The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-03-06
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The Rich vs. tho Poor.
The local editor of the Milwaukee Snt,-
mel is doing God and the humble good ser.
vice by exposing the iniquitous effect of the
exemption laws Of that State, and instances
the fact of there being ny-persors m
that city living in exempted palaces and
surrounded by every luxury, who are So
situated that the poor fellow who saws their
I wood has no iegs. way of collecting Il, and
no conduct less than the cringing attitude
of tho slave can draw it out of the pcni.
tertiary deserving proprietor. House, fur.
niturc, library, paintings, horses, carriages,
all told, worth $50, 900, and so protected by
the infamous laws of that State that the Ii
borer cannot recover dollar from the hold
er Of that property. The purple and fne
linen robbers of the city are mean cnerslS
to pass worthless bills on laborers, and
thon, because their victims arc too poor TO
prosecute, they laugh at the ignorant for
the confidence rcposed in them. These
poor people apply to the police, but they
are informed that civil suit is the only
remedy, and as there is no Free Law in
the State, the loss must he borne in slencc.-
We quote: ....s..........,
There is another thing that requires q
remedy. 1t is no common thing for persons
to hire servant girls, and, after having had
their services for a weck-or Sc, to discharge
them, and refuse to pay them their wages.
Where is the remedy for these girls? The
amount is too small to warrant the expense
Of a suit at law; and, indeed, If they had
the inclination to sue they have not the
means to fee lawyer; in the end, they have
to lose their wages The number Of ser
want girls who apply to the police for re-
dress, in such cases, is astonishing, but the
police have no right to interfere, and the
girls have no remedy. ....- ...
If one of these girls should steal "par
of stockings" or "mantilla Of the value
of 50 5O," from the dwelling house Of the
party by whom she was employed, her pun
ishment, on conviction, would be imprs-
onment in the State Prison for at least one
year; but on the other hand, if the employer
of the servant girl should withhold So so
of the wages due the girl, there is, in fact,
no way for the girl to get her pay. Who
oan say this is right? "The laborer is
worthy of his hire" and to secure to Ia
borer the certainty of receiving his wages,
is one of the first duties of a Legislature"
Cheating man who gives you his labor
for the support Of the loved ones at homo
is bad enough, but the robbery Of poor
girl who tolls for you, is too Internally
mean to be treated with reasonable patience
The man who does it hardly merits an av
crage location in hell--hc ought to be sunk
to the lowest depths. ..-..
We have known but few to do this, and
much as it may astonish our readers, tho
perpetrators of all the outrages Of this char
acter known to. US were "loadcd to tho
guards" with sympathy for the poor slavc.'
at the South This confirms our obscr.
vation that the moanest man among whites
is the loulcst brawlcr about the distresscs
Of the blacks. We never knew an Instance
to the contrary, and our readers will oblige
us by referring to q case where excessive
anxiety about negros does not develop itself
in very small conduct towards whites. II
seems as if such petty robbers and neigh
borhood pests want to compromise their
derelictions at home by aspiring to. char.
acter for great charities abroad-throwing
dust in the eyes Of Providence and getting
credit for lip-service that costs them moth
ing. May the All Seeing Eye observe these
hypocritical pretenders to philanthrcphy
and pass them to left hand scat.