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Show 270 APPENDIX TO NOTES • . 1 ·Uly cmhn.na~!lrd: A man is liltlc furth er we find ourselves _con!;~~' his Jn ~t nft?ry;n.m or pow('r, tho sln.vo of l1is own had pass;on~ular;;iu~ tho t~eflllltJOn too much, nut tbis will scn.n:rly do, for, J;( r to Ue dC'fincd IS :~11\l:;cthrr lost. the essence aud reality of thc.tl~n~crrin at the other c11J, nnd ttsccnd u It mr~y pcrh:tps Lc bctl~t tGr·~~~ing thaJ, lhc n('p;ro gnn_g\"·ho from particulars to gcncral;~,mt.ls' of the Sout~Jcrn Stat:s ot_ N~nh n.ro worked on tho cottun g lantatinns of Brazil, arc ~~a,cs, Ill \\bat Amer ica, or in the su_g;ar ~~~ 8 who :l.I'C circumstnncc~l m 1t~:c u~anncr way should we speak of per Let us cousidr:r them as mha,Jt~.m.s of n we nrc about to relate? r w Orlc:UJs-no mrrttcr ;-~.Lout th~ :olor of di stant region-say of Ne . h •cs whnt should be ou r optnton of a their skim, nnd then a~k out sot Jcmtcd. They arc of:~ sex fl.lttl age nation in which such thm~sl~r~Yi01 the Jwnlships of then· lot-young the least qualified to sh·uo~ t . en lG nnd 30 years of a~c: As we women, fur tho .mo~aP.~:~~'ati~~~~~ we would prcm.ise tlmt we Lt.kc them would not dcn.l m c. · _J.;o t ~s writer!:! upon Amencnn sl~~\'(l~·y arc ?areat their busy !:'C:-tson, JUS 'cotton- icking :-~nd su ~ar-crushmg as illusful to select th? scasot~. 0 ~ 'fhe ~oung female sbrC'!:!, t!tcn, of 'Yhom trations of lhcu· thcOI \08 · 8 iu iH vC'ntilatcd room,;, or rooms that we speak, arc worked Ill ~;;m~t is found Ly cxpet·icncc that, if :rir be nrc ~lOt \'e!"'tib.~ct~ t\~·i:;:~· it~ ~lr~ck~' of another kinrl, ";l,tic~l l.bmage :\dnuttcd, tt l.Hm..,_s ·t.mHirc<:scs :1rc employed. I hetr oecupat! U:l '!ork upon ~duch t~:~i~~~· ti\,lni~ht, and .night tillm~rninp::-stit.;h, t10n ts t~ sew flom ~~~~without spccch-wtthont a snulc-wJthout.a stitch, w1thout pn.uocf tl morning they must be at work, say at SIX fligh . In tl!e gmy ~lrtc:·cof an hour nJlowcd for break in!!; tltl·ir fa~t. o:clook, hanng a qtto them is sc:tnly and miserable on~ugh, but still, 'lhc food scr~c.d ou . tl ,,0 their fl!vcrctl system cn.n dt~cst. in n.ll probal.nhty, ':~o~~~r ~~·i sh to make out a. case of starvation;, the " '~o d? not,,ho' ~cr kind-e ually dreadful of entlur:mcc. hom suffcnng tS of ,mo~h 1 ,011 it ls stitch stitch . At eleven, a snuH si.x: o'clock; tt~~;,<t is c8~:\'cJ to each sc'amstrcss, but still s.he must ptccc of d1y , 1 k twenty minutes arc allowed fur tlmncr-a stitch on. At 01J0 0 c 0t~ t~c with a (Tlass of toast and water to each slice of meat ~l~l ~ .f~ai\1 t~ work~stitch, stitch-until five o'clock, workwoman. . 101 ' g a""\in .,Jiowcd for tea... The needles arc then whc~1 Hftcct~ nu~~~~s ~~~r~~blilch, stitch-un~il nine o'clock, when set m m?ttOn . al\owctl for supper-a. p1ecc of .dry bre:~d and fifteen nunutes me f b 0 . From nine o'clock at mght unlll one, cheese, n.ntl ~~ g;la,sio~k i~ ~j10 moruing:, stitl.!h, 8titch; the only brc:~k 1~ two, nnd tlncc? c b . r• 'l. mirute or two-just time enough to swalin this long perJO~ ~~~~~l;ich i~ s.upplied lest the young people ~hould low n. cup o; ,strAI"\ltL~~~ o'l'lock, A. M., to bed; .at six </cl~;k, A.M., 'fcc~~t~ef~,;in to \.csumc tho duties of the f~Uowmg 'hy. lhcre must out 'd 1 f ru onotony in the occupation . lJe a.j!;OOd ca 0 l . U. U. t for cm·t"Lin months of the year tlt~se "llut when we mve stu :l.l'~·~vorked iL~ the m:1.nner "·e describe, we unfortunate ;ou~f P~!·~o:;s1.Jurin..,. the fow hours allottcU t? slccJr:" httvc not stud a.: ".' 0 ." to [\~feverish cessation from toLl?