New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-11

good IDEAS he would say % them again and again to
have heart for the people who achieved the Revou
ton II was not by hestatiug and fearing the conse
quences Of the truth that the country could be raised
from ia present suffering and rendered indeed happy
and glorious but by great temerities OF the heart
which went forward with the aspirations Of the Age
The debate Of yesterday was concluded by NJ. Cloud
chaux. who in the name OF the Government opposed
the amendment inserting the Right to Labor without
qualification In the course Of his speech he saw nj TO
make an unfortunate and impernen attack upon the
Members Of the Left which excited gres, tumult
Gained only by the retracton Of the offensive expires
sion Today on the opening of the session the sub
jet was disposed Of in the manner indicated above.
Between Public Charity as established by this vote
and the guaranty OF the Right to Labor there il great
gap. The acceptance Of the former implies certain
dsgrsco-no man goes willingly TO the Poor House the
acceptance OF the latter would imply no disgrace at all
for the person receiving would still earn his bread
The Right 70 Labor s tho Right to Live. In Savage
Society an sblebodcd man without an average share OF
the means Of living Is an impossbility Every one
has an equal ACCESS to the common OF food and
clothing II ia only in Civilized Society that the tree
citizen able and willing to work. ia deprived Of the
opportunity and his Right Live by the exercise of
the faculties that Nature conferred upon him, denied.
Il Cvilized Society then less liberal TO the individual
than Savage Society So ii would seem notwthsisnd
Ing the many benefits that 1t coniers upon him. Ia so
far it IT, then less perfect than the savage state but this
imperfcction disappears the instant that tho Right TO
Labor s guaranteed aud Society each OF its
children that ne shall always have the and OPP
portuny Of producing wha, equivalent TO his support
ls not this better than Charity Is 1t not better 10
give every man the means OF earning his own living
than to give him the of living from the earnings
of others This is simple question but II goes to the
root of the matter
What IS the end Of Society," We told that 1t is
the protection happiness improvement, perfection of
ts members In times past the theory has been that
was for the greater benefit Of the few favored and
privileged but that theory is exploded a1 in its stead
the Republican idea that 1t is for the equal benefit OF
all is adopted But unless IT assures to all the oppor
tunty of living by their labor it falls woiuly short OF
its idea of equality and leaves thousands upon thousands
exposed to the most terrible of chance of
hndng themselves too many in the world, without
any other ESCAPE from their mseres than the desruc
ton either of themselves OF Society In short it still
leaves in force though il, may deny in words, the old
theory that it is instituted for the greater benefit of the
few Hence revolutions.
But if YOU ex anime the whole of this discussion, you
will ind that no one has been hardy enough deny the
proposition that every has, in principle, right to
live by his labor The argument has all been against
the practcabity of realizing the right Every speech
on the Conservative side has involved terrible accu'
saton against the existing institutions of Society name
ly that they render it impossible to secure place Tor
all at the banquet of Nature and melancholy COMES
son-namely that their authors could conceive OF no
means of remedying this state of things And all the
while the territory of France alone i sufficient to sup
port twice three times her present population to
say the least How happens it, then that 1t IS not pos
sibe to give even the present population the guaranty
OF the opportunity ofhying by their labor
The difficulty is that the Assembly, representing
mainly the privileged class its interests and It's preJu
dces were resolved at all hazards to maintain Society
as Not only because they lacked faith in the pos
sibity of change but because il was their interest
that there should be change they refused to accept
the new principle. And the shrewd and superficial NJ
Theirs, and the not shrewd but equally superficial
NJ Goudchsux, settled the question by saying that
there was no money to meet the change which Its &C
ceptance would entail They logical in their
ideas no doubt They proved clearly enough that the
Right TO Labor was inconsistent with the present ar
rangements Of Society. But they were not willing to
be told how these arrangements could be peaceaoly
changed for others which would be consistent not only
with this right but with all other rights NJ Console
rant offered lay before them positive scientific ana
practical solution of the problem they were debating
They had no desire 10 hear IL Like the skeptcs in old
times their eyes blinded and their ears stopped
They are ss ignorant of their true interests as the no
bcsse were in 50 and the party which contends Tor
privileges always is They accordingly refused to ad
init the Right to Labor into the Constitution They
could not however, reject it outright and entirely
they admitted the shadow OF It.
What is the effect of this upon the Peoplei sto
nd hNs %
the Assembly It'll to make them believe that the Re
yolution has produced nothing and that the Assembly
will do nothing for them such conviction on their part
Is not calculated to attach them either to the Republic
ar the Coy ernmont Ia their eyes Universal Suffrage
"a worth little il does guarantee them against the
misery with which they too deeply familiar The
Assembly does not even show its good will IN their be
half. IL has increased their Hours OF Labor and now
/, has denied that they have each and all OF them
right TO live by their industry In what then Is II bet
ter than the Government OF Guizoi
In ali this there is danger not only to the present Ad
nins,rafon but to the Republic and to the peace oil
society The Republic has already been ruined smone
the country population by the unfortunate forty h'e
centme tax of Pages out OF that arse the IL"
ritimst demonstrations which are constantly taxing
place in the Provinces the Clergy whose sympS'hies
are mostly with Henry V. and the Monarchy hna IN
that tax an insxhsusble argument to enlist the peas
ants against the Republic These steps OF the Assembly
will complete the alienation OF the people IN tue CUES
The Right to labor will become all the more important
and necessary to them because 1t Is refused and none
OF that patience and ons suffering which they would
have displayed had it been appealed to, will be mani
tested.
One word more. The advocates OF the Right to Ia
Dor would not have the state become the Universal
Proprietor and take all industry into It's own direction
That is the ideal Of the Communists. bu, even they
would no, think OF It's being put in practice for long
time the other Socialists and especially the Fourier
lists reject altogether Great works Of public utility
they would have the state undertake by means OF in
dustria armies and for the rest all would be sccom
plshed through the organization Of the township. so
tina, In fact the state would gradually interfere less in
the regulation Of industrial Affairs In the course OF
the debate no supposed that the adoption OF the
principle would be followed by the necessity
mediate application either in full by the assurance Of
employnent tc every citizen in his special branch
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