The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-06-05
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Edi,8'uach Ae'rs.
British Slavery.

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- British Slavery.
There are certain capitalists in this country,
who must feel amused at the public indignation
and adherence occasionally manifested on the
subject of American slavery, well knowing that
there is III the very midst OF lis a slavery even
more llideous and sickcning. Probably the
worst aud most lleart- -rendng feature of trails
Il atlantic b6adage is the sale AUD consequent
Is separatiol, of tie individual members OF Ian-
ssfiies; tearing til, wife from the husband, the
.chd from the parent, the brothers from SISTERS
,1,cver more to meet again Oh earth Tins I'M
,iirs terrible heart agony to-lc poor victims,
and the more 50 that halrngshis rSiHcd cob
sdaiou, ,ttle negro slave of AnIcrIca Is III gc'.cr-
5. afsbettcr off stilau tic British londsnan. The
negro generally is not overlooked, is well fed
aid cared lor, and families frequently grow up
amidst all the comfortable cmdrarincniS oi Il
comparatively happy home, from which even
the coSoatons oi our blessed religion are not
excluded. 1t is in the incidents OF American
slavery that It's more rcyoiting features arc 10
be tou,.l. \ kind master dies, and his slaves
asrr ds,l,crscd Ly S,!c or it may bc that some
Insss,crs :,rc not 50 kind lis others, Willie some
:aparn NAV DC crie and oppressive. But o"e
,wu.sr iIa>tcr, i, that which We CONSIDER his
:srv.tcst misfortune 1t is because his body is
tue property OF his master that he is protected
from the fearful atrocities 10 which the British,
slave is exposed. This body of the negro
:neams SO many hard dollars, and any dcprc-
,ci.tion in the live commodity means a loss OF
capital, as well us of present return from labor.
VI it's thus the prcunlary interest OF even the
4. An. IA SlriI
we'll In this country the slave emp lover has
10 such interest, and the poor slave no such
protection On the contrary it is the British
,lastcrs interest and practice 70 wear out the
"aaei,i 1sE|gsS,cky u. S9ssig!s, lE TAX;
" he kGows well the poor WORKOUT mccl'an-
is.1I Of bone aad muscle will hc immediately
replaced by others at no cost to himself. Are
VIC rxargcl;,lilg? Our readers will bc ablc to
;,ju,. presently. The atrocities we arc now 10
nrlmr Under their notice were recently disclosed
in evidence before Il Commissioner appointed
Ly the Queen to inquire into their cNi>lcnce.-
They arc at tins moment in full operation, and
Will co,r,ir,;c to bc 80 until humanity steps for
ward To rcScile the victims of a touI lust, and
ofpo!i.i,-.l cconolny. The scene OF these afro
cities is in the bleaching and dycing works
throughout the country. 1t is suggestive OF Il
CHASTITY pun, but OF horrible reality, Tor the poor
victims soon blauch and die under teir. inhu-
man treatment. How will tender mothers
feel. what will atfectio.late fathers think, when
they are told that multitudrs Of children, from
the are OF nine Years and upwards, arc Obliged
10 work daily from IS to ~ hours ont OF the
~; that that period Of labor Is often exceed
cd, some of the victims. male ami female, not
over ! years OF arc, giving evidence that they
have worked % hours out of the -, with only
sufficient interval to swallow Il lIasty meal,
,icu to sleep on "houking-box' at llalt-paSt
five in the morning ior not quite two hours,
then ha, an hour for breakfast, and again Il,
work!
One boy stated that he once worked three
DAYS and three nights, sleeping only at meal
times, and eating his meals while standing at
work. And this, be it observed, WIS the cxPc-
rcncc o. many other childrcn.> well ;Is adults.
The foreman u Ole establishment stated ;iat
in what are called the c!applngroonrs." Young
.!uvS and girls arc made to work from i to | 5
hours day, with tic thermometer ranging
from 100 10 l5U degrees, the heat being >oIIlc
times even greater. 10 realize such IL horrible
.a;rvtitv one has only to know that that heat Is
list thirty degrees above tic heat "t IN Indian
snnIcr Ono medical gentleman, III "i:!"r to
LAST The effect OF this heat III Oh hinI>clt, "i'-
crcsSc. in AZ, adjoining cold room, then went
INTO one OF the ru"lIIs where the heat waS ou'v
lIg degrees, and III half Il minute the pcrsplr;'-
ton. or rather the hot water, poured from his
body aint drcIclIr, the floor around linn. AT
ter rcnlainiug here tor IL minutes, the heat OF
his body WIS lUu degrees, while his pulse beat
l2G times III Il minute.
H.. then wcEt in,o another OF tic ro"ln-,
where the heat WAS I3v degrees, and after re-
,nairring Icrc aE"tIcr quarter "t an hour, the
rate. o his .>r l,crci,>c,l. And this, bv 1t re-
mcmhcry III heat ~ degrees less than poor
v,uu,r children arr yttcn forced To clriurc lnl
hours together. There arc DISC What are call
80 the STOVES. where tcnlIc> aud trlnal, :
only, are made To work sometimes E:r twenty
four hours They come out, it need scarcely
he said, dripping with their clothes literally
,rcmcicI. \ girl ut fourteen states She !l;'S
worked two days and two nights with four
hours sleep the first night, and none 1T all the
next. And all this fearful to must bc under.
cone standing. The limbs become swollen,
and the >olcs nt TIC feet become raw flesh
Meas are swallowed while continuing 1T work.
Children and adults fall asleep standing 10
their work. Little children arc kept awake 10y
the torgiran shouting or rapping Il large board
Oh the table, "lllakin. loud report that used
20 sar,Ic them, and" tic wiinc>s proceeds, Il
sould keep them awake then tpI an hour, or
more than that. perhaps ly;righlcHiEg thcml..'
And this Is in Christian England. What {:
relief to those little ONES to Obey that sweet
azylaR1aeass. .ltter little children to come mt" me,
) Z: e 3|E Il check, the moulding head
& = - 4. s. a a6Ien llIli,, and bleed