The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-01 00:00:00

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the oonservatives,Und now earnestly impieties Ittr.
Johnson to abandon his foolish eimiles kaduubmit.
.The last success of the' radicals has` been: the elee-
tion of a senator in New Jersey of their own per-
mission. The democrats have, however, entered s
protest against the election, on the ground that
there is no vacancy, Commodore Stockton, his pre-
decessor, having been illegally unseated by the
Senate. This, I need hardly say, is all moonshine,
as each House of Congress is absolute judke of the
qtalifications of its own members. Thma is no
appeal from its decision.
The Republican State Committee have just honed
an address to the electors of the State, which is, I
think, the best statement I have yet seen •of the
position of Congress. It is a calm, un
varnished statement of facts ; but this is
of itself an unanswerable argument. And I
can assure you that it utters the sentiments of
at least two-thirds of the people of the North, as
you will see by the time the election returns are all
in. Moreover, on this issue the North will, in my
opinion, if area be, rise and fight over again with
Volt! esdeuf, piSid gre+ter arreement than they
„ha!, arse4 .disflayed, aitisiliat the slightest
attempt on lifr.loheion's part to resist this popular
verdict will lead to his instant impeachment and
punishment, under the surveillance of a force
which would render the opposition of his supporters
ridiculous. At no period of the war have I seen
people more earnest, more indignant, and more
determined than they are at this moment.
One of the remarkable incidents of the week has
been the distinct announcement of General Grant
that he has accompanied the President on his tour
simply in obedienoe to orders from him as his superior
officer, and by no means as an expression of political
sympathy. He repudiates emphatically all con-
nexion with all political parties, in language which
has more than ever endeared him to the public,
which feels that the United States have prodpoed
no such man since Washington.

FRANCE.

OWN 001 OWN colessronnert.)
PAItIS, SATVIDAT RVINEWIL
The Marquis de Moustier this day took the
oath to the Emperor in person as Minister for
Foreign Affairs. Be ia expected in Paris on Mon-
day, and the next day w' receive all the heads of
departments and principal employis in his miniszy.
As already mentioned, the Vicomte de Saint Val-
her is his principalsecretary, or chef du cabinet. M.
Ducros-Aubert, who was second secretary of
em-
bassy at Constantinople, has been appointed his
sous chef du cabinet.
I mentioned a few days ago, from private in-
formation, that France had determined to discoun-
tenance the insurrection in Crete. This is now
confirmed by the report of a speech made by the
Marquis de Moustier to a Greek deputation just
before he left Constantinople, in which he said
that while " France had at heart the moral and in-
tellectual development of the Hellenic nation, the
desire of seeing the general tranquillity of Europe
maintained did not permit her to support the re-
volutionary movements against Turkey.
The Memorial Dip/omatique gives the following
details of communications said to have been ex-
changed between the Pope and Napoleon 111.,
with a viewto the approaching execution el the con-
vention of September 15 :
It is certain that Pius IX. very recently, through Car-
dinal Reisach, declared to the Emperor Napoleon that he
was firmly resolved not to quit Rome after the departure
of the French troops, but that, relying upon Divine omni-
potence and the protection of France, he would await all
eventualities at the foot of the Holy Apostle's tomb. The
Emperor commissioned Cardinal Reiaach (who was pre.
seated to him at St. Cloud by the Nuncio about
three weeks ago) to give the Holy Father his most
solemn assurance that the protection of France would
never be wanting to him, his Majesty's government being
thoroughly determined to see to the loyal and conscien•
Lions accomplishment of the convention of September 15.
This is the assurance alluded to in the circular of the Mar-
quis de la Valette when he said that in withdrawing his
troops from Rome the Emperor left the protection of
France as a guarantee for the Holy Father.
The above explanation of an equivocal expres-
sion in the circular will certainly fail to satisfy the
ultramontanists. Thu protection promised is not
an absolute protection, at all events, whatever the
Pope may do, but only that specially limited pro-
tection contained in the convention of Sept. 15,
which convention was made of and concerning the
Pope without his being consulted, and against
which he has always protested. That convention
certainly does not protect the Pope against his own
subjects, if he cannot manage to conciliate their
affections.
The Bourse was not animated, although this was
the day for the declaration of "options" previous
to the settlement. Most securities closed a shade
higher. Rentes rose 10c. for cash, and sc. for
account, dosing at 69.50 and 69.45. Italian rose
10c., closing at 57.55.
The fighting editors of the Libert; are told some
rough truths by the outspoken, able, and expe-
rienced editor of the Courriir Francais, M. Ver-
morel. He begins by publishing the entire para-
graph of M. Sarcey, which, according to the code
of honour of the public instructor and moralist
of the Liberti, deserves the punishment of death.
Here it is :
The LiGerte is now nothing but a heap of undigested
petty items piled up at random, without any leaven of an
idea to set the heavy dough rising. All possible " worlds"
file past before the reader and there are little paragraphs
aboutovery one of them. But amidstallthesepitiful osmoses
there is not a single precise idea, no generalisation, not
even an original observation of detail ! The whole thing
is the mere conversation of pot-horse pradhoeuries with a
pot of beer and a set of dominoes before them.
This is the persiflage which the editors of the
Liberti say so imperatively required to be wiped
ont with blood, that it was necessary to draw lots
to know which of them should fight the writer.
They ask the public to sympathise with them, and
support their bloodthirsty doctrines. I now quote
M, Vermorel :
This is certainly quite a novel way of establish-
ing the reputation of a journal. What! Is it
no longer to be permissible to say that a journal
is badly edited, that a book is ill written,
that • play is undramatic, without the critic being liable
to play a game of eat throat unless he will declare that the
writers are phoenixes and eagles! This is a singular way of
understanding liberty, and the editors of M. de Girardin"
journal give us an edifying demonstration of the way in
which they, if in power, would apply the doctrines of
toleration and justice which they preach every day to ex-
isting governments. This pretension would be thoroughly
odious were it not so ridiculous. I, for one, think
precisely of the Liberte what M. de Slimy has
written about it, and I know many other people
of my opinion, and who regret with me that
M. de Girardin has not need his talent and reputation to
raise the French press to something like the level it once
had, rather than to outbid and exaggerate the bad taste of
the day. Will the editors of the LiliertA now draw lots to
know which of them is to challenge for uttering this
opinion Will Peron Brian, the author of the daily bill
of fare, join in this novel conscription ? If it is true, as
reported, that the sale of the Libertf has fallen off from
50,000 to 15,000, there are 35,000 old subscribers wbo
agree with me and M. Ihroey, and are reasequently
liable to be called out. The next thing for the
editors of the /47:erli, to do will be to watch the Manua on
the Boulevard, and challenge everybody who buys any