American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-11-08
BRITISH PAUPERISM.


! 10000 in Scotland 100000, Since ISIS,
period of only thirty years, there has been
raised for the relief Of the poor in Gngland
alone upwards of 100000, 600, or about enc
! thousand millions Of dollars. On the other
haod, It has been demonstrated, by the returns
Of the income tax, that there are seventy thou
sand persons in the empire whose annual rGVe-
nue. is eG200,000 900, or about t2 800 EACH
This monstrous inequality OF human condition,
remarks the Concord Freeman, IN a country
/ the richest and most industrious the world has
ever seen, is alarming to the last degree and
almost shakes ones faith in divine Justice; Tor
its greatest effect is seen in the prOdgions IN
crease Of immortality and crime. During the
last forty years, crime has increased at 4 ten
fold greater rate than population. IL is obv-
Gus that state Of things so radically wrong
cannot long continue. A general overturn
must come, and the world will experience even
a greater shock than was felt al the outbreak
in France little more than fifty years since
What is terrible in the picture, is the contrast
which it presents TO the contemplatve specta-
tor The foreground is filled with all that can
please the eye and captivate the mind; but be-
hind that is a destiny Of evil, an accumulation
OF hideous Objects which absolutely appal the
stoutest hearts that beat in human breasts
tangible matter; il is no exaggerated thing,
like the accounts which we have IN eastern
story of accumulatons of coin and precious
stones in the treasury of this 0. that ruler
but it is solid, substantial, and an instrument
OF real power. On the other hand is the pow
erty of the masses, poverty Of so squalhd
character, that even the mendic!ty Of South
ern Europe appears happiness by comparison
with it, For, to appreciate the entire evils Of
the case, it must be clearly remembered, that
while the lazzaroni are practical philosophers,
and almost literally produce nothing, the En-
gsh poor are many of them the hardest work
ers on earth, and those who are idle would
work could they find employment. England
owes her wealth to them. They have dug it
from her mines, they have created it in her fac
tories and workshops, they have drawn 1t from
the waters OF every ocean from Zembla to
the Line" and in its accumulation have peril
led every thing that is dear to lite. Their re-
ward for all this is starvation TO themselves
and their children, or the bitter bread Of forced
charity, grudgingly provided by the hearts as
cold as polar ice, and dealt out by hands that
would fain s,rangle the recipients Of the churl-
ish morsel. WHAT commentary is this on
the popular dogma, that honest industry ever
meets with its fitting reward OF old it was
said that he who would not work, neither
should he eat now, he who works, or who is
willing tc work, cannot get food, except at d
| pauper.
,,,oor, uh;cb tho contonpl,tinn Of 50 black n
59;ct,re eyr;tes when we observe that we are
troodiny in ,he same road which has led the
neonle Of Ennland into a vast cuaum,re-that
iyn ire f,uoa5pc the identical iGnes fafui which
have led that great race TO the mry gulf, whose
! Unsuitable wants are STAYED not nv swallewinc
emnires-,be terrible Sgrbonian 6or. in which
!, wonld seem are to he crrol(ed the hopes
Of All men IN every nation,
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A Wufrr WOMAN AMONG TUC WIENLBAGo
yyp,.us. There is now anonr the Winueba-
.r,-.. ,,,.;.--,, ,,.,,;,o No., ...,..
S'0'' '''@' VI '''''''7'''' 'i
posed 10 be aOo"I seventy years DID, VINO Knows
nothing ofhe. paTeuta..c, ana who has conform
lo34o.I, two ,r.n,,ars md halits oriln indians.
w. ....,.,.-o, T.. r,n.,, y.,o,. la.o ,,o,,.
one was i'''! IL gu ~ '''''' '','''!
living a. Erairie Gu Cheih, ana VINO also IH"Ag /
he saw in her Wrinklcd and care ogn counter
Cha, ,-;,,,l-,l Iioa.,,,a,,t. or A., ola l;ia,f
,.,. n,,., ;.,..,.:... ~.
FHlaP ht'"'''51' /" d''s"'' ~ all inquiry ''''
H. write as follows:
.Phuig OalGridge is tuc name Of the man
who lost the three chIdrcn--one Of which
suppose to he the old white woman now with
the 'Winnebagoes. From my r2colcctons ofthc
. features Ar. H., and the striking resemblance
OF this wou4a, have l'tlle doubt Of her being
one orhts children Her apparent age, aud the
fac, other having no recollection Of her capti-
yjly. ansyc, the case ofhs children, who were
ken away when very young. They were cap
tlred an the water, Of the Monongahea river,
in VIRGINIA. near sixty years ago. Mr.. y. hv-
ed in WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pennsylvania, lUr Il
number Of years. he chem emiglal ID to the State
of Indiana, some thirty years ago, where ne
died. His children. i suppose. are, some Of
them. still living in The State Of Indiana Mr.
, Dli3ridre was an istifna,e friend my father