The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-11


and again the atmosphere Is cleansei. But let "a,
while we are surveying the laws oil this phenome
selves The question is 10 become OF That coun
try the tenuence ol whose laws aud practices 10
make the people corrnpL2
AMERICAN SOCIETY WRONGLY ORGANIZED.
But thus iar ilere ~ nothing thu matter Wuh Tho
great bulk OF our people; the real troabe ~ that
AMERICAN SOCIETY
IL wrongly organized. and the wrong classes are In
power IL IL organized, IN short on the European
arstocraic pan, aud IS more IN need Oh the puuh-
cation oil thorough revolution than even the So
clety OF Europe. our railway magnates are our
Marqulses OF Westminster ouI Earls OF Brelalbane.
aud our Dukes OF iicamond; and our re-eg bic
President Is every inch "a King. Mure tuan n king,
for he Aas wider power; ana worse tnan 4 KING
Tor whtie hereditary monarch naturally ieels per-
sOna interest IN mantaillng the welfare OF the coJn
try, eeglble president Is ready 10 sacrifice any
pubic measure, however Necessary TO good govern
ment, 10 secure his reelection. Tho most corrupt
ing form OF monarchy KnoWn 10 the word ~ that
wnich concea.s Itself in the con sttution OF the
United States In us iaiur. TO prohibit the re clig
bility OF tue executive. Let The new power which
Is coming IN America rub out this error and inscrbe
the 'one- Term Principlen upon its banners. Under
the constitution tnus reformed we shall have prcSi
dents whose constant Impulse IL viii DO 10 promote
tine public welfare TO permit honest men to remain
when their term s done. Without this CHEF reform
we musG plunge on In corruption, ana soon drive
upon the rocks.
THE SUBDIVISION or LANDED ESTATES.
The other man reform we need Is The adoption of
the Jaw OF France IN regard 10 the subdivision OF
the estates OF deceased propretors, as amended by
the lnternallonae. TINS VIII enectually root out
the seeds OF primoseniture and entail, which are
beng carefully losaered b the purseproud arlsoc-
racy OF our country North aud south, and Will pre-
vent the vhlany OF donating away the public do
main to iDonopollss To the exicnt OF empires, from
pasulng us beyond one generation. Inc constant
tendency OF Inc French law Is TO break up large
estates and redlsribute the land, under genie and
equitable innuelces, back among the people. ~ Is
law wnlch Will De acceptable 10 me rlcn as wen as
10 the poor. Tor, wne by tightening the burdens Of
taxation II Practically increase the property Of
every proprietor. II vastly enarges the opportunl.
ties ol every landess man To become a proprietor
himself II is. III snort nos ouy essentially demo.
cratic law, but the very fountain OF dealvcIacy
iIsel; and my convictions are renewed (as eX-
pressed several Years ago. tnat no country can long
remain democratic or republican without 1t.
RESUME OF THE REVOLUTIONARY CREED.
lhave now sketcned ana beieve win fairness,
the purposes ana acts 0i the Comnune ald, as lar
AS nave been aDe 10 ascertain Llean the principles
OF The lnteraatonale. have shown me irst 10 nave
been acGaated 10y he nobest motives, characterized
by the pureSt conduct and butcnercd ~ the shrine
oil liberty unconyicted OF crime. have eX-
amined the second, not with the eyes or man VINO
hates tue poor, but OF one wno loves ms race, aud
found them 10 be as honest thcir labor ana
ing only TO lbcrate mankind from the tyranny OF
kings aud from tnat false condition OF society which
conlcrs all the rewards OF life upon the few and I'M
poses al the hardsnp5 ana SACRIFICES Oh the many
found their creed - De-.
The fraternity of msusn regarded a principle
paramount To the dpaica boundaries ot nations
. the abosh.nen Of war as mode OF settling national
dispues and the consequent adjustment of the death
Zoe iederatve principle to be applicable to all states
sn 10 be ""n'an'1 On system o International ''''-
The by Inc tnE OF hhlHfs)
order tina, may De redisi1bute thonsh puoc sale and
deposit IN the puoc treasury to the succeeding gene
raiipn. -
legislative char ers.
b. Universal suffrage.
Marriage 70 be simpliGed to formal ncknow-
edsment before magistrate the trade Of public pros
tuon to be prohibited oy rigorous application % Industrial
STARTLING CONTRAST.
These are the man dJctrnes OF the lnternationae.