-~heLr should we n~t t.lth~I~I 8' Y e coorcJ. np in sleeping-pens, ten m a llliscrics contLnuc. 10Y ar APPENDIX TO NOTES. 271 room which wonlJ perhaps be sufficient for tho nccommodation of hro persons. 'l'bc alternation is f1·om tho trcadmill-:l!Hl what n. trc:HImill !-to tho Black Hole of Calcutta. Not a word of rcmonstt·a nce is allowed, or is possible. 'l'hc seamstresses may leave the mill, no doubt; but what awaits them on the other side of the doon?-starvation, if tl1cy be !\oncst-if not, in all probability, prostitution and its consequ<'~c~·a. lhcy would sca.rcC'Iy escape from al:wery th:l.C way. Surely tl11s tS a vcr1 terrible state of things, and one which chtims th& noxious considel":ltwn of the lat!ics of .England, who have pronounced thcmsehcs so loudly against the ho1·rors of' negro slavery in the United States. Had this sy~tcm of oppression a~:~inst persons of their own twx been really exerc1.~etl in New Orleans, it wouiJ ha,·c elicited f1·om them many expressions of sympathy for the aufi'erc rs;, and of abhor· ronco for the cruel taskmaster~:~ who coulJ so cruelly overwork wretched crc:-t.!urcs E:o uotitted to the toil. "It is idle to usc any furtl10r mystification in the matter. 'l'hc scenes of miwry we have dcscribeJ ex ist a~ our own doors anti in tho most fitshionablc quarters of luxurious I.ont!on. lt is it; tho dress· making and millinery establishments of the • West, End,' that tho '/,'stem is ste:~.di ly pursu~d . The con!in uous .,lnbor i.<> bestowed upon t 10 gay garments m wluch pw 'ladtes of }.ngland' love to adom thenH;elvcs: It is to satisfy their whims and caprices, that their wr~tchcd ~1stcrs undergo these days and nights of suflCring a,nd toil. It IS but l'lght that we ti lwulJ confess the f:~ult docs not lie so mnch a.t the door of the ellstomcrs as with the p1jncipals uf these est:tbl i sh~ mcnts. 'l'hc milliners and dressmakers of the mctropoliil will not employ hands enough. to do the work. They in<:reaso their profits from ~he blood ~ncl hfe of the wre~ched creatures in their employ. Certamly the pr1~cs charged for artwlcs of dress at any of the ~reat West ~~d C'Stabltshmen~s arc s uffi cieutly high-as mobt English heads of fiuntiles know to the1r cost--to cnaLie the }Jrnprictors to retain a competent staff of work people, and at the same time to secure a very handsome profit to thcmsclvc1!. "Wherem, then, lies .the remedy? Will the ca...<;e of these poor ~camstrcsses be bettered.~~ the la.dies of f.:ngland abst:tin partially, or m great mcas m·e, ft·om gn•mg thc1r usual orders to their usunl hous<'s? In that case, it nh.y bo said, some of the seamstresses will be dismi!' scd to stal'\·n,tion, and the remainder will be overworked as before. We freely confe.ss we tlo not sec 0 ~1r way tln:ongh the tlifliculty; fur wo hold the most tmpt·ob:~~;\o C\:eut m our .soc1al armngements to be tho fact, that a lady of fitsh 1011 wtll employ a sccond~ratc iust<'ad of a first-rate house for the pur..:hase of her annual fine1·y. 'l'he lead in,.,. milliners and dt·cssmakers of London havo hold of .f:ng;lish soc iety ~t Uoth ends. '!'hey hold the ladies by their vanity and their )o,•e of fine clothe~, and the ~camstresscs hy what appears to be the it· interest and by thetr love of hfc. Now, lore of fine clothes and loYc of life arc two very strong motive-spri ugs of human a<:tion. "A corrc~pondent who ltu.s ad<.lresscd us upon this subject, suggest-s that the ladtes of l:ngland-the ccnsut·ct·s of Amc•·icnn slavery, with tho Duchess of Suthcl'iand at thci1· head-should refuse to give their patronago to any houses in which the twclvc·hour system was not |