Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-10-10

TIM EBBgEHrn CONFERENCE.-The
envy moi the feelings Of tbs madcap fanh.
tifnl nbolitioniyts, which the reading ofthe
following article fon the Richmond Wing
cannot fail tn produce
HtsWuA4t 8HALtt WE 20 f''-Ihis IL the
caption If I'll article In the Boston Daily
tYhig, the writer Of which seems to be-
huge Y puzzled to know what the Northern
people afs 10 do In relation 10 slavery.
The answer Ii very obvious, though II ruay
not be very palatabTe. Keep tlte eleventh
commandment by %''fninding your own bus
mess, and lenve tho subject Of slavery to be
disposed Of by those anDngst whom Il OK.
let's. Have the fanhtics nothing to do 1t
home, that they must extend their vision 10
this eide Of the Potomac, ~ SEQ If thefo IL
no wretchedneBs 10 be relieved, no tyranny
10 be rBbttlted, no crine to be punished
We congratulate them, If the cellars and
novels Of their cities and towns contain no
paupetg starving for broad-no oyeftaskcd
Iaborefs, CONDEMNED 10 uiieeasing toll for at
inadequate recompeise, by heartlosa task.
masterB-no prisons crowded with thieves
and mt1rderefg. Bot we Imagine that Bos.
ton IL not M exception to the universal
law-aarid that all the Towards and Frye
may find mn nipple feh1 for tho exercise Of
their benevolencs without troubling them.
selyos with the faults o their heighhora,
who are fully competent, we assure them,
10 attend to their oVn ndtirs, without the
inperIinent intefneddling off9oIish hna-
ties md designing ]knayes. We have Just
cast our eye, by the way, upon ii para
graph IN d Philadelphia paper, Which II
esruiane to the matter IL hand u will
simply state, (snys the writer,) TINT a. this
hour, there are ''t0n thousand poor. women
IN Philadelphia worse slaves than the me-
groes In the sIaye-narts ofthb South , for,
while the latter are accustomed to none Of
tho delights ofFefined a%oeiety, { q d%epriyn.
ton by the way, which they do not feel
having never been accustomed to it, the
former, reared In virtue and civilization,
are forced to serve their fask.fnatters for
1919, OF ut most, ~ cents It DAY, Or
4tarpe or . will not follow oft the
hiie0as alternative" Now, whom The nj.
clifton gentry ask "What shall we do T.
we answer let them apply a remedy 10 tbe
s7ciul evils by which they are surrounded.
# ian field broad enough for their philan-
thropY, however ardent, and sufficiently
crowded with subjects 10 exhaust MI their
streams Of charity, however broad and
deep the fountain from which they flow
When the physician has healed himself
then let him como amongst us, md we will
listen % hi5 couaselg, aud heed his adfno.
aitiong."
From the 1iasrqFeo Democrat.
WABeH or l.ApoR,-Ihefc Is quite an
e~veit@ments In Nrw Yor'; n0t PhilajaIphia
critic aa@1ieet 9ffae Dist essf8t'y low wa
aee ptiI 10 ,]elaalas oftioge cities, for var
l915 5oft8 Of labor performed by them.
See1pstre 3aoB hngp baou receiving the pit
tanrc of four cents apiece for nFFtiog caps
md shirts, and the girls employed in fold.
ing and atichifg books got only 90 cents
per dayt As d CONSCIENCE Of thrse low
wages nany ofthe yon1g females become
die prey to tho epoilcr, seven ofthcm bav-
ing, during one day, been dcpoyeI from
their woflt aud sold 10 vice in ono house in
the 18th ward. A young lt1y Of the name
Of jane Van S'haick who committed suicide
recently, ard for some weeks, been employ.
al making shirts at 4 cents opiecel She
was tempted aud betrayed, and rcn5rsc
did The re {.
A mass meeting d the aewirg girls t
Of and the New York Press Givor
the proiect--with a view to a redress Of
grievances We like the tena ofsomc
or the prints in relation to this crying evil
The New York Morning News speak.
eth thus boldly concerning tie matter.
We do not believe IN the necessity d
bibles 10 india, and penny tracts to
MI creation, while the poor girls who foil
and sew them wart for %5 cent? per day,
and pay twelre III Hingga week for ecanfy
boatbl Neither do We believe IN the pro.
orthc morlity of set Of Vampire.
ike Sbylockg being allowed to amass prin.
srlY fortunes IN the manufacture Of shirts,
pr caps, or other clothing. every dollar Of
Is wrung by the most cruel extottioD,
rom the unfortunate females in their III
,loy. We do not wonder that the ranks Of 8
prostitution are kept we'll recruited, for. IL {
jur V9wng aaen mechanics had no better "a
prospects bcf1r them then do the oppressed
work girls, the kai(c and The pistol woutI
10 bu q upon our h~ighwaysi'
In u subsequent number ofthe same name ,
he "New'crrsnpodent comes to the aid Of :
he "News,'i in the following manner. We {
commend his remarks to the sober rcAec- ,
ion Of cyeryr philonthropist and christian: .
Mcssrs. EItorS:---! have beeu in the !
rabbit Of paying an annual subscription to :
he American Tract society and New York =
Bible Society, besides contributing liberal. >
y OF the annual collections Of the church 2
With which | am connected, for the benefit !
these societies; but il, as it is intimatcd
n your paper ofthis morning, they employ J
iris at % cents per day to do the work ap. !
ertaining to printing and book binding, or !.
lfler thier agents to do 80, | shall stop my !
Inscriptions Immediately, and shall exer. :
ize all the influence | posses to induce 9th. .
rs TO do likewise, The Tract Society 7
nd the Bible Society are institutions dear .
my heart; but the poor, the gdsring poor, q
: my own land, and nay own native city, 2
hold ne rer amp dearer; therefore, Messrs. >
if these institutions suffer such 7
wrong to be perp trated upon the .
,or helpless girls who are compelled from G
eccsity to do their work, | wish to no it,
ID call upon yoa for the information. .
| am aware Of one fact. Several persons q
'nnected with printing and binding ofthe I
oks ofthese institutions have anassed =
lendid ~flrtuncs. Iftheir wealth has been 9,
'ouhd from the toll and sweat of these \
girs, ! want to know it, and | want y
e Christian public to know it. o
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