New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-23
The French Workmen.

Inc FF00Cn VOEAmoUs
The St. Laurent, with thirty ono French
delegates from the wOrkingmen's societies
OF Lyons, one from those of Givort, and
dsy. Messrs. Debuchy, Leon, Deveure,
Hubert, Fray and Pestel, of the French
workingmen's committee at 1O2 Prince
street, met them, and Debuchy welcomed
the new corners, which was followed by an
address by Mr.. Macgregor:
delegates of Lyons, children of France,
citizens Of the universal republic, the rep
resentatives of the workingmen of America
welcome you to the Western republic.
Here, upon the threshold of the Union, We
greet you! If the st. Laurent had brought
q prince, q representative of the past, q
hundred guns would have Numbered a vel.
come; the stars and stripes on the national
fagstaffs would have been dipped in the
dust, and ten thousand men, clad in the
panoply of war would have been forced from
their homes to give him reception. Such
was the welcome given to the son OF the
despot of the North, the Grand Duke Alexis,
and such was given to the semi-idi0tic de-
bauchee, the Prince of Wales. Such would
marck, the man of blood and iron, should
he arrive. Such would be the welcome
given to men of destruction, war and des-
potism generally. To you, however, as the
representatives of peace, industry and re-
publicsnsm, We, as wOrkingmen, are alone
left to give our hearts. They are ali that
we have. Let us never cease agitating
until labor is eMancipated from the thral-
dom of capital; until the United States of
Europe and the United States of America
become grand declarations of working
people-of producers. Let us shake hands
Upon landing they were met by many Of
their oeuntrymen, and cordially greeted
They then went to No. 102 Prince street
and took lunch. Having seen their bag.
gage lodged at the St. Charles, they de-
parted in carriages on tour of the Central
Park and city. The names and occupations
of the delegates are: DescOmbes and Be-
rond, machinists; Rosenthal. worker in i'm
itation jewelrv and bronze; Laverriere, car
copper smiths; Besset, iron and brass
founder; Desplace, elk worker; Bert, scale
maker; Ballet, clock maker and moulder;
Miller0D, designer; Paret, tinsmith and en-
bosser; Bannelier worker in marble; Mou-
lier, trimmings maker; Vial, stone maker;
Merique, locksmith Feydel, dyer; Picot
and Beseon, wesyers: Norm, worker in
lace; Failing, blacksmith; Gutton, cabinet
maker; Roix, halter; Chicot, carriage
maker; Bsrthomieu, shoemaker; Dujouchet,
wood turner; Disrd, Joiner; Comte, tanner;
vigne, iron moulder, of Givons, and Martin,
weaver, of Vienne.
The delegates are required to report
upon the average wages of workingmen in
the United States; their hours of work;
state of manufactures and health of work
shops; whether Industries are chiefly sb-
sorbed by large establishments; how much
machinery has economical labor; whether
workmen are often thrown out of work,
and the causes and effects of such dis
charges: the condition of apprenticeship;
laws and regulations between employers
and employed; the condition of French
workmen in the United States in compari
son with that of those from other countries
the advantages or disadvantages Of
emigration; civil and political rightt
of emigrsnts; the injury to the workmen
through competitions; comparative value Of
French productions with those of other
countries; whether French manufactures
can compete in price with those of the
United States and elsewhere; What manu-
features exist in prisons, warehouses; and
religious communities, and their effect upon
outside industries; general information
prosperity, their regulations by law, and
their provision, if any, tor the old and sick
Information upon public assistance to the
poor: imposts; public education an6
whether compulsory; religious instruction
in the free schools; whether free in
struc,icn in trades exists; whether
the education Of women is equa
to that of men: whether the free union and
association Of workmen ia uutrammeled by
the laws; whether universal suffrage exists
in entirety, and how limited; whether pub
lie employments are open to all classes; thu
condition of women in manufactures, anC
whether they are recognized as the sOcia
equals of men; work Of children, and q
what ages; whether capital has tendency
to centralize or not, and views upon sucl
Capitalization; the military organizations O.
the United States; information upon towns
more especially given to manufac turing
and their regulations, and whether in
ventors are aided by government:
Each delegate mas received 1870 from tn
city council of Lyons, and alec by sub
scription of workingmen's societies, for hi
expenses during the four or five weeks o
| his stay in the United States.
A banquet was given to the delegates il
| the evening. The small hall was hunl
| with French and American flags. Th
| chairman, Mr.. Leon, announced that MI
Normandat, silk weaver, of the Paris dele
CATION, previously arriving. had died il
| Philadelphia, and subscription was pro
posed for his family. Mr.. Leon said that
song composed by the deceased would b
| sung at the close OF the evening. The othe
principal speakers were Mr.. Milleron. tn
| spokesman of the delegation. Mr.. Mac
gregor. Mr.. Hubert and Mr.. Martin. TIL
! delegates will 60 to Philadelphia this morr
| ing.-Ner York Sun.
How the South should Punish OutraRes
If the white people of South Carolina ar
uriao fhau will NOT raat until the scOun0r0l