The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-07-02
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IN letter from Scotland. which VIC
find in q late number Of the 2ribune,-
most admirable letter. BY the way, as our
readers will see hv the quality IL the ex-
urts we find our own observation of
the same matters 30 completely COZ firm.
ed, that we add them gladly to wha, We
have less f,Icilous!y said with the same
INTENT
The Eng'ishmau's general idea of the
United Sletes ~, that he people are in a
rude state Of semi-barbarism with M
social refinement, and lgle intellectual
culture; mere moncy.delving. grave.
digging, lean, lank, generation OF yam.
KEGS: ~crshlrPlng hut one God, and he
Nammnn, ready al a moments notice 10
whip all creation, and rather than no,
hghl at all To have touch uf mob law to
keep Lis hand ~ ; IN hue. poor deGene.
rate oHshcnl from u n0bie a'ch J liv.
ing a struggling. struggling. We, dy sort
oi life, and dc' red, some of these odd
days. 10 dIssppc,r ny sudden rot like
Paddy's potato. Ihs is Nr. Bul's pref
~ solemn couvlc'lon--mosi unsolcmuly
translated toto plain EugI,h--uf he
Universal Yanhte Nainn'
DUNG tie last nne months have
been travelling over his realm. visiting
many ~ us cites, towns, and villages.
and having abundSVt mean. Of forming
int Igent opinions. and know | do no,
cXagerate when | slate that IT you-you.
Mr.. Horace Greely,--in your travels
throughout the free United States of
America. should yen come upon a town
where people were in 90 better conditions
Ihan lle people Of lhe most GuurishiHg
agrruimr1l or manufacturing town IN
Great Britain, the ,ghl If such place.
among tie towns Of America, would a
most bre,k your heart. lnu would. it,
such an lnelanre, find town whose pro-
frs>rndl men would scorn To be thought
the sorisl equals OF lis lraiPsmen would
look Win NE same srorn upon is me.
rhanics would dcsplse lis Inverted SER
wants would despise ils agricultural labor.
crs; and whose agricultural Ianortrs
would only fil 10 lo,k down upon some
other class berausa themselves were al
the bottom If The ladjcr. You would
find me merhanlcs, labor,r- and servants
~ nh few exceptions -exreedingly coarse
and ignorant, and moreover, having no,
the slightest aspiration for any higher
state.
Take for instance, Agricultural Labor
ers Of Great Britain: the men and women
whose Toll have made this country the
beautiful garden tina, it is, aud every one
Of whom is entitled, ihereiure. according
to The commones, law Of quid pro quo.
10 have a share in a pleasant liule cottage
and garden look al these toll hardened
people, and what is their condition =
Physically. they are worse Of I say af-
Ter an abundan. opportunity To judge
than the slaves OF America morally and
intellectually, they are bu, llule better i.
and socially they are almos. as bad. -
Their average earnings do not exceed 9
shlIngs (s,erling) per week. | see hun
dreds of women hard a, work in The fields
Of Scotland just now, who earn buta sh'l-
ling a day. 10 do which some Of them
have TO come long bare foot journey from
the Highlands. AS for their social con-
d,ion. a BRUSH farmer would be as much
shocked at The idea olsitting a, meat with
one Of his laborers, as a Southern platter
with one Of his negroes. Why! BE-
cause they are q set of Doors. One sees
the women here in Scotland bonnelless.
shoeless. uudging to and from the fields ;
and wherein they are above The oxen
and mules, becomes n problem. The
thing is as bad in England; and in Ire.
land worse. Their houses--if so they
must be called--are wrCtched novels
where "nerciful man" would in many
instances, think twice before housing
"his beast"
Then LOOK q, the Factory Operatives.
Where will you find a more degraded
looking clsss' Mark the girls. How
lax their department! Wha,a total want
nr self respect! Follow them 10 their
doors (you will shrink from going far'her)
and see wha, they cali, with m uncnn.
scinus IRONY, their "honses. and then
tell me what can be The religion OF n coun-
try which leaves It's sweating millions in
,uch sla,ef The streets Of Nanches.
ter. Birmingham, Leeds. Bolton, Glas.
gov, Dundee--as soon as the night sets
in swarm with prostitutes. may Of them
operatives in f,clorie,. How different