Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-09-04

more respec, than they do cheir scknow.
edged allies. or those whom they insult
with the name of friends. The result If
a real or feigntd rencounter; left to The
management df the generals, Masseiia on
ous part, AID Wellesley an the other; may
throw new lsght 90 cur political specula-
I,ion. Bost. Patriot.
| Princes have, ever since the disco
very of printing, deemed it an object
tof primary importance to subject the
press to the moss arbitrary restrictions,
fwell knowing that it is the most efici.
ent engine through which the flash of
intellect and the thunderbolt of reason
can be hurled at their impious sway.
The press has been Justly. termed the
lever Of science--sciencc is the hand
maid of freedom, and foe to arbita-
Try power, the prop Of which is ignor-
ance. As darkness in the physical
world is the absence of light, SO is ig-
norance in the moral world, the alb.
sence of knowledge. Hence for ma
ton to come gently under the yoke of
slavery, it is absolutely necessary to
extinguish the lamp Of science & throw
society back into dark ages of monk.
ish snperstitions
To establish the accuracy Of the a.
hove hypothesis we have only to recur
to. late decree of the emperor of
France. regulating the press, through
out his dominions of which the follows
| ing is the substance. ~.
The business of printing and book
selling is declared 20 be under an
Inspector general, assisted by six au-
dltors subject tohis control, and other
subordinate agents.
ne number of printing Offices after
the fst January, 1911, is to be reduced
Throughout the empire-the number
|ir&P Paris to be sixty each Office in Pa
lri4 restricted TO four presses, in the
departments to two each. The prin-
tiers whose Offices are suppressed, to
receive an indemnity from those con-
ltinued. Printers and Booksellers to
produce vouchers of good character,
receive patent aud be sworn In
lhlling vacancies preference is to be
igiven to families Of deceased printers.
he minister of police, projects of de-
Ipartments and special censors are au
IxilIaries to carry this grand engine of
Idespotism into effect. The censor ex-
amines, grasses and reports; the pre-
iects and minister of police suspend,
and the director general decides upon
the publication of any work. IF any
work be commenced and the pubiicaa
ton thereafter be pre- Inhibited, the prin-
ted sheets to be seized and the types
composed as the printers would say,
be thrown into pie. A duty of fifty
lPer cent ad Dalorem on all French and
! Latin books permitted to be imported.
! No books printed or reprinted out OF
France, 70 be imported without per-
NIT. Copy rights secured to authors
and their widows during life, and to
their children for twenty yeats. Copy
rights transferable. The first volume
OF every work imported, to be stamp
ed. Every work licenced to be print.
; ed, to have all asthe. title page
the name of tsse 3 -if xnown, and
VIZ aiisS oi Iu-ss<se1 @-A-1u OmlSStOT
of the latter incnrs fine and conhgcati.
on. Each printer to deposit five CO.
lpies OF the works he may be licencee
to publish for special purposes, in the
prefecture Of the department. in which
4 he resides, and in Paris in the prefec
ture of police. Printing, bookselling
eItypefounding, book-bindiny and al
connected Herewith, are comprised ii
the decree and subject to future die
positions. There are many other mi
/ nutiae of'minor consequence which w
have omitted to notice.
i Bait. Amer,
|, BY an arrival at Baltimore from Am
sterdam, the Official account of tn
ABDIcATIoN of the throne Of FOL
LAND, by LOUIS BoNAPARTE, is re
II ceived. His son Louis Napoleon
Il under the regency Of the Queen, i
to succeed him:
PROCLAMATION.
d HAARLEM, July /, 1910.
:, I" Louis Napoleon by The Grace o
CoA thA rorot,tnt,o,, IS -. L,.s.Jo.-