Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-02

the laborers and give them their hire Il
fact. accustomed as he was to the COMMAND
of means, it had never occurred to him how
) important was the daily pttance poor maj
earns, to his family. True, it is many
times trife, but let it be remembered tina
it is his sole dependence, his all-and tina
the God who has said "T'he wages of hin
that is hired shall not abide with thee al
night until the morning." LEV. xix. l3,
has not left the time of payment optiona
with ourselves.
And now we will look a little further and
note the effects of one neglect. As the sun
went down, Simon proceeded homeward
his features were care-worn. and he
seemed wearied and depressed as lie moved
along. On entering his dwelling, the first
words with which his wife accosted him
were these:
"Well, Simon, did Mr.. g. pay you?
have got the kettle on, and | will run and
get loaf of bread, a little tea, and you
shall have something comfortable for sup~
per-"
"No, he did not" answered Simon,
signing heavily as he seated himself on
bench. lie is a kind, hearted mani
don't believe he ever thought how bad of
poor man often is, or he would not have re-
quired me 10 credit him for my three days
labor"
And here we will pause to observe, that
we are very much inclined to doubt wheth-
err those who from mere lhoughlIessness are
guilty Of such injustice, are in reality much
less culpable than those the result of whose
practice is The same, although actuated by
baser motives.
"Oh, why didn't you ask him." now in
quired Simon's wife, land tell him how
much we needed it!"
He didn't offer to pay me, and could
not" returned he moodily.
Poor little Maggy has been freting for
something good to eat, all day" said the
mother, now beginning to wipe the tears Of
disappointment which had gathered in her
eyes with her apron, her fever has left her,
and the Doctor said she might eat nourish-
ing food, and | could make lcr something
nice if DULY had some wheat bread"
why Cont YOU borrow some :" inter-
sing to look at his sick child, who was quiz
ely sleeping.
Il have borrowed several times" said
his wife, and as we never get any TO re-
turn ii, can't 90 again.
At this moment, several other children
came bounding into the house, clamorous
for their supper. Their mother arose,
lhickened the water boiling on the fire with
corn-meal. and this with some skinned
milk furnished by ighbor, formed their
evening repast. This fare was not very
substantial, il is true, for any one who had
TO toll day in and day ont as Simon had, but
we dare say the rich who sat down to their
tables grooming with every delicary, never
thought of that. His children might stand
in need of comfortable clothing to protect
them from the cold, and from their infancy
might be Injured To every privation-but
what was that to his employers they were
not his keepers, and it was mighty little
they owed him. Mighty liule," howev-
er, scattered around into good many hands,
in The aggregate would have been found TO
amonnl to considerable, and in Simon's case
the wages owing to him, if paid by his en-
ploycrS when they were due, would if prop
erly expended have enabled him to gather
many little nccesSaries and comforts about
his family which they were now forced to
do without.
In the presentinstance we would not have
our readers suppose that we are painting
an extreme case. And in order TO prove 1t,
we will mention one or two facts drawn
from the history ofeyery day life. Il have
neither meal, meat, nor potatoes i'll the
house, said laboring man to one Of his
employers; I" can you not give me the dot
lar you owe me, 10 buy bnshel OF grain =
- is the iery first money | have
handled in nine months and have worked
regularly almost every day" observed ar
other on being paid for his labor. What
history of privaton-of positive suffering
was embodied in these few words "A per-
son residing in the village of -, inform
ed us that having occasion at one time to
go into the dwelling Of poor woman who
earned her living by washing, he found her
with four lltle children seated at dinner, and
the sole article of food upon the table was
cabbage, and from her manner and her ma
! king no comment or apology he supposed
| the fare was not unusual.
Cases of such leslitution may be rare,
/ but they are more numerous than many sup
pose who do not take an interest in making
inquiry on such subjects. We are not,
however, at present, writing upon charita>
bic objects. Whatever may be the calling
of those who are employed, their labor
should be considered as fall equivalcnl for
their wages, and as God has not constituted
any man the Judge of another's circumstan-
ccs it is as imperative duty to give them,
and at a proper time, what is Justly their
own-always mindful Of the injunction we
have before referred to, and which should
be deeply impressed upon every mind, how
ever unreheciing, Tie iaborer IS ac0r.hY0 %
hire!
An ISrEREsrIxG lxCIpEST.-lhe National
Inteligencer gives the following
The delegation of chippewa chiefs and warriors