Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1846-01-15
THE BOX OF THE PARTISAN EDITORS.

THE BOX OF THE PARTISAN EDITORS.
The following is taken from an interest
ing work, which has lately appeared in Eng
land, entitled "A journey round the Cham
Der of Deputies, by Slavonian.''
The box at the extreme right of the gal
lery Is that occupied by the editors-ln-chef
of the Paris journals; and that box is the
true political barometer of the Chamber,
thong visible only to an initiated few. If
the discussion in progress be important-lt
NJ. Gulzot, M. Theirs, or NJ. Berger, be at
the tribune, all is earnest attention; the ST.
lence is broken only by some exclamation
of enthusiasm, or muttered expression of
anger or indignation, mingling with the
signs of blame or assent of the legislators
below, during the interruptions so frequent
in the French Chamber. But if, on the
contrary, some honorable member attacks
the tribune, manuscript in hand, or begins a
deliberate paraphase of the articles of the
Journals las happens at times }-or if there
be suspension of the sitting, enabling the
speech-weary deputies to rush to the tavern
then do the occupants of this box, seated
on the front benches, wheel round, and,
turning their backs to the Chamber, get up
among themselves counterpart of the de-
bates below. No pen could do justice to
this discussion-so original, varied, piquant,
and at all times instructive. Cutting words,
g.bing fancies, witty saIlies, sarcastic hits,
eXtravagant eulogies, and outrageous invec-
tlves, pass from mouth to mouth, and min
gle every tone. Often the friends or pro-
teges of the editors smuggle themselves in
to this box, with passionate fondness for
the debates of this Chamber on a small
scale. 1t is sight to see, too, with what
IA polite and insinuating air some belated
deputy, or unfortunate reporter to the Cham
Der, or orator imcompris (there is no trans
lating the word,) hands in note to these
distributors of praise and blame, defending
his representative zeal, giving explanations;
or complaining of mis-report. And then
this box has its intimate and private CONVEX
sations. 1t is before the opening of the dis
lcussion, Or during the division, that small
part of its frequenters, disdaining the Sale
des Pas PerdUS, remain here; and, half
lreclined upon the benches, gaily amuse
themselves with the small whims, petty
crosses, and private intrigues of the legisla-
tors then crowding around the tribune
They know hundred adventures and anec-
dotes-like the malicious chroniclers of the
Gil de Beut-and, for my own part, | have
retained more than one Of these; but their
repetition here would be bad return for
my welcome into that box. leave them
to the ingenious indiscretion of the authors
of all sorts of "Mysteries." The box in
question is a democratic republic: it has a
president, elected at the commencement of
each session, to keep its peace and maintaih
order, with the title of Syndic. But
it is about as impossible TO introduce order
into this box, as to make the thirty journals
of Paris harmonic. The editors box is
and ever will be Babel-but an alluring
Babel, and very instructive one-where
have spent many happy hour, and whose
diversity of opinions and sentiments | great,
Iy prefer to the uniformity of praise uttered
by my compatriots in the mines of Siberia
in honor Of his Majesty the Emperor of the
Russias.