The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-04-13
RRITISH AND AMERICAN SLAVERY.

BRITISH AMI hmChiSSN SIN
Cbas,bers' Ediabarg Journal is very sem
able, and a very interesting periodical. ithas
however. some sympathies with Mrs "Breeeh'
90 Stare whichIwe regret to see, though
with some degree Of fidelity to its general cha-
~.,ar :, works into what il has TO say some
good sense. One suggestion OF the 'ouiha''
alone. shews its ignorance oil our ins''uuohs'
and its poor qualifications 10 speak OIL 'hem
81, ;,s,;ce Itadyises the South TO get up
Rlue BOOK, shelving the actual condition OF the
s,sves after the manner of the investigation and
renort by order OF parliament into the condi'
,;on Of slavery in the West Indies. What
mower has the right TO establish any commits
sion for this purpose in this country These
States are not provinces of Great Britain now
nor are they provinces of any government
They are Independent States, in which the
people are the source of power. The Federal
Government has no right TO institute any such
INQUIRY into the domestic relation of master
and slave in the States, nor have the States
themselves any right to invade the household
privacy of the citizen for the purpose of CON-
piling Blue Book, or book of any other CO.
Tor, 10 lay before the people of Great Britain
or the aboIitionists of this country. 1t is quite
enough however, for the formation of an en-
lightened public opinion, that the operations
of the farms and plantations of the South are
perfectly open to the observation of the travel
ler-nay, that the farmer and planter of the
South, whose civilities and inequalities are
unsurpassed any where else on the globe, take
the curiosity of The intelligent stranger on the
subject of slavery. There is nothing like con-
ceament about them. Every regulation on
their estates is explained, generally, with some
considerable degree of pride, as exhibiting
their consideration for the slave, as we'll as
their ingenuity and forecast. No traveller
can, after such opportunities afforded him, pos
siby come 10 any other conclusion than that
the slaves of this country are better fed, better
clothed, and better guarded against the dsa-
bli:ies of sickness and old age, than the labor.
ing population Of any European kingdom
whatever.
The Journal makes some very candid con-
LESSONS relative to the laboring population of
Great Britain, and even tells US what sort of
Rowland we might present the British for
their Oliver. We might have attacked them,
il says, in the vulnerable point of the quasi
slavery of large portion of the popuIace of
the British Kingdom. The Journal continues:
alt might have been pointed out that, while
nc cta nt
and no class is inferior TO another in the eye of
the law, many, from one cause and another,
are VIRTUALLY SLAVES or WORSE. 1t might
have been shown that to many it would be a
1)0Sitire promotion, an comfort and morality,
TO BE TAKEN INTO THE CARE AND UNDER THE
RULE OF MASTER having the obligations OF a
slave-owner towards Them"
The italics and small capitals are our own;
bat the truthful paragraph is just as it was
taken from the Journal. Now, with what sort
of propriety can British authors and journal
its busy themselves about our institutions
when such state of society meets them at
every turn they take in their own country =
How mild and gentle is the Black SiGrery o.
this country compared with the squalid
wretchedness misery, and even tyranny of
VFHtS StUCtTy III OIedt DEitdlu.
But the Journal predicts q great change in
England-the entire disenthralment of the
laboring classes from their present slavery to
the wealthy and noble classes. 1.-The great
change to be expected 1t says, sis to a system
under which spirit of independence will take
possession of the industrious orders" Educa-
ton and morality and more liberal legislation
are the means by which the Journal says this
change is TO be wrought. That period will
never CONS but with the downfall of the en-.
tire structure of the British government. Its
grandeur, its predominating power, and its
aristocratlcal institutions must all tumble into
ruin that moment this "sprit of independence
which abolshes white slavery takes its sway.
And who can pretend to toresee the state OF
things that will follow?
The same number of the Journal, which
contains an article sympathising with Mrs.
Stowe and the frank confessions we have
quoted, contains the following painful account
of the laborers Of Scotland. We beg the reader
10 contrast the daily allowance TO the Scotch
farm laborer with that of the Southern slave
who has as much bread and meat daily as he
can devour:
MORAL SCOTLAND
In forty cities and towns in Scotland. every
lag of the population supports dram.shop.
while ii requires 9Sl to keep baker, 1907 TO
support butcher, and 22Sl 10 sustain book
seller. In Ayr, the rate is one pubic-house
for every 50 of the population in Campbell
town, one for every 81 ; in Dumtries (sad pre-
eminence one for every so. These are ag-
rcultural towns. 1t is rather remarkable, tina t
IN towns containing large Infusion of manu-
featuring people, the proportion is more favor
able-Edinburgh and Glasgow, for instance,
having one public house for so many as 164
and 1853 of the people, and Paisley one for
every ~ Among counties, the proportion OF
ol pubic houses to population is not so alarm
ing as IN the towns generally-.lhe worst being
rheshlfe, which has one public house for
every loe people.-Abridged from the Edin.
onTgh Neus, Jan. 8, 1858
iafm servant describes in the Ra,fsL;rs
Journal Jan. ii 1853, the manner in ,,'h;nS
the unmarried country iaborers of So",Iand
pretty generally live il what are called bo,s;s.
detached cottages, 10 which thew arc IS
signed by their employers. Il have been 70,
FIVE years bothieman, and | have no good :.
say OF these places. The last bottle was a,
inmate OF, was horrid dirty den. There wer
five men and boy in this pigsty. We had tw
Il Il.