Foreign News September 26, 1870

The Sun

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London Poverty, British Destitution, Urban Misery, Social Conditions, Oligarchy Critique

New York, New York County, New York

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The masses in London are in appalling destitution and misery, with naked, filthy children, ragged women brutalized by penury and drink, and haggard men in despair visible in poor quarters, mocking civilization and threatening retribution on the oligarchy.

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The masses of the people in London are said to be in an appalling condition of destitution and misery. Those who go through the quarters of the British metropolis which are inhabited by the poor and the helpless, are overcome with terror at the sight of the horrors in those wretched regions. Naked children covered with filth and vermin; women in rags, with expressions of countenance stupefied and brutalized by penury and drink; haggard-looking men, the pictures of despair: such is the woeful spectacle presented at this time in the capital of the English nobility and gentry. How long can such a mockery of civilization last without bringing a fearful retribution upon the landed and moneyed oligarchy?

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Economic

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London Poverty British Destitution Urban Misery Social Conditions Oligarchy Critique

Where did it happen?

London

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London

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The masses of the people in London are in an appalling condition of destitution and misery. Those who go through the quarters of the British metropolis inhabited by the poor and helpless are overcome with terror at the horrors: naked children covered with filth and vermin; women in rags with stupefied and brutalized expressions from penury and drink; haggard-looking men as pictures of despair. This woeful spectacle in the capital of the English nobility and gentry mocks civilization and may bring fearful retribution upon the landed and moneyed oligarchy.