Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-08-21

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Among the works recently published is volume Of
travels in the u States by DIR. Lye the British gelo-
gst 1t seems by the extracts copied from by II CO.
lempoaries, to be far candid in its spirit than
Judging by the past. we had any expect from
BRUSH tourist Among the subjects Of which he treats
Is negro slavery. OF COARSE but lone very dleren,
fron that usually employed even by many of our ow
counrymen who deem no eplthe too and bitter
by which to characterize it ard It's apoogsls and eien,
ders. Speaking of the negroes he in Virginia, DR.
Iyell says: They appear, far as have yet seen
Them. whether in domestic service or on the farms
very cheerful and free from care-beHsr fed than n
large class q The laboring population Of Europe''-
And he adduces numerous individual cases BY way Of it,
Illustrating the mlness Of the system and the happiness
ot lis subjects. Certainly can doubt that they
are in much better situation THAI even the poor whites
IN Sco'lsnd,-where. by the way we had supposed the
laboriog classes subjected less suffering than in
any other portion of Euope.-if we may judge by the
scenes. which our pet, VIM. Cullen Bryant now On
tour abroad sketches in one of his letters home Wr-
ting from Edinburgh. he says
"On Saturday evening found myself at the marke,
which Is then held in High street and the Nelherbuw
Just as you enter the Canongate and where the old
wooden e1lsy OF John Knox, with staring black ewes
freshly painted every year. stands in its pulpit, and sui
seems preaching 10 the crowd Ilher thronp OF sick
" looking, dirty people, bringing with them their un-
healthy children, had crawed from The narrow wynds or
alleys each side OF the street. We entered several uf
these wynds, and passed down one of them between
houses OF vast height, story piled upon slury ill We
came to the deep hollow of Cuwgate. Children were
sw arang IN the way all of e bred in that close and
Impure atmospheric OF sckly appearance aid the ass
pect u premature age in them, which were car.
lied In arms was abs nte trghttu '.Hae ls mi Sc.
~ said oc'ch gentleman VINO was my conductor.
asked him how large proportion Of the people of Ed.
inburgh belonged to that wrelched and squalid class
which saw aeiIre mel 'More than balt,n was hi.
reply. Will not vouch for the accuracy of his sta,is
lies VI course his estimate was but Conjecture"
MI o'Connei, few weeks ago, wildly described
the wreched cordltlon of six millions Of Irish paupers
And how is II in la belle France2 According 10 a
statement IN the Bulletin de la Sociee de Geoeraphen
Quoted by the ~ Y. Morning News, tcentu t,vo mil
hons re hudrcd thousand Of her population are nearly
~ state OF paupensm. 'Seven and a half milons of
The French people nerer eat bread! Chesnu,s drv
pulse, potatoes and water their means of subss,
ence. and stubbe and heath only compose their fuel In
case oi bad harvest, charity is the only resource of
starving multitude, OF whom only ose Of the mos, r
bust constitutions SURVIVED"
Is il not passing strange, that The Europeau milan.
tropsls. with facts like hese every day beors ,b.n
should waste much simulated eoquence and shed en-
many crocodile Tears over the fate Of the conened negro
population of the Southern States who are in fac, inst .,
Tree As the white slaves Of Europe all but the name
While they are more than compensated for the lass If
alby the physical comforts which that loss ensures II,
'hem-comt,rls which would be eagerly purchased h.,
The mass OF European laboers if they could obtain il hv
the ein. ~ sacrifice