New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-21

no,. evident. than tia. the trainers of the law,
the legislative Assembly of the Republic IN le49,
had not dreamed Of applying It 70 electorsi pc.eS
offered TO republican voters At popular Polluca
election. But the case being brought before .
Court Of Appeal, the decision Of the Court oil Az
was upset. IL was decided that tue name OF
candidate written or printed, was an eeT1 Ana
came within the letter Of the law; that conse-
quenty, if it did not bear the stamp OF the aniaof
ties permitting ts circulation, no one had tse
RIGHT 10 distribute copies of il 10 voters or others
OF course If Government Project does not choose
TO permit the name Of an opposition candidate lot
the Municipal Council, the Legislative Body, or
other Office, to be circulated. It must not De CIR
eulated. The Assemble Rationale an Orleanist
journal here in Paris, speaking OF this e1traoi
binary decision, very quietly observes thaf IL
marks an epoch in the annals Of French magls.
"tracy; that il throws clear light on our political
situation, and in this respect is matter oil con-
Equalization" This comment which you might
thin K sufficiently guarded even for French Jour
nalist, was followed the next day BY warning
to the Assemble NGtionaie from the Minister OF the
Interior If the assemble Nationale dare commit
another such imprudence, its publication Will be
Suspended BY the Minister of the Interior.
And yet you will find people, you are surround
cd By PEOPLE, who seriously believe that Gov-
erpment which cannot bear such mild ailuslve
shocks as this-which constantly brioes ana nat
tiers the officers and priyates OF an army OF nail
million OF mems firmly based, and Will commune
in undsturbed dynastic succession even because
baby Napkin is born at the Tuleries Really, II 10
hard to tell " no are maddest those who make TINS
lucky. adventurous Emperor, q controlling god oil
DESTINY or those who deny to an able, thoughtful,
unscrupulous man, the merit OF ordinary states
maDshp.
A legal case Of another sort is amusing, as re-
ported in the papers: Madame Quinchez sells an
elegant head-dress for ladies, which she names q
Uoitdire Madame Lefebvre sells one wonderfully
ike. which she calls an Anglaise. Madame Quin-
chez sues Madame Lefebvre for encrOachng on
her invention: asks the Court 10 forbid Madame
Iefebyre selling the same and 10 condemn her to
two thousand francs damages Madame Lefeovre
defends herself by the mouth Of her advocate, VINO
wsxes eloquent against " monopoly when "ould
have for effect 10 arrest, through tear OF law SUITS
the fight Oessor) Of the genius OF mllllners and
" consequently TO impose limits upon the adorn-
mepts of women" THE Court rejects the PLAIN
tits suit.
OF still another kind is the report read OF
case recently tried before the civil tribunal OF
Rellac. Bellac is in the department OF Haute
Vienne an old Huguenot district In the west OF
France. Emigrsnts from there made their way 10
England and to America by the port OF Rochelle,
when Louis XIV the model of kings, the great
monarch par e1ceiiencs the paternal ruler OF has
people. revoked the edict of Nantes. This trial
was a prosecution of O minister, o. two school
teachers. of a poor carpenter and others, for the
cr ne Of having worshipped God In their own
fashion. without permission Of the Project Ihey
had applied, they and some hundred ether lnhao-
itants of the village for permission TO worship TOD
after their Protestant manner, without erect
Making their choice, then, between God and the
Project. they went on quietly and humbly to sing,
preach and pray as they felt bound in conscience
10 do. For this they were prosecuted, tried and
condemned to pay fnes-some to the amount Oh
COO francs. others to the amount of 500 francs
each The reporter of the trial in the Prose- adds
that the defendants are VIGOROUSLY too poor 10
pay their fines unless they sell all their little prop
erty. They were defended before the Court BY tue
pastor of a Protestant congregation OF the Depart
ment. which has obtained permission 10 exercise
worship in their own way, with noble eloquence,
of which | regret that space does not allow me 10
piye more than one brief specimen. The Pastor,
NJ Prepenst, said, addressing the Court: -
"Observe, then, that il not the spirit OF reoelioa
which moved the accused TO assemble but the spt OF
oh, dieuce to God. If thep have been rebehous, II
is to a law of day. and for the sake Of obeylng
law eternal as conscience itself. II they nave oeeh
rebels TO the law, il Saint Peter and the pnm-
tive Christians rebels, a. the rench fTVlsst-
ants of the seventeenth century were rebels"
Although this case of legal persecution is, IN
bsppily far from being an isolated one, ought, in
ustice to the spirit of the French people since
l7s9 to warn readers who have not looked into the
state of the contendng religions in France, against
too bssty or broad congratulations from 1T. Prot
estants have no recognized right to assemble Tor
worship in France until they nave oo!aiheu ID
authorization from government. Not obtaining 1t
and it may be unreasonably refused by admins
trative eficers-they are fined and perhaps mPrls-
oned; but there the persecution steps. Their
leaders are not shot in prison-they. are not
nobbed, driven in mass from one settlement to
another, and at last into waste deserts, as sects
dissidebt from the majority of their surrounding
citizens have sometimes been treated In countries
we wot of.