The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-23


tie endeayors, also, TO make an srgumen
rs, Inc North, in favor Of slave holdin
-, ont of another statistical fact. Tn
Sor,b has d somewhat larger excess o
nc males over females than the NortI
a. This be attributes 10 the DESTRUCTIVE
-. Of The men, especially the 'younl
an and bows OF the North. A liule sa
.,..,r might have led him to the discovery
y o,ier causes for this deficiency OF North
.ro males among the adult population. 1
80. in tbe highest degree in Massachusetts
mere he females have q small majority o
,,,,bsrs. 1. IS sufficient to mention two
r.usss which are adequate TO the whole Ell
-, First, The manufacturing system
..s.,b IN is most extensive branches, EN-
Nov. = large majority Of females, and
iSsrrfoIs sends a portion OF the males to
CO. employment elsewhere. Many Of
hon come 10 the South, and there add a.
,,B,b 10 The number of males as they lake
Gon their native State and secondly, the
ga airing lie. which is led by many Of the
msls.. ard which causes large number 10
1, slrsy. absent from the State, and sub
.,rs ,beir lives 70 the casualties Of their
Osrilous occupation.
Buhls keen optics discemed in The first
Of these causes an argument against The
North. lie condoles most pstheiically with
IA DOOR girls Of Lowell, who have to work
n me cofton factories during the years that
..lsht he says) 10 be sacred to lore snd
OutsaiB. tie IS particularly indignant
s, the oversees Of the factories, because
thsy will 10, permit the girls 10 receive the
isis Of lovers while they are engaged in
lhsr work Al the cotton-milis. THIS cruel
usnclon must. in Nc. Fishers opinion,
Be yey injurious 10 their morals. AZ least
j. b. Inc deplorable effect, he tells US, OF
DOs.poning their marriage, until they are
3 Or "a years old.
BIZ, good reader. did you never hear or
rssd Of he literary. aud moral, and religious
education, which these poor girls Of Lowell
receive 81 the factories, during the years
which MT. Fisher says ought 10 be sacred
70 'l0Vs and oOHrtship, and Io-nOUeis-
v. presume, o. 8 msIter Of course, Ii not,
We advise you 10 inquire into that matter,
and then Judge whether this school of IN
duuy and mental improvement, is better
o. worse for poor girls, than the sort OF
usining which girls Of the same class get
10 he sOulh-loye and courtshiP' included.
o. pages p and 20, he charges ciIios
and free labor in the North with causing q
fearful increase Of PauP-fism, destructive Of
Ihs comforts and hopes Of the poor labor
sn, and burdens0me 10 the rest Of the COM
nanty. We snail make a few remarks
On this subject
The psuPerism Of England has been q
sanding theme Of defamation with a cer-
lain class Of our politicians for 80 years
pas. They imagined that general ruin and
misery must grow out Of it, 50 awfully
gssl were is magnitude and its increase.
Tuly Il was and is 4 lamentable evil; yet
knglsnd's wealth and POpulation-her cities
and her msnufscturss-have grown with
UlsOs.sr spesd-and the southern States
Of this Union have contributed no little tc
Ihsir growth, and, therefore, also to the
gOEth Of psuperism, according 10 Mr.
tslsT's doctrine.
Is TO the comparative psupeTism OF our
nOrthen and southern States, il cannot be
Iadged Of by public registers and official
sPorts ior these are made and published
only ia the northern States. A cOmpari.
so Of the numbers reported in the north,
VII what we may happen to hear concern
ln5 Ihe numbers in pOOr-houses here and
hsrs IN southern counties, is Of no use in
dsisrnlning whether free labor or slavery
Produces most distress from extreme power.
h0' most expense for the support Of the
poor.
for, in the first place, the slaves OF the
H1A occupy the position OF The poorest
1as o. laborers in the north. Most OF the
H''s lare as badly as the paupers of the
A',hTs large portion Of them much worse;
VIC eli Hose whose labor does not earn
usl own support, are a charge upon their
SsGss A liule more than half the slaves
virginia sre taxed 10y the Common
INl1' and these only are Judged capable
supporting themselves by labor. Yet
-Aly o. the females Of taxable age, do not
,I neH vctuals and clothes and doctors
ins'e Is also a great difference between
et norm and the south, in the mode of az
lung Isllei to the poor. Ia the north
HaIy 10 the cities, where most psuper.
!, 'PPssrs-little is done by privaie char
y y relieving the destitute, because the
- Iase manner in which they are pro-
&c lot By the distribution of public
makes It unnecessary. In the south,
en- !! nol'Idosl Or family OF white persons
N, nay temporary distress, they are gener-
o. 'sne'ed by private donations. Il is
ma nOse who are hopeIessly destitute,
MD,t = commonly sent to the poor house.
: ,sl The largest number who receive aid
~. northern cities, need il only for q
~. -" an. and to small amount. Lss,
n~. - ne city Of New York, those who
sDO' n outdoor relief were nearly twics
an 4 as those sent to the aIms-house:
q. Iscsived the average sum of about
Ion. The average number in the aims
poa'I. through the year was 1868, out of 9
3 n. a. Of nearly 100000. On page
dss n. lsner gives an appalling account
.nOuD, GunDet Of Paupers in New York,
OUuI.r, hePretends, to one-fourth of the
Es.J 4. We have already 80 often ex
liar .a efssgsrstions and misst.temenls
d a.@thk It sufficient now to refer e
kr I. sIlcsn Almanac for 1s49. D. 247
mar PARTICULARS. New York being Ii,
Ion Fsauong-Plsce for psDper emigTant,
a. NuIOpe. IL nj oo...-. - .