Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-05-31
sPIRIT OF NE LONDON TnEa.

IRON ths ft"ssI ipTf lf-".I
While the seasons run their there % one season
that is not returning population of millions "a nov
sp,ring a. much as Ii tSc sun had been shOrn of his
besms or nature had suddenly shown siK06 OF dec
The terrible cotton daaFth depriEes Ccnnuess hand1
through pOpultus districts aud crowded cites OF tie
means Of earning br sd. IL is all the same a. II the
prsIp had persisted by blight The root by ROT, for
though the food In the countfy within purchasable
distance the means of purchase cannot be found and
psope perish AZ was said in the days OF protection in
toe midst Of full gransries, and piles OF provisions.
An inecfutable Pr, der &c ever varies the dispersal
ton IL vas once fiscal sSatem then 1t Was bad haT
vest then it was an oSerstookei market then It was
p,riCdc, rebellion Of labor against capital Ingenious
men endeayCred 10 orrCas the EeNt shape OF the ca
l,.nity aud supposed quarrel with tue unted states
ia which they would at mpt TO sarVe US out and hum
he IA 10 terms by Eitlholdng their cotton The Ame
cans themselves grew proud of their independence
Blu, that has happened, which never happened
before NOS Is much occurred 70 say prophet OF I'LL
Tie cotton crop has been shut up the soil that bore
il by disruption OF the States themselves
Those who, half year ago were reading with tears
the tragic tale Of negro suffering and wrong little
thought that they would exchange sentiment for an
actual anticipation in that story. The American abO
tioujs- ,sng preached 70 them in vain now iocrces
| 4 rtjo al; consistency, and denies them slave grown
Cotton The result il A national disaster. IL does not
seem 10 ablte and none can say what pass II VIII
come TO- For time there WAS hope. founded chiefly
on tie difficulty Of supposing ~ strange state OF
hings could last long The was 10 end soon By the
process Of mere exhaustion. The blockade was TO be
set az nlUghi There TO be an European iatet'en
tior there might De Oircutous traffic PERHAPS the
calculations were wrong perhaps the stakes we're large
But all these expectations have had their DAY,
| aud the result ia now before U.s.
There is dearth OF Cotton. the NILS are passing
from full time 10 short time, from short time to closing
The mill owners are tired Of working their machinery
- O profit or aiming those who can give no return
The amount Of suffering overThelms private eeneVo'
| lsnce The operatives have exhausted their saving
ron out their credit fold their furniture, aud at Ias
sunk their PRIDE and presented themselves before tie
doors OF greatness and relieving Offices.
| This however, is not the most miserable result
letter We published some days ago from "A lancashire
Lad described the sad straits 10 which the poor iacio
~ girls are reduced and the appeals 20 which they are
driven There cannot be heart IN these Islands that
will o, feel for the group of girls wanting nothing but
DAY work And reduced breath in an under tone TO
the casual psssar by Cant you do something TO help
| US ," Cannot We do something to help item? Were
there the least hope OF that miserable war in tue States
ending within the few months that wise men assign IT,
We shoud be only too glad to let things take their coure
We see no such hope and have TO look the sasmy IN
1 the face.