Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-12-18
From III" Nor;i. Rri;i-h R-,irr ior Noy.rnbor.l
THE RURAL POPULATION or ENGLAND


Have not come upon very rl.o ,;,e nt rura.
sccuson! IL l. not sp' II ~" rhn."n :. those who
intending 10 while away tX.ten",. M nrr the ne
yer.;irng sweets of cnuntry l,, i,r E.t us s,rI,
un Il i.:c way, ANA "T'riak" ia" gr"ul ni children
that is Just crossing the rnln!nG Alas vet
>huulh not refrain from expressing ,be sad feel,
iuos which th" first .ght of these infant IN ndnws has
awahrncd' feelings heightened hy cnntiqs; Tor late
ly "" were making "Mr way through fourth cinss
street, where the prime Necessities "i IL. are amply
provided Tor. Besides II we lGp! Il sr,,,nI fine a
tiIrsc srunkcn iucInSsuch j. IN. ben, ir.pc If the
Cr"ntGr-wr see tha; cft!fU"d will hn P, ia smil
its laugh It's gnmhUis, uud'r cnn.;iiu!. zen th. ln-
fUrlurn. Moreover, there is, ruiSi;h~irdur that in
mshcd, wn;cry uCk--lhr-c j., rhkirn tE. prnnl. al
tus,ihsr-t-rr is m air nj pure rus.iciy-thcro j.
an Innocence, comparatively r!,u rn,,,-f nrorriCv
-ii.err iG ~eSp"ci!uinrSS in thor s.? and in,nrt
mcnt which is grrn'iy im their favor zen thnr.h nf
III comparison *'ih IL" bold, u"l"v"reial saucincss
of tic infant Hercules ui maIulacturi,., towns.
Bat look at these uniOri raH.rsi:r in,,u zrrfa 0i
a neglected rural district Loo. AT lh.m rIysinngi.
cn!ly-obscrve their lank c"!"r.ss ;,ir. screening
The sunken eye, ani trailing upon the buuv neck {;
lock mt the hollow Checks the c:.n, s. AIMS and
the unlnuacuar ahanks which serve The ynuu. NJ
chins tor legs But rn: the=e CHI d-en breathing
pure a:inoaphere' Are they nn nrtires own'-
Ycs, but there ia one thing wanlng 10 them
one omincus word cirn:s up the my.,cry. Star"a-
ton. Not, indeed such starvation rs brinus lie
rows of sad lot 10 speedy end; bur surh NJ drags
its p:ning a,tirringS OH, through f. ovc-.haGowed
years OF childhood Gnd y0uth ihrou n those spas
lnodc gears nt ma;hnoi during Wi ,.i, the struggle
to exist wears an aspect ol rugged ri-nr and then
through tina; residue uf early 'icsctrI,tur. haggar
bent idint-!ik, which is indeed I'll rn!lss.L end OF
an unb!es.rd existence. This r,'isl population does
pretty well if the father hn ubr-hn,ij.d sud sober,
and the mother inHnsgimg, through the summer
son of whcat-hocimg. hsy.nHkius, and wheat har-
vest that - Gny, when the labor of the mother ard
her children in I" swell iit.lr the weekly W.T.
ges. During these weeks sulnr,hiUs Of needed
cnihinC is oDained rent il raid NJ, and pinncc "f
animal food, weekly, is added - III. bread, an. the
zen. ind The potato III the seven months iir.
Ii would he doing wrOnc Ia cur worthy farmer
friends, ard to the rural Sporting gentry atrin
thet these miserabies actually dyn:. of want
No they are no; dying, "a iGquests must bc Reid
before they may b. bur;ed-woud To God they we!"
they are the iiving--tEey are living to show what
extreinities men, women aud children may endure,
and vet not die or what they hold 10 be WORSE not tu
b,take themselves ~ "tEe union. But how do
ih.s, same u,ru women and children pass 1--WE ruo,ls
of the yea-f Gladly would oDa hnd them curicc
round like hedyehogs, end hTbernaiine i'll hollow
trees, in rabbit burrows lost 10 cnisciouaness. We
should indeed count il miracle il, OIL May morn.
inC we We're 10 see group Of husn beings s;nrt up
alive from III. sHRrd along with tho pdglIa and III"
cowsips. But il is much less than miracle 10 sas'
the people oi depressed rural district stepping alive
ont Gf the winter months
The instances are extremely rare in which those
who were born 10 the SOIL ana destined 10 tire plough
rise above their native level Such instRrces-t:rO,
three, or tve-mlSht be bunteI up, ii al agricultural
county were ransack.d for the purpose but the aEr
cultural labJrer, even if he had tue b.au and the