Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-05-07

would perhaps be sufficient for the occon,n,o5-..--
null and what treadmill to the BlscI Ioia =
Calcutta: Nota word of Remembrance i ollo,aJ
OF IS possible. The seamstresses NAV leave tbe
ihiii' no doubt, but what awaits them on the 9th.
81 sue OF the door starvation, if they be honest
IL not' In all probability, prostitution and its
consequence. They would scarcely escape from
slavery that way. Surely this is a very terrible
state of things, and one which claims the anv;ous
consideration of the ladies of England, who have
pronounced themselves so loudly against the bor.
rors of negro slavery in the United States . Had
this system OF oppression against persons of tbor
own sex oeen really exercised in New Orleans =
"oulu nave ellc'1ec IRON them many expressions
OF sympathy for the sufferers. and If oh,nrr
'Oi Tue cruel task-masters who could so crnellv
oyerwofk wretched creatures so un6tted eor - J
toll. ~ ""N''eu LOT The
~ IS ldle to use any further justification in the
matter. The scenes of misery we have described
eAS' aC our own doors, and in the most fashionable
4"aI'etS OF luxurious London. 1t is in the dress
making and millinery establishments of the "West
ehd That the system is steadily pursued The
continuous labor is bestowed upon the oav oar.
ments In which the ''lades of England'S love to
auorh themselves. 1t is to satisfy their whms and
caprices that their wretched sisters UNDERGO these
Gays ana nights OF suffering and toll Il is but
right that We should confess the fault does not lie
SO much at the door of the customers as with the
principals of these establishments. The milliners
ana dreSsmakers of the metropolis will not ennIor
hands enough to do the work They increase
tneir profits from the blood and life of the wretch
Gu creatures In their employ. Certainly the prices
charged Tor articles of dress at any of the great
establishments are sufficiently high-as
liSh heads OF families know e - o. enaole
people, and at the same time to secure a very
handsome profit to themselves. Wherein then,
lies the remedy? Will the case of these poor
seamstresSes be bettered if the ladies of England
abstain partially, or in great measure; from Civ
ing their usual orders to their usual houses? In
that case it may be said some of the seamstresses
will be dismissed to starvation and the remainder
will be overworked as before. We freely confess
we do not see our way through the difficulty; for
we hold the most improbable event in our social
arrangements to be the fact that a lady of fashion
will employ second-rate instead of frst-rate
house for the purchase of her annual inery. The
leading milliners and dressmakerS of London have
hold of English society at both ends. They hold
the ladies by their vanity and their love of fine
clothes, and the seamstresses by what appears to
be their interest and by their love of life. Now,
love of fine clothes and love of life are too very
strong motiyesprings of human action.
A correspondent who has addressed US upon
this subject suggests that the ladies of England
the centurers of American slavery-with the Du-
ches of Switzerland at their head, should refuse
to give their patronage to any houses in which the
twelve hour system not strictly adhered to-
We confess we see difficulties in the way, but not
greater than ''wOman's witt might overcome if
fairly brought to bear upon the question. The
cuC he tha ao1l
women. They are more competent to deal with
each other than could by any possibility be.
If the Switzerland house committee would fairly
set the example and carry out their design with
vigilance we doubt not they could execute the
task. They did not shrink from the wholesale
difficulty OF emancipating the 1900 600 ord, 600,
600 negroes of the United States, why hesitate
at graphing with the London mantau- makers who
are dependent for their existence upon the good
will and patronage of their customers? No doubt
their intelligence will find way out of difficulties
which puzzle the masculine brain.
/ We should be glad indeed to see any affective
movement afoot which would compel the millinerS
of the metropolis to empty sufficient number Of
hands, and consequently to work only for limi-
ted number of hours. God knows, twelve hours
of labor and confinement are quite sufficient tol
any young woman to go through in the course o
day. For ourselves, we can but point to Other
climates where toll meets with its appropriate re-
ward and urge these unfortunates to leave then
native shores as AS passage money can be
scraped together Those who go will find better
England at the other side of the globe and those
who remain will find the market in whole
some condition. Almost every week we have t
record a strike for increase of wages among certain
classes of male laborers it is time that the turn
the overworked women had come