Informertimes，capitalresortedtolegislation，whenevernecessary，toenforceitsproprietaryrightsoverthefreelabourer。Forinstance，downto1815，theemigrationofmechanicsemployedinmachinemakingwas，inEngland，forbidden，undergrievouspainsandpenalties。
Thereproductionoftheworking—classcarrieswithittheaccumulationofskill，thatishandeddownfromonegenerationtoanother。[13]Towhatextentthecapitalistreckonstheexistenceofsuchaskilledclassamongthefactorsofproductionthatbelongtohimbyright，andtowhatextentheactuallyregardsitastherealityofhisvariablecapital，isseensosoonasacrisisthreatenshimwithitsloss。InconsequenceofthecivilwarintheUnitedStatesandoftheaccompanyingcottonfamine，themajorityofthecottonoperativesinLancashirewere，asiswellknown，thrownoutofwork。Bothfromtheworking—classitself，andfromotherranksofsociety，therearoseacryforStateaid，orforvoluntarynationalsubscriptions，inordertoenablethe\"superfluous\"
handstoemigratetothecoloniesortotheUnitedStates。Thereupon，TheTimespublishedonthe24thMarch，1863，aletterfromEdmundPotter，aformerpresidentoftheManchesterChamberofCommerce。ThisletterwasrightlycalledintheHouseofCommons，themanufacturers’manifesto。[14]Wecullhereafewcharacteristicpassages，inwhichtheproprietaryrightsofcapitaloverlabour—powerareunblushinglyasserted。
\"He\"（themanoutofwork）\"maybetoldthesupplyofcotton—workersistoolarge……and……must……infactbereducedbyathird，perhaps，andthatthentherewillbeahealthydemandfortheremainingtwo—thirds……
Publicopinion……urgesemigration……Themastercannotwillinglyseehislaboursupplybeingremoved;hemaythink，andperhapsjustly，thatitisbothwrongandunsound……Butifthepublicfundsaretobedevotedtoassistemigration，hebasarighttobeheard，andperhapstoprotest。\"