New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-20
EUROPE.
The Revolutionary Socialists.

Ihe more lretlect upon the principles
have TO unfold, and the facts have TO exoouad,
the more feel satisfied with having found on tho
other side OF the Atlantic place where the good
believe can accomplish for serious minds pre-
occupied with the apocalyptic events accumulat-
ing since 1873, will be without sny mixture Of
that bad old grudge which party spirit propag.tes
here on the occasion Of any efforts made by pro-
gressive thought to open way for itself. la my
disclosures OF the truth as to the men and things
Of Socialism, Of which am tried servant, and
will always remain faithful one, shalt certainly
not cause deplorable scandal, like Proudhsa;
still, should be kept back BY scruple coacers-
ing the advantages which the bad passions Of shs
counter revolution might possibly draw from some
otmy statements, if there were not aoother world.
and, thank God, a new one, between these bad
passions and myself.
have shown to you, in my last, how the revolu-
tonists who mean to separate themselves from So
cialism, and who look for allies among Protestants
Constitutional Liberals, and even ,dicas, are in
the wrong how the idea of the Independence OF
nationalities, however great in itself, no longer
answers to the wants Of the masses IN Europe;
and how the only consequent and efficient reyolu-
tionists are the revolutionary Socialists.
1t is with the latter that we now have IA deal,
but let me tell you, by the way, that it would be
erroneous TO Imagine that the principle of the in.
dependence Of nati0nGfities, such as it has bsea
laid down till now, had outLved in the public
mind either the practical decisions which hays
followed the establishment of & institutional R,di-
cal, and even Republican governments, or the crit
ical analysis made by Socialism Of the right OF
suffrage and other constitutional liberties, as
means of popular emancipation. The very day
when the st. Simonans defined the people as tie
most numerous and he poorest class, it was per-
fectly manifest that over the hole suffice of the
world, and particularly in Europe. the dependence
Of the greater number upon the few WIS 81 clear
" established by poverty and by the want Of per-
sonoi credit that the right TO the suffrage as well
as other lib, tiles must always turn to the profit
of the richer. whether noble or not Ii has even
been d. monstrated that the po vcr Of lnerc ante
wealth alone, grounded upon the principle Of the
absolute right Of capital over labor, was, at the
bottom, less favorable to the welfare Of the poor
than any other moderate form of constitutional
ism in which roy atty aud arstocracy. by ri Int Of
birth--that is to say, digine rght-still preserved
their power, as, for example, the English Cohsti-
tuition.
1t is above all at the national cause id Italy in
Hungary. and among the SclavonaD peoples, that
this demonstration has struck ruds blow. |
say at the national cause in Italy, Hungary, and
Poland "a it has been understood Gil now by most
of its prOmOi ers for am thor iughly convinced
and readily Acknowledge that Mazzni, Kossuth,
and Adam Mckiewicz have other IDEAS; but their
ideas are in the minor ty among the masses
and neither the Italian nobility and bourg >oisis.
nor the Hungarian nobility and bourgeoisie, nor
the Polish nobility and bOurgeose, would adoot,
on this subject, the views OF kossuth, Mazzlni,
or Mickie .cz. 1t is still another fact affirm,
and am perfectly justified in affirming.
As French p'ovrb says, the WORDS OF
Socialism in regard TO the impotence Of ConstItu-
tiOnaDlsm Liberalism and Radicasm, have not
fallen into the ears OF the deaf The despots
have made their profit from them. The Emperor
and The mobiles Of Russit THE Emperor and
the mobiles of Austria, the Pope and the no.
bles Of Italy, did not fail 10 comprehend that thess
words can at te0st for a certain time serve their
purposes They have accordingly employed and
still employ them in this way, some Of them upon
their peasants, Others upon the masses Of the ur-
ban and rural population. This line Of action
was is still and will be and MORE efIicacious
This is anoth, tact which feel self bound to
point out. | do not say this fact is not in itself
very disagreeahle and very unlucky with respect
to the old combinations for liberty and enancipa
tioD founded upon ALI ince with the Protestsnts
Liberals and Radicals; but IL is a fact, and this
fact reflects upon a situation whose var Gus fea-
lures | do not try at all to diss. mble. II is Ger
tain that, under this aspect, the Eruption Of So
calism, amid the old parties, has produced
throughout Europe an effect altogether unfaysra-
bic to the Of Prott stantisn, Liberalism and
Radicalism. The d parties, Protestant. Liberal
and Radical have nads Of il the text of their per
manent accusations against Socialism. Let them
do with respect to this just as they like. 1
will limit my self for the present to the affirmation
hat in hen FIR ha Of
every oppressed nation the most lively sympa-
th'es that tins independence IL one Of it's su-
preme ends; but entertaining as to the ways and
means Of q v ritabe independence a different se-
III Of principles and IDEAS from those Of Protest
a. Is, Lib rails and Radicals il pursues Oh rsali-
zstion Of national independence under another
FORM and through other combinations, makisg
the conditions Of political liberty a;cordast With
the conditions OF social liberty in all Europe, in
Germany, Italy Hungary Poland, Spain, Portu-
gal. and even in France.
Yes, and even IN France, for the extinction Of
every degree Of political liberty in that country
just after the realization Of universal suffrage,
and subsequently 10 four consecutive opera.
tons If Universal suffrage, il at the samo
time the best Justification Of the revolutionary
Socialists with resoect To this separation, which
they have not sought, and the most solid arsu-
ment On which to ground their controversy, and,
as senriDels Of the future, 70 establish their dog
mas Such is in fact the melancholy result OF
the operation of universal Suffrage in France
that Is TO saw, smong a peopie who haucg
changed in 1879 the system OF religion. fsmuy
and prop~rfy is the nearest to what trs reyoIu-
tions,y Socialists call socis emancipation, which
is the Indispensable condition Of political and civil
emancipation
The frst operation Of universal suffrage de-
styo,ed the Provisional Government, bringing in
irs stead Caysigpacs Dictatorship, and, at thu
same time, the exile Of Louis Blanc and Caussi-
deere
The second operation brought forth the election
Of Napoleon, or ia. restoration Of the right Of
birth, under another form and ia behalf of another
fsmiIy than the Bourbons.
The third operation produced the legislative As
ssmbly, with Mr.. DUpn as Prss'd mt, Msssrs.
Leon Faucher and FalIoux as mis- -ers, and final
~ the destruction of universal suffrage by the law
Of May 81.