New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-27
THE PROSPECT N FRANCE.
LETTER FROM M BHIsBaSE
state of France-Not Peace bat War-far-
Their and Desperate Collisions Inevitable

have now been IN France long enough 70 iorn
some idea Of the actual state 81 things and an oPn-
ION OF the course events Wi be likely 70 take
and vii ave you an abstract Of. ny views.
The great work OF social Progress and Human
Elevation IS not destined . 90 on peacefully ana
10 be accomplished by wisdom and good vii, as
We had hoped. bot is sti % oe attended oy ioii!'
conflict AID vio,ence. There IS DO peace ior
France. she is doomed % pass through a new
Revolutionary struggle. which may be as Zero
ciOus and bloody as that Of ~
Tf.sis the position Of e4airs There are TWO
classes which are deadly opposed ~ eacn otAei
they are opposed ia interest and sentiment 80 ia.
their relations are as hostile % each other as those
OF the slaves and the Shareholders o. the SCUM.
These classes are the B0HrgeDtsis and the OHrners
or Laboring Masses. The former comprises a.!
the upper classes, for as & distinct caste the 90
a1.tOcrscy 10 longer exists 10 IS extinct ana must
be reckoaed with the B0urge0sie, u a po..tlcli
and socia classification q, the popuiaton %
France. All those not engaged ~ mtnulI laooi'
but who IN Commerce, T nance the Professions
&c. accumulate wealth out Of che Prohis o, TIE
labor Of tie working classes, these are the boar
geoisie AID they wish 90 MAINTAIN the old Oraef
Of things that they may Keep the frQrgAeurs, the
Producing Classes, IL sublection, ana continue as
heretofore, 70 appropriate % themselves Tue PiO.-
It's OF their industry, 70 efD0ifcf tne a. lue tv
say. ne HUFh4A[ N41rrth l~Al So INV t--
derstand perfectly TINS species Of slavery and ef-
Dlo,taii1a or indirect robbery 70 which they are
subjected under the present system o. Industry-
aud they are resolved ~ throw on the oppression
G nseQaently they are Ia state OF regeliloh
against the whole system OF Civilized LABOR
which spOIates them and makes them poor ana
miserable and are determined % revOlutlonlze IT,
Hence the Bourgeoisie aud the Laboring classes
miserable and are determined 20 revo.uuoAize IT,
are ranged against each other ~ en- attitude OF
hostility which IS the beginning OF the most o.
wars-a war Of caste. This radical DIVISION IN
society, both OF practical interests and u persons
i. the first great element Of social discord which
now threatens % couvulse France with reyou-
ton and 70 dreuch the land with the blood Of clF4l
war Then come score or more OF c0nnlcting
doctrines and theories which are battling against
each other for ascendancy-so that the social
world is confounded BY tie lncoherence oil IDEAS
added 10 the division and opposition OF inter-
este. The partisans OF the different systems
which claim public attention scarcely listen
10 each other; they ali decialm on their pc
cuar views, and cenOunce each other there
is no such thing as calm discussion and hence
they cannot possibly arrive at any common
iudzmeut any unity OF opinion, through peaceful
means. These different systems VIII continue %
clash and combat with each other.
Surveying these conflicting elements, all actively
al work ia Society, II would not be surprising IL
France rekindled the old revolutionary tre and re-
enacted the awful tragedy Of SO. The only thing
which can prevent series OF terrible COMMISSIONS
more sauguinary than any which have preceded,
is in my opinion, tie p0rer Of the Army. II the
Army can he kept the side Of what IS called Or
der and under the control OF the BOurgeoisle
dgQint the Masses. civil war may possibly be pre-
vented But ] doubt II this can be done the
Army 81 mpathzes more or less with the People,
that Is the working classes and they are urged on
to hostile demonstrations not only b. their social
antipathles but by misery Of the keenest and most
dreadful kindly hunger and uakedness Ol them
selves and families. Should the Army desert the
B0urgeoise and iratemize win the People, they
will have complete power the results cannot be
iOretOld
PARIS and the Provinces are politically divided
and opposed TO each other. The Provinces Iu
general are not radical or DemOcratic-not even
Republcan--and u Paris goes 90 extremes the
Provinces viii organise and march against her
Here. then, We may have a war Of class against
class, of system against system, aud OF country
against city. View 10 as you wall. there seems %
be terrible iHbr0gIiO ia store for France for two
or three years 70 come. The complication aud
strife OF parties are inevitable.
But, / am satisfied, that out of all this confusion
and discord VIII come something great. am
sure that the idea OF the elevation Of the Labor
ing Glasses through the organization OF Labor-
the idea OF a great Industrial Reform and better
order OF Society will enter deeply into the p0pu
! lar understandings aud will become an article Of
faith with the people the higher classes II they
viii do 1t In no other way Will be forced 10 carry
out great and fundamental reforms. Upon our un-
fortunate planet. as II would seem, Progress can
not be achieved by peaceful and intelligent means
it must be accomplished through fear and con-
traint. by combat and violence. This Is the ways
1t will be accomplished In France.
The intellectual activity Of society IN Paris al
the present time is intense Socialism under
which term is comprised all varieties OF social
ameloratIon, all projects and plans. doctrines and
systems of Social aud Industrial Reform, some as
wide as the poles asuuder-SOcIaiisni, IN some
form or other, is spreading rapidly among the
masses, and engages the attention OF thinking
minds. IL contains the problem OF the age which
must be solved the question IL presents cannot
be evsded. All the liberal papers are becoming
more or less the advocates OF social meAoratlons,
/ OF organic changes IN social aud industrial rea-
tons, OF some kind or other aud the majority are
already its open and earnest sdhereuts, while
others, ike the National the most infuent!a!
/ Democratic paper here, are favorable.
| My conclusion, then, is that w need not look 70
/ France for a speedy and peaceful solution OF the
question she SO hopefully propounded In February
the Organization Of LQb0r; the time is not
ripe for il. As vet we can have nc practical tn
/ ais of Association, OF the friendly and equitable
cooperation OF Capital aud Labor prosecuted in a
| calm and progressive spirit. For this must
wait until the political storm has psssed and the
blind fury Of hostile interests has subsidized, or worn
each other out, and taught them wisdom by ca
/ lamty. When the desperate struggle now
| threatened between the Bourgeoise and the La
borer is over-the final ami uudisguised warfare
between the Rich and the Poor-shall cease then,
as the only hope Of all parties something will be
done for Association. A. b.
Wisconsin,.
meeting was held al Southport on the 10th. at