New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-13

- fsrca % ffr mental NcriC IA aLl Interest
1su- s1i c-eGit - the lesser snd the weaker
-aoes ~ the destructive enemies OF usefu .AbOr
which i've lpCn rs flesh and blood The f1c-~grss
winch uphold tbs system must be destroyed that
% may speedily EI~s ~ Pc -'0rf
Tie French Economists s1c Socialists srlse the
public and themselves by chasing the small doc
tTlcs 0. .1tHsf and credit while trum ignorance
or fear they cave the larger tibss OF devastating
doctrines IND sturoed IN the dark csvsrns OF tie
pabic mlnd Reduce the interest Of capits nom
i've o four per cent from iour 70 three from three
% two from TWO o. one. and thence q zero Or era
tulty Of credit and Socialism has -evolucouized
,he word. ssys Pro1fhon. The other Socialists
smlss tne pubic and themselves with theories
winch would put the word % rights the rich
would JOIN the poor in ARROWS systems OF sssosia
goa sud community There = An y At the begin
ltuc 90. 81! Tie Arguments % socialism !. s now
discussed. But y the nrh wont ioin the poor
What then The poor nrst organize themselves,
AMI ay the mgtabiity Of credit and exchange re
iscc Che -cL ~ Tie necessity u living Gu their cap
.tu lnu. o. : exhausted That very well 10
theory bot bow are YOU "a realize u practically
By establishing q Peoples bank Proudhous
Bank Of the People hss been dissolved and other
projects ~ the sane nature would meet with the
same fate
When God made fish he made the water they
cou,s SWIM ~ When he made birds he made the
AZ f'r them "a q o. prouihon has ina siucd an
AZ element - bve snt move in. Monopoly and
rent sre social clements IN which the organism o.
mur1al exchange and credit could never live and
NOV and have Is being
The discussion OF the truth snd beauty O; that
organism regardless of the social atmosphere o.
rent and privilege. IS M idle aud ilus0ry discus
sion calculated % throw partial hght on the great
question but not % give "a a complete des of the
7sf % misery snd degradation among the work
ing classes r may be deemed willy 1OfEs b.
the management OF general discussion not D fright
eu smsl m0nopo.iss Of land and funded property.
VINO would not listen 30 the fundamental doctrines
q reform but 10 Is penny wise and pound foolish.
/ fear, % play with angry passions only hall en-.
lChtened 10 these revolutionary times Of progress.
The struggle between rent and salary. property
AMI fTb0r. e not question o. mere usury and IN.
terest. credit and exchange L is question OF
conquest AID spolistl0n monopoly and deprivation,
force and weakness, good and oviL night anu
wrong To IO,tCr the brains OF the people with
discussions of interest and usury. credit and
chsnge, two per cent and three per cent. Is but
silly cunning system Of increasing mental logs ami
general bewiderment
The love OF popularity aud persona success would
seem 20 be 10 small promoter oi Obscurlty IN the
discussion OF these questions Most Of the leading
Socialists m France not only hesitate 20 siit this
question 70 the bottom. but scout the very thought
Of such sitting They think the tree may be de.
stroycd by topping of the minor branches II would
be madness, m their eyes, 20 think o. cutting up
tine roots or saving through the middle OF the trunk.
They have strewed the ground all over with the
twigs aud leaves OF the great tree Of privilege and
perpieNed the public mind with the innumcrablc
products OF their clipping labors. Burn up tins
rubbish and the tree will be destroyed. say they
and the dcluded masses clap their hands with JOY
al tie projected blaze Pruudhon and BastIat have
been thus amusing the people tor some months
without touching IN the least decree the root and
trunk of the great evil They probably deudc
thems elves as well as others Ia this wrestling match
OF credit and per centage viii not initiate them.
W mat i the question a. issue in the Revolution
IL IL the poverty and slavery Of the abOrlng multi
tude struggling against the wealth and oppression
~ the iadeUfndfut few Whence the poverty 81
the ofmer aud the riches OF the latter To answer
tins question clearly ~ few words we must con
tine ourselves 10 some one branch OF property and
labor as n type ofothcrs. Let us take the primary
sources OF wealth and industrial actyIty-the LGnd
aud .8grcplfarai Lab0r All other sorts OF prop
per,y and labor are subseryient 20 these
The chief cause Of the poverty Of Agricultural
Labor = the necessity Oi paying rent In France.
the oRt absorbs one half Of the produce Of iabor
cry year The working men are thus ieR0Ng lie.
spoiled OF hail the fruits of their production They
pay ilty per cent per annum for the rghE 10 labor
on the land In many parts Of Europe. 30 AMI I'D
per cent OF the yearly produce 81 the land are paid
by lsborers rent and profit. IL IS not a question
OF two or three i've per cent on capital, but one
ot Sd, CO. 10 per cent On the produce 0i abOr The
first concerns the landlord only and the master
farmers or the rich the second is tie real question
between property and labor
Whence the uakf OF the rch 20 levy one bali the
produce Of farm as ,eHti This night Is derived
tom the exclusive possession, Or the ieg0i mcuopC
y of land
Tie l.eaii-s} mouopoi, Of land Is derived from
conquest on ius ssiOu or primitive seizure and o.
cupation.
This Individual risht oi monopoly OF exclusive
possession derived from violence, Or cunning or
necessity
II IS useless 20 discuss these various sources o.
monopoly and legal right 20 the possession Of land
They were evidently necessary IN the beginning ol
society but IRE they necessary now are they
use,u. or hur;iu' That : the question
The iSgal rehts OF property IN land sud the hu
man j0crrtne, invented % maintain these rights
are a. Isgf,Hafs Ia their existence rs the unciean
AMI ierocous animals Bu, are they m0,e iegiti
mate than these creations | TOW not DespOtiC
Institutions and ierocious animals were yrosideu
TALLY necessary and highly useful during the az.
cultivated ages OF the globe and Of humanity but
they are Lot 50 now. We have a right therefore.
90 abolish them when they are 10 longer necessary
The question then IS not one Of legality or truth u
d. one ~ usefulness aud OF necessity Are they
sciul Are they necessary The working men
ssy w the rich say Ave. Hence the Revolution
Who can s'og Il VIII the rch give way the
poor succumbf Il conclusion possibie, desirable,
necessary
tn paenie 10 quibbe about 0ght aud legal Or
igin Nobody doubts Of the divine origin Of croco.
dies and rattle-snskes wolves and foxes bugs and
Ice, but every body questions their utility IA civil
lied society and cultivated regions Or the globe -
Their origin IS certainly d,ViAe their existence Is
legitimate their instincts snd their habits Ok III
have been highly necessary but are they low re-.
/ CURED They were useful on the earth when it
was uniuhabted by man but when b. occupies the
ard and cu.iivates IL they become not only useless
I bat injurious
When men were iO1aging savsges, ignorant o.
al the arts Of industry az! iructtylng culture,
wss highly useful for the people generally and ne
positive creation OF the elements OF progress, That
the ucst intelligent and active Of the race should
orzsnise themselves IN military bands, seize upon
the aud and '0rce the careless mDltfudes % learn
the arts gf cultivation and mechanical production
but when that necessity has ceased BY the success
] fal training u the labonng masses. u work ibe
/ land and weave and build and create wealth b.
| their uuceasinz efforts. then the usefulness u
/ military ords and masters disappears with tic
necessity u their original existence meno' science
| and industrial experience are alone required 10
head tie operations OF creative industry, and gov
ern and administer socsety. Kings and Princes
/ EmperUrs aud Dukes, Counts Bsrons' captains al
chiefs Of military iegious become encumorsnces y
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