New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-20
FRANCE.
Assocla ton In Paris.

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| fnow, for the fourth tlnc seeking rene anu
rest in the superficial gaiety OF PARIS na'
contrast between the two cities London, q
mine, Paris, crystal, The one, redolent OF
smoke the other, radiant with light. And the
people, how different! The Brton, suen and
glow . the Gap, sunny and fast" Verify, it
is good to be here if only to witness this wonder
full TRANSPORTATION Of races. l have learned to
love England, despite her faults and to respect
France despite her friyolities. Beneath each
fault one learns, in the former case, to discover
a great fact; :" while in the latter, underly-
ing each frivolity, one at least sees brilliant
fancy. Bat this is not what | wish to write
nropose in this correspondence to deal not so
much with thoughts, with things for IN these
times of activity and change, men are looking not
for shadows, but substance.
Would that the French Republic Were sub
stance !" Would that it were even respecta
BILE shadow of name :" and that name one by
no means associated with the largest liberty"
1t may be true, the mock president has it, that,
the name of Napoleon is programme but
surely, it is not a programme OF Republican,
ism. France has been satrized as a Republic
without Republicans" But the satire has no
force, for want of truth She should rather be
called Republic w1hout Repu5licanSsm; Repnb-
| licans one meets with at every turn Republl-
cans too, who have not shrunk from the baptism
of fire; ay, Republicans ready to r." stand fire
Tomorrow if need be- Why, there are, at the
| lowest computation, q quarter OF million Social
| lists III France, every man OF whom is a RepubiI-
| can to the core. That is, there are as many So
ciasts here as under Louis Philippe (endleSS rest
to his ashes !! there were Electors
English and American travellers spend tort
night in Paris exchange views with concergeS,
commiSSioRdareS and marchandS learn to their
| +hoft noco wit g. x
ception are reactionists and, on the strength OF
| this fact proclaim to the world that in Paris at
any rate, there no Republicans But let these
foolish observers extend the range OF their sShV,
as have done let them visit the Cafes and Res
taurauts Of the Assocationists; let them visit the
numerous organized workshops and manutacto
ries let them visit tile bureaus OF the Dea0crGc1G
Pacifque, the PreSSe, the Steele; let them con-
verse with intelligent, thoughtful, impartial cit
zens and then judge whether there are any he
publicans in France
For the first few days after my arrival | visited,
chiefly, the Cafes in the Boulevards; and the Pa
las National. was struck by the fast that, com
pared with what had seen in 1847, 9, and 9, they
were but poorly attended. The whlte-robed gar
cons. once so cheerful and active, seemed dull and
spectral. The earnest faces one used to meet 5;
the spirited conversation used to hear, were
missing; and in their places, 10! little else than
sour compilations and sepulchral echoes.
More recently, | have been attracted by the
always, of absolute equaty--into the Cafes OF
the Progressionsts near the Louvre, or bordering
} on the Rue st. Honore These, without eXcep'
ton, have found crowded and cheerful ANA IL
has been pleasing study TO mark the appearance
of their A061tu6S as cOntrasted with that OF Con-
seryatives and Jesuits. The full, round forehead,
compact and beautifully pitched the bright, phos-
phoric eye the fnecut, eloquent mouth; the
Zip of truth compare these with the retreat
; ing forehead the dali eye, the curled lip OF the
he ablect-tcatureS
Of the common shopman, and thus see how Nature
recognizes her children, and marks them as her
own"
was delighted TO find that at the Cafes in ref
erence the degrading custom of calling the wait
ers "garconS' was abolished and instead, for
want of simpler name they were called "c@.
OYtnSn It, to be sure, sounded somewhat formal
and pedantic to hear the attendants addressed
every moment, and sometimes by twenty voices
at once, as citizens but even Journalism and pc
dantry are preferable to impertnence.
II was pleasant, also, for obvious reasons, TO
find that the unjust custom Of offering a gratuity
to the attendants was given up; given up, not
only in form but absolutely inasmuch as no extra
charge is made for anything as compensation.
AS result of these changes one cannot
help observing that the dememor of the at
tendants is that OF men; whereas, under
| the old system it is that of slaves. 1t
should be stated, however, that in the Repub-
can (aliaS Associated cafes, the attendants have
NUtltTUttp
being copartners and recognizing not only III
each other but III then patrons, aboriginal and
inalienable equality.
In England and to certain extent in America,
1t is common among those who are OF " the upper
uppish' to denounCe Socialists of whatever type
-Owenite, st. Simonian, Fourieristic or lcaran
as band of unprincipled fanatics Now,
putting aside the fact that very
rarely degenerate into fanatics, without
basing their tanaticism on what TO them seems an
o4.v lr%4 Hot Il
of all men, that in Paris nothing is notorious
than that no class of tradesmen operatives are
so fair in their commercial dealings as the Social
: lists The triangle is not only sign OF Equality,
but Of Justice, which, indeed, is but another name
for the same thing. ConverSlng with an English
J tradesman this morning, he told me that he had
Just been purchasing some lamps OF the Associ-
ated "LampiSteS " and that in this as in more
! than one similar experience, he had found the AS
sociationists to be chiefly noticeable for the man
liness OF their bearing and the honesty OF their
transactions. The fact of his being foreigner,
and above all an Englishman did not, as it had in
all other instances operate IN the least to his dis
advantage 1t was plain that the new system
was at least based upon the principle of honesty;
and though bis English preudiceS led him to de-
test Socialism,, he felt that the law of associa-
citation, as contradStinguished from the common
law OF patronage, Especially as enacted IN Eng
land was law OF recttude and common sense.
This feeling is becoming more and more prevalent
every day. Even the most respectable jour
mails are now sending forth to the world reports of
associated labor and capital OF The most detailed
and fattering kind.
The men engaged in accomplishing this associa-
} tive movement are the hope OF the republic; nay,
they are the republic itself not yet organized, tits
: true but in such state that, be sure, when an.
| otherrevolution comes ias come it must sbetore
l long, no other organization Will be possible
In another letter viii endeayor to discuss
things more infinitely When the Assembly
meets for e then comes the tug of war, you shall
have concise and, ii possible, graphic sketches of
every thing which comes under the republican eye
Of Your Old. bat long silent coresnondent