Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-11-29
From the Manchester ~. ~ American. r.r
THE MANCHESTER Operatives AND THE


on to the 2t'ss and vanoas s''seks ,hcm in
cent number al the Washington Uno given below,
IN compliance with tie vote ~ the neoirg! We have,
also placed first page the article which elected
nis outbreak OF indignant feeling among the males and
iens!es aiwotk IN mills TO which would direct tire
attention 81 the reader Ii will be secn, that At through
out a. Infamous libel published upon III.
hon labOEsrs OF the NcIh, and f,y luses
rcbuke which II las received from those ut whom YVES
AIMED. Even IN what preteRus facts,
grossly msreprescnts For nstsnce, il makes he
iabcr in Manchester than in Lowe!l-when 1t well
known ha regulations transcript OF those H.,
well Then again, uwoud create the impression that the
operatives work the numbct OF hours indicated table,
when the writer should have known that those
hours during which the wheels The sexual daily
Ut running the mills l. twelve hours and minutes but
owing 10 the al opted ia the factories exchange
OF work. spare hssds, and p0rmisions OF absence tie
average number Oi hours in which they actually employ
cd Is buttsu hours aud halt PET daywhich is PREF
the time required for study at the Academies
the ryer. No facis better established better kuawn
those at all ae9uaintea with the manufacturing in
this section OF New England. than this. Whsn the ayoe
f:Sn the Union read the meeting sooe.
thing sueh reception from the gs aud wrrkmcn present,
,e5ank hand bill would decorating loud Laugh
at its absu,dy and the ridiculous pre,cnsons Of writer
| to krowtcdgein the premises
Bat inut igticr introduction give the proceedings
-semaking oaly that Onr operatives have shown degree
OF ssoSPec spirit and indie seGdoHes matter which
will not be without il effect. aud which
to sec exhibited IN ether manufacturing towns in New
| Hngiaad.
IrKTIxG OF ruE MAScHEsrER orEkArIyEs
In compliance with the Published notice. the operatives
hbG ienac, employer the different
Manchester assembled after tho hours 81 labor large
Tlusers At Tempe Hall at eight oeock, the evening
OF The - INST the ing having been called to order
/ by Mr. J. f Smith, Ezekiel Blake Chosen Cbsirmau
! and CLsT.es FEeEch appointed Secretary.
The Chairman having stated she object the meeting
BE- 70 tax into consideration sundy bocus attacks upon
the operatives IN the pubic prnts-parculaIy in the
o. the administration the OF governmentihc
reading OF the article IN the Washington Unon was called
for. IL having been read At length, 1t was
Voted, That committee OF i've be appointed 10 draft
resolutions expressive Of the sentiments Ut the
| ing.
IRE following gentlemen were appointed by the chair
undo! this resolution. Zs-E. B. Merrill Joseph T. Smith
| Daniel b. S,carns, W. e.. Means Edward Beals
| during the absence OF the Committee, the meeting was
addressed with much spirit by several individuals cnpoy
/ ed upon the corporations ...-
In haf an hour the Committee resolutions returned
| and asked leave TO report IN part, rs follows
Wsereas, The Washington UuFpn' has Published
aud boous srlcie concerning the operatives in TN,
mills 1t Mancher, reporting them treated belicr;han
heibiack slaves of the South, and that condition il
equally as neTcenary and sLbnssiyea report calculated
to are us in the OF the world and degrade with
ourselves, End
ivk,rss., We believe II was circulaed with view
VI b"serng up a vicious, corrupt and c1rTupiag ad-
minsiration. by pretending grfaI friendship ustha
II may lnie iGrt.',r wrongs and injuries upon us, nv
| wants, therefore,
Resolved, That the report our government organ is
hbe'u' aud false, and h't II ats degrading epihes ap
ply 10 any class al people more than another,
vie Once rdets Of the government persons and
that We would not exchange independence and free
upH ipI rh ieT III Soten money and slavery
| Wa EEEE
Resolved. That wc the operatives reCerred to in Sc
yera articles lately published have booked with pain
and regret upon the false aud Hbeous statements con-
tanned IN said articles and have neglected hitherto 10
'H the brand OF inamy upon them only in this
region, where our condition laborers well known
tie lSrhcois Of said articles too sef-evident 10
need refulstion from
The resolutions, al having supported in animated
addresses by Messrs. Richardson. Merrill, Smith, David
Brigham and Others, adopted. gentleman from the
South also who present. called upon who stated
the injurious effect hese ISLANDERS in the Southern sec
ton IT the Union.
