The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-22
N. FAyRE AND THE INTERNATIONAL.

The following is the passage in NJ. Favre's circular
concerning the International on the Paris nsurrec-
ton, which is regarded as reply TO Prince Napo-
eon:-
II should omit one OF the essential points Of this
the side or these carcaes T n you .aas Sy
place the chiefs or society now, unhapplly
notorious which Is called the International and the
ACTON OF winch mas, perhaps, been more powerful
than that OF us accOmpces In that 1t has rested
upon numbers, discipline and cosmopolitanism.
Inc international Association OF Workmen Is GER
family one OF the most dangerous with which gov.
erhment has TO deal. The day OF Its forma-
Se "a a5s ee o dong past = con-
eye II to be yet older. IL il natural and right that
workmen should seek to strengthen themselves by
association This end they have pursued Tor more
than forty years. and however their efforts have been
opposed by legislation and by the courts they have
not the less persevered During the last ten
years, however, their sphere OF action has been
slngularlv extended and their ideas nave assumed
character by which we may wen be disqueted.
As the very name OF their society shows the lOun.
ders or The international desire to efface and
found all nationality before common and superior
Int rest. one might at first sight. imagine that
this conception was inspired solely Dy sentiment
OF unity lso,daritel ana peace. Oficlal documents
Ha5pns sHcss q @ sSS y Yhs a
Tor base Atheism and Communism for object the
destruction OF capital and the annlhilaion OF those
VINO possess II, by means OF the brute force
OF numbers, which shall crush all who attempt
resistance. Such is the programme which, with q
their meetings and inserted in their Jour
their meetings and their organs. Their committees
meet me IN privacy IN Belgium, IN England and in
Swl tzsa They have numerous adnerents In
great Masonic organization their society envelopes
me whole OF Europe AS for their. rules OF conduct
they have been too often declared for 1t to be
necessary to show at any length that they are the
negation Of every principle on which civilization
cal sheet OF the 25th of March, 1859, "dlrsct
legislation FOR the people BY The people, the
either IN capital Ie or IN Inc e ~ ice.
return Of the SOIL to the hands OF all "The Alliance
declares itself Atheist" says the genaral council
abolition OF worship, the substitution of science for
lath OF human for divine justice, and the
the abolition Of the right OF Inheritance
SO that IN future each may have the full beneft OF
what he has himself produced, and that, in con.
formity with the decision arrived at by the last
congress of Brussels, land, instruments OF labor
and all other capital becoming the common
the disposition only Of wor nse SHAT IS to
say Of the sucs and
OF the International. ana 1t is annlnate all inui-
vdual action, as well as all individual propery 1t
y TO crush the nations under the yoke Of kind Of
Impoverished and stdpeded By Communi naS'
for these peryerse and misguided men agitate the
them those too numerous seclarlans who Seek in
the resuscltation OF economical follles enjoyment
without toll, and the satisfaction OF their most
held out by them to the simple folk they desire to
deceive. "WOrking men or the unverse.O says o
publication OF January 20, 1870 '0rgantze your
selves II you would cease to suffer from excessive
fatigue and all kinds Of privatlOns. Under the
International Association or Working Men order
and Justice Will take the place Of disorder. I'M
providence and arbitrary power For US ut says
elsewhere) the red nag Is a symbol or universal
human love. Let our enemies be careful,
then. not to turn 1t against themselves as
q nag OF terror" In presence of these state
ments all commentary Is supernuous. Europe is
face to face with work OF destruction, sYs-
tematically directed against each Of the nations
upon which all civilization repOses. Alter having
seen the leaders OF the International IN power she
VIII have to ask herself what Is the value OF their
pacific declarations The foundation OF their system
can be nothing but the frightful despottsm OF o
small number OF chiefs, thrustng themselves upon
multitude bending under the yoke OF Communism,
subjected to every kind Of savery-even the most
odloas, that OF the conscience-with neither land
nor home, neither worship nor prayer reduced to
immense Worship, governed by terror and con.
strained by force OF law TO drive from their hearts
their families and their God. The situation is
serious. IL does not permit to any government IN
indeed, were they to witness unmoved the rum OF
every law by when the prosperity ana the morality
OF the people are maintained"