The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-05
Our Paris Correspondence.

PARIS, Dec LIS, 1915.
Prospects of the French Repubhc-Causes of Ca
ra,gnacs Dsfeat-7hs Newspaper Press in
France great Element af Repoiutto~.
intended to have written you before this
| letter Of some utility, but have been collecting
some information about the newspaper press of
France, and think by the next steamer shall be
able TO give you list of nearly, if not quite, all
the newspapers in France. They have increased
very much under the republlc-neary doubled IN
NUM- err and more than three times the number of
sheets printed.
have made the acquaintance of an anonymous
correspondent (Over signature of 3" Marcus ~ of
yours, who has written you, he says, some half
dozen letters. He is from Cincinnati. He is
very interesting companion, and, learn, man Of
some considerable property. think him decided
ly man Of genus, and good and thorough re-
publican. He told me that the only reason he had
for writing to you was, that he admired your skill
and alb ility, enterprise and genius, and was much
delighted with the manner you handled English
politics. He has great project in view, which,
II successful, would make him appear one of the
great lights of the age.
We have had, as you will see by the French
journals, election for President which was GER
tainly conducted with the utmost peace and quiet
ude. l never saw an election at home pass of
with Il ss nOIse, and certainly never with less
quartz ling and lighting; and as far rvs has
been received, II was the same thing in all the
provinces. Louis Napoleon 3onaparte has an over
whelmIDg majority. The monarchlsts OF Paris
consider thus triumph OF their principles; bSt
from uhdt see among the lcOring people, It IS not
so; and feel sure that the great ni,J0v1fy of the
French people are reaHy and truly republicans in
feetrng. lhave no idea that the march Of demo-
cracy can be stopped here or in Germany in any
other method than by bouing from exstei,ce In q
art OF printing or by lettering the press AZ Is done
IN Russia, aad had almost said in England; for
the wspsper press labors under so many burthens
IN England that it might almost as well be under
the ban OF censorship just imagine the city of
Manchester, with Its 100000 inhabitants, and no
daily newspaper. In tact, In all Great britain
there Is but one daily newspaper published out of
London-ih the one IN Glasgow-w which has been in
existence but about year. There are two daily
Mt wspspers in New York that print every day more
Impressions than the whole daily press OF Great
Britain; and three certainly, and l think four,
daily journals IN PARIS, that each publish many
daily ss the whole daily press OF England, Ireland,
and Scotland. There two reasons for this
the first Is the extraordinary burdens under which
the press now labOrs IN Great Britain; and another
is that the people Of France and the United States
are better educated, and OF course more of read
Ing community.
Cavaignac m de gre at mistake when he stopped
the Presse aud oihsr journals OF Paris. He counted
not on the great power OF the journals, and thought
he could hance tn. m the same as battalion.
Athough II Is Lot at all probable any course would
have saved HIM from defeat, yet his defeat would
not have been so signal as 1t now is, had he ale
lowed the journals to have "said their say" He
had power enough in his hands to have crushed
any tmeuts that esud by possibility have been
raised. 1t is now said that he goes to Agers, as
Governor again.
/ was informed today, that Hoes famous
four offender press would arrive in Paris to-
night from Havre, and so soon as they can get it
past the Customs Mr.. Hoe will put it up and 1t
IN operation. presume from what lnorml tion
receive here, that the demand for such machines
wall be much greater than elsewhere for some time
10 come Mr. Hoe has arrangements tor making
them here, as soon thus one Is put in operation.
There are four papers now published in PARIS, who
set up their forms twice regularly, and sometimes
three tunes.
The English papers say Paris is deserted, but
last Sunday there We're many people and as
many carriages on the Champs Elysees as there
were last year at this time, under Louis Phlppe's
reign. In fact. never saw more there except on
some great fee day. / shall endeavor by next
steamer, 10 give you list OF all the newspapers of
Pans. and of the provinces OF France, with an
approximate estimate Of their calculations, with
some other interesting matter.
II will close with this opinion, that universal
suffrage is fixed fact In France, and will never
be relinqushed by the people, and that this Re-
pubic Is desttnsd to be great, and propagation Of
rfUb,cs ~ Earope, by the force of example. Don't
believe the English Journals.