Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-10-22
"THE TARIFF-CLoTHING.

IN. L. SftEPtERD,
Merchant Tailor next door TO the corner oil
Third and Chestnut street.
FROM THE PEN YAM DAILY TELrcRArH.
We cut the above from the Philadelp hia In
quirer of THURSDAY morning Mr. S. not wish
ing to be driven out of business entirely by for
eigners who will now largely import ready
made clothing, is driven to go abroad TO pur-
chase and have his stock made up in Belgium
If HOOPS pathetic and heart stirring song OF
of the shirt was never before applicable in this
country, the times are fast approaching in which
it soon will be.
II has fallen to our lot TO know something oil
the trial which seamstresses endure even IN
the present prosperous state Of things. The
wages they too frequently receive, are mere
pittance. Especially is this the fact in large
cities. Often il is the last resource agains,
dishonor. Withou. friends, without home
they call their own; with extortionate land
lords the burden of iatherless children, and the
competition among themselves from their very
number, they must stitch stitch, stitch! OF
starve, or enter the aims house, or become the
victim of-dishonor! And all this TO keep
soul and body together.
My eyes may ache the body feel the ago
sink under sense of utter abandonment as
the Iron of adversely slowly enters it, but the
instinct of life urges the wretched TO labor on
for bread. To think OF the sullerings of the
vir,uous poor, to look into their daily hfe; TO
see their Strong efforts to sustain mere animal
exisence.ls enough TO excite the Indignation OF
every feeling heart against the internal policy
that would increase their sufierings. The au-
tho of tho hill u-hich 1yvae tho pinDlOVer
abroad to purchase his goods and have them
manufactured, is heart and soul slave driver.
And this man, this heartless politician, the ha
ter of free labor, is striving to degrade our
manufacturing population to the level OF, nay
beneath his own chattels. God knows the
condition of many of them is bad enough
But they have minds to appreciate their con-
dition while the miserable STAKEHOLDER has
neither.
In Belgium hords OF women labor in the
fields on the public roads breaking stone on
the railroads.&c. all kinds of manual labor, ior
mere living. We say itnot to their reproach
it is their misfortune--but thew are degraded
and coarse in their lives and habits. The
men are ground down, crushed by the tyran-
ry of monarchy, and titled, privileged arls-
tocracy. Yet il is with such as these that our
women and our mechanics are driven INTO
competition. In Rome, the tyrants were wont
to put their slaves against each other IN glad
iatorial combat and the combat was death 10
one or both. In the 10Th century our Rulers
have opened the arena anew, but the combat
tants are now the laborers and producers OF the
United States against the poor OF Europe.
The contest is again for life in the shape OF
Bread, The slave holders are the ge,ters up
and directors Of the grand display. But in
stead oil shouts and plaudits, the only tokens
of recognition on part of the Union will be
signs, groans and tears The widow, father.
less, and the poor, as they stitch stitch stitch
and work. work. work will feel and see in it
only additional burthens to those they already
bear.