, 1875-06-11

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ENGL1sH sERTs.
Tl'ore arc 6,oU0,Oo0 or G,U0U,o00 Of sodlon
hutnan beings hl England md Scotland who
aro serfs and almost snvcs. Tho agricul.
t'ra1 1ahorers llaye no rights which thu rest
Of the community feel obliged 10 respect.
Practically bound 10 the soil, rcnrctl in tho
grosscst ignorance, untorpaid, almost stnryct,
they are tho most unfortunate, unhappy, un-
civilized ret Of people III Christon,lon,. Thoir
earoor begills i'll a hovo1, autl ends in poor
house. Ten yoara ago. tho agricultural labor
ers Of England ailswered La rnuYrnE's de-
Rcription Of the poasautry of Franco, when
Louis XIV. WIN King. Thinks to tho land
laws born Of tho Revolution of 10, tho
frenc}, peasants havo become tile richest
"poor claas" in Europe. They took
great part OF thu last lonn negotiated
by tler Government to rny pn tho Uer,uan
a'nartmonoy." A loan offered OH .l.s
salne torms in England wou1d not hnve se-
cnrea n subscription of shilling from tho
whole mnss Of agricultural laborers, simply
because they have not asLiling to give. One
of this class who las been ab!e to save 4
Guinen ia phenomenon, pointed out by his
comrades m miracle Of tuck aud wealth.
Ten years ago these sorfa were at tho lowest
point Of civilization. They have since 1nalo
Bomo slight advances. Tho national froo
schools brought into being by tho GLADSTONE
Government have taught many of tho rising
garorntion to read and write. and 10 tlo what
tloy call "eastlng accounts" md even to
begin, in a vaguo, stumbling way, to think.
DISTINGUISHED philnnthropists like Canon Gin
pLEsroHE have bestirrcd themselves to i'll
duce these human cattle to e1nigrate from
the routh Of England, whoro wages arc
at tho starvation point, to the north, whero
thoy are Il fow pence nboye It. Fiually--and
this Ia suro sign of progress-tho abused
dumb maBse8 began to do something for
themselves. Owing largely to tho efforts OF
JOSEPH Anon, 1aboror who got little edu-
cation and became Methodist exhorter, a
trado-union was formed, which Boon con-
tained majority Of the Engliah laborers.
Then q strike was resolved upon. About
$4,000 mon struck for IN advance Of two
shil1ings-hnlf dollar-in their weekly
wages, which were then from 9a. to 14s. .,-that
Is, S2.25 to $3.5o per weol. This effort
| ended In disastor. The funds Of the Union
wera too small to support the strikers long !;
| tho great artisan unions soon Withdrew their
| aid, led to do 60 by artful hints that tho slo-
cess Of the strike would make meat and
vegetables higher; md individual sub
| seriptiouB wege too few and small to amount
to much. Tho 1aborers, thus left to
tlseir own resources, bud to fight both the
landlords md the tenantfarmerB. Tho for.
MGR, with some few exceptions, sided with
their tenants. Some Of thom made abate-
nonts III the rent, nnd others toro down, Or
threatoned to tear down, the laborors' cot
tages. Tho farmers themselves turned aono
| OF their fields into graaa md workod the
others by hiring villagers, idlus from the
city, etc., and BY doing e1trn work thsm-
solves. It was long, hara struggle, but the
men, after holding out five or six months,
| finally eavo in. They went buck to their sony
tasks at the poor old wages. After all,
they wore uuod to disappoir.tmcnts, and
the issuo was probably not unexpected,
after tho first few weeks OF the
atriko. Efforts to got the ballot have
utterly failed. Efforts to obtain = really
good education, and wages which you'd ena.
bio human beings to live with som othing oi
the comfort enjoyed by tho asorage pig, have
also failed Tho result Of the whole strugglt
has boon an awakening Of tho hopes Of tht
men, and the giving Of q strong i'm petus Il
emigration. Anon has already been In THU
country to spy out the land, but he confined
himself majnly to Canada, and faileds to dis
cover Cannanin 1t. Some thousands o t labor
erB hayo euligrated to Australia md New zea
1nnd, a1lured by free passages and the Hope O
groater comfort. Tic Mississippi Valley
and especially Kanaas, now seetu to be til
objective point. Tho Federal Union OF Agri
cultural Iaborers has appointed b(osars
OpoEn and W1oKs TO visit 1t aud study 1T
capabilities. OpoEa Is Radical lcador wiz
auspaxsaa BRAD1Auon in sound Gens<,, al
though he lacks the latter'a magnetic e1o
quenca. II tho report Of theso Commission
ess ia favorable, tho emigration-fund ct th,
Union, which grows larger each weak, viii
DO used to aid ship.loads OF Eugliah farm
laborors to reach the cheap lands of tn
West. These hard-worhing people will ,speed
ily thrive and prosper on tho rich prai, io4 o
Kansas, whara thoie children will got rudi
naentary education, and In time fre lhold
| md become excellent citizens Of tho .Graa
Republic,
4 delloAts question. yot tti!l one OF su!foten
magnitude 10 rend many stout brsaAt In Iowa
hea sefcroncd to tho purely domestic economy o
| Maaomo loagos, Shall dancing, fsA.ting, t1!rs
lug, gossiping. laughing. klsaing, drinking. an
Ill oaler fotmu Of action which smooth th
wrinklod brow OF care. he plous1y excluded frou