New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-04-03
Northern Factory Life.

That the slavery imposed by Northern factory life
is laborious, unhealthy oppressive and fe-shorten-
ing, we have always believed but not prepared
for the following shocking admissions. The Boston
Bee is freesoil paper of the stratest sect; and
correspondent of the Bee, himself citizen of Mas
sachusetts, State that boasts of the number and
wealth of its factories thus speaks of the hardships
under which the operatives thereof are compelled to
labor Ha.
There is sickness, loss of constitution and lincer
ing disease, brought on by the necessary modes of
factory life-by its confinement and contact with I'M
wholesome dust-by the illventilated sleeping apart
mens of the operatives The natural effect Of life in
factory is to take the color from the cheek to give
pale worn and sullen look to produce diseases Incl
dent to the female sex and hasten into activity any
latent constitutional predispositon to disease From
careful inquiry and examination of the operatives
themselves we find the following results OF twenty
live persons averaging twentyone years, twenty said
their health was not so good in the factory before
IN another case fourteen operatives of fifteen eXamin
ed, declared they had suffered by working in the
mill.
In still another case. nine out of thirteen operatives
answered, their health was not so good as it was be.
fore they went into the mill In weaving room of
tWentyfour persons there were fourteen whose health
had been injured.
The general rule deduced from careful examination
is that of i'll health ascrbed to causes connected with
the mill and the boarding house.
The operatives in the Massachusetts, factories are
all free white men and women, boys and girls. Yet
it is quite likely the severe discipline
to which they are subjected, that they would rise in
rebellion against the introduction of male or female
laborer with black skinso strong is their prejudice
against the African race
Yet what is their condition, taking Massachusetts,
authority as criterion whereby to arrive at a cor.
rectjudgment? Why, the slavery they undergo is in,
finitey understanding the abolition view of the
subject to be correct-than Southern negro slavery
which is universally denounced throughout the com
monweath 1aei,, slavery brings on Sickness loss Of
constitution, lingering disease, takes the color from,
the cheek, givesa pale, worn and sulen look to fe
males, and hastens diseases incident to their sex
Our slavery superinduces of these things. Our
slaves are healthy, robust happy and contented, and
always nave enormous appettes, with plenty to eat
an abundance of time in which to Sleep and are ever
blessed with Joyous flow of spirits. There is no
"pale, worn and sullen look about them Gods sun
as he pursues his flaming path through the heavens
looks not down upon as purely happy and contented
a race of beings.
We would advise the Massachusetts, Abotionists to
look at and remedy evils at home before seeking out
and finding fault with evils abroad. Let them pluck
the huge beam out Of their eyes before they cap
tousy and causeessy proceed to criticse the NOTES
in the eyes of their Southern brethren.