Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-05-06


3s 3D. average Of west lOs Id avcrag. OF The east 9s ID
average Of The WHOLE Us I'D.
| nH0w do they manage to exist upon uch pancGsP' wa
he soyereiIns mental query; and the ext instant
y village infested by ank and hungn ours, came before
ter, and she saw
| A bold peasan,ry, once their couirys pride,
Il home with only tho beer shop for lounging place.
Their aepcct defiant, ucuan hal bashfu malt
ae Their labor brought them only p,tancP md In their
hearts they rused thar labor and the so upon which was
bestowed Tho women, in this sweet rra spot, thin
snd haegard-the children sqnalid the cages dirty Anil
IS If heighten The contrast there, ret against the bro"
# finely wooded hil stood stately MANSION 1t was The
hndlord's Some miles down the va~y, close BY stag
nani pud ditch stood glang brick 1dificet was the
Union House, which opened it's dismal receive the
rustic swain the village belle the hume field aborer the
hungry wrinkcd wife, and children that never were rosy 10
pInch starye, snub, crush, and dchumani...
The ghasty panorama that extended tome OF those hives
Of Industry which have made Frccand mous throughout
The universe. The sky was "bscued by lie SMOKE OF hun
deds OF small chmneys and vast edhces rctchn" in lines
for miles and miles The latter crowded with women
and children Young in years but wherr in form and eh-
ture The cuuntcnanccs of the Woo as coloress us
the white fabric in their looms Their eyes sparkll with
intelligence but chiefly The intelligence Of suffering,
If of keen oil wrong Of inability 10 be bot
ter Of ranking haired against exisng Institutions and
mrtive wish that hdcnms calamity would bury them
all In common, unllstlne Unstable ruin
"Ae these the peope2 groaned the queen, The cold
damp OF than mortal agony nolstrn, her marble FIRE
head.
No all of them sounded the vnce in her ear 90 sharp
" that majesty looked up eagerly, aud written in
letl u On the palace WALL
l. EVERY TWELFTH PERSON IN YOUR poAiSIoHs a PAU
PER- DAILY RECEIVING PARocHIAL RELIEF.
3 EVERY TWENTIETH PERSON ~ YOUR DECISIONS Dis
r,rurs wASpEREs WITH NJ ROOF but Tux sKY-Su Ho,i
BUT A PRISON rHEy ARE THE lsRmAELI.Hs MopERS
SOCIETY," EVERY uSE's HAND IL THEM, THEIR
HANDS AGAINST EVERY uSE
3 There ARE ~ FREELA.p 1913 TAI FEMALES: DIVIDE
THAT NUMBER 5000UU AND Y1u rIsp THAT NEARLY
EVERY TWENTIETH w0mAs poHISIOSs I5-oH
HORROR PILED on HoRRoR!-A HARLoT
Al this thrilling episode occurred in The royal
Thp Ia Ipff
vessels from every Cline and SPAWNED by bridges of msgni
hcent proportions, came slowly the On one OF
The most splendid Of the bridges al The dead hour OF mid
night fair girl stood with her white face turned upwards
10 The sky She.was very beautiful, but there slime
in her loneliness; her glowing cheeks PALE and
her eyes dim and uslrccss One prayer convusve sob
OF resc, for the pnst, and
Sheer Ger the battrnlents
she hurled herself into the muddy depths below But little
lime had The sovereign Tor womnnly sympathy TO ask
Who waa her father
Who was her motherl
for the solemn drama before her widened and Leepened in
Behind the gorgeous spendor OF the material great
ness of Freeand The abodes OF privaon fostering de-
nrayiry and crime Mss and fogs crep upon The scene
bu they wreahed themselves into appalling shapes There
was ignorance umpsh, sloj aud stupid but active for
evil There fever and peslileDcc swalhng up The
homes Of the ntusrlou. blended red and black
Death hung on their rear, raing his bones and
GINNING CHASTITY horrible smile;
while deeper darker blacker more lellsh Than ALL Vice
chucEed and SUNK drank and heved eercd and waowej
and in frantic abomnaton, dabbed and padded in
filth ,hn mercfu angel in Heaven let fall curain and
the monster was hidden from the qneenly gaze
"Gracious lady" said the Director OF The vision,
Tenn touching accents, il was wOmanly and noble in The
ladies Of your court weep The wrongs Of the negro
such crystal drops become bright in The human Grma-
men but must warn you that such sympathy is dimmed
In The light of an all ruling Providence, when in your
land LIBERTY the absence Of which in another is dcporeJ
is, in its most God like Developments but name-nnIess
that may be termed liberty which, practically Is but vulgar
cence cence work from rosy morn 10 dark midnight for
The scanty pitlances cnce up wealth in the
hands and for the benefit OF The few tence 10 below Justify
Tor rival politicians; ieenee 10 send children ragged
Ind brutal iicence neglect the offices of religion
e 10 baspheme iecnce 10 STEAL pander unchecked 10
he coarsest appetes TO lawn and SLAYER the little great
OF The earth; hcence TO creep like through life
bound through like wild beast; and last and most
ous of alor il is untaxed-icence starve TO rot TO die
Ind be buried in atid paupers grave which The sweet