ABSTRACT
Industrial and mercantile establishments can no longer maintain their position. They are obliged to slacken or give up their business, and turn out a great number of workmen. This number of idle labourers will increase every day, and for a long time. Among the men who have some chance of being elected members of the National Assembly, some are acquainted with the old-fashioned principles, and the practical routine of old regime; they will be afraid of new systems, and will vote for arranging things as they are, under other names. The brotherhood of nations in the midst of humanity is no less necessary for progress, than that of classes in the midst of nations. Oppression is the offspring of privilege. The worst of all privileges are usury, interest in money, in short, rent, in all its forms. The Commission of Government to ameliorate the condition of labourers has just proposed a plan of organizing work in the workshops of towns.
