

MISCELLANEOUS.

To the Editor. of the Union: -.
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To the Editor Of the Union: .s


Will you publish the enclosed lines ? They
present a touching picture of the distress Of the
English oper0tiUe-a name associated in my
mind with more images of suffering and wo, than
any other name in the world. The lines are sent
to me by and English poet whose pen has ever
been welded for the outcast, blighted, poor man
Let those who are so loud in their clamots for
the protection of manufactures in our land, see
what the restrictive policy has done for the poor
in England. Here is one of its legitimate fruits
This fantng, dying, dead child, tells its own his
tory. Nor let it be forgotten that the tendency of
our boasted manufacturing interest in this country
is one day to curse us with just such system. if
those who are now trying to fortify monopoly by
protection have their way.


.. Truly your friend,


e. G. EDWARDS LESTER.


New York, Nov. /, I845.