New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-27
FRANCE.

le United States ere dlrg'sco '" WV
.rmsnt, Complaint, are piled upon comp Hn's
iii, the hearing Of The two Governments. and
-. ,uhl;. are not even favored With al otiiclal
,,,,.top of the difficulties, if any exis', when
,tssd in the way Of psstai treaty During MI
R;,e.,s term of service Is Mas,er At Paris, we
we're told that the French GOVernmen. wac
vilbpg and anxious 10 conclude q highly advin-
tsgeous treaty, by which the Continental mai
from the United States would be brought dlrec'
from New-York, by Havre, 20 Paris, AMI taehce
distributed safely and expedidou-ly' u alt P'l''
Of the Continent; bat the Governmen' a. -" "s"-
ineton. il was sad, refused 10 enter mo .uo
Arrangement for many Welshty Ic"s'n' .t
weiohticst OF which was the oPpos'~ea VI '.o
(,ollips line. Since The arrival OF Mr. aiaS1n IA
ps,;, The American Government has dlrected thlS
T.cst;op TO make Oyeftures to the French Gov
.rn,oenf on this subject; but the happy period
H. zone by. The French Government now re-
fnses ~ enter into a convention, on account 0i lts
English alliance aud the damage which the new
treaty would inhic: on the trade between England
and the United States-a point OF deicacy hishiy
honorable 10 the French, and which material
England will, perhaps, never see or acknowledge
The announcement that new line IL about 70
he established by Mr. Vanderbilt between New
York and HavTe has given great satisfaction 70
the large number OF individuals Ia this country
whn have business connections with the United
States: for il is very justly considered that, az
the means of communication and the conse iuen'
intercourse between the two countries increase
the want of action ON the part OF the two G0Verh-
nents will be more palpsble, and al the SANE
fine more imperative. AZ it is, letters pass rom
one country TO the other with great uncertainty
and irrepuiarity, and are charged enormous post,
age. Pamphlets or journals may be conS!Ierea
as lost the moment they are thrown into the I0st-
(Jf,ce of either country, for they seldom rcdch
their destination. And yet what an enormous
mail and large revenue might be made up II the
public had confidence in It's safe trhnsmlssoh'
There is another grievance which Americans ID
Paris labor under, and which is certainly suscep
fible Of a remedy if temperate but hrm remOn'
STRANGE should be addressed by the Government
of the United States 10 that OF france, on the SUD
iect ] refer to the surveillance which is eXer-
cised over the journals of the United states, but
particularly the large journals of New York, IN the
Paris Post. Office. There are many banking, com
mercjal and other establishments in Paris either
conducted by Americans, or directly coma ected III
business with American houses, who subscribe Tor,
and must have the American journals, IN order TO
aseist them, by the information contained IN the
advertising and commercial columns OF those Jour
nails, in properly conducting their business. These
men are not politicians, and do not middle III the
political affairs Of the country; yet more tnin nail
their journals are cOnliscated in the Paris Post
Office because the editors thereof sometimes ex
press opinions opposed to the form of Government
which now exists IN France.
There is also large number of permanent and
transient residents in Paris not in business, and
who are neither politicians nor came to France
for political purposes. These persons are more
eager to see the journals Of their native country
than they would be at home, and they are yexed
with the idea that after having paid their sub
seriptiOn and advance postage, the journals arrive
within their reach in the city of Paris, aud are
there confscated The London Times, which has
said worse things of the French Emperor (beiore
the alianee than is often met with ia the journals
Of the United States was never stopped for more
than two days, and that was on account OF the
Bourse, aud only temporary measure-the rea-
son offered in extenuation being that lts statements
were not accessible 10 the revolutionary classes by
means Of the language and TeTe s9 therefore
THE TRIBUNE or any other American Journal
can be more dangerous than The Lond0H I!meS|
The London Times is taken in the reading rooms OF
Paris. where Frenchmen see il daily; while the
American journals go into private families for the
most part where they have no circulation ID
French society, are not susceptible OF doing any
HARM and, in fact, are never thought OF M CON
pection with revolutionary movements. How Is
il that the courtesy which is accorded to the
English journals is not extended also to those OF
America
The citizens Of the United States resident in
Paris are for the most part observers OF the doe
trne of non-interventon in the affairs of foreign
pations, aud they are, therefore, a. little danger
Gus to the peace Of this Government as any other
rlass of foreigners who are here to be found. They
are here spending large fortunes in aiding to main
tain the depressed commerce Of this country, and
IL is unjust illiberal and discOureous in this en-
ightened Government TO withdraw from them
alone the enjoyment of the much-coveted and
harmless pleasure Of receiving and reading the
Journals of their native country We call for an
official remonstrance on the subject
In France there is recognized principle OF
law appertaining TO the police, which is above
and beyond the control of the ordinary civil laws
Of the country. 1t was the abuse OF tins " higher
"law power which left ON the history OF the
First Empire such an odious reputation for
Fouche and il was in like manner the too free
use of this power by NJ. Magne, the late Minister
Of Police, that brought about the entire abolition
of that Office by the present Emperor The office
has been abolished, and there is no longer head
10 direct the movements OF the subOrdinates, and
70 bear all the blame OF Over-zeaouS acts but the
power remains still inherent IN the police force,
and is more the less active or arbitrary for want
of ministerial department In France progress
is slow and radical change from old 70 new
ideas is the work of time; heads may change, but
the subOrdinates follow in the footsteps of their
predecessors. II is thus that the black room y
Of the Paris post-offce still exists and that the
police OF the post-ofce, notwithstanding the pres
ent Government is as firmly fixed as any which
has been Or is likely to be, in power for a long
time, deems il necessary 10 exercise an lndis-
eliminating and useless surveillance over the cir
culstcn Of American journals in France. 1t is
indiscriminsting because the journals are coniis-