Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-10-21
A signfasaut Contrast,

In consequences Of the financial pressure.
nostOf the tobacco factories IN this city fno
it prudenf to reduce their force, while others
are compelled to suspend operations. Toe re
suit is, that a large number OF negroes ar
" thrown out OF employ ent, = il We nav Dor
row the current phrassologY Of the Nortl.
What becomes Of these unhappy slaves? Ale
they Tedaeed to want, OF driven 10 earn a scabt
subsistence by excessive labor? Not at aH.
On the contrary, they are as sell supplied
with all the provisions Of a comfortable exist
enee as II they we're yielding the largest proft
to their employers They may be seen idllng
along the streets with an aspect Of perfect con
tent and exu5erant good nature; for they are
secure against destituiion, whatever calamity
may Oyertake their masters.
The panic has produced the sane effect in
the North, Only in an infinitely more intense
degree. There, too, a great nunbr Of opera
t1ves are thrown out OF employment ; but for
them this Circumstance is ffaught with the
most terrible consequences. Dependent upon
the wages Of their daily labor, the shortest
pause IN their toilsone pursuits involves a pro-
Forionate elimination IN the means Of subsisl-
enee. II taey cannot work, they uusl hope 70
1--we only by toe earnings Of theft, CT upon the
miserable p.ttance Of public cha5ty. Il is
computed that the failure OF the Harpsrs de-
priVes about a thousand people a. once Of
employment and Of bread. The majority Of
the factories must necessarily suspend opera
tions. Indeed labor Ia the North will be
striker with instantaneous aud universal pa
ralysis, AMI hundreds OF thousands OF opera
lives will be thrown upon the world without a
penny as winter sets In with al its seventies.
10 want of bread, 10 want Of fuel, in want OF
eiothing-destitute, in Short Of all the neees-
sares Of life, tasy are condemned to endure
incOneeivable suffering.
PHYSICAL p~rivstion always engentsTs social
and political discohtent, and this multitude Of
hungry and shiveTing maleontents will view
The marble palaces, sumptuOus tables and gor-
geous raiment OF the wealthy class with any
other feeling than quiet submission to the ca
prices OF fortune Neither will they think
any the better OF Institutions which allow, If
they DO not Oc aston, such unJus. Inequalities
Of condition. Their restitution will declare
itself in some demonstration sgainst the repose
Of society and the stability Of government
Men az last are animals, and whsn suffering
from hunger and a sense Of Injustice, they are
capable sf a feToeity that might shame brute
beasts. Famine gave the tragic touch TO the
dTs. French revolution. Under similar cir
cumsJsnces, the mob Of New York giii exhibit
as little humanity as is recorded ofthe eazaills
Of s. Antoine.
Herein we have an illustration Of the essen
A"i oLPetioity OF sIcitty IN tue save states
over the social system OF the hirehug States.
10 TIE South the iaboring class lie content and
quiet, because secure against want and suf-r-
ing In The North the l~a5oring class is eX-
posed to a sudden privatiol Of the means Of
subsistence, and is armed with the power to
avsuge their wrongs aud crafty their pas
siOns- In the one case order aud security are
never in danger ~ overthrow ; in the other
Aeg arc At the mercy OF my accidental dis
mrbancs an the exchanges Of the country
Richmond Soath.