New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-25

~r~~|- -1A~i CtLlCts "a cheer
'o@ lie prov'n-ia' 'ur0ais are pleading 10 favor
o. peace and ecob0my, military recu .lioa and TIE
Iesscnins Of tsxss To- r.@,i,g offhs roivs-ssl
Pesce Congress has been very sosces,f,l IN ne
I provinces, as well as n Paris. The idea Of re-
dacing taxes 70 large extent end organizing
otaer and productive sources Of resergs 10 gaining
ground daily, aud petitions s'e Lunero1tly sigusd
sg.inst the rees,sblishnent q the tar on xi1e
and spirits Many q he provincial journals are
dncu,sing these "a, s.i08s with great success aud
ability. The idea o. creating productive revenue
BY organizing N-tIonsl Fire and f. assurances
railways, mines ard canals, ss public sources e
revenue, IN addition t. the Post-Oid. q and other
sOcn establishments, ia gaining p.rti,,ns in al
directions, not among he lsborips classes only.
bat also among the rich
The General Councils q TIA Provincial Depart
ments hsve been called upon by Governments =
meet and discuss qassiious Of general interest 90
as 70 inform the Csb.ne. Of the wants aud idsa,
Of the country. Some Of the coVr els have taken
decided sep ia favor Of financial reform aud the
reduction Of taxation. The General CooacI Of
the Loiiet hrs not only voted against tn, rses.
tsbishmsntof tho vine and spirit tax, but IL hiss
also pot forth Wholesale doctrines q iasncisl re-
form and the organization q productive sources Of
revenue. Most Of them IL is said " il vote seainsi
the proposed income tex Of one per cent. ger an
num on property sad industry. In fact taxation
and hosncs questions are beginning 20 absorb the
attention Of q very large rnsss of the population
Of France. Public opinion aud discussion are con-
verging toward The great question Of modern
Social agitation, the question o. Rent and Taxes.
promised you IN nay last a brief sketch Of the
plans and idess Of the Radical party OF this alb
sorbing question the gradual abolition, not 81
/ Property, bu. Of Rent and Taxes ~ they are now
organ zed. STATE RE>T AaD PUBLIC SERVICE
HsyESUE ere the t=o great questions Of the day
! Ia Europe the political aspect OF Socialism has
10 other meaning. Socialism hns two aspects IN
the general controversy OF the sge tie Social
a'peot Of new organization Of society ia is do
nestle and industrial BEARINGS as well as IN its
religious and political relations The political
/ appel ola radical reform in Rent and Take. with
oltr regard to sny rcw organization oi .ociety-
/ The TWO aspects msy DO distinguished by The
names Of Soctolt,fs and h.sociafi0n:sn. Many
Sociaiists IN France are uot As acis'onists, snd
many Of the psIiissns o. AIsocisii0n AZ not g.
cislists in the confined sense oil the Word A large
bomber Of innova;ors are however, both Socialists
and Associs'iori.tl. 80 Myself belong 10 this
utopian party. an 81 immediate AID polrics
Socialist. AID political and religious Association
iat, The scie nee Of Association IL rhaps not
vet sulis.entiy advanced to render its immediate
reel cation practicable but the science Of com.
n,srcial snd industrsl reform ia quite advanced
] A.. -
rrovideptislly inevitable
I csss the conmsais's with the Assoc'aioniss',
althou. h there are msly shades Of difference be
tween them. Some are Atheists ant some ar
D ,isis, but the greatest proportion Of them are
rheists or Revelaiior'ts. They all agree, how
ever, Ia practical philosophy, AID under tins hesi
they may be ipdisorininstely clsssed ~ Cos
peters. for The Gospel j. their common basls o.
philosophy.
TIE Socialists hsve also many shades Of q fer
encc in their opinions with regard 70 psrtculsr
raode. Of crgsuiF ng banks, exchange, credit
&c bat they are generally all agreed on the cues
ton Of Sio's INT and Public Service Rersnas
They diff not In priooiolr, and but slightly H.
her vsrous plru. Of operation
STATE Rent means the gradual abolition Of IN
dividus rent and private property in land. TINS
Monopoly Of Land by private individuals Is the
source OF ali political abuse OF power. Private
property should be oonaaed 20 the products o. in
disidas labor. TIE and Is public property by
mature. and should be reserved by the State AZ
s3urcs Of public revenue. This chaoge of polio,
implies no Fundamental change 10 Industry. j.
should be Just rs easy Tor the state 10 Jet the snc
4. a.. - Al In. -~r..rtaf,ra. ff.
let I: cas 10 farm TIE politics results Of the s~o
modes Of property ia land are widely different.
The State Rent systen produces large fund
for public revenue, tho immediate consequences
q which are; !. The power OF redo 'ing taxes
10 the same amount. aaG thereby SWING liberty
to 40 much capital employed 10 commerce aud in
Industry. p The destruction OF a nest Of oilers
who live upon the swest Of others without being
held 70 labor frr themselves. By 4 useiol and
productive application Of their talents and the
capital invested in the purchase OF banefa privi-
sgs which turks in the legal night oi exclusive
property in laud, these idlers would become
useful members Of society. Land Is the source OF
public 10 and public liberty. Il IS naturally social
property. Is il not evident that those who now
buy land as scarce Of income would be obliged
10 employ their capital n productive Industry and
commerce II the rshs Of private property IN land
were abolished, and the land become again, as It
was in the beginning, public property aud public
property exclusively STATE RgNr means sim
ply public property in land, End consequently the
abolition Of private monopoly in land. That Is The
sols meaning OF the abolition Of Reai Toe cues
tons OF interest ard nsury are similar in some
respects, bu, not in all. The grand principle OF
Socialism Is this that labor, productive labor Is
the only true source Of individual property
Whatever is the produe. Of universal nature, or
rather whatever is indispensable icr public lie
and public or collective liberty, "a naturally and Ia
aliensby public and collective property Asr,
land. ~stsr hsaf. snd iis ll @Fs Fundamental Gle
rnsnts Of life ard liberty, which cannot be mono
polired by individuals wihou. ensaving irrs;r.sv-
ably 81 those who are deprived Of the possession
md endowment Of these o'nmon rights. STATE
Rem, than means the gradual aboliroa OF private
,roo,rtv ia lsad sudjks grsdusl reinhnrss--sli
% i,s estimated price to the present 10 osfs Who
will build upon land which ia not Their own '" 10
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