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    of the dronh ! Lot * . see what the Her . John Jactson-the * ew ^ Taf ^ r ^ che ' : rs ^ ffilriariitT ^ rXve at present condBfted us ^ e ^ rS the pal m to the Bishop , . as . being tto better on his side of the question whom we b . ave yet met with . He lias done , we tot as xnucircan be effected by any advocate ^ what we sincerely believe to be an essentially worthless cause ; and he Y ^^ TT ^ m fair and temperate spirit ; except in certain places , where he allows himself ( see pages 9 andlO ) to impute mean and mercenary motives to those who oppose his own views-an act of injustice which we should hardly have expected from a writer who sets out by reprobating personalities of any kind in the first page of his pamphlet discusses the the grounds of its own

    -The Bishop wisely subject" on pro moters " -so far , at least , as he can see overthem He begins his > tract by some of those learned references to " the law of Moses , to " Constantme and to " Theodosius , " which we consider to have no direct bearing on the question now under consideration ; and which he himself admits ( page 5 ) to be beside the point on which he is writing . This " point is thus S The infrafdiate effect then of this measure "—the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday— " would be to oblige a large number of men , employed m such places of amusement , to work on Sunday as well as on other days , probably without any proportionate increase of wages , in many cases against their consciences , and in all cases to their great injury , both physically and morally . Now , what right have we to inflict this injury only for our own amusement ?" The above passage reads very glibly and clearly ; but the same logical clever

    fallacy which lies at the bottom of the Bishop's otherwise argument throughout its whole course , is visible enough , to those who choose to see it , here . This fallacy may be thus briefly stated : —The writer introduces certain assumptions of his own , which may or may not be true , tor the purpose of arguing from them immediately afterwards , as if they were proved matters of fact . There are three assumptions , for instance , m the passage we have quoted . The Bishop assumes—1 st , That persons employed in the Crystal Palace on Sundays would work on that day without proportionate increase of wages ; 2 nd , That they would be obliged to work against their consciences ; 3 rd , That they would be injured physically and morally by such labour . Having stated these assumptions , he instantly argues ( aS if they were all granted and all true ) that we shall be inflicting an injury for our own amusement , m opening the Crystal Palace on Sunday . Let us now assume on our "de—lst . That the Directors of the Crystal Palace Company are sufficiently liberal and honourable gentlemen to pay tlie labourer liberally and honourably ( more especially when the eyes of England are on them ) for whatever work he does on the seventh day ; 2 nd , That church accommodation in the ^ ig ^ bourh ° o fl ° Sydenham will be provided for the persons employed in the Park and the Palace , and such a system of military relief on duty be adopted , as shall ^^ Bftable all servan ts of the Company to attend service on Sunday at one hWoTtEe day or another ; 3 rd , That thia relief on duty , and this wmmmmm ^ eriment hasten tried , than the assumptions of our opponentj-and = y ^ Mis » 5 » &Eis

    It ^ r-d ^ Sy" Xta ^^ 7 ' d ^ & ^ wed to rat ^^ the Sabbath , a / d not traders in cotton too P We answer at once SJ t ^^ St now opL in London on a Sunday when , a ^ ^ I' ^ lolZd plus earnings impurely . Where is there any p « o a wl " could HDcncl 1 heimuoiv innocently than at the door ol the Crystal ± alacc r Hl l"'rl . a ,, fl . refer , in this plaec , before concluding the present notice Toihc W <> 1 »' h Jc ^ " ' » l » P ™«* against the performance of any ™; ' « 1 < I } 1 V . Jif he were ro ally unaware that there , b p lenty of work that j

    already Koing on , in our house * and out of our houses , on day . » u , as ho * S tiiin peculiar Sabbatarian delusion , in common vrith many other writers of many other tracts , which we have yet to review , we pro-S waTJnp toHpmk fully on Ibis part of the Hubjcct , Irom some now text , at our earliest available opportunity .

