New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-17
FRANCE.
Workingmens' Associations.
Correspondence of The Tribune
PARIS, We,ines sday, July 2, 1854.

po,ubIic in 1913, they have been subjected
70 the most rigid and annoying Government In
snection; but that, Notwithstanding the hostility
of the present Ministry, to everything that sayors
Of Socialism, no shadow OF objection has yet
been made to any OF their proceedings. Be sure,
that an organization which can stand such
test, must he tolerabiy perfect piece of mechar-
ism If it were in their pOwer-that IS, If there
were the slightest preext for 1.-THE authorities
would close every Association in France before
sun-down. They have already closed several for
the most frivolous reasons, and have a sharks
eye on all the rest Were any establishment of
the old regime forced to undergo this worse than
trial by fire, it would be consumed IN twinkling.
In fact the Government Departments themselves
could stand 1t, least of all.
If the elections of 1852 are favorable TO
Republcanism, Associations will at once spring
up-a full harvest Of them-in every part of the
country. The seed Is already sown, and not
even the relentless hand of selfish Aristocracy
can pillow it up. 1t has entered into every inch
OF the soil, and germlnates,-fructlheS even,-
despite the combined efforts OF Church ana
State TO scatter II to the winds.
With the people Republicanism and Social
ism are interchangeable terms. Not Socialism
| in the sense OF skepticIsm but rather IN the
| sense of practical Christlanism. Republican
ism which leaves all the commercial machinery
| of the past intact which sanctions all the rum
Gus competitions and monstrous monOpOlleS OF
an inverted civilization; which can coexlSt with
even the worst species of Chattel slavery; which
| consigns the great mass of laborers and mechan-
| les to extreme toll and nlggardly compensatlon'
| seems to the French Reformers Repubhcanlsm
| not worth working for-certalnly not worth tight
| ing for But Republlcanism which begins by
| abOshing slavery, and cleansing the Statute
| Book of every law OF monopoly and privilege,
| and which then seeks so to reorganlze the Indus
| trial Community as 10 give every man ialT
chance TO work. and fair share of the fruits OF
| his work which uproots the galows and the
| puillotne, and proclaims the Gospel of Love and
| Good VIII which ordalns Universal Suffrage,
| and secures Universal Education. Such Re
| publicansm, those same Reformers are willing
| to make any sacrifices for. Such Republican,
| ISM in fact, they are determined TO have. That
| such a state of feeling should alarm men who
are utterly Indifferent to the general welfare, so
| that they can live IN castles, and be protected IN
| their state by the strong arm OF the Law men
| who never knew the sensation of hunger except
| rs luxury, and are only affected by human sui
ferng when IL interfereS with their sports, or ~
| trudes into their own circle, is easily explained
! above all, men whose private welfare IS lntl-
| matey bound up with the common veal, Is an
utter mystery. For If there is class OF men IN
France who rigldly respect the Rights OF Prop
erty, and who keep within the Strlctest limits OF
the Law, 1t Is the class engaged IN Social Re
! form. LabOring for pacific end they use only
the most pacific measures and 1t Is only when
| these means are denied them; when they are re-
fused the privilege of free speech and free assem-
| bage when their best friends are imprisoned
! for the simplest expression OF their opinions; IT
| is only under such circumstances that they are
| disposed TO resort even to violent language. n
resort to arms can only result from the EXTREMIST
! tyranny.
| The men most notorious In France, AT this
time, for violating the law, and thus provoking
| disorder and CRIME, are the MonarchlStS. Their
whole aim appears to be to undermine the Con
stituton and overthrow the Republic They
| shout their sedltlous doctrines IN the public
streets and proclaim them IN the National AS
Sembly. Their presses are filled with abuse OF
| Democracy, while their priests solemny de
nounce ii as a delusion. They succeeded, long
! since, in obtaining a law which prohibits the sale
! of all Republican journals IN the streets, while
their own are hawked at every corner If man
shouts Vire la Repubhque Social et Denocrahq,'e
they contrive TO get HIM imprisoned as dis
turbcr OF the public peace; but the cries OF 1ivr
! Napoleon FiUe Napoleon II, euen, are bawled
on, with impunity Had the Republicans pos
sessed particle of that blood-thlrsty spirit which
! Is commonly attributed 10 them, I'm America,
regret TO say, as well as throughout Europe)
they would not have rested quiet under such
mean and infamous treatment for moment. To
say that the military power has kept them III
sublecton Is to talk nonsense, for when you
/ consider that an overwhelming majority of the
| pcople even IN Paris. are Republicans shat they
! prcdommato, also, both in the National Guards
! and IN the Line, YOU Will see, al once. that II is
tt,xrr aapt Af-.a q
least desperate and bloody insurectoa Last
I February, during the Anniversary of the Rcvolu-
! ton and again IN June, while celebrating the
Inauguration OF the Republic they were assem-
/ bled in such force that to have declared civil
war, and, at any rate exterminatcd whole host
| of their tIeacherous Oppress0rS, might have been
! the work OF a moment. But no such spirit eA-
! listed The uncOunted multitude who came
forth on those occasions 10 testify their devotion
/ 10 the Republic, presented as pacific an aspect
as gathering OF Americans celebrating the
| Fourth of july Their demonstration was pow
erful, but 1t was peaceful-poweriul III fact be-
! cause peaceful. The Government were over
awed by 1t, and have not recovered from their
+ CONSERVATION since. The spectacle OF some
( hundred thousand determined men, all Republi-
cans, and all OF undOubted bravery bending their
way, with firm and united steps, toward the
places most intimately associated with Tev0lu-
tlonary memories, and circlng the monuments
10 their brave departed associates with wreaths
of beautiful flowers, utterng, meanwhile, no
Outcry save now and then an impulslve and en-
thuSlastlc Ire Ia Repubhgue. was well adapted
To Impress any GOvernment-eSpeciallya a Co.
,ernment made up Of reactlonlSts and traitors.
All this IN passanf- Now for a word about the
AssOciGted Cooks. Eating being more important
institution in this country than in any other, and
the whole population from the renters to the rag
pickers, being more or less in the habit OF eating
tar
this kind OF Association is more numerous than
any other
The organization III immediate reference Is
established In the quartier Latin a quarter abound
ding in students and grisettes, with showy
Sprlnkling of lorefics. ltOhe Association was IN