Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-26
From the Mud Cabin.
Woes of the Silk WeaverH.
ny W. lsHAM.

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To the hand loom weavefso of Bethnel Green. in
Sptalfelds (London), Idfrecied my s;ep. There
are twenty thousand OF these wenyers at Bethnel5
Green; but their comparative and VI Z
yacity contrast str'kingl with me oil le
agricultural laborer. And their sensiiyeness nm
der their wrongs and their spirit OF vindictiyeness
toward their oppressoIs, PRESENT n equally Sink
ing contrast to the moplng inse anl Z
less cowing down under oppression eseIy W hele
Witnessed IN the rural districts
In this part of London the houses are low, Old
and dingy, many Of them brtng IN a dlinpiaateu
condition. III ~
Iickety mir of stairs, Ienteredan apartment Just
about lively feet square, where WINS a1weAvsr q
the LOOM and boy at the qiil-w heel, willie upon
a catered couch in one corners apparently Ia 9
gone with consu nption, lay the emacated'wiie OF
Lord bless YOU'D said The VIEWER, "what ever
BROUGHT TO such aplace. as thisYSYts q
replied that 1 cameifrom aleurosity 10 zee The
opera lions of his Trade, and the lie that he was
lying =. ~ az ~
"Thes lifs.we're liyingH, he Ielonel, 1--WE don't
live, we're not human, we're cattle, and dead cat
tie at that. Do you see this piece Of silk Pmweai
lvlng-how nice and Beautiful II is tswiliibe
worn byeher lalyshpi and how PROUDLY VII viii sail
in the dance; while 1, N poor weaver Of lietlnel
Green, must starye on ourshllings and mnepenceT
q week, which is the utmost can earn by keeping
1.-THE shuttle flying fourteen hours atfny. Yes four
teen houfsa day Unjust work; work, work, sick OF
well, until Ifsink under il, andniys poor body rs
laid under Tie turf. Two,of my children God has
Incredibly taken away from life suffering; and
There is my poor wife just agoin', and nothfigfor
her comfott-no Sphysician, Ito metlicine, no help,
Inc suitable food, aud itil be mercy TO her when
She's gomez And SO it's, thisnnfernatg government
gives the rich all The. advantage, while we, poor
devils, who support athena, must suffer, suffer,
snffer-and is atliyihgi istell you isnot; IFS
mockerylof living, and the osner we're over II
the better," S4{ s, ~ rs - 5s-s ~
Here. be paused aud il alower, msliSwed tone
resumed, s - - = = y. 8, - =. ~
& Excuse. me, master; 4 Could not keep il; its
here quitting his baud To- hisllieart);sI feelit;
feel ii; o, j do. dol we're cattle-I tell you we
IRE cattle and nothing elselg smiiag with his fist
assie said it.A ~ sEs4S1tft3E sess,,s Ias,Ef
81 Siiockedsb by such an unexpected outburst, made
no reply, but while tile weaver adjusted the bob
binwhich he had held in his hand, and resumed
the operations of The loom, turned 10 lie diving
woman, W hose low means and mlillerihg accents
had attracted tnysattention. She, could scarcely
speak by reason of her.cough. and did not even
attempt 5tolunderstand3 her; but that gLaslly, i'm
plorins look will never be ,efIaced from my memo
~. slipped "a ling into her hand, and The
change wlich cane over her was almost as If the
ashes of The sepulchre had 5begun to stir. With
upliftetl arms she blessed me, and then buried her
face in the pillow. 7el Gal isa flsas lQGW
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