Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-19
FRENCH CoMMuNrsM
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coRREsPosDENcI THE "BRITAEsIA."
am assured, by gentleman who has the Of know
ing that Communist principles in their hideous and
abomnable formpeecs community Of goods even perfec
community of women--have gained firm hold of the ma
ory Of the working Of the Fauboug st. Antoine and
are spreading every day. My informant adds that in all the
among the peasantry Of many departments Communism has
lately got into great favor, because they told that will
lead to the distribution among them Of the possessions Of the
rich Eighteen months and ago the great dread Of
the respectable classes Of society Of Socialist opinions;
but what they compared to Communism In one sense
Socialism is very good thing or, speak more correctly
there is sort Of what il 10 the fashion call Socialism to
which no reasonable man can object and that is the
mova Of the many very oppressive Burdens and unjust
strictions which weigh the working population Of France
the like Of which do exist and did exist in England
also the extension, far possible Of the Of finding
employment Of such Socialism every intelligent man. in
fact is partisan ;and the Legtmist party, in particular
has demanded II and again Indeed may say
that the Conservative party in England is at this moment
deavong 70 obtain this sort Of good Socialism, nssmuch
is sincere regard for the true interests Of the working class
and especially Of agricultural population which causes il
to combat the runous policy Of eeade But between this
meek Socialism and the abominaon Of Communism there
an abyss And yet repeat the working classes Of Paris
are now Communistsare longer willing to be con-
tent with few just and necessary reforms but bent on
stripping the rich Of all they have and reducing every man to
the same lodging the clothing, the food crown
ing all this by the abolition Of marriage There something
SO horrible in the idea Of the great country being
infected with such arocous sentiments, that would fam
hope that it is but, alas there reason to doubt
As proof have procured copies Of the songs which
the workmen accustomed to sing and the books and
pamphlets they read and you they all full Of the
maddest and viest Communism. 1t would disgust your
readers to go in detail into these hod publications. and 1t is
only by doing that fair idea be formed Of their mon
strous iniquity But will venture quote few lines from
one Of the ild songs avoiding, however indecent
all that refers to the nonmarried state:
He quot! la vie est done torture s
Sommes-nous mes dams un vaon de p!eures
Non: mais le bien veut FegalitS pure:
lie privilege fat tous malheurs
Pour conquerr Ia celeste patrie,
Pour asseoir au civque festin,
Foulons aux pieds lie serpent de Penvie,
Brisons nos fers en- nous serrant Ia main.
De runivers ladmrabe structure,
Telle est ia loi, divine egaHte!
Tout est soumis a Ia sainte nature,
Tout est par toi psrfaite liberte
Plus de tyrans; plus de guerre cruelle; I-..0
Mule est proscrit A ton banquet divn
Chacun portant Ia sante fraernele;
BOua sa soft Ct mangera sa taim.
Mas quoi! deja le sophiste en- colere
Went m'accuser dune sppetit brutal; I.s...Y
Rassurons-le dams notre pholGsstye,
LIE corps, Pesprit, auront un drot egal
Lerreur vaincue, oh ibre de contrainte,
Chacun pourra, maitre de son destin, .-.
Suivant son gre, dams nore cite sante,
JOUR- jamais du bonheur souverain.