New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-21

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Sa,, of eech Tie b.sory OF Wis i,i]cst i. curio's-
enough so to jusify ne in givnc brief sketch OF IT,
+, IL another Illustration of the strength Of the pFe'eA'
Co,ernuent snd of o. degree Of private "a "eN ~
netieal liberty enc Ca by i,s suhtefa Not % Oesh
81 fle ieginbnc but to q far back ~ Iis' autumn
The eden Dupn, ex-Pfesid,nt a. ta' eN-Lfs'A''i'i
A,anbly delivered in those os{s' as IS his annual
wont, an address before an agrcitarA tOciet! ~
Corbeil he had it priptsd, a"d sent copy 30
Morts1,mbert. 1t is well he.c to remind aHy
Of your readers who may Chance - nave Tor
e,,ten The facts tnst Dosu, cultivated, cold
6lood.d Wit ana lawyer il highly developed rePresen
tative speeins Of The b01geois Conscr'a've; he oo
eves in the per things as they are, material IN
tares:e doyi take the tn1net, aud the statutes Ire
Count Montslcrber, IN bis side Is highly developed
commemorative SPEC Inen OF the srst0crac COngerr,
tive of a somewhat ardent tcmpera .,ut, al ultra
ueut2pe Catholic 10 religion, with Iegltimist seatl
uerts sbd Teolicetious rather than hopes, in poll
tics Now preI0Us 20 the 8grlcultdIa al speech Dupln
had made yist to Vi ss.eEbeTt a. the country house
oftie latter There the lad TALKED about French poll
tics and the part each Tad taken in them and being both
at present OF tie ysnqushed party ana both OF them
having prete ted assinr cOncs ion OF Jbe Orleans
property and both besIg non.admirers II Napoleon
and one being host and the other guest II would
that tLey hsfmoniZed well enough in negative kind
of way But MoDialenbers found much 70 object to
in TIE agricultural .peoch, which had witty and mali
cious saHts TO the address OF the LegitDlst such
suuninI old Dupn had gwen mote % over the nuts
end vine at Chateau vi ntaembert. AND 80 MOnta-
lenbert wrote HIN q letter about it AID other things,
in wliC d he spoke his mind with some freedom, and
tie acerbity natural to his temperament regarding the
political faults OF Louis Napoleon, or Louis Napcleons
Government which Is the thing Observe that this
private letter written on the l6th OF last Septem-
ter Tho writer showed il to one or two confidential
friends. After time, few manuscript copies found
their way into few saloons. Finally, as lately as
tho 10th Of last month il was published Ia The hide
psndanos. Brussels newtpaper-by mistake, 1t sp-
yesTs, for the esOr vi that journal immediately nstl-
q tI.r
in the columns Of that journal, which accordingly
stored at tho Post Office The only copies dstrbutel
were Lote adhered TO bgn official subscribers, such
AZ the Corps Legisatn itself, the table o. whose
reading room il by the members. Here
uptp some two weeks ago, Dupin out with
.witt, sharp letter in the public journals addressed
to Nortaleubert, liz which be charges HIM with vo-
.tipg the confidence OF private conversation and cor
rstpotdence And tlereupOp MOntoembert answers
throufh the public journals in ardn sharp letter,
FIAT Dupip has enough character Of his to in
ure the honorable reputation of another by charges OF
any sort especially false ones like those in hand lie,
Nopal, mbert denies that he has had any part in the
Ma or pswspaper publication Of the letter in ques
top OF any knowledge Of how il came to be 80 pub
jished but since il is halfway out he proposes
that Dupn make application to the proper authorities
for permission to publish it freely in France, that the
puLbc NAV Judge who of them is in the wrong Where
upop on tie 18th of March, the prosecuting attorney
Of the Imperial Court OF Paris demands OF the egs-
lstve bOdy permission to prosecute Count Montalen-
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"a letter, committed the nisdemeanors Of oiense to
the person Of the Emperor, OF exciting hatred AMI
contempt against the government and Of disturbing the
public peace BY exciting mutual hatred and con
empt among citizens" Although the demand
was accompanied By formidable charge.
tho question which the House had to consider was nos
thc guilt innocence OF The etterwrIer but one re-
fsrdipg Il cir dgnity-Heaven save the mark The
members OF the body PRIVILEGED against arrest and
prosecution during time Of session. The prosecuting
attorney asks that this privilege may be- waived IN ds-
favor OF MOniaembert not because he wrote but be-
cause be published and circulated private letter
committee was sppOoted to consider The request and
presented a majority report against it's admission.
During the debate upon the adoption OF this report
Nontesnbert repeated hs formal denial made before
the committee not only O his publication, but OF his
completely in or hnoWe, &c of the publication Indeed
no regretted it, and regretted the form Gan acrd
form) OF expression which he had employed IN the
leter-Eot because lie had To reract opinions there
expressed but because now, when the niiscrotion OF
NJ Dupn and the prosecuting attorney have excited
public curiosity regarding IL, aud given il effectively
wide circulation, circumstances arc changed IRON
what they in Sepenber Now the nation
10 at war, opposition should be silent all
opiniops should rally round the chief the nation
who holds its sword and flag The orator pro
ceeded amid tie rising murmurs 81 the majority OF
tho house to defend himself against the charges OF the
prosecuting attorney by reference to the whole course
Of his long public life; coming then 20 deic nd himself
against the charge Of inconsistency between hs known
sentiment aud bis holding OF seat IN The legislative
BODY he ad that he remained there because ne would
not despair of his country because he hoped that the
Assembly Of which he q part, might haply NIL the
modest but important office Of countepoise to 100
pcnerfM ,eiH ''As man of liberty and equality, he
.'thoupht that by 80 acting his example might
have it's use in country which has too often con
"soled itself for its prOstrations by the violence OF
its revolutionary movements. Toward the close oil
his speech which would be eloquent in any assembly,
and is uniquely So in this, be rises to tone oil
prophetic warning, addressed TO the Government
against it's own slavish suOWl'sloh'
an utter suppression OF discussion IN the Assem-,
bly, the communication Of private letters elevated
into msdemeanor, will bring il no strength " Born
of a reaction in favor of authority, the present
Government has but thing 10 fear the e1ceste'
"of its own principles. Himsell n partisan
of an honest moderate policy, he had rallied TO the
new Power because he believed that il would show
itself honest and moderate, but his expectation.
had been disappointed Here he was interrupted
nv the murmurs of the Assembly Baroehe, one OF the
Government Commissioners appointed 70 press the de
uand of the prosecuting attorney, asked ths orator
really intended to say that he had expected TO Ind the
Government honest and moderate and kai been disap
pontedl Mlontalembert replied in the affirmative de
carng that he could not consider the conhscatl0n oil
the Orleans estates honest act, nor the prosecution
directed against him moderate one
tits 10 be regretted that Of the only bold tree WORDS
that have been spoken in France, since Montalemoer
smoke boldly and freely last year, We have no other
than the garbled official report translate from hat
as it appears in todays MoRitenr the hha paragraph
and commend it to the attention OF that class very
..laree and respectable believe, even IN our free
rountry who mistake the iron de.pOtsn OF tbs present
ROVER for its strength and the general forced ehee
of lis subjects for tier content
THE orator does not think that because rance his