed IA description Of il, when ono more
appropriate 20 our purpose met our eve, IN that able
Journal, the League; IT is more fit than an English
Zen should describe an English scene, and we quote
it.
s..THE HOWE or THE RIcT-BURvrR.'-Such is the
title which Punch has appended 10 the most graphic
and heart-rcndiug picture Of human misery II l. rossi-
BE 10 conceivc-the interior If the cottage Of an ua-
employed agricultural lab1rcr. The dwcllcrs IN town
may deem il ovcrdrawn. but we know lis Literal. its
fearful accuracy. By the Wrctchcd pllCt-placCd on
n brick f0or-OfhiS dead or diving wife sits the stern
and stalwart peasant, To whom the rent raising law
Of monopoly has denied employment. The only fur
niturc Of the hovel consists ola three legged stool by
the side Of the diving mother on which stands q hrok-
on teapot; remnant If n wooden chair: tic open
and, oh, bare and foodlcss-cup5oard and tic poach-
or's gun! With his chin resting upon his right hand,
his elbow ON his knee, his left hand c~lu,chinr with
convulSivc energy his biggest. lalf-nakcd, and bare
footed child, while q Younger ono ciings TO him, and
the two Youngest, cuSrcd m each others arms are
cryinp by his side. sits Tie hardy pcasant. looking IN
tently ON the wasted frame If tie mother of his Gill
drcn. His >inewy form, his lean. hard features. tie
paid, cmaciatcd countcnance e his wife. and above
all, the starving aspect q his four shiycring iufant>
bc>pcak the extremity Of ms and their dc>tltution.
Such i the home If the rick-burncr. In orc glance
the history Of inccndiari>m is told, and the tale goes
to every human heart"
Ono moro stroke Of the pen is required to render
the description complete. The devil. with n lighted
torch IN his hand, j. represented as approaching the
Vreichcd peasant, rs lie sits musing over the ruliid
form Of his wife!
Itmay be asked. is ihi, a true sketch ? and. if true.
j. not this case an isolated cascl We shall let the
League answer -
"And tins is no ideal picture no horrid sketch,
the offspring e ONE di>,cmpcrcd f'ucy. oh no. in
fertile and wealthy England, in the chief kingdom Of
the most powerful aud most civilized empire of the
world. there is, at tins moment, scarcely q rural ham
lot where Some-ay mauy-pca>ant~' hu'S are not 10
lc found which mipht have been tho originals e that
sketch. There are now hundreds and thousands Of
agricultural lahorcrs without cmployinont-ouc chilled
NJ our faru the other day who during the last sixteen
weeks had not ubta med ten DAYS ctupllymcut-tlcrc
urc thou -auds aud tons e Thousands of working mcn
working Tor -, Us, and lS,, q week, und lfurl Whose
miserable pttan,c deductions arc madc Whenever tc
weather or tic Turner's arrangements uHp render
their sor} lccs for @ }a, or hulfa day Of ljtlau.c.
TIL fct IS clearly cst,bl shed. such a state Of tlinr-
Is proved Co cyi-t IN tlc east a. Eugllud by The evt-
dence olthc iUalS reporter. aud Tie reporter of 9th
cr newspapers, by iho admission oi Tire lanl'" Nor,
the magistrates, and tlc residents &C That slde Il our
island; in tie west Of Enelond thc hharcrt
thomsakcs loyc assembled M public mccsuot
and in ,im,lo and pathetic laurm0c ietc Hfa-
claiuod the existence q to sumo cyll. There. This
Is enough 60 account for Iuconllari-m, or nny oihotof
the dreadful crimes ignorant mon commit Wlcn taty
are rendered criminal by the cNtr,ud! Of >|uilciir.
and despair"
To TN. it may Doe added, Chat this tarriblo ula e,
confirmed us o~h.orNcr, ofpll lnrlios lu Great Irtalu.
The latter may differ ass 90 the cou-c OF di, wide dos
ttutiou-uono Of thcir organs, 80 fr ms oar Observe
ton of their cuntcut, go, dispute Tic fact a. tat ap-
railing misery the tory Herald, equally with tc
free trade League. admits it. So with parliamentary
orators. Lord John Russell. WING. Sir. tobiou. fce
trade. Lord A>hhWtuI, lorY, admit lbc same order Of
Gct,. OF IN, latter, tie League says
Lord Ashburtcu-dat Alexander Earring WHO Inns
made a fortune e millions 10y commerce, onl move
uses hi, wealth and hi, Influence 90 subject CONNER
cal industry 10 the yoke ola class of tlc m,auc.t mo-
nopolists that eyer craWlcd upon the cartl-tcll> as. or
rather tell, the house Of lords. that labor D. so rrluu-
dant in this country tLat the laborcr is reduced 90 Tint
amount Of >ustcnaucc which VIII only keep him alive.
Tins uaS dmiytorflpe vtiri none ~ Nfw cagfiaroid.
This was unfortunately the condition Of THIS country,
and f the greater part Of Europe
So much fr tie agricultural population Of Great
Britain. Who does not know That the same term,
can enly adequately describe the condition e. tc op-
crativc la the mines and manufactures! We have
had account upon account Of tier dc,tfution. Mi
lions, tens Of millions OF the population I've ON oat-
meal and potatoes.
Such IL tie condition cf the masses of TIE British
nation. What has produced it ? five takc TIE ieds-
mcnt Of the most correct thinkers If England. ar If
tie most accurate Observer, of other nations. Tie main
cause IF tins appalling do-tItution rs the protective
system. The history Of British industry Is htle exc
IMAM q Il~IUIk 81 NNNHlItl "a lt.fT. MiNI iN~ lHItt#I-
lures, with a su c4dal perseverance. hcCn maintained.
its results. ON tie mas Of the people, are 90 H. seen
in the S~plcnlors Of rnccly palaces ori TIE homr>of
tie r.ck-laner! = fw thousand rcvcll rg IN riches
and power: tie E2 rtdlecd % starvation point!
And tbs country. under the sans, sqc-Inu, fs.ltcv
If protection q home Industry, las commenced the
same round Of unjust. yen. # criHiso Legislation.
We have taken the worst Of British theories. nd tr5ed
10 Join them to Tie noblc-t American principles: a>lf
tie tendency q a peruiriouS measure would not le
precisely the same On American soil a, II las proved
ON British soil. accordingly we have monopoly manu-
acturcrs, Just a. the British have monopoly lani-own-
er> the f rmer pass cur high protective tariff laHs
laSt rs the latter maintain tie n.guituas corn lVS.
The former are making ,hCir mtl.ons AZ tie expense
of tie honest working masses Cf our country. Just a.
tie latter are fcocing tie operatives IN the factories
and the farm laborerS If the fields.
If this unjust system l. persisted in here. for CEN
tur.cS. as it has been in Great Britain. what j. there
to prevent the same results ! Long have tie free ole-
mentS of British institutions resisted tie Interference
with British industry. Individual ENTERPRISE. proiec-
ton to property. personal liberty, the natural adspta-
ton IF the British isles for domestic maatfictule.
have made the English nation the most powerful ca
the globe. in spite f the dcleterious influence of re-
s~triction and taxation. Eut tie wealth that. Uninter-
fcrcd with BY laws of aristocratic tendency. would
have 4. fused itself more equally through tie toIlng
masses that produced il, has been turned by ayar.ce
INTO narrower channels. Ii has gone 20 tie .eW. Law
sometimes cloaks TIE fullest tyranny. THIS Is the
ever orawled upon the oarth.' wiled il 10 sustain
their titles. wealth. and influence. And tie spirit Of
! freedom seems to have lost its old Saxon yigor Of re-