Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-02


1k.<k = st1Slhpsa sre jssk new In u
s. : great rsssike. -imilar to thai whie
secured IL Ebglana mi hong since Ten shsus
ana st.rsias jearneyaen shosnatsrs in HASA
chasesss hese strssk tsr higher wasss deeiarinl
tAat sh>y csnnof labor ftsen hoars oat OF th
t~snsy fur isr he nsagre sasa Of sixty-six espts
Thas 56sy canssa ssspoFs their fss=s::ss % foal
d,,.lafsa xssk; which seems y b. the naximan
wages! !. - =
Asra ri,sl eommcptsry 10 this On thai mucl
vaaassa system OF .'ffse iaeer." Of which ".
havs heard 20 nn:h from It's advocates 10 ans
oas e C,ngres.l There is MT slave negro il
Ill the TERRITORY lying bsswsea the Delaware and
the maash of the Mississippi who 10 Dot better
prasidedi or fhas these poor sheemakers can os
with their families, on f,ar dollars week. and
that w;,hos. lasariag Eileen hears every day.
Oar Northern friends have bsen accustomed to
rer.rj o,,r yy.ten ~ dave labor o. mot only
wnonr n itsef but ~ saliccting the white labor
ing slass % uawhvlss.ms cempetition whereby,
the wsxss Of lAssr were not only liable to DO
rsdarsd below slising standard. but labor itself.
Z % 10 degraded.
They hare. moreover. represented Us TO be daily
trs~asng spon . slumbsring volcano, likely at any
s;As& % barsf forth and involve US In "a common
ruin /. vain hsse we represented that our sys-
ssn was.vminently conservative Ut the peace aud
order af sooirty, and tia, in country on the
face Of the earth the laboriug classes so hap
~, or ~ we'll cared for. Who ever heard OF ten
thousAad laburefs or mechanics in the South,
rising ~ ono man and elamorinx for bread p
When or where, Soath Of Mason & pixons line.
Wis Il shswn ina. isea lsbcre1 IL the field or in
the work ahop h.esa h,ars day. for sixty'six
csnay Essryb,dy knows that the average wages
OF laborrrs Ia the south il less than one dol
lar day, AID the average period III labor not
exceeding ten hours day. What then becomes
Of the empty boas, Of the Freedoms hriekers,"
and why do they not employ their energies In
seeking to remove the a.! eet slavery To want.
that pefyades their own secons What has boen
the immediate occasion of this outbreak, II is not
our parpa.e ,o ,uaa,re. BY some Journals it Is
regarded ~ one Of the natural effects Of those
fluctuations ip The market which sometimes par.
TALLY prostrats grsa. industrial interests whilst
by utlers, and especially. We observe. by some Of
the strikers thsmselves--it Is attributed to tho
withdrawal Of southern patronage, in retaliation
for the abolition sentiments Of the manufaetu-
rers In this connection. the Boston Courier
says:
Public attention is now beginning to be drawn
TO another remarkable fact. Involved in that abol
tin agitation, which has thus demoralixed and cor
rupted rhe politics uf the Northern States. 1t is
that the lsrsons most actively embarked in this az
itatisn--suvh ~ Senator Wilson and Representa-
tive Alley While rs bud in their pretended sohc-
itule for the rilhs Il tres laaor. are now compel
led - I.esceiye ha. under cover st all this hypa-
critical ,feenee vi Affection los free labor, il has
been eoativcdto deprive thar free labor VI its due
share of tie rich proceeds derived hy1ts industry
from thr o it, products in the Southern States.
That j. one If tue many morals Of the strike Of
the sh,emskeIs d Naiiek and Lynn.
We have no doubt that The Courier is partly
right, ut least, and that there has born-how long
i. mar centinae NC cannot ,eil--a serious falling
or thus lar in the orders tina, have heretofore been
sent to supply frou the Nor,h.her twelve milions
oi Soufhern Customers. We observe ais. letter
in tho New York Herald, from Boston Mechanic.
who RENTED money to did the strikers in main
tanning heir position--frum which We make the
following extract:
irust there will b. m 1nching by tho parties
eagagea, h,wes er much culd wafer may be thrown
on tho proceedings by the Basten Journal and its
coaoiutsis whose mock sympathies for the black
slave arc nar with that tor the while slaves
they me counselDg To desist Truman eanrt 10 sup
ply tn actual accessories Of life. Would it be
prrsom ptons 10 ask who and what are these re-
Publican lhiianthrepsis that have such love for
the negressss Of tie South and none Tor the star
wing white sisters ut their own doors
l. will thus be secn that the leaveu is at work
md ahnt tho auitntious which have bee