Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-22
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.

PARIS, Jan. 2.-Rcports were made from
the committee OF Petitions.
NEW LAW RESPECTING THE PUBLIC PRESS.
The Keeper of the Scals-M essieurs, the
King has ordered us To present To you pro
Ut of law relative TO the police of the perio~
deal Press.
| 4 projet mere general and more extensive
the object of which, essentially different from
that OF the new projct, is to repress indis-
| crimnaicly all the offences committed by
means of The press, is now under the exam-
nation Of one of your committees.
| Conceived according to other views and
other systems, that PROJECT perhaps now APP
pears to you to be susceptible Of some mOdi-
icaions.
We shall not, therefore, delay informing
you of the fundamental changes which ha,,
been made in this respect i'll the system of the
Government, since il is by means OF them tha'
: YOU will be enabled To Judge in what rcspec
the Law of repression may be modified. Sen
, sation on fine left)
!. Every one agrees, that the Iicentiousnes
: of Journals would be very injurious. No ont
i has any doubt of its being necessary to regu
late by special law the forms of their publ
cation.
But what are these regulations TO be? It'll
X at that point, Messcurs, that obstacles multi
n ply, and that opinions begin to differ.
n 'rhc most serious difficulty is perhaps, !
IN the very nature of guarantees which, can D
~ obtaincd-fOr those which are csicacou5 dra'
d. after them several kinds Of Inconvenience
III whilst others, which would, doubtless be les
in incomyeniont, are, for the most part, dest
tute of efficacy.
p We must therefore reject ssiIusory and II
II, tsufIicient III those fornallties of detail,
tho combinations more ingenious than us
nv soon demonstrate the weakness and lmperIc
ton. "a similar movemcnt)
The question Standing thus, it ouly RENAL
ISL TO consider whether il is possible to estabi
a small ndmber Of simple and certain arrang
- nirnts, which, without violating the rights
rs. legitimate freedom, would still diminish
la chances of IMMUNITY, and contribute also
va render the excesses Of Journals less frequ'
rl aud less dangerous.
inc Circumstances, Mcssieurs, are not alw;
40 favorable to the public tranquility, nor d
hc the nature of our institutions permit their
Nv, ceiving at all times the same aid.
ri The guarantees ought, therefore, TO be C.
formable to these differences, and To vary
lcs. cOrding to circumstances.
0r In ordinary times they would be more 81
ac- pie, and less extensive.
e of IN more serious circumstances, in sea
Of disturbance, when the safety OF the >
On might be menaced, if the usual regulat
are insufficient, instant measures should
resorled TO, the efficacy of which should
]. guaranteed by experience. New moyem
last Oh the LETT
Hence, NIessieurs, are deduced the two
ven engagements which serve as the basis Of
~. I'll new law. BY the first you will permit
and resl object and the habituaI tendency of
lich odical Journals to be tried and decided Il
MI 1t is new but necessary law, it is the II
! he pensable condition of the suppression OF
Censor.
t by Our language has too much phdblhty
the French wit has too much VNaclty' 10 re
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