Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-23
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Yesterday We gave Ga This column for the entertain
meat Of the advocates Of irceabor aud those whose
business in life is to beva the condition Of the slaves in
our Sostberu States extracts iron the Edinburgh Review
depicting the frieada suiieyucs Of the work-womeu
OF England produced by the tyranny Of capital To-day
60 accordance With our promise present another pie
tore showing ,he effect Of the socalej ro'"ily system
Of serytuis upon the other and stronger Let it be
remembered that sble this field is open to British PHI
authropy the Exeter Hall reformers expend all their
sympathy upon our own slaves The extracts we shall
submit. are taken from the London Quarterly Review, i'm
its article on "S.ri(ss." published last October
A0er the decline Of the feuda systsm, it was found
necessary to regulate labor by law. In the reign Of
Elizabeth the Statute Of Apprentices was passed, by
which call men except gentlemen born we're compelled
10 work and their wages were fixed by the Justices. This
Statute did much 20 stgmaze and punish iieuess and
vaerlncv. and directed the mass of the people
"ual occupations as afordiug the best means OF indie
speudent subsistence and being acted steadily from
generation % generation, il gradually educated ua-
ton Of skilled artizaus.
When population, however, began 20 press upon sub
,teucc the difficulty was not TO get people TO work but
20 find work for them to do and those who had posses
sion of particular department Of labor formed combi
nations 20 keep intruders of as the who have pos
session Of particular in London station seutinels
"a, It's entrance TO keep other rats. The turn which
legislation nov took was to break up the mouopies in Ia
Dor maintained by these combinations which the
successors Of the old Guilds and the parents Of the
Trades Unions o." Your hw-giver however who is
vel-led gentleman finds it very difficult 20 maintain
successful contest with hungry arzan. Legislative at
tempts To- epre,s these combinations proved not only
sbor,ye but the Indirect ot crime and outrage
OF the mos, Jetestabe character. Nitrio throwing,
arson and assassination were practiscl upon such
" ters aud worameu as made themselves obuoNi-
Gus TO the Trades Unions and u was felt
that mo-, only sas 20 impossible 20 stop combinations
but bv coufopudius r-h, aud wrong and treating
uuou,t, as ielous men were led to regard things
"aly vicious with less aversion than formerly" The
consequence was that al statutes REFRESHING such
biustons we're repealed SEQ long ago ISst All legis-
latOn ON this subject abandoned aud labor and cap
irl ef uureruated including the the privilege OF
having many free fights they pleased The conse-
queacc that they have been engaged in fierce war
fare ever since whose battles have been fought from
time TO time o., labor has been enabled TO accumulate
the suevs of war and as capital has afforded oppor
tauity for attack.
One Of le grsndesJ of these battles occurred in 1870
fourteea years before the legitimate era Of tree fights
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