New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-12

brought forward the ne~-but In THIS case ''' ~"
1os freedom. but desPofsm .,.o,s,,on and
An R.,o,uops were directed against iso'snon a"d
Dun ,'-ss'., movers in which multitude of free
.-...s. h.d hitherto felt themselves secure. Both
.-ss certain individual forms Of life as for exam
= .sr,orstions. classes, provinces, or made them
.hrdns,e 10 the integral political organization, when
-, Ara, created In spite OF the individual anarchy
-hcb accompanied both revolutions during their pro-
vs.s and which alone made this progress possible, they
18th led TO the system Of concentration, and the en-
Agreement of the governmental power, which destroys
the power of classes, circles, and provinces.
Nothing affords stronger proof Of this tendency Oh
modern times despotsm, than the tendency wnicn S'
FIRST sight seers directly opposed TO II and wnlcn pro-
pnses 10 every individual unlimited deveiopmeh a
81 his vents which no one now dreams o
The yre.n The Socialist and Communist dreenon "u'Cn
aims to establish In opposition TO Ihe pIe'ehueo
esssfu issue OF the fret French hevoiuuoh an eney
80 order of edom-a II sedsm, which sna presen1
= .nar.ytee against every form VI Rbsdu1Sm rae
pasrd for directing Labor, which II 10 propose snould
regulste the distribution OF work and enjoyment ie
estre most would found despotin that leaves every
ss,ng form of absolutlsm IN the background There
hes never vet been Utopia which Ia s extravag 4oces
Ala mot cspy the actual evils which fanced Itself In
the most direct opposition -, e.oL,...
Laws The interests Of corporations, classes and prov
inres are too small and weak 10 occupy tue energies OF
men and MI their ambition lac Law Of lao31 ana e4
change of the products of labor bears down all indvd
nal efforts The struggle for political freedom Tor the
independence Of provinces end states cannot De earn
estly pursued in the combat OF labor OF nater4i gam
of getting living Before the mighty Combinations ana
rrenoemens which these latter interests create, the
independence of individual political circles cannot be
maintained. The desires and purposes OF in1lve1ss
both Of and Of States, VIII De crushed or ih, 70
pieees under the despcsm OF tst law which forces the
labor of the world into whole, one systern-
The revolution Of 4s was revolution oil weaknessI
u arose from the feeling OF dissatisfaction wnicn mao
been awakened by the weakness OF the civil organHa
ton and s secret object Tvs real and only oDJect was
stronger, untary organization. f. 40 s,n,ba
There was government enough oe.S'e ao' pa,oion
TOO rnnucb but without any result The arms OF IoV,
eminent were always In mouo7-out tney suIou
nothing-edict followed edict-6ut 'hey MADE no lal,
nyesson and created nothng-the machine was always
in action but IL bad nothing In II and Oh course noue
vas pfoduced This unfruitful and merely apparent
motion last became intoleraole 10 tne PeoPomdS
stfacked and broke down the stupid eng'nery ana oe
ynanded machine In which the State aud themselves
should be worked up into Uniform mass r.,o..,;vo
Such a weakness, for instance was tho reoera1so
svstem Of Austria and the Provincial system OF Prussia
In sue of the contrary appearance the Revolution nad
for lie secret object the strictsst oo
iect which is still well understood by the reaction "hen
n 10 prevent the SUB ecton nj the oneren
nations of the Austrian Empire 70 the Central Govern
spt and attempts Ia Prussia 10 restore she separation
of provinces and classes and even 10 establish corpora
tons. - 40 .l,o ,.,,o ,order
nv 20 and to the destruction oil individual
freedom and independence. All great Industrial estao
Hsbmen,s make A. impossible for email capital 70 sus
tain itsefi In its isolated indepe who could
once gain fair independence with small capital, must
now become an official workman In large estao
Eshment or be will be degraded into proleIary.
Machinery has usurped universal dominion. 1t makes
every thing eoualdemands the obedience os-its the
despot OF the master OF the capitalist OF tne
as well Of those who make use OF H. (on raioaus lol
instapce IL dictates the law, to winch every one VINO
hes uncOD0lGOnaliy submit
All great ente rprzes like rail roads, which depend on
great concentration OF capital and consequently on
ASSOCIATION must be placed under strong authority,
that IT, under Independently acting b 'ard OF III
reetors Capital has taken possession of treedom,-it
can turn itself combine Itself, 1t peascs-l must
concentrate itselt 10 order to become profitable but as
soon ga Il has concentrated itself, IL becomes yrant
and POUNDS an absolute despotsIp.
Machinery in England represents iaoorppweI VI
from three TO four hundred millions OF men-what are
the few millions OF human aboIers but part OIL ue
nachinery-aad part which has not the intelligence
the efficiency, the ndetstigableness OF the ma
chueryi
name (eRRins) Tor In fact geRiUs has become metal
A mnchine- and the other hand, the machine, the
metal has become genus, intelligence.
The mopsirous forces OF machinery In when genius
bss created for itsef brazen body cannot DC comOe-
ted with by the workman-he succumbs TO tue mon,
strous capital which combines the power Oh goid, oil
nature aud of intelligence, IN macttneTy-he must De
come The bond slave of him who fastons him to the
machine 81, A., 80 l.
Even pations tied 10 machinery they are az
pepdent on it-for they mut produce In order to
produce they must ap peal TO the aid OF machinery:
Machinery controls Governments-ior these nave
now no higher functions than TO provide Tor extending
the ser OF machinery, and TO preserve It's develop
ment from injurious RESTRICTIONS. Machinery controls
the srstocrscy for this avail itsef OF the AID OF
machinery or loses In efficiency and imp ortance l!
controls science for the syetem OF machine has shown
Itself more practical and profitable than oil phosophi-
cal systems put together IL has placed Art the back
ground, for The mysterious organization OF machine
now avakens more admiration, produces deeper emo
lion than the architecture Of building or the comoo
siton Of tragedy. lu short machinery has suoju
gated everything to itsef-it Is the sole sutocrat OF
society. 50, -,
Thns does the machinery of the whole civilized world
cooperate In the work Of universal levelag-iormng
The separate copies into uniformly organized and DIS
cplined msss-combining all nations into complete,
united, SOLITARY whole
or bitterness The service which t viii accomplish for
the future CONDITION of society will be pointed out in
subseouent articles BRUNO BAUER.