New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-12
FRANCE.

Of The N. Y. Tribune ~ ,oro
PARIS, Thursday, March %, 1872

.x..er of the anomaly committed by the President in
decreeine the budget instead of submitting to the Le
,sre II would be useless return 10 the subject at
shis late day suffice il say that the deficit of 81 mil
Hons which lie likely TO be increased than dinn-
hed before the close Of the fiscal year. creates uneas-
ness though not alarm The appariton Of the appro-
praiions In the Monew took the city by surprise, az
the rumor that they would be passed by decree and nos
by vote seemed too nonsrous for belief 1.-THE budget
such as ii APPEAR tells story it is not az bad a.
was expected and to this circumstance 1t Is doubtless
due that the innovation in the traditional method oil vo
ing the taxes has occasioned no greater onfcry
The rules and regulations by which the deliberations
Of the three State bodies the Council the Senate and the
Leeislarc are to be guided have appeared in the Mon
tear find very little worthy Of reproduction in this
decree It merely embodies and develops the various
proveions upon the subject in the Constitution
Some few Of the conditions by which the Deputies main
tain the fal tenure Of their existence are not however,
without interest The proclanatons Of the President Of
the Republic adourning dissolving the Legislative
Body are TO be read in public sitting all other business
being superseded and the members are Immediately
sferward to dispense. No member can speak without
having obtained leave of the President, and then only
from his place. the tribune having been removed If
speaker wander from the question: the President recalls
him to it, II a speaker twice recalled 10 the question,
shall continue to wander from it, the President consus
the Assembly upon the propey of requesting him 10 sit
down, and speak further upon the same subject All
personalities and all signs Of appreciation and disappro
baton are interdiced member disturbing order may
be expelled from the Chamber for period Of five days.
and this decision may be posted all the public build
ings in the Department which he represents Cannot
somebody put Borland every stump and shanty in
Arkansas If the Assembly become tumultuous and
ungovernable the President put on his hat suspends
the sitting for hour postpones 1t 10 the next day
The reports Of the session. TO be published in the news
papers, will be such as--and other than such
shall be drawn up and authorized by the President Of
the Chamber No speech shall be published unless the
Chamber authorize IT. an unauthorized printing and
distribution Of speech shall be punished by fine of
from 300 to 5000 francs against the printers, and of so
TO 500 against the distributors But any member may,
upon authorization, to be printed and distributed
ut bis own expense any speech that he may have de-
lvered
One inevitable result of their system Of regulations
will be to render the Legislature the bestbehaved pot
cal body extan and the Deputies the most bland easy
aiable gentlemen to be found exercising any political
capacity. And indeed, what else you expect Of in
dviduals who have neither initiative nor responsibility
who have favorte measures TO carry, no hostile pol
icy to defeat whose course is chalked out that each
one knows the crack he Is to walk and the line he Is
TO toe; how man lose his temper when every
body Is his side how man fail TO preserve an
impassive mien when he neither turn, stir,
swerve, budge2 When you have legislative body
that really possesses power and really enjoys independ
ence there you may expect and you rarely fail to find,
great indccorm and even positive brutality, in the
a..
tive corps belonging body, SOUL and VOTE to supe
rior power above which has power to enforce good
to correct evil which has share in the credit of the
beneficial it may be called upon pass and
responsibility In the pernicous counses may adopt
there you will find serenity, composure, dignity deco
rum, in the French Legislative Corps. When shall
we an independent body at the same time decent
Answer, Borland, when And when shall we see a de-
Gently digniicd dody independent The French Con.
stuon says that there is hope under ten years. Let
us hope that Borland viii have made satisfactory reply
In much less time
To-day the eighth day from the second trial to elect
deputy at Lyons have heard of the result; 1900
for the democratic candidate and 5000 for the govern
meut nominee The delay has doubtless been caused by
the Project of the department. who would naturally de-
te, on finding the vote against the side of law and re
elect the official candidate in spite of the figures,
whether he should give publicity to uncorrected re-
turn of universal suffrage Had the poll been favorable
to the Government we should have known L I'VE days
ago. There has been an unexplained delay Of five days
In making public the result You cannot prevent peo
pie from making harsh comments upon such peculiar
dongs the official papers neither offer excuse for the
delay nor do they vouchsae any remark whatever upon
lx,t chi raaf
the enemy.
We are principally interested just now In the APP
proaching Inauguration of the Constitution by the sol
emn opening of the two branches of the Legislature by
the President in person The first session takes place
ut the Tuleries after this the Senate rctires TO the
Chamber of Peers, and the Legislative Body to the
Chamber of Deputies. In the gallery encirclng the
latter Chamber are to be bunes for spectators
Of them is for the "house OF the President
tanning thirty places for the Senate one for the
Council of State for the Ministers, one for the
President Of the Chamber ITSELF for the VicePres
idents one for the diplomatic corps and one for the
officers of the army for such persons as have OBJ
tanned tickets containing sixty places and one for
those who have tickets, containing twenty. Seats
have been placed in the semcrcle surrounding the
ators' trbune--lateiy rcmovcd-for the Councillors of
State deputed to propose and sustain the discussion Of
the laws elaborated by the Council
You win have heard of the acquittal of NM Thomas
and dHaussonvlle French refugees in Brussels arrest
ed for publishing the BS.ia Fraaeais in which Louis
Napoleon was rather roughly handled. The charge
brought against them that they abused the hospital
iy Of Belgium and compromised the peace of the coun
try The Jury had the good sense and the independ
encc to reject the conclusions Of the State Attorney
and to order the release Of the prisoners. They
loudly cheered on leaving the Court but decree of
Punishment from Belgium almost Immediately
served upon them by order of the submissive Leopold
1t said that they intend to continue the publication Of
their journal in England
The Steele has published of late several appeals to the
President for general amnesty 10 the political prison