On motion, Voted That the meeting now adj urn IN
Fdly evenag,to act upon the further report Of Com.
mitiec. Adjourned.
FEIoAY, Nov. l4'h. The operatives having sgnin as
semb.cd, IN accordance wish tie Of the last meeting
NJ. Blake took tho chair.
Mr. Merrill from the Committee on resolutions mad.
further report "a follows
h'sotesd That the irlschoods OF some Of our New
fiamPshe papers have been copied the government or
gan at Washington, and have ob1ined circulation and i'm
prrtance which the slande.Ous organ from which they ema
mated could never have given ihcm ourselves
called upon deCire the perpetrators these ISLANDERS
Ind 10 'he EdH,ro ct the Washington Union" that the
s'tenen III said rrats, respecunRor condition us labo
rers are a!sc grogsy maciously false and unworthy
the heart or the pen OF any mun who processes regard
ether uGin or justice.
Resolved, That Of have sold arms or lett other
business, end voluntarily become residents of Manchester
aud operatives IN the mills because could do mgch be
ter tor ourselves and those dependent upon u.s. than we
could At any other business, aud that
como, free stay and when diss aisfed
with the Corporations Treatment shall exercise our free.
dom By guIEg away.
Resolved, That evils do exist in tie ~,
ten a. well a. in all the associations this eide Heaven
having their origin in humanity and their end fixed within
the bOuras OF uns. Hut while admit this we protest
agains foreign aid unsolicited and unasked to remove
those evils, II The price OF this assistance be ia wi
we hold viz; our good name end standing free
aud unsicced sOrs and daughters Of New England We
protest also against domestic aid, when profered IN
iiat hclowhelrcdness 90 manifest IN attempts of
san5y dcHiagogues make believe sympathy gr hc moor
while the yanruy y tt,v Ia,
ten srd Thrive upon the life blood # victims and then
add insult to Injury by protesting how much ey care for
Il The oITrss,d Siares Of the Factory System Nay we
INSERT, II snail not be done with IMMUNITY We protest.
knowing d., the existence heso evils better than
any others, best we know how 10 rid ourselves ihe
chO ing 10 do % in our way ahd after the nnnner
! which an iEi'nf' knowledge VI the circumstances chow
~ 9 be tie 81. ctual, describing help from a nh
, contempt anJ dru.t when ttir motives Of action are
= thuse OF an nifcliug az party sycoplilnts.
Received, TUa the cha2cg niido upon the operatives
oy,ccs uud others connected with ne Manchester eorpo
ra'ns by tic Washington Union. and n. H. Patri Of
Concord uc insc IN general aud false IN detathn they
could rrocooi from others than dem1gogues and rad
ea pai'ns. whose only purpose degrade IN the oycs
Of the community large. or ortern 7Jofrt 10 br do
based coalition ut The slave, 81 Tho South and are nuyor
thy q any ndyidIa whD has any regard tie truth or
who has the welfare Of the country and Of the people al
u heart
R,solyej That although II may suit the editor Of the
Washington unirn 70 hold up the condition u the sons and
daughters Of our tanners, who m honest livelihood in
our iacicfes 90 being better, nay worse than the
slaves o the south, ia order TO the vile yst ~ Of
southern slavery. 10 draw argument from tie mills
and workshops Of New England TO bring about some pot.
cH aud mstfynR scheme, - nfsmOus lyf any
pres calling Itself democratic Jin in this cfusiJe end
thus sigmnu'o largo add respectable Glars New Eng
apd Ien1e's slaves cooped 10 pcns snd working under
- tp la-b u drscrs ani isskmastsis.
whereas moot desperate snd determined oRort has
born made end y sii bong pot forth the part Of
Of the democratic editors State 10 rnsrepssent II O
condition md circumstances ol those employed IN The man.
b uiacufng Establishments and inichine shops 10 New
Ensand 10 lasy add blfhen their character and that
, Of their employer; brand the Gat as slaves and 10
sigmu'zo The last "tyants "fsfkmssier and "saye
drivers" and "a hold W the system which unos both 10
relation mutually advantageous. system u mndinz
oppression. sov md body destroying tie ra and
Of ncct, fofd1, ycnsl yassasgo the othor without
parallel even in at peculiar institution negro slavery aud
worse IN ind and degree ibsa Russian Serfdpni. Aud
Wloftao, These attacks huVoss here well from their
giarnG and utterly aL-urd false hood m The ohafscof
sd Object u their auilfs have yet found nlnissiOn into
, ounasJ ssnlin7 atrcad have b,cn c.peh anl IcrehF