East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-06-07
EAST SAGINAW MICHIGAN, JUNE 7, 1860.

out, it need scarcely be said, dripping
with their clothes literally drenched. a
girl Of fourteen states she has worked two
days an two nights with four hours slcer
the first night, and none at oil the next
And all this fearful toll must be under
gone standing. The limbs became swol
len, and the soles of her feet became raw
flesh. Meals arc swallowed while con
tinuing at work. Children and adults
fall asleep standing at their work. Lit
tie children are kept awake by the fore
man shouting or rapping large board
on the table, "making loud report that
used to startle them;" and the wit
ness proceeds, could keep then
awake then for an hour, or more than
that, perhaps, by G'@hteaiag thcm!" And
this is Christian England.
What relief to those little ones tc
obey that sweet call, "Suffer little child
rem to come unto me-" when the blanch
ed check the nodding head the rapid
pulse the swollen limbs, and bleeding
feet will be exchanged for the brightnes,
and repose of the angels in heaven. =
That change soon comes, for exhaustion
and consumption soon do their fearful
work. Is it surprising that young girl.
should hy from this toll to the more al.
Turing scenes of vice and intamy? The
one is just as soul killing as the other
Education and religion exist not for
these victims. There life is a horrible
warfare against the commonest needs OF
nature. The very brutes are better treat.
ell and more cared for than they are.
To overwork or ill.treat horse is a crime
and Justly punished by humane law
To kill helpless women and children with
mpunity is part of our ordinary work-a-
day Life. Men alnass wealth, keep up
elegant establishments, and rear up fsmi.
lies in all the comforts of luxurious
home on the profits of this system of mur
der.
But it may be said that the poor vic
tins may leave their employment. That
is truc but the alternative is between il
and beggary, and the victims naturally
prefer the former.
Here are two questions put to Mr.
Crook, NJ. =. for Bolton, with his answers
taken from the Parliamentary Bluc-boolS
and having reference to families working
for days and nights in succession without
undressing. T" Do the employers obiigl
children 70 work in that manner? Ger.
tanly fla child were taken off the
overwork would that involve the dis
charge of the parents from the bleach
works? Yes" 1t is unnecessary to com
mcnt upon this. The secret of the mas
ter's power Of compulsion is here suiii
cicntly bnt fcarfully exposed.
Mr.. Crook, to his lasting honor, ha:
laid bill before Parliment to destroy this
infamous system by putting bleaching
and dyeing works under the restriction:
and regulations of the Factory Acts
We are glad to say that the bill passed
the second reading, by majority of Isl
members, as many as 80 members, how
ever, having been found to vote against
it. One of these, Mr.. Turner, the mem
Der for Manchester, and who moved the
rejection Of the bill, urged the usua
hcartless reason why there should be nc
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their slaves. 1t was an important branch
of national industry, orders came in un.
expectedly and must be executed, while
unlike factories, the works could not bt
stopped at any time and taken up at the
point where left off. And these were
actually advanced as reasons why tn,
British House Of Commons should sane
tion the nefarious system pursued in sucl
works.
Mr.. Rocbuck cloquently denounced it
referring to the evidence of which W,
have given samples, and he did not ex
aggcratc when he characterized the con
dition of the white slave in England a,
being the life of the damned. Hu
'manity shuddcrs at the picture, but w
are afraid it is onl one phase of the
widespread suffering that exists in this
christian land. Attention however, il
now being rouscd to such abuses, and il
this particular case an eloquent appea
has been made by many ladies, distin
guslcd both for their rank and their hu
name excrt.ons in the cause oullering
humanity; among them being the Marchi
oncss of Londonderry and the Counties
of Shaftesbury. All honor to such noble
women, who are truly Gods messenger
and workers in his own righteous cause
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Folly and pride walk side by side.
The frmcst friends ask the fewes
favors.
Wisdom is always at home to thos
who call.
Friends and photographs never ilatter
Content is the mother Of good digcs
ton.
Death is the only master who takes
servant without character.
He that borrows binds himself will
his neighbor's rope.
He that is too good for advice, is toe
good for his ncighbor's company.
Where hard work kills ten, idlcncs
kills hundred men.
When pride and poverty marry to
gcther, their children are want and pov
crty.
Never speak Of mans virtues bcfor
his face, nor of his faults behind his back
The GREAT PyRAMID.---lt has bccl
ascertaincd that work like the Crca