Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-12-24


"re' both IN its material and intellectual eno,.
"'''lS' mas Shown a corrcspondept dave,,nm,-rt :.
p, op'n"n IN France, increased demand f,,,
az, at information concentration of nnhl,c v;av,s
effect so"i"s energy III giving them expression and
and ron commencement of this new era pumerous
emission of bEarties, unable directly to contrnul the
infiuencng p,r,;o9 pinons sought by corruptinp or
.-.I 'S particular journals t otv. o.rx,r.. = : !,
preponderance to the Ids. . ~ s''e cS,fehcy and
own views; end up la the pf.s+ 10 their
wanting papers. which, held in ~ .te'e ufr NOT
re urs"ted TO purposes unacknows d h ~, 70
hG, ont every day that passes, by ircr. ~ ' pun
gence ana the energy of the people, G;n;., u,
mn, ,he 'it. Influence and the utility of this s,
nc puoiic are daily evncing more and more nl,,s
tAat they ire the publics,s best customers III -
nous Journals are, therefore, Obliged TO assuma so,>
',ofeo' national colour, abandon aIiu-
Set"cr me nope ot spontaneous ami adequate circu
ion wn'le those papers which frankly a,Iont tbe in
'eress OF the nation, and accord with the sentiment
VI 'he people, are las literary specuations) the mos,
prosperous and remuneratjnu.
I've polItica Journals the most in vogue are the
NN"hstitutone, the Journal des Debats the Courier
"a Gals ana the QuodIcnne, U829o After these
come the journal de Commerce. and tho f,.ys,,o
Nohiteor, ne New journal de Paris. and the Messa
ger oeS Chambers. These are all either devoted 20
national principles, or represent the opinions of r
y having certain weigE' and Influence in socierv.
" he 'oe' SAID 10 be In the of Snthsene de
n1 Noeheoucault; LIE Drapeau Blanc, influenced by
monsieur de Dumas, the Old Journal de Paris snb
serVient to Monsieur Peyronnet and in rener,I IN
me papers that were s" disgraceuy sold to the Vii
zee adminisi ration, may be considered as pot,cauv
defunct. NO po'i'eu4iy
"i'he provincial press has partal,an yor,, t :;
ne political conditions of the departments whici,
% always oeen more suhsorvent to the authorities
nan me capital Most of the great cities and cher
e"S Oh the departments, have their espocia ournoIs
ou WIN the exception of five six, they are with
ou' interest and composed of extracts from he pa
tbs papers, commercial and judicial in, erenco apJ
ne transactions OF the prefecture. The greater
Stlnr, Nv
OF the project, have been in close dependence IN tho
ministry OF the dav; at eas' they had no colour
vi opinion Whatever. being the mere chronicles of
ceremonles and accidents, of weather .unl,no,yn IN
the Oldest inhabitants, iusus nature o.d ,n,r,.i
ious and incredible adventures" LYONS Borteaux
Nan'z, Lille Strasburg, Marseiiles, Dion and some
~ rs however support independent journals;
OF "hich the majority are conducted unon nr;nc;
pies decidedly constitutional The oaneraI cnna;
ton OF the departmental press has varied somewha,
according to the character of the reignino admin
'stratoh. AFTER the downfall of Vele, The provin-
c'ai Journals threw off IN some d.oree the vnko
winch they had hitherto bornc; and fiom The fiecrd
edy popular character Of the late electro, (Ia2o
Is TO be presumed That the country press is now moro
VI accordance with public opinion than it y,os in
1920. But it would even now DC i,,nossibl f. ~
edlor OF Journal in ihe~Inaller towns TO meinta;y
steady war of Rolics with The local authorizes mr.
" asseiS Tree sentiment, without great manage
ment. on he whole, therefore, the provincial press
as an organ of public opinion or q politica aop, -
still dmentab!y inefficient " "
in Paris, there two journals especial lv devo
teu TO the propagation of absolute doctr'nes-the
HaHetIe ana The Guoldenne The Aessaper III,
oor was and perhaps still 49, the Journal of the Mar
ignac ministry The Mnniteur has ALWAYS bo.n ~
oincai organ of the government of The day: and in
tine year 1913. 1t announced in its -,
hers, with equal gravity subseryenco and deoo..
me departure o. his Christian Majesty fouis ,ha
Eighteenth and the arrival of h< Imperiai and Row
d, Sni1!esty' Napoleon All the other papers,-poli
ica', literary, and scIenihc-are cde,, in y nbiIo.o
phica aIid liberia! seirit, under pain of being neooc
teo ny the public and ruined IN their circulation
IheeSuotidenne ls said TO have about 4 OCO -,,b
ri ana ma Gaz etie the hall of hat n,n,ber
Inc Messenger du SoIr has scarcely seven bun6re6
The Monteur is dstrIbu ed gratis to the Drefacts &
mayors and heads nf the Administration; and it's sub
scrioeFs are very few If any 1t consulted by the
pubiic almost exclusively, for the roypl Ordinances
or now and then to discover in it's political articles
tne opinion OF the government the prevalent tonc
OF the Day The Messenger du Soir though the onv
paper DEVOTED TO he MartignGc administrator was
not openly acknowledged lis organ: still it's ir,i,
ed circulation does the less prove how snou ;s
the hold, which the ministry deemed wbe her Justly
OF no. tenporiz ng and trimming possibly oh ain
III 'nese days, over the French nation Relatively
10 all other that ndminlst ration was well inteninuad
and ITS duration unmarked bv any violen; e,.nlo
sion OF popular discomfort; bur it wanted enerpv and
decison TO make 1t respected and to streunthen and
consolidate he cor stitutlonal system T. was there
lore neglected by the public; and ITS weakness in
this point encouraged the court to replace II hv go
oine' more decidedly devoted to arbitrary and ahso
lutte measures
WIN the exception Of six or seven thousand sub
scrioers to the above mentioned Journals all France
supports the liberal press--'The CONSTITUENCY il
sad TO nave 10000 Subscribers; the Journal DIES De
oats 10 0OO the Courier or 5000; and the Journal
De Commerce 5000 The Quot,dienne is The espe-
clal organ Of the anti-revonton T. dsc,nds 60,
abuse OF absolute power, supports Don Miguel. bah
bes necessarily of revolution anarchy religion. and
social order, attacks the liberals, the Greess the
CaroonarI, the ministers and even the Gazettc a
between he or e,
ana those OF the Constitutional and the Debsts af
lords conclusive evidence of the weakness of the
Part'' Petre' as opposed to the people, and might
teach the former they were not absolutely nDrrach
able how hopeless IS their struggle for degpofis;
and how deeply they endanger The ancient dynasty.
by involving the throne in The desperate game f6ev
are playing Tor objects contemplate as thew are
immoral and unworthy.
The GaZctte Is the journal Of the V,llele ministry.
ard Of the liberal. against all he world Is po,cv
has been to conf"und in one common catcgorv tho