New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-10
FRANCE.
Of The Tribune.


CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION.
The solemn work of the Bureaux in regard
10 Constitutional Revision proceeds 1t Is Ike
walking up an inclined plane covered with ice
the more violent the forward step the greater
the backslidlng. After all that has been SAID IN
the Bureaux, less chance than ever appears to
exist IN favor Of the contamination of the dar-
ling projects of the Republic haters. In re-
gard to the Republic, Gen. Cavaignac and NJ.
Lamartine are.i;s unlllnching supporters; nor Is
the example Of these eminent politicians lost on
the whole mass of the Assembly. Such devo-
ton means something; and IT is perfectly well
understood that any attempt 10 destroy the Con-
stitution will be resisted to the death Even the
SifcL. moderate Republican, comes out with the
declaration that upon no terms whatever must
the Constitution be set aside, or the incumbent OF
the Presidency seek for a prolongatlon of power
The debates IN the Bureaux on the question OF
revision or no revision, do not IN detail possess
sufficient interest for anal ysls, and the voum
nous editorials of the press on the same subject
are more an evidence OF d,arrhGd rerborum than
the calculation OF new or interesting facts and
arguments. Since the capital show the French
make at the London Exposition they are IN
good humor with themselves, and the workmen
who so carry the palm are more respectfully
treated touching their general intelligence than
formerly The compliments that are paid them
NAV be well worked up into reasons for giving
them back their suffrage rights.
PRISON DISCIPLINE
I. discussed now. The Pennsylvania solitary
system as applicable to all criminals is recon-
mended in a report to the Assembly by the
statistics of crime this report gives 1t appears
that IN 1927 the population OF France beng b.
S57 ,06l the persons tried were I,312 ln 1871
,he population being 34,23O,l7S, the trials were
ss.34l. I'm lsi9 the trials were ~, 1893. Thus
during twenty wears the increase of trials has
been 100 per cent while that of the population
"a estimated at l2i | have not read the above
named report and do not know If the Pennsylva-
ma system he actually mentioned but the sepa-
rate system IN Europe means now that rendered
practicable 10y the radlatlng form OF the PRISON
invented by our celebrated architect Mr. John
Uaylland I'm another view of the case, what
commentary IL is on the Wanted Government OF
LOUIS Philippe To show such irlghtinl increase
In crime. As some Americans now III England
appear impressed with the subordlnatlon 10 au-
thorty" (sec a communication IN The Iio'fs
from An Amerlcan) 1t would he well To IN
form such admirers OF the country which sup
ports The Tunes, that the convictions Tor crimes
now in England are four tunes as great as those
IN France, notwithstanding the above citeu ter
ribe almost overwhelming statement OF the
Rise and Progress of French Crime being nlne
times as great as that OF the population during
the present generation. Before Americans abroad
nav compliments il would be well Tor them To
study little the subject upon which they
presume TO enlghten the world and 10 commit
their countymcn. All the issues OF the daily
papers published IN Great Britain ana Ireland
are not equal IN number to those published IN
Cincinnati, Ohio and of the entire edition pub
lished, | think | am safe IN saying The Times
alone issues one half II not twothlrds The
daily press, therefore, according to the rule OF
the Republican majority is represented 10y fh'
Timss, and ITS dlatrlbes on America precisely
paint the feelings of the majority of the people
If England toward our counHy-o the English
people who think at all ON national mat
tiers and have influence OF any KIND at
home. As another evidence OF the state
Of things IN England, which calls forth our
compliments IN literature and hObnobheN, take
the acknowledgment OF a Dublin journal which
says that the population oi Ireland VIII show m
the forthcoming census tins startling fact, that II
has not increased IN 70 wears since 1871 Now
Ireland Is as much an integral part OF the Eng
lish Empire as HYDE Park or Buckingham Pal.
ace, and II Is hardly necessary with such tact
before us for An American 10 pay compliments
10 England upon the "subordlnation to auihori-
~" Whose authority The same that OF
the master over the slave. An authority which
takes away from humanity ITS erect hgnl.
", Its heaven-reachlng altitude, It's native rank.
Mr.. Charles Dickens recently SAID at public
meeting IN London--"the condition OF the poor
In London Is lower than that OF bruteS'-m which
opinion traveller who has eyes must fully con.
cur, and besides by irresistible analogy, md IN II
cowardly subordlnaton 10 authority equally
brutal. One OF the most eminent men IN Amtri-
ca, writing TO me OF the Worlds Exhibition. calls
1t "a trap of John Bull, into which our stupid
aiN a IA he
malorty-prcss OF England-ihs Times-ln Us
rhetoric ON the subject, and the communications
Of Americans through Its columns, and the trap
and the stupidity OF the several parties become
painfully obvious. The entire population OF Eng
land Wales. and Scotland. nv the census lust
out, is 70 9l9, 52l. In ls4l IL WAS lS6S59Sl 80,
while there is no increase IN Ireland one;hlTu 81
which Is uncutiva,ed, IN England Wales and
Scotland with grea, tracts Vet uncUltvated. the
increase Is only 225.0O0 souls annually. Com
pare that with the increase oi our population.
Ii viii be found that the above sObordinaton 10
an Infamous authority, is the sole cause OF the
dlspanty-for the English climate Is better than
ours, and the land Is good and fruitful, and IN the
opinion OF high authority, could at once oe
made !" double Its products.
rsE VINE CULTURE
In America, which is now exciting attention.
thanks 10 the sagaeity of Mr. Longworth of Gin.
cinna,i. should occupy particularly the notice of
the friends OF American Industry The value of
land producing eminent wines is Incredibly great
know of places in Switzerland. for example
whore fourteen hundred dollars year rent is
gwen for every acre and where the cos, OF pro
uet,on is about one hundred dollars, and the gross