Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-13

. 'eiee PaFty-splrit, mat we take plea
>uie IN ehlishtenins The one and in modifying
me other. The last Union contains al the end
OF long article, the following passage, which is
Just what it ought TO be:
I'VE thoroughly agree with the Cincinnati
commercial IN the views which i, takes about the
interests Of Britain, though the Minister might
clViIly inquire Of us, what is Aiot 10 us But
we NAV he permitted 10 Judge of our own rights
ana interests; and we know that they point 10
peace, u II be perfectly compatible with The honor
OF ,he hallon-olhrfwise, not. We are induced
10 nope mat they may be fairly reconced. We
are inclined Ia think, too, That the Commercial
leans rather too much 10 the sumbre view Of the
result We cannot doubt, that the negotiations
between The Secretary Of State and the British
minister have been, or are about 10 be, resumed
IN inns city, in some form or other and We sincere.
! " 'rus', That The negotiation will settle the diff
iefen6eS, and secure the peace of these two great
countries. As 10 the idea about the Extra SEES
SION nf Congress, We have no hesitation in say
ing, tha' we have heard nothing Of il here
/, We clip The following from the Savannah Re-
publican:
| "WoRXISG ron 4 LrvlNG.-The following ex.
cellent article in the Offering edited by The Fac
Tory Girls Of Lowell, breathes the right spirit:
whence originated the idea that il was de-
rogatory 10 ladys dignity, or blot upon ie.
male character, to labor; and who was The FIRST
10 say, sneeringly, oh. she works for n living
Surely, such ideas and expressions ought not 10
grow on republican soil! The time has BEEN
when ladies Of the frS rank were accustomed 10
busy themselves in domestic employment. Ilo-
mer tells us OF princesses who used TO draw wa
Ter from the springs and wash with their own
hands The finest of The linen OF their respective
families. The famous Lucreia used 10 spin in
the midst OF her attendants; and The wife OF ClyS
ses, after the siege Of Troy, employed herself
weaving until her husband returned from llha-
ca.
We perfectly agree with the article in lis gene
raj propositions. We have, however introduced
il here, principally as text Tor brief reply 10
the comments oiihe Alexandria Gazette upon one
Of our recent editorials That paper, referring 10
our denial, upon what We considered competent
authority of the story circulated by the Tarilliles,
thai HE Offering was edited by the factory girls
oi Lowell, adds
"Now, we submit, that the Lowell Factory girls
NAV be well fed. well clothed, have leisure, make
good wages, and he contenlcd, happy, and even
prosperous even il they be deprived of The credit
Of Inc Offering. The Enquirer may depend upon
it, that This is a poor argument against the Tariff"
The Gazette has utterly Misrepresentation
meaning. We did not bring forward as an "afgn-
ment against the Tarifi' the fact, that The Lowell
girls did nat, as currently believed, conduct IL
erary sheet, oil "taslc and ability Our main
proposition was, that while the wealthy manuac-
mrers in Lowell. who talked 50 much OF "home
,udnarp," and at The peculiar advantages OF
high Tariff 10 The laboring classes, were rapidly
film. their own Golfers, and erecting new build
ngs. 10 accumulate further treasures, the o~ra.
fr,s were compelled 10 submit 10 dimiruton Of
ile;s wages By one-iotr;h We adduced This fact,
10 show The deceptive character Of the professions
of The Tariliiles, or The working classes IN pecn-
liar. We zinc identallv" Introduced The subject oil
the Lowell Offering As calculated 10 produce IN
incorrect impression on The public mind, which
we conceived il he our duty Ia dlsabusr, and We
saw no better opportunity ol exposing what We
considered, "..ellison. Than when treating oil
correlatiye subject The Tariiites have con-
tended that The protective system was full OF bene-
fits 10 all classes and have boased OF lis genial
operation. in producing snch a condition OF ease
and comfort for the operatives, as TO enable them
10 publish work Of literary interest and taste
Now. is il not differentiation OF his argument,
10 show, that il does nottrnly exist that the Lowell
op.ra,ives Ito net conduct the Offering, which IS
in reality the work oi two Young ladies oil ''ele-
p,n, ease?n Pm The Gazette says 1--WE cannot
I'm, ,binl; now that there must be some mistake
in the information given 10 the Enquirer We
would ask The Gazette, is il reasonable, that
factory girls, laboring from early dawn 10
the setting Of The sun, il not laler-lheir limbs
cramped by ncessant and torturing woTk-their
health impaired BY the confined and noSiois al
mosphere Of The lac'ory-lher thoughts and spi
r,s and finer feelings blunted BY the tisracting,
hum-drum scenes around ihem-is il reasonable,
we repeat, that these girls, in snch an unpleasant
situation, necessarily cut OF by their never-end-
ending labors from even the common cultivation
of their minds, should sc, be enabled 10 conduct
paper with "tasle and ability" and marked BY
pure and bright poelical ideas! The Gazette
must admit. that il is almost labor OF SisyphuS
for moor Editor 10 issue an interesting sheet,
though he devote his whole time, talents and re-
Election 10 It's manufacture. What mental prod-
eies then, must be these factory girls, who, By the
dim light of "candle. lends, succeed 50 admirably
in their editorial exploits
We are no longer the "organ' OF Mr. Lyons
as We were said to have been before The election,
bu, il may mol re undressing 10 our readers 10
know how The result in ibis city was received by
The Wings of The extreme South. The article
below from The Mobile Advertiser breathes sa-
wage spirit, and growls disa ppoin.msnt and bitter
wrath. We would here add, that, as far as we
have seen, the Wing press, in and out of The
State, is terribly chafed al The success Of TEX
as Wing and pours forth most plteous Ia
mentations over The forced retirement OF the
vaunled Execuloner of Presidents
"yIc0ISrA ELycroS-The Richmond papers
of Friday bring us returns from Richmond anu
vicinity. and the result, as we expected, Is Of an
unpleasan, character To our very great and pro-
fonndresrel. lha noble and ever faithful champion
nj The Wing cause, .Ioin NiaoT Boits, is defeated
tnr Congress We were, however, prepared for
his moriifvns result, from he strange proceed
mos Of a portion OF the Wings Of Richmond
who mined their faith 10 the sleeve OF James Ly-
ons q pretended Ter0s Wing, but an open oppo-
nent of MIR. Rolis Lyons himself was candl-
dale torhc House Of Delegates, and by The aid OF
,he entire Locofoco parry, (who supported him be-
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