New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-30
FRANCE.
The French Press on the United States.

Correspondence Of The N Y. Tribune
PARIS, Thursday, Oct. 9, 1851.
You are aware that it is now the policy
Ofthe French Government TO play the reacti9naaue,
that is reaction against progress-against the march
oflberal ideas. Its course therefore, IN respect TO
the press the liberty OF meeting discussing, speak.
ing travelling Is Austrian, Orperhaps rather Russian
II is the special desire OF the government to be call
ed the Government If Or!er and 10 give the impress
SION that 1t IA the, shield and defense of hfe prop
ery business all being, II alleges, threatened by
republicanlsm.
From this policy have proceeded the recent incar
cerations of the two young Hugos and other editors
and newspaper publisherS-the military trials and
COMBINATIONS at Lyons-the pompous display OF
governmental energy IN bouncing upon obscene and
contemplate complottery-the mhospitabe call of
the Prefecture requiring all foreigners TO appear and
obtain permission of residence and finally the bar
barous denial of kOssuth'S reQueS, 10 cross the
French territory to England.
In following out this line Of policy, II is deemed
convenient to make our country, the United States
Of America. the special object Of abuse and defama
Repubhcanism must, at all hazards, be made TO
appear before the French people as mere system
ofhcense, agiarianiSm, briganGage, piracy, murder
and ASSASSIN alton In order 70 render tins amla6le
plo, effective, 1t would seem that special agent is
kept at New York by the Patrc, semi.offical gov
emmen, new Spapcr IN Paris, whose business II is 10
backen our country and people 10y system of false
hood, perhaps without parallel IN the annals OF
journalism | send YOU herewith "A literal transla-
ton of an article furnished by TINS New AOrk cor.
respondent and printed IN che PGtre OF tae sth OF
October
our spec al Corresron leuce
NEW-NoRK. cad of July, 1851.
Assassination Is the order OF the day>-aSSaSslna.
ton al night IN broad daylight ID, nigh noon at
every hour and IN every place IN the City and IN
the haNlt' land and by seat Is rage, mania.
Our wrctched [ mon Is IN q bad way. venture to
affirm that IN no civilized country Ot the world are
the statistics OF blood AM murder - rch IN figures
and facts tins classic land Oi fraternity. Killing
IS done IN our country IN every possible nay. NOI
can have the article IN every iorm with every style
OF vaIiatl0U, accessory, shade and NrtrgS. Murder
furnishes the indls penSabte Illustration Tor etcA page
OF the history OF annals MOI page of our Annals
IN which there are not lines traced n human blood.
Ibegm With wholesale murder. ThlS Is commit
ted with machines which are called steamers and
locomotives. AS the great point III ,hlS country Is 10
make money, NOBODY ms the time 70 think OF pre-
cautions of any such nonsense II the carcass OF
ship and an Old boiler INSPIRE SUFFICIENT confidence
" bring few dollars BY anSpoTing merchandise
and travellers, they never mend II. never drive the
leaS bit of nall, or the most distant spike. They
risk the lives Of several hundreds ~ people IL Is
tue that they risk the ship also. bu. matter for
that SO ahead. and d-n the odds The boiler
bursts the boat blows up dozen people are
drowucd, several dozens are Scaidcl, and the rest
are OF less seriously wounded
Then the recital of the accident fsures for A day
or two IN the public papers un Ter the STEREOTYPE IL
lie OF GW nj erploSioHGrsdt ionS Of tres give
the winters English, letter for le,,erl Then the
whole thing Is forgotten and disappears under the
waves of every day life. EyentS which in EuroDe
would occupy public attention for whole months 10.
yeher and would call forth every possible means of
repression and assistance only serve here 10 excite
iu moment the glutted curiosity OF newspaper
readers everything soon fails back into inilfier-
sece and apathy, until a few DAYS aflerwar6 new
SsadotS accident suTges up for The etilsrS and the
public.
hnever comes INTO the head Of any magistrate 10
ea an END to this species OF ~bolesaie murder. No
aeyslatIe has thought of passing preventive meas
e0 Is not Individual safety sufficiently glaran-
%oy the Temperance Societies
Retail murder naturally offers more variety and
Sss4er number OF distinctive features characterzng
moral situation of our population. Ii Is 0rdlni-
g. cominted BY totcdlcrs llltCrnl, probably meant
- ,erdiesl and roafsrs literal, again, perhlps
w impio' ement on lOafsrsl lt Is often commit
~. "f amusement, and Is generally followed BY
tss, These rascas don't think anything more OF
sou a.e ot man than that ola mad dog. There are
ess,'nes assaSsiDations RlGSss seen re,
hsssv al hobsken, at the Nme OF The festival given
ne, 1efman singers. Every day the public pa
sf,sSa'ien some new mons,rosiy The number
C,tSuNcioes al New York Is 50 enormous that the
loS,yn. su give away hundred per cent. without
Thsae uthe OF It's prominence for immortality.
CIV. suie, 10 tc speak, nuptlsl murders, which
Ssu az IDEA Of the happiness that tesns in house
AZ Aao families. | omit accidental deaths such
ydn,,s esui'ilg from intoXlcaaon, suicides indi-
Of horsoi over oy omnSlses, buried m the m MS
consrnc,, A'h tumble down during the process Of
's''oaai assass,ns, who bleed their victims