New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-25
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Correspondence of The Tribune.

L
uorance Of the Standardization Woe
ment--The Alanufacturers' Tyrsnny---A
Horrible Case IN Point-Presiden:'s Mes
sage-Duc dc Orleans-Le against "
Council, &c. &c
DEAR SIR: Much has been said about and
against English gruf,ness, blufness, sc. Sc
Now the English character is certainly not over
burdencd with amiabillty, nor will the hospitality
Of these people ever g be the death of EN- All
this is certain; but must say that have as yet
met with no impoIteness. The highest and the
lowest answer me any questions with aPPal cut
Measure. and sometimes appear to take delsnt
in GIVING a. stranger information Instances III
no;nt which even prove more in Their favor 'han
what 7 have asserted on three different occa-
s;ous, when had lost my way IN the lntricae'cS
Of London and Birmingham, persons have aoso-
,,te,1 zone as much as quarter OF mile OUT u
their way to put meright. Once, when offered
q reward for the kind attention, (thc only time
thought it proper or necessary to 90 so,) my
money was politely refused
Thus far, as have observed, no people are more
soc;able and communicative than the lower and
middling classes. You may sometimes see, at an
inn. a roomfull of strangers entering into ge2e-
raj conversation, in which jokes are cracked, the
news is related, and politics are discussed in the
most amicabe manner. 1t is true that stran-
ger but rarely, if ever, treats another, as IN
some of our States; but see no just cause tor
censure in this, and perhaps no one but the IN
fortunate person who stands In need of pipe or
glass will.
The principal fault OF an Englishman is his
conceitedness. If his opinion is made up
scarcely any thing short of a miracle can change
his views. no matter how monstrous or erroneous
they may be- John Bull is an Animal Gibraltar.
The ignorance Of the masses is astonishing
An American who has never left the land OF
the free and the home Of the brave" would not
reluctance. do affirm, that the lower laboring
classes are not whit more intelligent as to ali
matters not Immediately connected with this
material everyday eating, drinking and sleeping
life. than the North American savages. Not to
speak of books they never even glance at news
paper-that glorious thought-vehcle which we
find in the hands of the poorest United States
man. They scarcely know the meaning OF
SCHOOL, and never cast their eyes beyond the
morrow These remarks would not be disputed
in England, if made by a native-but no doubt
when a foreigner speaks out the dreadful truth,
the "galied jade will "wince." The Disscn-
tiers are making strenuous exertons to educate the
people, and even the hireIings of the establish
ment are somewhat aroused. God speed them In
their work. 1t high time to look from abroad
to their own homes How ridiculous, not to :ay
hypocritical, is it in men to force tears over the
destitute condition of the heather, thousands OF
miles distant, when legions of their own brethren
their next door neighbors-are unable to read in
their own native Saxon tina. which the philan.
thropst" would translate at great cost into for
eign tongues, for the benefit of aliens We have
had enough Of can't
Never was system more perfect than the system
by which the richer classes chain their working
English. It is the wish Of the manufacturer tc
to keep the employee living from hand to mouth.
Now if he finds that the operatives arc saving .
few pence per week, which they either deposite
in old stockings CT a bank, be will Immediately
SO reduce the wages that the poor people are com
PEELED to draw upon their little savings. They
may strike, but nine times out of ten '.the strike
results in disaster to themselves.
These manufacturing nabobs have anohel
mode of torture, which is even still more out
outrageous and detcstable. They so frame tht
articles OF agreement render it morally .sne
physically impossible for the hands to fulfil the
part of the Obligation and thus are they kept il
debt forever 4 man in debt, is always a slave
will give you an instance which has Just beef
a topic Of discussion: a Coal Mining COMPANY
which operates but short distance from th
Borough, bound its Operatives, by written in
strument to pay SO much on every pound OF {
substance, found in coal, called black brass,
which they sent IN. Now this brass has abou
the color and weight of coal, and let the men b.
ever so vigilant, large quantities are left with 1t
These, as have intlmated, are charged agains
the laborers In the instance under my eye
the poor fellows had got SO far behind hand
that the Coal Company was forcing them tc
work for the payment of the score set down tc
the account of "blnck brass. They and theil
families were starving They refused to mine
any longer. The Company brought them up fol
trial on these bonds. Of course the Magistrate:
gave it against the Laborcrs. and six of then
have been sentenced to six months Imprisonment
tho others must share the same fate The casf
has been thrown into the Queens Bench. Now
some one may say the Miners should not have
assented to an agreement so unjust If they
did not, what were they to do ? u SrARyE Il
This the Coal Company knew.
Thus DO men who profess Christianity-mer