New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-17
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
Worl,iusmcn's Assoc'ations-Ba OF the Peo-
ple-socialism nnd Chri~tianity-Co -opera-
tive -Prussia--Frunce-- gland
TIC Pnpal BnlI.

i've SIEFG--A fuae tit hAliiitE- 4IbStlHG--
The Pnpal Bull.
rd5a Correspondence OF Tie rr51ne.
LoNpoS, FRIDAY. NOV. -, 1850.
Me,sr,. Greeley & AcEbam:
GESrLE4ES: Unjust excuse the irreg1larity Of
my correspondence for several weeks by the
pressure Of engagements connected win the As
sociaton movement, which is daily assuming
more and more Importance, It IS my serious opin.
ion that the measures now maturing in England
by the immediate alliance Of Christianity and So
ciaiism constitute the most important fact in
modern history, and that without permanent IN.
stitution, without self.supporting foundation
the direct value of this fact would be considerably
impaired. The Society for the Promotion OF
Workingmens Associations on the one hand TAX
ing its stand on the traditions Of the Church and
of Christianity and on the other hand, the organi
zaton OF Labor-E xchange, commencing with the
right beginning, that is to say with an establish.
ment possessing sufficient capital and furnishing
the necessary supplies Of provisions, are, as
think, the true means Of arriving at this seltsup-
porting foundation. This consideration is sufficient
to show you the manner in which, with the ideas
that are common to me and great number of
your readers, my attention has been directed to
this point, until definite result should be pro-
duccd. l cannot anticipate the news OF the jour
mails, which give you directly the result of al inn
mense outlay of expense aud labor that has been
made for England, and of which your Press has
onlyto reap the benefit. The principal value ofmy
correspondence is to furnish you with the tele
graphic news of the world of IDEAS In this point
of view, the telegraph which has announced the
rising above the horizon OF Christian Socialism,
and the complete reviyiication OF faith, and even
of the spiritual authority OF the Church of Christ
by the Introduction into all the economy of So
ciety OF this new element, Itself purified and re-
generated deserves some indulgence il it is in
arrears on other points, and it continues its office
by announcing that in securing the means of fur.
nishing the first necessares OF life to the working
men at the most favorable prices the founders OF
the Cooperative Store have made great number
OF direct exchanges practicable between the
workingmen themselves, Direct exchange in every
department is the ultimate limit of the AssocIa
ton movement. And for example, in order to OBJ
tain cup Of tea by the medium of exchange,
nothing less would be required than the entrance
into Association OF the soil of China itself. The
organization Of exchange, in a highly industrial
country, is a graduated scale OF which the first
degrees belong to the most elevated professions
w e re-descend from the compound to the simple,
atterhaving gone from the simple to the compound.
The Workmcn cannot mutually exchange their
products they can exchange only their labor, or
the share of their labor in the products, which
they wish to exchange. What call in Eng
land the Cooperative Store is accordingly de
velopment, and in my view, great Improvement
of the most advanced form which Socialism has
vet assumed. | allude to the Bank of the People.
The B ank OF the People has fallen through owing
to a variety of reasons, connected with personal
character, and political circumstances but above
all to the fact that it divorced itself from religion,
which is the very essence of organzation-that it
admitted no other standard of value, than what
was determined in general debate-and that it
made no distinction between exchangeablc pro.
duets, and those, which for long time, are still
destined to be boughta and sold.
We will attempt to solve the problem after
having taken into the solution those elements
which have hitherto been neglected 1t is, in this
view, that | call the Cooperative Store new fact.
Among the members of our council OF promoters,
the two persons who have done the most for the
foundation of this establishment are Messrs. Van
sittart Neae, and Thomas Hughes. am glad to
announce to the pioneers Of the new world, that
they have powerful auxiliares beside.
The publication of Ihe Christian SOcia}ist is
another fact of the highest importance. This pub
LEGATION is destined to produce important results
before long. | have already spoken to you of it,
| will soon return to this subject. The principal
editor of the journals j. NJ Ludlow, the man who
may be regarded as having taken the initiative
in England in Industrial Association
| make all this precede the news of Germany,
and what is here called the Papal aggression, be-
cause what is at the bottom of the European po
sirion, as the cause OF struggle and war, is the
great mystery of the terrestrial destiny OF men
and of nations, of which Socialism as the last de-
yelopment of Christianity is the solution,-be-
cause what is at the bottom Of the European po-
stion in the Economical order, ia the conflict OF
interests which occasions the conflict of kings
and people, rich and poor, employers and employ
ed No solution will be defnitiye, SO long as
these antagonsms shall not be resolved in &C
cordance with the revelation of Christ
We are nearer war than we have been since
the year 1915. Prussia has taken a decided part.
1t cannot 90 back without destroying itself as a
nation. Will it be forced into war? | cannot
accept this hypothesis although hitherto every
thing has been at the mercy OF the smallestevent.
The excitement of the Prussian nation is incon-
testible. This excitement will prevent the King
of Prussia from drawing back. 1t will not make
Europe fall back But it will make it reflect and
we shall have an adjustment by Congress.
Prussia appears quite isolated at this moment
But she will have the sympathies OF the Enghsh
people, In spite OF the apparently successful eI4F!s
of Russia and of Austria, to falalty the pubic
opinion Of this country. Prussia will moreover,
have the support of the English Cabinet, at least
of the actual Cabinet, and although Lord john
Russell has signed the ultimate cause OF his fall
in bis famous letter against the PaPal aggression
he has temporarily erected in his favor power
full impulse, which will last for some time to come,
certainly long enough to prevent the hafoPe ear;
lent asg restoration 5o Of the past While what is in the
designs of Providence is reconciliation Oh tie (
antagonistic elements by new mediation Of the
In spite OF the reiterated appeals oaIl the frac-
lions OF the revolutionary party IN spite OF the
rnanifestos, and which IS, in my opinion, gravely
romnrornsed thereby, DO not speak Of the Re
yolntionary party. because, as l think, it has
lost all active force for the present. The true
progressive interest is On the side of Prussia, in
complete as this progress may be, and although
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