VII, any one assume ina, tley do uot form better
programme Tor the organization o society than the
ncinous system under when the word rOtS ana
gruans to-dlyf Win be pretended that the MIS-
eraDse siav OF poltics the Unltea oaes-I mean
the hundreds Of thousands Of poor party dogs VINO
sniT aDoat he pu Jc unlce, Tor crumbs. VINO daily
crawl their pces for some pace giver's smile,
ana VINO dare not utter an ladepe dent hoaxh, or,
indeed 10 speaa AT al eXcepe ut their PATRONS nod
say, wi II bc PRETENDED mat me SHOULDERS Oi such
creatures are n SAFER foundation ior the support
OF n republican ,tatc than tue honest artisans VINO
Tor their pnnclpies AT the parricadest Inink
OF those bending plfasitss IN contrast
executing all previous example. even OF
,ne sern Roman days with their useless swords pat
by anu their preasls iaid bare, calmly exposing
themselves To the iusade OF their barbara foes,
VITA the text oi liberty upon tieT iips and say
state &c IS more likely tnal me spirit OF liberty
wuicn now mas It's most mn nerOlS wOrSDiDpers III
dying nres IN America and save us rom The new
slavery winch under me present descending pro-
oaiy power wnicn can do tlss Tor us must spring
IRON the unpo.iutcd source wncn ms never held
power before -lron the banded worSmen OF the
New Worid-thc Internltionaie. IL ~ already pre-
parng Tor IT. task, ana It's is care must BE- 10 ne.
re OF accepting tue old HACKS OF parry among its
councillors or cnic!s. fhe day oi desVerance II AZ
mana and ali una ~ must pe made new.
TUE EUROPEAN REACTION.
II may he thought that am aItrDuting an undue
to me iutcratlouaIa, and cre,iiting &c
VITA zoo great UrwarincsS towards the objects or
it, mission nut every ning on TINS side OF the At.
lintte Jtisuies nav expectations. Si.cs the great
crimes ~ Prussia IN puudcrins Denmark, surprls-
Ing Austria. anu secretly plotting system Of univcr
IN Erl
wan Dyoneis, aud must nave the e,ieei OF reend-
alizinl Europe on tue OASIS Of tue Middle Ages the
ma sses of all tue ,ontinenta Siutes have been pour
iig into the organizations steam, TIE cicctfc te"
grapn, tue rapi progress OF science, and those su
a. tae Worlds FAIRS, wnere tue geulus and
labor ul Ta1 sat iustaed Ia tncir True supremacy
have during tue past twenty Years, done more 10
SCI the huropein masses 10 thinking In their own
b. aaf than IA hundred years before. Inc organ
Hatloa oi tue iDternasioa,ie however, has been
more acCeierated during the last nye Gears by tie
audaciuus CRIME oi Bismirck In endcayoring 10 roi.
civdilaiion back aud set the world AGAIN on
btyunei < tnan ~ any other influence. IL has
forced every man 10 tniak, aui II has at the same
time ma lc ever, man aitaiJ. 1hey perceive that
the natural instinct, wnca = known as love oi conn
try, has oeen artiiclay and crafty developed, IN
unlvcrsag relasiituted IN tue interest Of
kings. Hence, then text "a ~ the crater
nxation of manKinl, and hence the assunnp.
ton oi the Commune that the casting aown Of
Tue Lolunh oil scniouic that Smuo, oi war an.
murder. Indicated that tDefe was 10 be new pat.
roti-m for the Iutue-a patriotism wnich snohid
overflow tue mere geographical, boundaries whlch
Market tne 1Js ana npas vi war AMI ne co'cNten.
sIye win tile nuiiian race. That lesson was not
lost upUn the masses OF Europe nor upon The Ger
man mlnI. and Ntstts accelerated activity VI All
tue animated ,cet!cs sarang from the fall of tic
Commune.
BRITISH ARfsToCRACy TO Eg rUFfED AWAY.
Meetings oI the Intern ttionale are now being hed
ander various Jules AM prctexts all over Edropc
he most nDtapc oil tlcse took place Ia Lon,ioii u
IL ~ weeks ago, wnica had been iorDiddcn by t'r
mai notice al the authorities. backed by an
array ~ nearly iOur thousand pocemen and
yXR
however: anu the hr-t tning which the rst speaker
SAID To the tens OF thousands OF people who wee
swarntng around him yas:--"Me are mere tonight
because the government nas forbidden 10 conc.'
mat tlc nnsaiug stroke 10 the present govern
megt of treat Briialn, ami when the lnternationac
are ready 10 proceed TURNER they VIII pun the FORM
al ~ away. " IL ANNOUNCED In the Prrssr oil tnis
city mat the Internlonalc OF Brussels will give
banuei on IN. 2llA 81 TINS month To Tefc the auni
ver~ary ~ the foundation oi that society, ami
their alyerllSgmeut states that one OF th,it
ooleels : ~ protest asain-. the celeora,lnil