New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-03
FRANCE.
Tho Inv Of The Press


Was adopted on Tuesday in the Legislative
Assembly, by 392 votes az sinst 300, giving ma
ority Of l27 in favor Of tho Law. The only amend
ment Of any importance admitted vas moved
By NJ Tascheteau, which allows the newspapers
Low existing two months for making IN. II arrange
ments relative 10 the signature Of their articles.
The opinions OF the press upon the law which is
its doom would be highly interesting; but few
journals are prepared with verdict. Foremost
arrcng the asssiAnts Of the law is the J0uTn1. dCS
Dtb9is, which attacks what it calls Ia .oi de "a
hQfne with n vieor Of opposition rarely displayed Ia
its diplomatic columns. 1t says Let the enemies
Of liberty triumph they have reached Their aim
For fifty years past the press has traversed cd
mustrsiioDs more or less hostile, and has supported
many trials. For the iirst time during fifty years,
It's enemies, Of all ooors have discoveredthe secret
Of ts strt myth and power ard though. 70 strike ito
heart by aiming blow ct is collective organiza
ticn. The instinct Of hatred has served them WELL
they have not missed their ain. The law which
has just been voted is, perhaps the most fatal
blow which has been dealt Tor fry years on the
liberty OF TIE press
The AssemBlte Nqtl0Eale says: "Wil the law
effect the object which the majority proposes 70 IL
tefl Win It strike the bad press Ne, the press
OF disorder will eyade it with much greater ease
than the moderate press. The decision taken By
the Assembly is not only error but fault which
diminiihes its ans Of action and compromises isG
influence for the prof; Of another power"
law to be tourd Ia the ranks Of the press is the
OPINION PHNique-organ OF the ultralegtinsts
The Constitutional IS silent $50 10 the OTd6e;
neither has the PTesse EDy leadi2g article On this
subject.
The Correspondent Of the DGily Ners says:
The law on the press is a. length voted, and those
WHO farcied that the aggomeretion OF gro.esque
incredible amendments would insure its suppress
sion, ere shaken "a. Of their illusion. The public
rub their eyes at seeing the names Of Theirs, Ber-
ryer, Mole, and others, than whom none better
have seen the fatal political consequences Of wag-
ing war on the press, ranged on the side Of law
which leaves behind in barbarisa al enactments
sgainst the press since the reign Of the Inqaisi.
ton. The caution money and stamp for newspa
pers may pass. But what is 10 be said 10 the
sanction gwen 10 the Project Of Police 10 exc ude
from sale all journals he has q mind TO- 70 esablish
monopoly in favor Of certain newspapersl The
debate rsiied yeEterdsy with regard to this prac.
tce, by the amendment Of erdinand dc La.tsy RE,
was one otthe hardest fought episodes Of the long
battle, and gave occasion for LamOriciere to prove
himself oIce more a soldier Of the good cause. But
perhaps OF all the maniiold ftings and claws with
which this ugly piece oflesislayon is armed, none
will be 90 keenly felt - the savage extinction Of
the poor roman snAleiOn, that truly national ap-
pendage to French newspaper, which may be
called the womahs side Of the sheet Some OF the
Partisan journals have 4 circulation amounting 70
10000 copies so that the additional Genuine on
the fsuil!et0n will completely absorb the els
or $40 that would go into the pocket Of
the novelist. HeDceforth the roman fneiLlet0s
must be ranked with the things tha: were.
In what hamlet Of France vii no. the suppression
OF the teEiliei0z be m1urnedl Then the tax on
books o leSs than three shsets az halfpenny q
sheet-cGn any enactment be devied which would
operate with more ingenious malice against tbs
reading taste Of studiohs poverty You may see
on the eastern boulevsrds, Of IN evening, many
poor fellow, at the hour Of reprieve from bis gross
toll stretching biz unwashe1 hand to the cheap
volumes on bookstaIs under the lsring gas. Those
coveted books will be raised hencefoFth shelf
higher out Of the reach Of bis pocket Bat what
Will be said 10 that astounding innovation By which
every article, nay every paragraph Of nevsPa-
per viii have To be signed Hundreds Of imPerti-
nent names staring out Of every page-the CON-
mOnest announcement labeled with personal re-
sPonslbility. Then the liability to persecution Tor
opposition TO power; authority always in anoasn
70 be avenged on the revealer OF is misdeeds-
Who that observes the careful exclusion from favor