Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-23
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+ Every reader of newspapers has heard If Exeter
Hall. the head quarters Of the Ensiish Ab"li-
tionists: the political centre from which radia'es
the light and heat that keep alive the spirit Of lib
erty throughout the world. The low and plain
tive sob Of the over-ta-ked slave n be sinks be.
meath his weary bur,hcn Of toll. is borne afar
the waters, to stir anew the deep fountains
Of sympathy for tho oppressed that are eonstant-
ly yelling mp in the bosoms Of the Exeter Hall
pblanthropists. Tho roaitings and burninst
that the inbuman slave drivers Of the South are
believed to PRACTICE upon their "chaitalized hu-
manity." nrc the especial objects Of denunciaion
with these foes to every species Of cruelty and y
ranny.
Let but Stowe, q Sumner, with his broken
crown,--or Seward. make their way to London.
ard forthwith they are received with royal honors,
in this temple of Freedom
1t is enough that they represent the American
opposition to Slavery: their passport is thence
secured.
Yet, amidst oil the outpouring of this uncom.
mon ZEAL is it not wonderful that these philan-
,hropists will not look to the exercise of that
charity which should bcgn-wherever it may
ond--nt homef Is there not enough in the con-
dition Of the working classes in the United King
dom to occupy the thoughts of NIL who are hon
|stIy intent upon relieving the distressed, and
lcssrning tho ills to which humanity is heir? A
report Of English Factory Inspectors has just
reached ns by the last steamer which hetrays n
sad condition Of affairs in the management Of
the factory corporations Of Great Britain. In
stances are given, and those not few. where mp.
rreniccs have been compelled to work without
rest or sleep, from twenty to twenty five hours
without ADDITIONAL remuneration, and several cor
porat ons are named which require from the ap.
prcntccs aud hands employed by the month one
hundred hours per week, or about seventeen hours
daily. Happy England! where Capital Labor
Seward was toasted and feted, for his excr,ons in
behalf Of tho Black Slaves Of America We have
likewise several instances of the mhipping hv
factory overseers. OF apprentices who failed to do
tho tasks assigned them. and these apprentices
nrs white boys Of tender age, and delicate con.
sitn'ions. Yet no walls 20 up to the throne of
the oppressed by the English philanthropists.-
BIT periodically the howls of the English Aboli-
tonist- come over tho waters, and blending with
the fanatica blasts of the freedom shriekcrs, rend
the very air with the woes and wrongs Of the sa
bic servants Of American society.
All tbcsc cruelties, to which there is no para
lei on Southern plantations, are practiccd upon
tho white citizens OF Great Britain Ono might
think that our English friends would have enough
TO do, should they confne their efforts within the
limits Of their own small Island Let them first
alleviate the SORROWS of their own people re-
move the horrors of that more abjcct white slave
ry which prevails in their midst; and they will
then be entitled to more credit for tho philan,hro.
w by which they profess to be animated. And
the same may bo said Of our Northern philan
thropi>ts. Let then, pay their white "lIelp" n
Living compensation for their toll lot them dis
pei that guant famine and distress which pervndt
all their largo cities, and we will then more pa
ticntly receive their ndmonitions