Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-05-02

Ifany attrocity is committed in connection with
slavery, dcughIace editors deprecate the expos
ure OF IL, lest it should produce agitation &c. In
Great Britain, the contrary, even the most nVet-
crate tory journals employ special commissioners 10
probe and expose the evils connected with Their So
cial system The evils Of slavery are the results Of
express, arbitrary, cruel legislaioni the evils Of
British poverty are the results Of various causes, de-
veloping through many centuries. Slavery exists
with the consent ofthe United States government,
and is vigorously sustained by the several States in
which it exists. In Great Britain, "whte slave
ry' is sustained by express laws, although il is
greatly the result Of oil aristocac and moneyocrat'
ic sel6shness. Let our doughfacs presses take
lesson from even the London Times, the most I'M
principled paper in Britain, in the bodness OF the
following exposure of the evils OF white slavery.
THE WHITE SLAVES OF LoNDoN.-One of
the most remarkable effects Of {" Uncle TOMS Cab
in" (says the London Inquirer) has been TO make
the inhabitants oil countries where there Is no nomI-
nal Slavery conscious of the presence OF great So
cial evils almost WORTHY OF that name, SeveIalcor-
respondents Of the Tunes have lately been engaged
in DEF letting the shameful treatment oil milliuers APP
prentices; one Of the correspondents proposing that
the ladies OF Eng land, with the Duchess of Suther.
land at their head, should refuse TO give their pat
ronaee to any houses in which The twelve hour sys.
tenn is not strictly adhered To. The Tunes thus
sketches the scenes of misery which exist in the
most fashionable quarters of luxurious London
s''The Young female slaves OF whom speak are
worked in gangs in i'll ventilated rooms, or rooms
that are ventilated at all, for II is found by ex-
perence that if air be admitted, it brings with it
BLACKS OF another kind, which damage The work
upon which the seamstresses are employed. Their
occupation is to sew from morning till night and
night till mornng-stitch, stitch, stitch, without
pause-without speech, without a smile-wthoul a
sigh. In the grey Of the morning they must be at
work-say at six oclock-having quarter Of an
hour allowed for breaking their fast. The food
served out TO them is scanty and miserable enough,
but still, in all probability, than their evered
system can digest. We do not, however, wish TO
make out of starvation; the suffering is Of
different kind-equaliy dreadful Of endurance
From O'Clock, then, till Ii it is STITCH stitch. At
ii small piece of dry bread is served TO each sean.
stress, but still she must stitch on. At L O'Clock
twenty minutes are allowed Tor dnner-a slice OIL
meat and potato, with glass of toast-and water
10 each workwoman. Then again to work--stilch
stitch-until O'Clock when 10 minutes are again
allowed for tea. The needles are then set in mo
ton once more-stitch, sttch-until 8 O'Clock,
when Is minutes are allowed for superb piece OF
dry bread and cheese, and glass OF beer. From
nine O'Clock al night, until one, two, and three in the
morning, stitch, stitch, the only break in this long
period being minute or two-j1st time enough to
swallow cup of strong tea, which is supplied lest
the young people should 'leel sleepy At three
o'clock, A. M, to bed; at 5 O'Clock A. NJ, out oil
it again to resume the duties of the following dav.
There must be good deal Of monolony in the occu.
patton But when we have said that for certain
months of the year these unfortunate young persons
are worked in the manner describe, we have moi
said all. Even during the few hours allotted to
sleep-should we rather say to a feversh cessa.
ton from toll! their mseries continue. They are
cooped up in sleeping pens, ten ina room, which
would perhaps be sufficient for the accommodation
Of two persons. The alteration is from the Tread.
mill--and what treadm! TO the Black Hole Of
Calcutta. Not word of remonstrance is allowed
or is possible. The seamsress may leave the mill
no doubt, but what awaits them on the other side
of the door? starvation, if they be honesl--f not
in all probability, prostitution and its consequen.
ces.''