The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-08

p D3sH b as 81 sz,;I sl The Angel
il Ding They laid emsclvcs dol
pPon Hhiii ~ fa5 om the d ling of men.
melancholy silence prevailed around, and III
2 chimes of the EVENING" bell in the distant hame
ceased
Still and SILENT as was their custom, sa
These two beneticent Gen of the human race
Their arms entwined with cordial familiarity
ana soon the shades of night gathered aroun,
them
Then arose the Angel of Sleep from hi
mossgrown couch, and strewed with a gcntl,
hand the invisible grains of sumber. TIL,
evening breeze waited, them to the quiet dwell
ing of the tired nhpsbapdmap, Unfolding il
sweet sleep the inmates-of. the..rura cottage
from the old man on the staff, down to the nfan
II tile cradle. The sick forgot thcir pain; the
nlourners their grief; the poor itheir-care:-- gAl
eyes elOspd ~ p, Aic TSo ni0- - - '.-"7.t-
I.n His tlsk accomplished, the Benevolent An
gel ofSleep-1 laid himself again W the side Of
I ms grave brotber. when Aurora aWakes, Eek
cfulned he, with innocent joy,f. .men. praise me
as their friend and benefactQr, Oh what, hap
pness, unseen and secretly TO confer such lepe-
htsa How blessed ore We to t,be the Invisible
messengers Ofthe Good Spiritls How, beauti-
\ full isnour silent calingp .s,i1aanh atf, s1,,ap
20 50 spake the friendly Angel or Slumberur ~
The Angel Of Death sat wlthy deeper mel
aneholy+ on his brow, and tear such as MORALS
shed, appeared in his large dark eyes aAlas r
said ne, Fl may, NOT like thee, rejoice, n, the
I cheerful thanks humankind; they call me upon
the eaith their enemy, and joy-killer.n ~, ~pfr
! "ss"Ohl my broti,er,n replied the gentle Angel
i Of Slumber,- @and will not the good man. Iat
his awakening, recognize in thee his friend and
beHefactor, and gratefully bless" tlee III His Joy 1
Are we not brothers and ministers one
As ie ,spake, y The ' eyes Of tic Death Angel
I beaned with pleasure, and again did the,atWo
friendly Genii cordially embrace each otherhus,
1rDC oTTos LoRDs 81, ESGLANb,"- Tie ,follow.
ing $, an extract from Difkenss "Household
: Statistics Of Factory SuyerpisionH-The Kew.
Mr.. Baker has4recently issaeda u ,tpamphlet, de-
! Tending the moral tone of the factory system
against the clr,rges brought against it I'M the
7 Rev IT. w orsiey'sP Prize Essay on Juvenile De-
Pfavity WePurposely abstain from discussing
the merits Of the controversy, believing that tie
| truth lies between the two extremes, advocated
respectively by. the, reverend .disputants Mr.
Henry, however, gives n table hof, statistics. an
abstract of which we cannotiwithhold Itshows
tthe number of Spinning and power-loom fweav-
ring concerhs I'M the principal manufacturing"
ftricts' Of Lancashire ana Chesilire also the NUN.
Der Of partners, 50 far as they are known, to the
public. g.. '',',,s',.,, ,a,, -',' -
It appears that in Ashtooan-underr Lyme, Dun
klnfeld, and Moseley, there are fifty-three mills
in ,theihahds ofninety-tiye partners; Blackburn
and itsinrnediate neghborhoed,s 'hhs. fifty-se
mil 8 and efghty Partners; Bolton, forty-two
mil s and fftysevenf paftners BARLEY, twenty
five Spinning manufactures aud IfortyLLsX pro-
pietors; at, Haywood there lire Twenty eight
mills in the hands Of forty-six masters. " Man
Chester, it would appear, is not so much the seat
OF Dran ufaeture ,as of merchandise. u Though it
ahoundshn warehouses for then sale of cetton
goods, there are"nos more than isepelTtyseight
cotton factories, having one hundred ard
thirty-nihe masters Oldham has, tie greatest
number ofmilfs; namely, one hlhdred and fifty
eight. with btwo hundred and iiftyTtWo proprie,.
tors Preston, thirty eight mills siYtY-two part
ners; Staly bridge, twenty cotton concerns and
tortt-one prapretors; 4St0ckpors, forty.seven
Mill 8 and se'ventyssi masters ;'whle Warning
tom hasno moro tlfhn four mills owned by ten
gentlemen The total number Of cotton manu-
factories in these districts il FIVE htidred and
tS"C6tton Lords a., 49,, -, .,',s ~ -
Mr. Bakers "case' is that a proper moral SUI
Epervison is, eXceresed overthe tens ofthousands
| of operatives employed in these factories ;
ai'u tfaI sucH SUPERVISION Is" not defe8ated'
from principals to subordhates. 1t would
seem, from his showing that Of the nine hun
dred and four proprietors, no Ihore than twenty"
nine, do not reside, where their concerns are
situated. and thai Of the. epiire aggregate Of
mills, there. arc only four in or near to- which
no proprietor resides. Lancashire and, Che
shire eottonfactorips; therefore, are as regards
ab$tenteestn; the direct antithess of Irish es-
tates! The consequence is, that while the
former are in a, state of average, though IN
terniittent prosperity, the latter have gone to
ruin. - - "
One Of our Lowell Corporations has FOUR
HUNDRED AND rIFFT-rHREE propretors. ..,,
sTHE RlGAr OF. SECESSION. 1--WE are not 90
ing to. recommend tKis-n6body need be alarm
ed--no treason is meditated-no warning or
resistance" ARE necessary--no mob need be in- |
voked-foE We are only about to say, that it, lis
amusing to hear certain journals talk 80 flip
PANTY about the right of secession az identical
with revolution" They" mean" very different
things. The right Of, revolution is d natural
right. Secession is conventional Revolution
Is right, we assert, in resisting oppression.
Secession is q withdrawal from compact, The
one is always accompanied by an appeal to arms
the nltiana ,regnm., There is no reason why
the other should not be peaceable. Two tor
more parties, for mutual interest, enter into q
partnership to endure while 1t is agreeable and
advantageous to the contracting parties each sur
rendering to the other certain Individual rights
to be used and enjoyed in common, but retain
ing certain other rights to be enjoyed by them
selves Individually, and not by the concern The
duration of the partnership is not specified.
Very we'll. One of the parties after a while
,perceees that the advantage of the concern ac-
;crue almost entirelyt TO the others, and that they
tare even encroachng on the rights and interests
he specifically reserved for, himself-in word
that the partnership has ceased to be desirable
and may be ruinous, to him He gives notice TO
his partners that he4will withdraw from the con-
cern, and they have no, right to prevent him.
lietakes hisportioh ofSthe stock, makes his bow,
and peacenbly retires. This Is Secession. IL
lie should seize n musket-rush into the estab.
lishment-- denounce his associates as set Of
sroundrels, tear up the articles, ana force them
to enter into n, new one more agreeable to him