New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-13

al sncsd much i anic pated from this aud h Il
from an Assembly Constitution President bat after
these things had the disease remains This IL what
make. the French Republic doubtful notwithstanding al
the Why should be permanent the force. ..
work stronger than al the ordinary and pro
liabilities 10 the world
European Civilization . AZ most important cribs
Il has attained is maturity and the process Of decay
has begun. At the time the germs Of better
things. Of social order are appearing. Hss
civilized Europe vitality enough 10 dsveoPs the
new forms before It Is crushed 10 the downfall OF
the old IL there Intelligence, Love Of Justice
and Love q Man enough Ia inese nations 70 IN
ucipsie and o5Tis,ethe decay This Is the question
The antique civilization also reached its climax
and then pershed Il is 70. To take lesson from
It's fate Il persisted because IL based Slavery
Oiher concerned Ia rs destruction but th
the primary he basis Of the social structure 10
industry II there s wrong In the relations Of industry,
that TO- Of property aud labor. the time will STRIVE
when they must be reformed, the whole structuIe
will 90 10 pieces For time Slavery served useful
purpose 10 Greece and Rene but a; last Society reached
period when Slavery mus, be put away, and labor
organized in a more Just manner This necessity was
not understood the Of the time eqsa to
IT, and nations great IN philosophy art poetry and
swept away By barbsrisns. The ssme necss
city lie a; hand now. Under the existing system Of
Labor, modern Society has reached the utnos, de
vslopment which that system will allow New modes Of
industry must be established as much superior TO the
wages system that superior 10 Slavery or else the
doom will be pronounced and executed. short
period will suffice 70 prepare the closing scene The
executioners waiting in the valley Of the Don along
the shores Of the Vogs and far in the monotonous
plains Of Asia. As a. midnight the Mede descended
upon the reyes Of Belshszzsr, So when the hour Of
destiny arrives these millions Of horsemen will pour
over the South Of Europe sweeping away in their
ferce course the Saxon and Latin races 10 commence
anew the work in which they have ioolishly and weak
y failed.
The next twenty FIVE years must decide whether Eu-
rope % be subjected to this terrible transformation
The fearful and despairing expect Il a. thing already
decided some Of them now tremble at each blast
Of the North wind If II could not but bring down
the roar Of Russian cannon and the tramp Of Russian
cavalry do not read the signs Of the times. The
danger is great but IL will There much
corruption sehshEess and Intellectual death in these
countries but there s also immense vitality beuev0
ence and devotion 20 ideas. Moreover 1t should MT
be forgotten that the civilization 4 odern times i
fortified against overthrow as that Of the antique
world not tie railroads the steamships, the man
uf'ctores the wealth more abundant and more gen
orally difIused which exis, now many subs,an
sl guarantees that society Is 70 90 forward 10 higher
forms without the sad necessity OF beginning tne circle
anew with bsrbarans for its elements Nor is the re-
form now to be achieved difficult that for the lack
Of which the old world went 10 ruin for the Injustice
and impcrecton out Of which Labor must be elevated
are not great while the general humanity and inel
gence vastly greater.
Aud apart from these considerations there s reason
to believe that the necessary change Is now slowly
going on The practical movement Of Labor Reform Il
wider aud profounder than Is generally imagined Tn
principle OF cooperation is surely As believe, cup
planting that of competition Here in Paris there are
now in operation nifty associations Of workmer,
aud they are spnDging up in other places also some
will not succeed, it is likely others are already bril-
lisny successful In five years the greater part Of The
labor done in Paris will be done that the workman
will be his own master and receive the full fruit Of bis
toll This will settle the question for the whole OF
Europe.
With the present dispatch the series Of letters which
for many months have had the honor to communicate
for The Tribune lie brought to close This period of
time has witnessed the most stirring events OF the cen
fury OF many Of these transactions Fortune mas made
me an immediate spectator sometimes have even
been introduced behind the and In oil cases have
had access to excellent of information have
narrated things as have seen them. Through the
whole commotion and excitement have beheld nothing
to shake my faith in the Divine Providence and the
though gradual advancement of Society into noble and
happy states My sympa,hies were with the People
when they were triumphant and when their heroism
and enthusiasm commanded the admiration of the
world they have been with them in their errors and
misoriunes they with them still in the hope which
outlives defeat and foret disaster have never writ
ten As partisan though never As an Indifferent specta
tor and have paid regard 10 than 10 per
sons such have the spirit and tenor ofthese letters
trust they have been entirely useless 10 their read
ere. Cal D.