The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-10-29
Misery in ENGLAND.
A FrlhttM Picture of Life IN Liuespool.

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There has been of late some fearful revelations
of the moral degeneracy of the ..lower orders in
England, but a picture more appalling than that
presented to us of the state of things in Liver
pool it Is hardly possible to conceive. An in
quiry was short time back instituted by the
Town Council into the cause of the excessive
mortality in that town, and the report of the
Commissioners draws a picture at which human
-ity must shudder.-- The following extract from
London paper will give some idea OF the
Slough of Despond'' into which the celebrated
emporium has been converted: saf.alF
For four years has an epidemic of typhus ragged
with increasing -virulence among the working
population of Liverpool. Let cholera once take
hold of these masses of fallen humanity, and it
can scarcely be expected to leave them until it
has sucked the lite blood from thousands. Chill
dren godrunk to school-raggedsc schools of course.
Women for love of drink, sell every stitch
they wear, save just the last shred Of linen, and
then-heaven help the wretches-they sell their
hair! This is the evidence of Rev. Father Nu-
gent, who speaks of one woman the mother of
seven children, who sold her hair to a barber for
quart OF beer. Women have been "had UP" for
drunkenness la times and more In one court
the women were discovered 'all drunk one Sun
day afternoon" The children club their pence
together on a Saturday night to have 'spree,"
and get glorionsly inebriated like their seniors.
The master of the Hibernian School says !:
''You might as well attempt to empty the Mer-
sey with bucket as to apply Christian instruction
while this food of intemperance is overwhelming
u.s." Chaos has come over the people There
seems to be neither law, order or decency among
them. ssChildren die which are never born.
says Father Nugent. Rents 60 unpaid, for the
landlord fears to be pressing, lest his tenants
should pull the house down. r. II have four
houses in Henderson street, !" says an agent, 'and
there is not piece OF timber left in them. They
Ghe occupiers) will take away the cupboards, the
star-cases, and the very states off the roof, and
we cannot catch them" .''. ..'' 81 ~
We just quote one more horror. A trades
man and his wife ruined themselves by drink
The woman fell III, and lay in Undesirable filth
on her sick bed for months. On Saturday she
died, and remained untouched till Tuesday. The
husband that day obtained los. to secure the ne
cessary attendance, but instead of deyoting the
money to it's proper purposes went and got drunk
with it. He went home in that state and slept
with the corpse! On Friday some persons sent
a hearse to take away the body, but when the
men saw no persons to go with the funeral "they
took her out and threw her down in the room
again, where she hay till the police had her bu-
ried on the following Saturday" AS sequel
we are told, IAN old woman, who lived under
meath, was so much shocked that she died the
same MIS- ht." Such is the account which Liver
pool gives of itself
And ali this (says the New York Tribune)
under that arstocratic rule of which the supper
classes Of English society are wont to boast SO
loudly, and of whose exeellencies they are so
prone to vaunt as presenting a marked contrast
to the vices Of democratic rule ~. g,.,, 49,. ....