The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-08
DAILY CRESCENT.

NJ CoNs1DERANT. The illustrious leader of the
FopHerite party, Victor Consideraut, editor Of the
Dsmoqatque Paeifque, delivered spsecb
in the Assembly in opposition 70 The views Of NJ
Theirs, upon the rights IS labor. We have al
readypublished a synopsis of Thers's speech, ana
very brief summary Of that Of his opponent will,
be found ID the following extract from the cores
pondence ofthe New York Tribune
The great opponentofthe Abundance Of the right
10 labor into the statement Of rights, is no less
man than NJ Theirs, the candidate of the ConSti-
ttti0nnel and the whole Monarchicai and Ultra
Conservative party for the Presidency of the com-
ny. His speech was delveredin one Of The bureauA
last week, and has been approved by the English
papers Victor Considerant, the leader of the
French Associatonists, yesterday took occasion to
treat the same subject, and it IS scarcely necessary
to say 10 those who have read any of his works,
manner and spirit quite the opposite of the worm
out lntriguer who tries to pass for a Statesman.
The question occupied the bureauy through the
whole day, for as the Assembly was not in session.
the members were engaged in the various bureaux
or committees The debate was tumutuOus One
party maintained the mpossbiity on the part of
the State ofkeeping such a guaranty good, and the
great Inconvenience which would result from its
adoption in the Constitution. On the other hand
was urged the necessity of positive demonstration.
on the part Of the Assembly of a design to dos6me-
thing for the Working Glasses beside talking and
shooting They had been promised thar in the
Constitution the right of every man to employment
should be secured and the Assembly was bound to
keep that promise Moreover, it was said, Labor
is the foundation of Society; without the former
the latter cannot exist, bdt must run back and de-
generate into the savage state. 1t was the duty OF
The Assembly to recognize this foundation; it was
only justice that in calling on all classes for sup
port, the Constitution they We're about to adopt
should guaranty to the most numerous and useful
class the means of living Finally, after the discuss
ION had been prolonged some time the vote was
taken, and the bureau found TO be equally divided
for and against the guaranty
NJ. Considerant having. asserted in the course Of
THE discussion that the right to labor was indpensi-
BILE to the consistent and logical assertion of the
right to property, the discussion vas resumed on
that point, and he went on to state with the most
impressive eloquence the theory Of pToparty and
labor. The only origin Of property ne said, is
labor; the sole justification of individual ownership
Is the creation of the values owned BIZ Individual
industry, But what is the source, WhaI the first
sphere Of human labor 1t is the .ol., and thai
soil was given bv its Creator not 90 one individual
NOT to few, but to the whole human race Like
the sunlight ana The air ii IS the property fall the
sons OF men. But Tor the growth and development
OF the race it has been necessary that This common
boon Of God should be allotted to few; it bias be-
come their properly and we guaranty them by law
IN Its possession. But while Society does this il is
bound to secure an equivalent TO those who are ex-
Guided thereby They, too, come into the world
members OF the human family, brothers of the same
race, endowed with the same inalienable right to
The light, TO the air, TO the soil Having taken the
soil from him beforehand, Society is IN Justice I'M
der obligation to furnish him with other instruments
and means of labor instead. These means were
referred to in the clause Of the Constitution. They
consisted in the opportunity Of physical, moral and
mental education, and the provision Of the teachers
influences and apparatus necessary thereto, and
then especially in those great works of public utili
ty which should be provided for the industrial ar
mics of France, and by which each individual
would gain as the return for actual services least
The equivalent Of what lie would have received
from the working of his portion Of the SOIL the gift
of God to all his children.