The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-15
American AssociatIonists.

there such in existence.
The Portuguese Tho sars another hymn. after which
the audience was dismissed With the bencdiotion.
American AssOciatI0nists.
The socialist and association philosophers of the city
| Of Now York held public meeting in tho.Alncrva
Rooms Thursday evening Attic hour appointed for
tho edipgs commence half past seven) the
tendance very slim; but two by two three by
| three the friends and advocates of this French
system of philosophy in and by eight O'Clock tho
| room was well filed by both ladies and gcntlcmcn
The announcement that Dir. Brisbane the philosopher
who was ordered very summarily to abdicato France
would address the meeting, and discourse of the
ties Of socialism and the workings of that code
in Europe no doubt helped to swell the mbcr Of the
arGr To those assembled light on the sun
jeet and the people getting impatient the meeting
| ESQ WAS appointed chairman.
On taking the Chair, MIR GoDwiN said no was deputed
by the of the Union of
the chair this evening We have, he said been in the
habit Of coming together regularly in the month of
May and there more proper occasion than this,
Der We meet under the name of associationists and
he whould be better understood IL he used the
looked upon n bugbear by all casses-and the
socialists themselves did not like to acknowledge the
the play and they announce themselves social
| lists. (Applause) This socialism is, as the ndepen-
newspapers term it, the great question Of the
day and has caused some considerable oommotion in
Europe within the last year The socialists feel conf
that reorganization Of society is called for The
other classes of people ind that after six thousand
years we have not approximated to good state
Of socity. Every means have been used to reform
ciety; but the socialists contend that tho evils which
mark it, not yet reached and that other
dy is wanted In the opinion of the socialists the ORR
gin Of the @ % ~ WI mia society at the
obviate that, must, If wish to advance society,
establish cooperative system, which will destroy the
eternal conflict Of interests. Take society In New
York Philadelphia and why is it that it Is more ad
the savage at the foot of the Rocky Noun
10 nrfv, >1a nT
| ton among those composing It, The object of this
meeting is to get right this question of socialism,
| justly called the great question OF tho ago.
Mr. CHARLES DAND was introduced to the meeting, and
entertained the audience with account of the pro-
period it has made unprecedented advances and has
reused the world more than 1t did before Where
turn eyes, find this question Ia attracting
the attention Of a men The progress In the United
States of socialism has been extraordinary, but its
suits not seen in the number of new phaanxes,
associations, which have been formed; but in the
change effected in the public mind and in the manner
in which is treated and discussed in the public jour
| nails In the of his business he read q great
many newspapers and there Is not one Of standing
influence, which does not in some way or other advo
country that socialism has made the greatest pro-
within the last year. but Europe where society
ciasm is thus question of absolute necessity for so.
ciety cannot remain In that part Of the world it is
Some great comprehensive radical change is necessary
The suffering of the masses compes the upper classes
to devote their attention to this subject We apt
to think that tho oring classes in Europe less
away large dapsa1s cities but tbs iaSoring
people Of the large cities intelligent than
those of our cities Their sufferngs force them to
| think and to devise means for their amelioration
Now with this class it is evident that the question of
socialism must flourish. The upper classes attempt
deny the poverty of the In order to perpetuae
will reign in those places until society is changed
Now there is not in history of the privileged
classes resgning their privileges in order to live in
equality and fraternity with those by whose industry
| their fortunes have been made. In Europe we see
privileges and crying peace peace where there is sno
peace 1t is from the working of those things that the
revolutions of Europe have grown. The hungry and
| poor masses on one side, and the luxurious and
wealthy the other, cOntendng with each other pro-
duced the revolutions in France and Germany, and the
consequences growing out Of those movements
vncing the public mind in this country Of the neces
ty of reform in time The revolution of June, in
rs, was the last battle Of this kind 1t in the
nature Of the case, that the privileged classes
| should have made struggle for what they
turning point at which it decided that the
men should not further if the State could prevent
not wishing to justify it, but yet cannot pass upon
| it that extreme condemnation passed upon 1t every
such disastrous results as is producing In Germany
France Ireland, and other countries, he cannot
that it was as great wrong as that which silently
the idea Of reform when they saw that the tide wa,
Say they were willing to starve but they said they
would try what could be done in another way If the
they said they would try and help themselves During
most Of the past he in Europe for the purpose
of watching the movement He mixed among the work.
ing classes who produced the revolution and in that
| way he came to know their ideas and practical pur.
poses well what they have done 1t is those facts
| which he intended to detail this evening Paris
| is the focus Of the intellectual world indeed
France and Germany the only countries In
| which any hope can be obtained from the agta-
| ton of social ideas. In Germany there are not
| the same divisions of society there in France
for industry has not been much developed there as
| 1t has been in Europe. Society in France Ia much
more advanced than it is in Germany; and it is this
advanced and makes the greater necessity for reform
| When the working men of Paris found they were
thrown back on themselves. they considered what
they should do The cry, during the revolution was
Let work for ourselves" and they determined to
have the wealth which they produced, and how said
| ate among themselves and divide the wealth which
they produced among themselves. The first associ-
they did not commence properly, they have done very
we'll They commenced by allowing the unskful as
ternty that there should be equality. They gave
| the rough work to rough workmen, and rice rersa
obtained credit with which to commence operations
There also an of saddlers in which every
st + a paid
workshops They also gotta contract from government
the TO- have
| wages, have ten or fifteen thousand dollars sur
men composing the association Under other
| circumstances, this handsome would have
| gone into the pockets of their employers. Their
general appearance much better and their condition
more comfortable than those of workmen who are om
ployed in the shops There sixty these as
sociations in Paris all doing wholesome better, and
we'll but the effect of this system il over.
whcn,ing aud realizes the benefits flowing from asso
citation. lie would, therefore, say that tho last year
has done for the emancipation of labor than any
previous one. There upwards Of one hundred and
nifty thousand workmen In Paris-honcst intelligent
ana virtuous notwithstanding all that has been said of
them to the contrary They are in of on
preston, not so quiet perhaps they would be under
more favorable circumstance but the spirit reyou
IN the opinion Of the speaker favorable trait In their
character The movement Is being enlarged this year
and becoming much more widely extended among the
working classes Magazines and storehouses are being
established in which goods can be purchased at |
cheaper rate than in other stores which will insure Ia
Dor TO the workman. In addition to this model odu.
ing houses are being formed and other measures for
the amelioraton OF the working classes being taken
which will enable him 10 with canadenea 4Lal