New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-11
FRANCE.
The rue RepublIcan Party-DeFIo''e.


,,;.led the Nes. York Ezpress ADD perhaps Others
,,b reference to the people of Paris aud the can
/ didstes they elected on the 10th March. HespeaA'
/ IN term. Of upmeasured reprosch of the Dsno-
cratic party in France, and OF VIDAL Oa'"'' A.'
/ DeFlotte in particular. 1t is due to Hu'u Su'
the dignity of the American Press that'nere S"''''
be 10 great mistakes Of fact com nitEed ID re'e'o"'
to Il g struggles Of the French people agaln'' oA-
Government. Iii mistake Of fact no douo' ~
no,,ptlv committed. which this letter is insendeu
n orreot. for will not insist on opposing my de'
o;5od ooiions in favor of the Democrats oil srs'o
the extrsvs cant statement that they would run III
ter apv body in the shape OF king. 40 NV %
reve that even Louis Philippe, win al uiA f0A'o"'
for derouuciug Paris by bis own mouth anu '"A'
fbis proxy NJ. Theirs, entertains exactly INC sane
p,nres,ion Of the royal tastes OF the VIE metro
roi;tap multitude" Gaizot also whois here on the
spot might be quoted against Me-. Kendall, to say
nothing Ct the friends Of Henry v and the Halter
ers cf 81. Bonsparte. Tie people OF Paris alone
keen them all at bay. Bat TO the mistake of fact.
Ipess over the denuEciation of Vidal and Carnos,
nrd come to DeFlotte. Mr.. K. has altogether mis-
stated lis position and that OF his supporters.
Their position is the reverse OF what his letter
ststes it to be. He states that D. was ono OF the
insurgents of June, ls4s, and o. the partyo Of the
barricadsrs who were ell guilty Of street murder
That he was caught 10 the fact, tried, condemned,
sentenced TO be transported, and ai1er"ard par
doped By the President and restored 70 MS clVi
rights That the people OF PARIS are 80 denl rst
lied that they selected this convicted ieon ana mig
colleagues over the sound Republicans OF tue Gov
eminent ticket The EzpreSs also tngs hard
blow at the Parisians for eecting such arePrpbate
1t is not impertnent TO say TO the Express that this
was the language precisely OF the deanct morse
Jockey Benncki In regard TO Mr. Jonu Mttcneli' tue
Irish Republican, the fret victim OF lo4S, and the
onlv man up 10 the mark in Ireland. That English
Lord, who lived with groOms and Jockeys, sas occa
sionally in bis red coat in the House oil Commons
where he was the unfortunate object, from day to
Day, of DIsraeiis praise, abused the whole com
ma1d Of the convict ship because they treated Mr'
Mitchell as fellow man. About the last oil MS
parliamentary Hourishes was against "a convicted
/ ielon" who, for having too well loved and served
/ his country was caught, tried by a corrupt Judge
/ ard q packed Protestant Jury, the CATHOLIC ana
the county Catboic,l condemned sentenced and
transportt d. But as to NJ. DeFlotte tie DaS HsOeT
! tyifd at ALL He was made prisoner alter the BAT
tie of June Is4s in general haul Of all suspected
! persons. No man pretends To know which SIDE OF
The barrice0es he stood, and he has repeatedly de-
fed the Government to prove his having been an
nsurgent by O single witness. In the midst OF tne
! panic the Constituent Assembly and General Ca
! yaiepac Ddssed decree Of tTdHsportatton en-
zaasse of the thousands rho oere IN jail on Suspj-
cion They were sent in herds TO the seaside pr
sons of Saint Michel and Belle Isle. They were
intended for Agiers; but by the late law are to be
sent to tho Marqueses Islands, 1900 leagues trom
home.
During Louis Bonapartes canvass for the Presi.
dency he promised to amnesty oil those mon with
out any distinction, if elected. Such promises
were printed in handbDs and scattered over the
whole country and posted on all the walls. have
one in my own possession. This was very sue
cessiul device. 1t struck straight at General Cav
| aignac, the opponent OF Bonapsrto, ead was re-
ceived by the people as solemn pledge OF sym-
patby for prisoners who had never been tried e. all
lot even by q drum head court martial. He was
elected, and did not amnesty according 10 promise
till almost year afterward wkeu he did release
the largest part Of the accused, De Flotte with
the rest. The Democratic party had never ceased
10 demand the promised amnesty; bat if not, then
at least that the prisoners should be tried accord
ing to law. 1t was asserted and believed that per-
sons had been arrested and pupished wh9 were
total strangers to the insurection Both the As.
semblies and the President were alike deaf to the
popular demand SO far as the six hundfed rema ain
ing last March were concerned The people Of
| Paris determined therefore TO make q most en-
| pbatic protest against the punahment OF six hun
bred Frenchmea by transportation without trial
They adopted Do Flotte as the expression OF that
prot( st. because he one OF those who were SO
| condemned without hearing and Discrimination
| So far from presenting bis name 10 appreciation OF
an Instruction, "street MURDER it was done Tor
! the ditinct and noble purpose OF vlndlcating tue
frat principle Of all laws human and divine thas no
overriding power ought TO confound the innosans
| with the guilty; that judges Of some sott, either
military or civil should hear the case before exc
| cutting sentence. Carnot was adopted at the same
time to express protest against the law OF Puoic
instruction, or rather OF public Ignorance. VIdas
was chosen as another expression against the
| whole reactonary legislation of the Assembly,
especially on the right TO labor These two men
are very superior writers and thinkers, and Will SIT
! probably ia many future French Assemblies. De
| Flotte know to be gentleman, scholar and an
/ orator. To crown all, he 10 man OF sense and a
| patriot. No person can converse with him without
being struck with bis capacity and high breeding.
| In the debate on the bill Transporting political
| offenders NJ. do Flotte's argument was very re-
msrkable indeed, and therefore abstract 1t Tor
| the confederation of your readers:
ain ancient societies. penal law had ezpi1toa Of tie
,sns for its principle Therefore the legislator was most
ingenious In finding punishment ProPoru0ned 10 me
| epormty OF each crime committed. He never believed
himself 10 be sufficiently rigorous He was crIei bat at
ain place q this principle. Cnssnity had substituted
psOn and de,eInines i,s eItsr, The legislator has
nOIhDg 10 do than to moraize ne criminals natisto
ss 1 h oppOS.
WIN he opinions generally received, and o. which Fel
But Rom day when the liberty OF thought had been
recognized and proclaimed, this second penal principle
bad also been destroyed, Society pretend 10
impose such Individual the collective opinion 1t reigns
longer The conscience; has jurisdiction only
tfe exiensl aria One mus not any Of expa-
uon nor Of moTshston sf Temptation, dc nOrdiItisR
90 The Minister Of Justice bad Just DONE without hnsey
see that Ne joins together az In day, two
Trajectory ideas Society has nothing . day than
right hch person dreams Of eoutestngthe right OF
guaranteeing and defending itseL What has II 10 for
that purposci To put him who himself aganst
IN the mposfby Of hurting IT, Thai is the limit OF ito
reht-ka ought be the boundary OF its rgor And that
the why ell severity which exceeds this object
instantly Tevol public opinion Transforms the ealpr INTO
victim, mskes succeed horror which crime in
spree that sympathy which suffering exees hat interest
which always accompanies q sufferer Tnon (o the
words Of n. de Flouel q remarkable phenomenon hsp
pens upon jailor IL the cxecarouer, IL IL
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