New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-02
FRANCE.
The UsurDer and the Industrial Ass''e'~
Csusspoaaszss Of Ths n y: nnoan~ ,s.,

4espot 10 the canno"D""' re-. =,
,os;e the end of the bayone' ms rum
!. .tritipely shown in the course OF LOUIS
u.,ol.on's curious administration. 40 mol
,.6e, 10 his original method oil answering the
debates of the Legislative Assembly, nor to the
peculisrly forcible manner in which he convinces
The restless shopkeepers Of the Boulevards,
whose fine houses still bear the marks Of his
novel application of the argumentum ad ho"''ne" I;
hut Prefer to a silent admonition he Is giving
Of the futlity and ill-success Of the doctrine VI
Industrial Association. 80,
You will remember that during the year lo4o'
after the new Government was wen 'n''aHeu'
the working people Of Paristook into 'neh nea''
tha, tbev could conduct their trades ior theih
..,ves without the Intervention OF employers,
end that the profits which had formerly gone TO
The CAPITALISTS might be put into their own peck
~. II was a simple idea, easily applied and
easily tested, and they supposed that no great
harm, beyond a temporary loss Of their labors
could result from it. Well, they set to work,
and. one after another, different trades were or
ssuized on the basis Of mutual protection and
interest.
II is said that within the course Of the last
two years, nearly two hundred OF these associa-
tons were formed. They drew up their articles
of agreement, chose their places of business,
elected their managers, and went into practical
opera,ion Some Vf them failed, OF course, either
from want Of means to begin WELL or from some
fundamental defect in their constitutions; Others
for long time, had a pTecarious aud uncertain
existence, and gave little solid satisfaction 10
their members. But the greater part, over
coming the temporary embauassmenis inevitably
incident 10 new enterprises, were either toler.
.h,s CT hiehly successful Some Of them made
money rapidly and at the end of every quarter,
enlarged their operations. The masons and the
cooks, in particular, were very successful, and
bsde fair by their example, to recommend the new
YysMm to all other trades and professions.
But the present government, it seems, is dis
posed 10 look at the matter In an entirely differ
chi hight, and under a pretense that these asso
Cations are measures Of Socialism, and that they
u,s]cad the working classes from their true and
proper interests, is silently laboring 20. effect
Their dissolution. They are not important or
conspicuous enough to demand a formal decree
ar vas the case in the confscation Of the Or
leans property, but the gardes de force go about
quietly taking down their signs, advising thea
90 disperse. and 10 look up some other kind Of
business. 1t is true, that this is terrible dlsas
ser fothe working men themselves, who have
mace fnug lirings in their vocation. but what are
ths interests Of a few. thousands Of laborers
cozpared with the policy of the great govern
nent of the Prince President,
Yos will say that such conduct is very arbs
frsry very tyrannical, very abusive OF power,
very insulting to the intelligence OF the people,
and very outrageous of their rights, but it is only
al piece with other acts Of this Republic, and
Why lot them! Allow the new Legislators the
inert OF consistency, II YOU VIII grant them
nothing else. They began by the most anda-
cious act Of usurpation and robbery, and there
Is therefore a necessity chat they should 20 on
in the same course. Dsspotism must je tue TO
its own nature and cause II these associations
were allowed 20 stand. they vond become per
petusl protests against he Old order Of things,
and eesseless propagation 81 discon,ent Louis
Napoleon in suppressing Them is faithful to the
instincts Of his kind and readily discerRs his
friends and his enemies.
What, however, is one mans poison is another
mans meat, and this breaking up Of the indus
TRIAL associations, while II will inure France
viii DO the United States good A meeting
lately held by tho operatives, who are thrown
gu, Of employ, resulted in proposal that rs
many as oould should emigra,o II was gener.
ally approved of and there has since sprung up
decided movement 10 that direction. Brazil
and Canada are talked Of by como as proper
places Of colonization. but the greater part will
prefer the United States. Already about six
hundred men are a, Brussels, preparing to de.
par, for New.York, and it is estimated that be.
fore spriog, some two thousand others will fol.
low them.
A better class could not go to the New World
They are for the most part intelligent, industri-
Gus, and peaceful men Of families, skilled in
many of the highest branches of practical art,
and prepared to give 10 the workmanship of our
various New-York establishments the finish and
elegance for which the French. are so well
known. Whether they erect manufactures of
their own or go into the employ OF others, they
will be valuable acquisitions TO the industry of
the country. Indeed, i, seems to me that i.
would be no bad speculation for some Of our
capitalists TO send out here for one or more Of
these associations of workmen, and transplant
them to New.York. They are capital mechanics.
and by the economics of the associative method
of labor, would be enabled to secure extensive
business and large profits.
This disposition ON the part OF the people to
emigra,e, is sad commentary on the political
state Of France. No nation is so attached to its
soil and habits as the French. Fewer OF them
90 away to other countries than of any other
people. They are tenacious, even to fanatcism.
OF whatever concerns their country, and many
OF them would rather siarve by slow degrees in
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