The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-06
BRITISH INSOLENCE.

BRl lSH lNSOLLNNI.
The foul abuse which the visit OF w
Stoves to Great Britain has drawn down opo'
the u. States. might be passed by 10 e''e
contempt, were the relative situation Oh '.'e
countries any thing but what u is'
verv moment that the whole poPuia,lo' " As
land and Scotland are uniting 10 oeho"u'''s
-. ;, America. the British government
holds in a bondage, comPafeo "
own system is the very essence u NJ, o"'
hrns,ed millions Of human oeinss J" i"o'a'-
InG,est Britsin, ITSELF social slavery exists IN
IL N an extent unknown elsewhere,
Rpssis. From authentic documents,
:. re been shown that at least one twelfth
~ ,,s nopuiation are actual Fdupers, depen-
L., far the bread that sustains their miserable
existence, upon the bounty doled out to them
by a parsimonious government. o. the re-
mainder. one twentieth are in a condition
worse than actual pauperism. They are
houseless, shelterless wanderers, dependent
for their existence upon theft and plumber OF
every description, knowing nothing of the
laws but by their expressions, having no in
terest 10 society, their hands against every
man, and every mans hand against them
More horrible STILL one twentieth part Of the
whole female population subsst by epen, pro-
fessional prostitution. Of those who work, at
least four millions are dependent upon the
cotton manufacture for their bread, and were
slavery in the United States abolished TO NOR
morrow, would starve, or break out in open
rebellion. In the rural districts, thousands
and tens OF acknowledgement obtain leave to
labor at all The average wages of such as
do, are 9s cd week, equal to about two dol.
lars of our currency, or one hundred and four
dollars year. OH Of ,:,, rri;22st wretched pit
lance, the labor.r is expected to support him.
sell and h.s family, and to educate his children.
n the manufacturing districts the condition of
the laborer is still worse. He receives an ave.
rage of fifteen shillings per week, or about $3.50
q year. Out of this he has TO pay house rent,
and if he be backward in payment, oil his
goods are seized by remorseless landlord,
and he sent to prison there to die, to rot, to be
forgotten, while his wife and children are turn.
ed into the street to beg, to thieve, to starve.
He is, besides, obliged to support his family,
and TO educate his children. The condition of
all these, horrible as it is, is yet paradise to
that Of the poor neede-women, and the girls
who live in first class millner's stores. These
latter actually work, without leaving their
seats, twenty-five hours out of twenty-fou1.-
The murders annually committed in these
dreadful slaughter houses, are beyond all con-
AM fba noonla xyho oil
these things are of daily occurrence, are, of all
others, the people who undertake TO condemn
us for holding the African race in bondage!
What is the difference between social and
chattel slaveryl The London Times under-
took, some time ago, to draw the distinction,
and it told US that while social slavery was
very bad, it had the advantage over the other
species, in that the master could not compel
the man to work, and that the man had the
right to emigrate whenever he thought proper
or otherwise TO change his service! But can
man, who must support his wife and children
on nine shilings week, or starve-who if he
lose that employment can get no other-can
such man change the scene of his labors, or
refuse to work for his employer if he does not
like him? Is he not, in point Of fact, as much
the property of that employer as though he had
a bill! of sale for him? Does he not belong
to him, body and soul? Has he not his life or
his death, without responsibility to any human
being, entirely in his hands? Emigrate! Where
is the money to pay his passage to come from,
when he cannot find enough to buy the means
Of subsistence for more than dayf Is it not
the most cruel mockery to tell such man that
he is freeman, and can 60 where he likes?
The truth is, as seen in the effects Of the
two systems, there is no comparison whatever
between them. Social slavery is infinitely
more grinding, more debasing, more desuuc-
tive than chattel slavery. But it is the habi.
OF John Bull to measure every thing by Bri
fish standard, and to despise every thing which
does not come up to it. Social slavery is his
system, and therefore it is better than chatteI
slavery just as Church and State are his form
of government, and, therefore, better than re.
publicansm. Luckily, we are under no obliga.
ton, in this country, to conform to his notions,
and the verysway, of all others, to perpetuate
African slavery here, is to take upon himself
the office of censor in the matter. We gave
him hint more than seventy years ago, that
we could do without his advice, and we are
not DESTROYS to have it thrust upon US now.
COTTON In AUSTRALIA.