The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-03-03
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/! !. MT understood, j, M.I,lnay, Ndtundeer-.
lslo6d' am urr,rised, sir, utterly suit. z
sRpriseils Cha, YOU should be 80 ignorant on a
fsnhjec ;thac eoncsrns YOU aud every mhI..
lchhnLir New York: ,rhe etma,ter .is lhis,
i Esir:tsS have goltenynpsa petition, sir, 40
lhy before the proper authorities, TO pre-.
/ vent these women from carrying ons these
Ishops, stores, or whatever elses they are;
1ttey willtflin our,busifess ,Sands,nust anil.
Hhall be put .Theyi,Mre allowed q
|license. sir,l f9r INST sone shsl What we have
TO pnys-they rent sfabric.Sfor which they
pays a mere o,hing; 'a,ldeds.o whicbE they
crowl some baH dozen; 5ianiliessjnto IT,
i9lIereby,, making, perhups,sa clenr&prof,.
! w ,his.means. sirs,hey ,can'a ford ,o5selI
Eg0odss schfaper Swe can.; Ws@sm,,st
hare our handsome bow windows, and rich
ilyshnished, cases, our stores Brilliantly IL:
Illuminated with gas, for which. .Isir . .wc mtiat
fPay an exo xorbtarits price, ami niuIsi have "a
profit or onr:,g oods 10 Indemnify us. md:
THE cnnseqnencesis, is, customers go$,p here:
the chea PEST. One class, sir
1--we Enye; pn. down--ihose whosIive by llIe,;;
lheedie; we have succeeded in gEinding
their prices down,kMntilsthey cannot teariL
oyer from eight toiwelye:a n,l.a hal fcenis
per.;day--pIenly. sir,spfen,y, Ssir; plenty
ltorthcse creatures, "batcan they wan.With
more. @ have given my wife and daugh-
ters orders long since. not toggive more
than ,halfthe ynlue Of the work they have
neiiandfl lassure you, sir, that my orders
have been strictly complied with. Ifyours
American women will. no. do II for. half
iPIice,sthere are plenty of forei eigners who:
Twill They have MOI been accustori,etl9to
such Sindulgencies aud luxurics as your
Wonld be ladies sc this country.-anJSthey
can afford. l.to:workfnr And now Ilhink
Of tirS me etss mo, our sidewalks,
cur Pa aseme ntsss are Blocked upwith some.
81 this lass. hey donotievcn pay rent,
sir fora plaGes sinwhich TO store their or.
llicles Sof tfallic; but free from $ex penses,
they oasrt their gaads for mere nothing
his mus moi shall;noi be; we'lfput Them
down ZOE my names not Peter Gruff. Now
lgive3me Sy0 0lIr name, and twe'!! have The
matter fSeI without more delay
'lhdeed, heighhor,' said Mildmay, u
should, like much TO oblig you: but really
lhis seems matter Of conscience with me;
business / have M right 10 me,ldle with.
j-Liyc,and let Iive,r has hitherto been my
,notto;pand were Ito lend hand Ia op..
press my fellow-creatures, how could L
dare pray
| '!rhat mercy to others show,
| That mercy show to me-"
| &sConscience! Ell muttcred G,uf1. you will
give ear TO conscience, until twill be your
| ruin I q ~
| Yes, neighbour resumed the merchant,
This is a free country. Here all men are
or ought to be on an equality
Equality! said Gruf, 40 ain in,errnp,ing
Mr.. MiIdmay; .now this, sir. is the very
root Of the evil. why, sir, in my npin.
ion we ought to know Of but two distinct,
clnsses-lher rich and The poor. We shouId
have no middle Stale OF society. We ehave
The poor TO work for,us, and we should be
al'owediio remuneraie them as, we please;
and we will soon la We ii so, if you will aid
us. But it ynn adhere TO this principle of
I'Conscience,' us youlerm it.. you will bring
yourself 10 beggary, or my names not Pc
ter Grufl.'
And what would you have these people
do. MIR. Grufl? give upall exerlions for the
support Of themselves, and those tlepend-
ant OH them, andthrow themselves on the
public for support! rather think, sir,
their Industry und ambition should be en-.
couraged., sa: 4
| 'Oh no, sir; they should work-work
for mere maintenance; and Mat is all
they reqnire-aIll they should have ,y
But from what you have re,nark cd, they
cannot gnina livelihood by their labor; con-
seGuently they mus, ,sturve or beg. Ilwere
better MIR! Gruf, TO pay every .one-mule
or female, fairprice. l think sir the cum
diton Of "nr country would be benefited
thereby. For instance many uf these on.
pressed people are driven by necessity to
Eendcavor .oob,ain credit, which if they,
are fortunate enough to gain, they are in
all probability, never able 10 Iiiquidate the
debt; and the man who. for humanily's
sake. trusted them, mus. be Tie loser there
lby. A thousand other instances l could
name, in which every good citizen would
he benefited, it ambition were encouraged;
industry properly remunerated, and The esiT I'd J:
spectacle poor Of our country placed more
on an equality with those who, am Cd i:
ryEto say, are unfortunately their oppIes.
sors.' Il So ~
'Al a mistake. sr;' andihe chagrinciI
tradesman rubbed his hands Together, Sfs;l
bi! his liz to suppress bis rising Sanger.
What 'lo they know Of frespsclabilflyg
Theygsball and mus, be pht down,
q Better place Yourself and all mel aflike