New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-21

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,splv not Republicans The guaranty Of the hsh' OF
49,, rouls no, exist with the royalty Of money III
the ar,ocracy Of capital One Of two things must taeH
happen-ether the Republic would aooli'h properly OF
Property would abolish the Republic
This assertion was the occasion Of an indesef'Ds0
elsmor which lasted for some moments, and in WHICH
v,rsetv Of sentiments were mingled snger surprise
CONTEMPT All had their representatives in the mass Of
noise 6ut finally laughter predominsted The hArsn
accent, Of the speaker replied 10 this burst OF hha'y u
the same tone a. before " regret citizens that "has
say here makes you laugh much because ~nA'
saw viii destroy ysu" (Cs gEe q DIS 'i r0As iAfral
new burs, OF laughter followed this response, "nien no
oub,came from the injured vanity Of the speaker hu'
was there not in Il something than ,rHins per
sonal feeHngi Was It not sign Of the future ~so
part Of the speech was devoted to criticism oil me
arithmetic of NJ THERE'S report snd 70 financial eA'
position Of the advantages Of the proposed tax al
bore however on the one idea Of the abolition OF N
terest On cspita and Of rents Of every kind The ten
dencv Of interest il was argued has been constantly
downward In the time Of the Roman republic u WAS
100 per cent had got down 50 tar as to be nNea al
per cent by the law Of France in the course OF things
il would be nothing and they wished 10 Be consistent
with the Revolution they would 60 as fast as possible
% make il nothing.
For what he repeated vas the end OF the Revolution
of February The abolition Of interest on money Sno
in consequence Of rents and NJ revenues derived rom
money That too was the 6osl result OF Foiines'
Economy as the economists themselves had declared
and in the aood Of financial projects before the Assem-
bly the same thing was apparent They were all eniy
a conspiracy against the rate of interest on mouey
This wss more than the excited Assembly could bear
They burst out in EXPLANATIONS which made u iHPoSs
bic for the speaker proceed The President W. "ar
rss by far the best presiding officer have yet seen N
the chair fnslly restored order and the speaker N
The os order of society had failed WAS bankrupt ana
oud 20 on no longer the cath OF February commenced
the ssuent Of is affairs that settlement would De
Inner or shorter according the amount OF resistance
! - he encountered It's end would be the abolition OF
ronortv and the measure he had proposedthe esAohsn
mon, Of ajax of onethird rents and debts, was IN
tended a. transition toward IT, 1t ought not to be al
,emped AZ once but By gradual means, such as shoud
meet the wishes of capitalists But come II must tnst
social settlement the responsibility OF opposition 70
would rest with capitalists and the consequence"
/ fall upon them. If they refuse said the speaker,
we shall 20 on with the settlement without them ana
in spite OF them" In saying this be identined hlm'e
with the laboring classes, and those who cried out
.e.lns, h,his seemed include the entire chamber
With the bourreoise these were the only two classes
] IN France What were the means and what would be
The conseouences Of the tax which he had proposed
There were only two sorts of possible one, the
tax on incomes Of property the other, the tax on
labor He proposed the former and the report OF
the Committee called il sPoistion But the YAK on
property was spoation what the tax on labor p
! Il was assassination
All this wa. developed at length by NJ PrOudon amid
/ he Assa
like an enrsged crowd bent on the suppression OF NJ
Proudhon and yet resolved to hear him out All sorts
Of cries were addressed him among other questions
he was asked why he had not been been behind the
barricades in June Tor he only defending the doc
tpes of the insurrecuOn He stood the disorder with
look of content as much as 20 that he had done
what he expected Many members left the Chambers
As il they could not bear sny Order was par
daily restored and the orator continued reading from
his manuscript but the rest of his speech was series
of interruptions He about stop OF twice but
the Assembly would have him 20 through there was
an evident determination that he should have Nc reason
10 say tina, the right free discussion ha been violated
in his person, or that he had been made martyr
Several members arose TO go out but NJ GoudchauH
suggested that before the adjournment vote OF censure
should be passed the views Of NJ Proudhon, and
they took their seats az ain.
The doctrines which followed were II anything more
offensive than those which went before. The night OF
labor was the abolition Of property and as for con
tracts founded property, they were virtually done
away and good only the pleasure OF the debtors
The authority OF the Assembly based ON force :
universal suffrage without foundation In reason,
and full Of additions there not representa-
tive there who did not think universal suffrage had
made great mistake in choosing bis cole agues Let
them make haste 10 hnsh the Constitution, but not say
much about factious Who were fsctious They
were really who making an abuse OF the force ON
which their authority based denied the rights OF
others They talked about the situation OF Labor and
the restoration of confidence 1t was impossible that
Confidence should be resored-the security Of capital
was destroyed by the Revolution OF February That
revolution asserted the right to labor and the plan OF the
Constitution proclaimed H. If they should it
they would leave blank in which the people might in
scribe the right of nsurrecton The ideas he proclaim.
ed had been manifested by symbols than twenty
years and according TO the laws Of the human mind
must be realized those ideas theAboton ofProp-
erty and the Ri GIT to Labor. Whatever the Assembly
might do capita could not escape its fate Socialism
had its eyes upon it "The Jews will not return for
bid it," so saying NJ Proudhon left the tribune after
having occupied it above three hours.
OF Assembly tnc ihttrf part
Of his speech. exceeded, though il differed from, any
previous tumult that cad witnessed there. NJ Sensrd
the Minister Of the Interior fell into Of those dis
plays which he s subject He seemed to have los,
his selfcontrol and the contrast between his
and the sepo.session Of Proudhon, ludcrous. He
spoke In terms Of high indignation Of the speech they
had just heard and said that the government which had
expected that the tribune would be acted by such
apology for crime in all is forms such outrage
against France such Indictment Of all bad passions "a
revolt without thinking whether Socialism had its eye.
upon IL not occupied solely with the desire to as
susge the suerings Of the people, had charged him t.
present a bill for grant Of fundsthe three mil
Lions voted for the aid OF workmen Of employ
being exhausted The bill received and ordered q
be printed and referred the Finance Committee
then came up the question Of upon the speech
citizen Proudhon
The only mod, in which such censure could be ex
pressed by vote to pass 10 the order of the ds,
without any farther consideration OF bis proposition
and BY recording in the Journal that such vote wa
adopted on account Of the nature Of his speech
Motives 70 do this were preseued couched in yariet