New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-27

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The confest ~ ~ ~ So line PCS
been wa&sds 81 and abodt Fsris u nor,
than the simple 1r1isiag ~ ! people
against the authority o. The provisions
government which has been established
since the ending Of the late war between
France and Prussia. Il is q civil strife
engendered from spirit Of resistance Of
organized labor against capital. II ID
emphakically revolution Of labor. Very
many have looked upon 1t as the ebuIli-
ton Of passion from an excited mob, who
have no other design than to create riot
without any direct object or purpose.
This same Paris many times before has
had its civil strife between its people,
arising from-their mercurial temperament,
which is not of long duration and soon
ends in the masses becoming subject to
the will of some master mind who,
from some grand military achieve
ment, becomes an idol and a
ruler. Their revolutionary theories are
social and religious chimeras, resulting
in gushing and enthusiastic proclama-
tons Of universal philanthropy ending
withthese magic words, Liberty, Equality.
Fraternity These are the peculiar char
acteristics Of this volatile people, who are
vain, tickle, coy, uncertain and hard to
please. 1t has been justly said shat
Partisan self-indulgence will have its TT
ting apotheosis when, as we may hear ere
long, marriage is pronounced brutality,
government tyranny, property robbery,
and religion sham. Then the commune
will be absolute, and every Partisan will
enjoy every blessing of life without check
of law, religion or administration. Each
citoyen Of the new republic will be law
unto himself" The basis Of the present
is wider, deeper and more far
in its effects, influences and
motive than the mere chimerical faulty
Or theoretical sentimentaiism of poll
heal charlatans actuated by ambition
and selfshness. It is, as already said, the
struggle between labor and capital. It is
not alone in France that this movement
IS gathering strength for mighty con-
aict. These French roages are nothing
more than the workingmen, who have de-
;ermined that the time has come for them
% strike the blow which is to emancipate
hem from their degradation and slavery
o capital or wealth. They have labored
ong enough to assist in the accumulation
# wealth and fortune to their employers.
t is an effort in which they have the SYM
,athy, and ere long will have the support
# hundreds of thousands of their brethren
n toll and bondage in other places and
provided those who are engaged
n the strife do not weaken the cause by
heir extravagance and the Preparation |
# acts of lawlessness and crime. We
now that in most countries there are
rade unions and other organizations
y which they protect and support |
heir members; resist and subject the
apital which would employ them to
compliance with their demands. These
,echanics or laboras for years past have
cen unable to oppose single handed the
qle and sway of capital, and had no
over of resistance; but now, by con-
entration and association, they have be-
ONE powerful, and already oppose
apital, which has SO long controlled
lem. These toiling men have made
theirs rich, while they and their families
ave been poor and miserable. All the
ealth of the world has been created by
lem, and they have enjoyed but little of
he fruits of their labor. Laws, govern
ents, tariffs, taxes and priests have
,bbed the laborers to enrich the en-
oyers and the capitalists. When they
ave resisted, the capital class has starved
lem out or restrained them by law. To
ruggle against the chains with which
ey were bound was to bring them more
isery and deeper degradation.
As years rolled on the laboring classes
Europe have been growing in wisdom
d experience. By patient effort and
itation organizations have been formed
: self.protection, mutual development,
d the elevation of labor. Now these
cieties are numbered by millions, and
nifty in every country. In England
pecially it is said that there are about
% million Of mechanics, laborers and
tisans connected with these societies,
d their numbers are increasing. There
ese people are more sober and self-con- !,
'lled than their Partisan brethren. The !,
tbreak of Paris, wild and bloody as
is, can be considered only as the ex-
,sion of the vast, boiling, volcanic ma
ial which underlies European society,
in the labor interest, and is
} first beginning of the storm which is
extend to every national capital of the
ntinent. 1t is to be hoped that the con- !
It may not be Of long continuance; that :
} strife may soon cease with better
1nsels prevailing, to the end that out of !;
this evil good may come to these poor y
fortunates. Whatever be the issue be-
cen the commune and the government
France, the more peaceful work of their