The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06
wi,at IL Demanded.

We ash, naturally, what all these revolutions
an Europe mean, and, if we desire wisely TO an
swer the question, we must understand what the
people themselves demand
France is not struggling for political freedom
merely. That she had TO yegy qeat extent.
Nor is England conyulsed now because liberty
of speech is ..deIiied any one. That IS as free
there as it is among US. In both these nations-in
all the nations of Europe-the great point after
all Is as TO the nights OF labor, and the duties OF
property, and it is this social problem, manly,
which has upheaved them.
Tue, in England, the CAduisis IN enc phase
of Their action, look seemingly to political action
alone. Their creed is Slammed up in sn points.
/. Universal suffrage
2. Vote by ballot.
3. No property qualification.
4. Annual PaThaments.
5. Payment of members.
6. Equal Electoral Dstnots
But though they svow, and act upon thus creed,
yet nearly all of them are members Of Trades
Unions, the Metropolitan Trades, &c., and in
them act ton a thorough social refOnn. Indeed,
we give their social platform in another column.
But France has undertaken the HeIcnlean
task Of systemstizing the relations Cd labor. Nol
is it made Light Of there OF elsewhere Even in
England, where in times gone by, such efforts
excited a smile, OF ehcued satire, the very best
minds, and the leading presses, greet the effort IS
great one, and say it must be made, nay, that
it must snccesd The particular plans are not
fully developed But Louis BIan;, one of the
Provisional Government has charge Of this mat
ter, and has laid before the French Rulers and
People the following outline
"The Government IL 70 take possession, OIL
its own account, Of all establishments about to
suspend work, the present pTopnetcTs preserving
their nights, which are 10 be converted into
bonds, beanng interest, secured ON the establish
menis, and reimbUrsable in money. The per-.
sons employed in these establishments are to be
put on a new footing. The workpeOple win
form an association, viii elect the directors OF
the works, and viii fix the amount OF wages, OF
the share 70 which labor Is entitled in the profits.
"The share being determined, the collective
wages viii be distributed among the worknlen,
individually, by the Council Of tYapaillelrs, ac-
cording 10 proportions oren 10 discussion, bat
which the Government Commission thinks ought
TO be in equal parts. The produce, after dednc
ton OF the wages, is to be formed into general
fund, 10 be divided into fon paris: |. A quarter
for the sinking fund Of the capital belonging to
the proprietor with whom the State made the
bargain. 2. A quarter for the establishment Of
fund 10 be set aside for the support Of OH men,
the sick, wounded, &c. 8. 4 quartex to be di.
vided among the workmen BY way Of bonus
4. A quarter for the formation Of a reserve
fund. Besides this, NJ Louis Blanc declares
that II will be necessary TO unite workshops be
longing to the same branch of industry; TO unite
ell the worshops of difereEt branches Of indus
try, but placed in the same condition; and 10
guarantee the interests of the consumer, as re-
CARDS the quality and the lowest possible price Of
the produce"
In Prussia, too, the same question is mooted,
not in one city or ten, but all over the nation.
March the 26th, a meeting Cd the laborers Of Ber
lin, twenty thousand strong, was held. Not the
slightest disturbance, says the account, or even
uproaI occurred. Some OF the speeches were
miracles of eloquenee, coming from men dressed
in their Sunday suits, but who, it was evident,
were more accustomed to the work stool and the
accompanying blouse, &c, than to the hat and
black coat which most Of them wore. Thir-
ty-seyGn persons, of all classes, addressed the
meeting; they commenced with the learned
professors, and ended with the hackney coach
men. Nevertheless the meeting was most digni-
fed. aAd sffords another example of the cTedita.
bic and honorable manner IN which the lower
oEders Of Berlin can behave, Their character
has entirely changed; formerly il was none Of
the best. The meeting agreed TO resolutions ex-
pressing the following desires:
al. Construction cf Labor Ministry of en-
ployeS and employed, chosen, from and by them.
selves.
"'2. Decrease OF the standing army, which
constitutes the preliminary school for national |
aiming
SO. Education sand instruction Of the children
al The expense of the state.
"a, House Of Reception for old and wom-out
working men. nr
"5. Cheap Government"
These five different resolutions present great
contrast. Economy and Cheap Government
are the objects Of the second and 9Th; another
Ministerial Bureau, siase Education, and state
Charitable Institutions, are the objects Of The |
,ther three Two for economy and decrea,ie in |
he expenditures, and three foI an increa,e
But we can only glance at this subject today.
Hereafter, when more fully iafomed. 'se may
resent il in detail