The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-21

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SThis town of Marney metropolis of agricultural
abor for the propretors OF the neighborhood having fo
the last half century actel the system of destro the
cotages their estates in order to become exempted
the maintenance OF the population the expelled people
focked to Msrney where during the war; mandatory
had afforded them relief though its wheels had long
ceased TO disturb the waters OF the Mar.
Deprived Of this resource. they had again gradually
spread themselves that land which had were
jected them; and obtained from its ehursh breast mig
sardy subsistence Their reentrance into the surrounding
parishes viewed with great suspicion their
who avasd themselves Of their labor we're careful thai
they should not become jewellers the soil and though
rom the excessive competition there lew districts in
the kingdom where the rate Of wages depressed
those who fortunate enough to obtain
neraon had in addition to their toll to endure each
weary journey before they could scene
labor return TO the squad howell which prosne
the name OF home To that home which malaria hoy.
4ered and round whose shiverng hearth clustered
Bother guests besides the exhausted family of toReve
4rembling after cultvatng the broad fields
merry England the bold British peasant en-
fed oppose Them frame that subdued by toll was ne
sustained by animal food drenched by the tempest could
! fuel to the windfalls Of the woods
Egremont falls in with two of the Chartist
Headers, and the following conversation ensues be-
tween them, in which the distinction between the
Arich and the poor of Great Britain is beautifully
sketched:
"'We live in strange tmss' said Egremont struc H
1by the observation of his companion and relieving perl
picked spirit by an ordinary exclamation which often del
II
ledge, the moment is capable TO express
when the infant begin. to walk Il also thinks that ~
Your inierencer asked Egremont
society still in its infancy is beginning to feel isl
This is new reign said Egremont; perhaps is Al
'I think So said the younger stranger
al hope So, said the elder
"'Wel, society may be in its infancy said Egremon
slightly smiling; but say what you like our Queen reigns
!oyer the greatest nation that ever existed
(Which nationP asked the younger stranger for she|
|regns over two.'
The stranger paused Egremont was silent but looked
Yes resumed the younger stranger, after moments
course and no sympathy who ignorant Of each oh
habits, thoughts and feelings they were dweer
Iare formed by different breeding fed by different
Hood ordered by different manners and govern
led by the same laws
You speak Of said Egremont, hesitatngly
AT this moment sudden flush of rosy light suusng
gray ruins indicated that the just fallen;
vacant arch that overlooked them alone in the respen
he solemn stiffness and the sotening beauty
controversy induced even silence"
Here follows description Of a MANUFAcTURING|
|TowN, and the condition of the girls and others en-.
|ployed by the manufacturers of Great Britain This|
is fearful picture
at cloudy, glimmering dawn. cold whitening
east wind blew through the silent streets OF Mowbay Ths
sounds of the night had died away-he the day
aad not commenced There reigned stiffness completed
suddenly there i, voice-,here i. movement The
fed in thick coat and bearing in his hand what WOULD
seem at the first glance to he shepherds crook only
touches number Of windows with great qnickness as he
moves rapidly along ratting noise sounds upon EACH
comes apparent he proceeds enabling him. does o
reach the upper windows of the dwellings whose inmates
has to rouse Those inmates the factory girls who
subscribe in districts to engage these herads dawn
land by strict observance Of whose citation they CAM
alone escape the dreaded fine that awaits those who have
arrived at the door the factory before hell
to sound.
1.-The sentry in question, quitting the streets and soop
through OF the small archways that before
noticed entered court Here lodged multitude OF his
employers and the long crook 1t by sleght
o hand seemed sounding both sides. and many win
dows at the same moment Arrived at the end Of the court
The about to touch the window of the upper story oil
the last tenement, when that window opened and
pale and care-woIn and in melancholy voice. spoke to
him.
Simmons, said the man. you need rouse this story
ANY more: my daughter has LEFT u.s.
q Has she left Webster'sP
"No; but she has left She has long murmured her
hard otworking like slave. and not for herself Aniy
That's bad business said the Waterman in tone
mot devoid of sympathy.
wages replied the man, mournluly,
''And how is your good womanf
AS poorly as needs be. Harriet has never been home
since Friday night She owes you nohing"
Not halEpenny She regular as a little bee
aaa aiw ss sysy Monday morning am sorry she
1.-THE Lords will be DONE It's hard times for such az
said the and leaving the window open he retired
at single chamber Of which he was the tenant In
gloomy situation could afford was a loom In two corners
|of the mattresses placed the floor, check
was his sick wife; in the other three young children
two girls the eldest about eight years Of age between
land on the mantepiece candles few lucer match
les two tin mugs paper Of salt and an iron spoon In
SER this was fixture well the form which fas
tened by it.
.The himself at his LOOM he commenced his
daily task
Twelve hours of daily labor the of penny
TO endi Is It rather not endedp And he looked around
him at his chamber without food fuel
lying in their wreched beds they had clothes
cannot sell my LOOM he continued at the price of oil
frewood and gold II is vice that has brought
me to this Incidence, imprudence was horn to
labor. and ready to labor. loved my loom and my
surrounded by garden of whose claims my sociiude
Ii was not jealous There time for both. Il gave
or wife the maiden that had loved; and gathered
my children round my hearth with righteousness and
peace. was content; sought no other lot ~ not nd
versity that makes me look back upon the past with h
mess
"'Then why am here' Why J. and ". Ared
thousand subjects of the Queen honest loyal ndasr
ous1-why we after maniuly struggling for years
each year sinking lower in the scalewhy driven
10 @ eese
forts and gradually to crouch into cellars find squali
the ordinary conyeniences of life, then ra
|ment, and. at length, food, vanishing from us.
1t is that the capitalist has found slave that has sup
planted the labor and ingenuity OF man. Once he
artisan the best he only watches machines; and
even that occupation slips from his grasp, TO the
land the child The capitalist aourishes he amasses i'm
mense wealth. sink lower and lower-lower than the
beasts OF hurden for they fed better than
for And IL is just for according to the present sys
TEN they are more precious And yet they tell us that the
interests of capital and Of labor are Identical.
"If society that has been created by labor suddenly
becomes independent Of it, that society Is bound to main
tain the whose only property labor from the
eeds that other property which has to be pro
|luctye.
"When the class OF the nobility supplanted in !
France they did in number TO onehird Of US
hand loom wenve yet ell Eurore went to war to avenge
their wrongs every state subscribed to maintain them
their adversely and when they restored 10 their owhV
country their land supplied them with immense r
,cmny Who for usl Yet we have lost estates
Who raises voice for usl Yet We at least as nocen
las the nobility Trance We sink among sghs excPpa
Jour And ifhey give sympathy what then1 Sym
pahy tho soace Of the poor but for the rich there
Compensation"
The next extract beg leave to introduce, is prob
Iably the most revolving picture of all-the male and
female miners of England Yes, well may the gifted
writer wender why the horrible suflerings of these
degraded wretches have not been noticed by the /
|socctv for the abolition of negro slavery There