Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-07-20

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by the way, reminds one that he has not alway.
been so unmindul that discretion is the better ns,
Of vaor, is herocally indignant at what he consider.
the tameness of the republicans whom he has lef
behind him in France. De Flotte, admitting tha
his party (the Socialist Repubcans) were in the
minority in France, and were not entitled at present
to the supremacy, exclaimed, +" The power, eh, mon
Dieu what would we do with it 2" 1t is this ex.
preston that Louis Blanc in his monthly, The Neu
World, takes as his text I" If Socialism should ar
rive at power" he exclams, here is what it would
do" transcribe his programme. From portions
OF it would not ourselves absolutely dissent bu,
who does not see upon what utopian impractcable
theories he would spend the vital energies of the
State, to what criminal excesses he would soon and
inevitably be led I! Hear him:
/ g It would demand the abolition Of the Presidency II
would pronounce in favor of annual parlamens It would
pay jurors would introduce into the administration OF
justice that gatuy without which equality before the law is
lie. would abolish capital punishment for criminal Offences
it has been abolished for political offences. 1t would revise
the penal code starting from the idea that the wicked being
diseased object should be less punish them than
ect ourselves from them. 1t would render education
grauitoas and obligatory By instruction. would hasten
the desired hour when the social workshop each should
be employed not according to the accident of BIRTH but &C.
cordmg to the indications Of nature would completely
change the bases Of taxation and by the establishment Of
single tax would substitute in place of the actual system
the regime Of propoionay ofbudens 1t would render for
ever impossible the horror Of atcidal the streets
between the soldiers and the people, by sending army to
the frontiers, and declaring be criminal the highest de-
gree all employment of troops in the interior II would form
Especial budge by concentrating in the hads of the State
those enormous profits which the Bank, the Railroads. tho
Mines and the Insurance offices flow into the
hand of Tx
and social warehouses; which should be admitted productions
Of all Sorts in exchange for which receipts should be given
transferable by endorsement and performing the functions Of
paper money Substituting in place Of limited copartnershps
founded on individual credit, limited copaneshp founded on
the credit Of the State would open the way to the reign Of
association which would produce gratuy cred
Tor It would agricultural and industrial
associations, founded upon the principle Of fraternity made
after the image Of the family connected all together and des
hned by the force OF and by the attractions they would
Offer to become the general system Of the country that
without precipitation, without violence without spolation
without shock, simply by descending the decyy upon which
will have been placed society, after while will find itself
in new world. As for what concerns external politics.
Socialism will take its device, Conquest never popa-
gande awaysv Pacific in principle, it may become beige-
rant so long as there shall remain in Europe missionaries and
kings" .#.%
Hc dUoVc portrait Vi the heQ or democratic
Socialist Republic, drawn by one of its most accept
ed apostles, is quite enough to account for the anti
pathy to felt by your correspondent at Paris But
the artist, as was natural, has fattered his subject
and mitgated much in the person and features that
is disgusting and odious. She is even less amable
than she is represented to be. In my opinion the
following anecdote, in one rude dash of the brush
gives much more life-like sketch:
few days since drunken disciple of the political and
social doctrines Of Louis Blanc staggering along the Fa
boug St. Antoine, doing his best be upon both sides the
street at the time, and amusing himself the while by
shouting between his hccups s Vac la Repu5Hgue Demo-
craue Sociae " One of the by-standers approached
and with smile asked him what he understood by the demo-
cratic and social republic Parbleu !" replied our hero
(hccup cit is the republic that will prevent (hccup) my
landlord from collecting the hree-quaers that owe
him." (Hccup.) "
The Cuban affair still continues to occupy in a
considerable degree the attention of political Cos
sips. The leading journals have all made it the
matter Of leading articles, and they felicitate the
world that difficulties now likely to he amicably
settled. 1t is very natural feeling, which we
Americans are said to possess in eminent degree,
that makes us wish to know what other people are
saying about us. Well, no sensible man who has
appearances, can be entirely Indifferent
as to the figure his party or his country may make
in the eyes Of the world. The following extracts
therefore from leader of three and half columns
OF the Constiutionrae may perhaps prove interest
ing and not Improbable to some of your readers:
"The country of Duguay -Troun, and of Surcouf has
never teen wanting in enteprising and resolute sailors
What hnders, taking account of the law Of nations the
shpowners Of ST. Malo St. Servan, and Granville, to arm
four five large vessels and forward them direct to San
cisco for the purpose of imposing upon that city forced
ksl.
in port where wooden house worth 15O 600 fancs and
where is shipped every week several millions worth of gold
dust' Would the American Government deem that it had
the right stop these vessels Would think itself obliged
to send the crews back France be tried there Does il
the mutual protection and surveillance exercised by
the naval force of friendly nations We counsel that Gov
eminent then to multiply its squadrons and guard we'll the
ports of California"
The article concludes thus:
THUS, in the midst of profound peace has been DOS
sbe to make armed descent upon of the possessions
of Spain, to plage public treasury, burn public buildings,
such the prison and the Governors mansion slay the SOL
disrs who defended them and put the inhabitants to
destroy railroad which the property of company and
the American Government, far from Offering an indemnity
for these bgand acts which would have occurred but
Its weakness or it's negligence far from delivering the
guilty individuals to the justice of Spain, threatens Spain
with to punish her, would seem for having defend
ed herself and to teach her let herself be pundered by the
bandits who may choose to repeat the attempt of Lopez
This pretension of the United States constitutes danger