Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-10-19

prison, but only Tor what he wrote OIL ,Ae walls
when illegally put in prison. Yes, this was the
culprit-this the conspirator-this the menace!
THIS the menacer: and for this the organ OF the
Government required that the stripping should be
put in prison for the period 0! two years. ''And
there - said the Procureur du Roi, ''he Will have
time to reflec, on the nature of true liberty, and
we shall hear no more of Nivcnt les sans-cu
lottesw The family Of the young man were all
there. his class students, his companions, and
his friends. They employed counsel who mock.
cd the Government, laughed at the process ana
appealed to the good sense and ia,herly character
of the judges. The appeal prevailed; and though
two of them are Carlists. and have remsi"ed
Judges since the revolution, yet, after snort ap-
sence from the corrt, they returned WIN lhe
cheering announcement, "No, the drawings anu
the words in question do not amount to a menace,
and the youth was acquitted! OF course then
there we're clappng Of hands, and stamping Oh
feet. and cries OF bravo. whilst the Procureur du
Roi looked blue and disappointed aud said, Gall
on another cause" which was the trial OF a pick
pocket. Yet the stripping and the thief were
brought t, the same bar by the same officers. CON
fined in the same prison, and treated with The
same severity Now, then, let me ask you, as
plain reasonable man. man oil sense. "hether
| YOU believe such a Government as this can oe
durable in France? | tell you no-even at the
risk of reward being offered for the discovery
of o. P. Q.
| After some pickpockets and vagabonds, child
stealers, and drunkards, had been tried and con-
| dcmned, the Judges,called on the cause oil the
Procureur du Ro against Barthelemy!
| Perhaps You have never seen our Barthelemy,
whose :. Napoleon in Egypt, and whose " rus
de I'Homme' hove won for hlm and ms coaoJo-
tor Merry imperishabe fame. Then Viii COS
cribe him to YOU lie is about as tall as your
Lord Morpeth, as thin as your SIR Francis bur-
| dett-has the complexion OF an East Indian,
| with little colour, is yonng man, his hair is
let black and shiny, his eyes arg dark and full OF
! lire. and what will please you very much IN Eng
! land, is gentleman in manners and form. lie
| has think, the handsomest eyebrow L ever saw;
a good hand, and not bad foot, dresses toleraby
well, and is satlrst.
! The charge against him was this" That he,
the said Barlhelemy did publish and write, and
write and publish, Il certain journal or pers&ical
writing, called Nemesis IN which he treated OF
political subjects in verse, without depostInS the
caution money required BY law to be deposited
by every Journals, before he shall publish Jour
nal :" This was the charge, and for which. hrst
of all. the Government required he should Oe
| fined, next Imprisoned. and Sd, be commanded
MOI 10 publish any future numbers OF his WORK
| without fit>t making the required deposit. Inc
Prucureur du Ro discharged his painful duty with
moderation and ability; but he pleaded wretch
ed cause. and, | strongly suspect, against his
principles, feelings, and wishes. tie sought TO
Show that :. Nemesis though a poem, was
iournal-that though 1t treated of all subjects,
like Byron's Don JUAN" yet that essentially
it was pa.itical, and that as It was published
every Sunday it was periodical. So now. SAID
the agent of Government. o." expect the judges
will do their duty, and condemn NJ. Barthelemy.'
The defence then commenced. The advocate
of NJ. Barthelemy pleaded with taste, talent, ana
zeal He showed that /" Nemesis" was poem,
published IN quarlo, and on thick paper, having
not a word Of news, Or political discussion, OF
reviews, or trials, or advertisements, or price
currents; or, in fine, anything necessary to con-
sttute a journal. He showed that as to its pub
LEGATION in numbers, NJ Barthelemy was under
no pledge, no day was fixed; he published the
next number when he thought ut, and treated
..de omnibus rebus" &C.; not tQrsettenS the
"Omnibus," nor yet the Rebus." He showed,
taat sometimes the numbers were purely literary,
sometimes satrical, sometimes. on the matter OF
the day, and not unfrequently they conta'ned
poetcal addresses to friend Caslmir, and h,s men
of the jusie milieu, but always in poetry, always
and never as journalist. He read extracts from
Nemesis, which made two of the Judges bite their
uaiis-the Proc ureur du Roi wrigge from annoy
ance-aud would even have brought shame into
the face OF old Baron Louis He asked the Jads-
es if they would take in this French Don Juan,
and tins French Fudge Fansiy"-this weekly
/ Nemesis as weekly newspaper. or periodical
account of political transactions! and whether
/ Nemesis would answer the purpose OF weekly
| iourna? This carried conviction TO every mind,
and produced powerful effect on the audience
Next came the Procureur du Roi. who replied to
the defence Of the accused. He did 1t ldmeiy and
without spirit | was clear that the Government
had chosen an organ which did not represent 1t,
for the Procrrer could not rcfute the arSu-
ments of Nj. Barthelemy's Counsel.
And then came Bartheemy!! He addressed
the Court tor about half an hour. He gave the
history Of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES he bad been
allowed to publish Nemesis for three months be-
fore he was attacked, until he had satirzed Perler
and ridiculed Sebastian. and that then tins
fiscal prosecution had commenced-gave his his
t,rv uud.r the Restoration-led us forth with