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    A 3 T 0 RT © F A DRESS . PI MONG the sights of London I encountered one that 1 little expected ill to hcc , and it may not be uninteresting to some ol cur friends down ft South ! I wan looking at the palace of the Kings-not at a I equal ai \ to the White House which is opea to every c . tr / . ea-aml it was there thai , a sight struck me which was not quite pleasant lor one of Uncle Sam ' s nephews . A bevy of fair ladum were leaving a great house , * ««« % .- a Dan of Hoot , or a Dm , of WorhT By John Jackson . London : Hkcliinj » ton .

    with a crowd of folk s looking at them , and police to keep order . The ladies had been attending a meeting to sympathise with Uncle Tom—that benighted and maundering Old Nigger whose jargon helps to prevent our real statesmen from making the men of the South even listen to reason . The poor ladies , however , looked more fit for a hall , or a morning concert , than for any political work in earnest ; and their countenances were guilty of nothing worse than a little holiday bustle , newly spiced with Black

    pepper . T , But something was to happen besides this " Uncle-Tomene . In the crowd I saw a young couple , who were waiting out of more than mere curiosity . You could see that by the eye of the girl . The young man also watched the ladies as they came out , but evidently his care was the girl . At last a lady issued from the door—a tall , handsome woman , with fine aristocratic features , bold yet delicate ; a very voluptuous countenance , if the sensuous look had not been rendered harsh by a slight habitual sneer

    of scorn , verv common with English people of " high' birth ; " her face being also , if it is not rude to say so , a little hardened by time . She must have been a glorious creature , and she looked to think herself still so . She was in no hurry—haste would have spoiled her costume . I wish I could describe it , but that would need a less republican pen than mine . Her noble throat rose out of a wide expanse of delicate and brilliant silk , softened with a large white shawl and a variety of lace , or whatever else it was ; but the taste of the arrangement disposed the mass of soft strips so as to display , and not to disguise , the grace of her tall and rather slender figure . . , "That gown , " said I to the young man , " cost more m the making than

    in the stuff . ' ' 1 " It might in your country , " he answered , turning round sharp to look at me—though I did not know that I had any peculiar accent ; " but in this country the labour is the least part of the cost ; except to the labourer . " He had an accent not quite English . " What have all these fair ladies been doing , sir ? " I asked . « Meeting about Uncle Tom , " said he . " I wish they would look to the slaves in their own country . " _ ~ " We don ' t get up abolition meetings for the White Niggers of

    Manchester , sir , " said I . "No , " said he , "I wish you did . But Manchester is . not our fcoutn . There , are worse places than that not so far off . " The fine lady came down the steps , and then the young woman , who had not attended at all to us , stepped close to the lady and spoke to her .

    A policeman came forward to remove the girl ; and my blood boiled to see a fellow in a glazed hat attempt to touch a female ; but the lady herseli S ? that , but unbelieving . The girl again spoke ; ^*» ^ «*« ° »^ and then the lady motioned to the girl to get mto her carnage . They both got in ; and after a few words to the footman—a fine gentleman m a lovely , Ielicate , blue coat , with white gloves , and cheeks like a girl ' s-the carnage ^ Thc ^ oung man looked for an instant into my face and then asked me if I coid run . Without reply , I joined him in following the carnage . We an barelv a mile , and then we arrived at the door of a poor house in a . mail street , before the carriage . The young man followed the woman , and I followed himnobodstopping me , I suppose because I did not look

    , y a Vl ex c ed they would . A ' sense of silence came over us as we went up Stairs ! P and the rustling of the fine lady ' s dress was ^^ mZZ we crept up . We all entered a small room , and as we did so a child began Zcry The young woman took it from another who held it , to suckle it and so to stay the little voice which disturbed the quiet room with its hG !^ thicke st at the further end , on a narrow , white bed , whLh the Ly approached , and gazed upon . On it lay . y- ^ but partially undressed , ghastly pale , w . th her eyes -closed By he , « de with its bead pillowed on the ana that partly clasped it , lay 1 Ukdi d like its mother in paleness , like her in its dosed eyes ; but unlike her , who e breath was scarcely heard , ia its short and ^ " \ ^ " £ ^ would have been louil , bud it not sunk to the burned whisper of deporting

    We all Ra » xl for a minute ia silence , and in reverence for mortal sufferin . , which callB ,-alike republican and aristocrat , rich and poor to account Tit ; lady looked at the sick woman , and then at the dark-eyed young g , r who had broug ht her , and who kept her eye . fixed on the lady : the proud woman ' s look seemed to ask why she had been brought there . « lossy wished me to fetch you , " cried the happier mother , for she could nourish aud quiet her child . I noticed that there was no ring upon h Aw ' tlTil K ^ But I would hav e assisted her , without" imd the ladv put her hand into her pocket for her purse . " ho it is too late for that . You must ilo something else for her , and

    You are bound—you are doubly bound . * ,. „ , Atraia the lady ' s proud eyes looked a question . There was no fear m her iW but her glaaec round implied a challenge of the right to keep her 1 was your haughty haste that killed her ; it was yours that brought her so near death . Yes , Lady Julia , I do not mean to offend you , but you

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 2, 1853, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1980/page/20/