The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-10
THE DAILY DISPATCH
THE QUEENS nRCa,,,
A SEQUEL TO "uNcLE TOMS CABIN
lC0NCLUsIoN.I


"Nhere are my people?" shrieked the Queen
horror-stfuck and appalled,.
Queen" whispered the genius at her side,
"you shall see them, and in guise in which
subjects were never yet presented to a mon
arch; but to nerve your woman's courage for
the presentation, let me tell you that although
the world we live in has lis bright and glori-
Gus aspects-although kindly feelings, pure
desires, and holy passions march with us TO
our destiny, and heavens gracious sunshine
tails on all alike-there are those among US
with bruised hearts. blighted hopes, and per-
verted instincts, whose way of life IS either
curse or crime. The stately buildings, the
pomp and insis MIA of wealth, the regal magni-
fcence of power, the landscapes glitterlng in
their almost garden beauty, and the waving
fields of Gods food that surround us on every
side, contrast so hdeously with this awful con.
diti0n, that you must be informed that there
is world within that which meets the daz
zled eve of prosperity, of which no one knows
aught, save those whom capricious fortune
has doomed lis inhabitants. This world is
frozen continent,
Dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms
OF whirlwind and dire hail
wherein the tossed and troubled soul bewails
the hour of its birth in the bitter language of
despair. Those born in more genial social
clmes know nothing of this drearv existence.
They never felt the pang that cOrrodes the heart
or the bitter woe that fires the brain as with
red hot iron, or had TO deplore the loss of a
knowledge of the pure or true, or struggle
with life made up oflretful anguish, wounded
deicacy, bruised sentiment, and that gnaw-
ing and unceasng, though hopeless craving for
those blessings which the human mind, in its
lowest degradation, instinctively feels to be
its heritage on earth. Believe it, most gra-
cous queen, that there are shadows deep
and broad on the ground we tread and the
children of success, when they pursue their
thousand different ways are too apt TO forget
that they are treading on the funeral pail of a
multitude, whose hearts were never intended
to beat only TO the dirge of their own sorrows
and miseries-to the wild sad notes breathing
eloquent reproach, sent up from every corner
of the land. This is a condition of existence
as dreadful as the fabled one of Tantarus, and
every feature OF its wretchedness, every varie-
ty of which il is so susceptible, claims {, ON
your majesty that consideration and affection
ale attention which are based on the best, the
warmest, the hottest feelings. The wrongs
and sins OF your empire start up in the gloom
like
forest huge of spears,
tipped with dark red fire. Behold them, as
they appear, before you, in grisly and ghastly
array"
The scene changed from the wide realm of
Neptune to that of merry Freeland. Her Ma.
jesty saw pass before her, in close columns.
the elits of her industrial population. First
there came the men of thoug ht, the men of &C.
ton, and the throng who, wearing the garb of
gentlemen, are presumed to be the most sue
cessful in the industrial struggle; but few
were adorned with the coveted decoration of
prosperity; the majority had care ridden brows
sunken eyes, pallid cheeks, and those pursed
n n eI tn tha
contention raging in the prison house within.
Urged on by hope, or goaded by despair, they
pressed frantcally forward, leaving in their
rear a dismal train of beggars, maniacs and
suicides.
Then there came a mighty section of the
more mechanical portion of the community.-
They were q stalwart race, with naturally in.
telligent and cheerful countenances but when
they glanced at the banner borne before them,
their faces darkened and they surily, some
times savagely, thrust the weaker out of their
way. On The banner was inscribed tn follow
ing instructive and warning summary:
Average wages of q skilled mechanic,
24s. per week, out of which he must make a
decent appearance abroad, pay rent, buy food
for his family, clothe them, educate his ehil
dren-generally FIVE in number-and out of
the residue indulge in such lux uries as his
conscience will allow him.
Then there came intermediate grades of EN-.
p'oyed mechanics and artizans, until the pa
norama ended in sgualid mob, who belonged
10 no particular trade, but hovered on the con-
fines of every one, and starved on them all.
Then there burst on the startled royai vision
countless masses who toiled, frcm early morn
to dewy eve, for a remuneration 80 attcnuated
that its recipients, in its distribution, every day
accomplished miracles. The average for each
head of family, consisting of husband
wife, and five children, was 15s. per week; out
of which, in addition to being expected to
furnish a satisfactory example of order and
morality, the following disbursements were
lly to ho