Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-11-05

ter some delay they 70 ,r~sed aud vere brought up
d,Ion under the article. Of easeasioa entered into be-
tween the United States and France years ago.
The only rhr~ss In this cventon which touch them
public officers Is specified Of the crirass which
it, provisi"ns be put ia Erce against laxiives
js-iieA No-. railway company such body =. en-.
uu,d ~ speak ~ ITS Officers public ofccrsr" Upon
that point the decision Il H. certsinly one
very desirable that Offenders OF such description
should be brought JUSTICE hut the other hand
what OF the manner In which they appear 10
solved To defend themselves public prosecution carried
against them In Parts at IN. pre~~n momeat aud the
actual critical condition oi the French finances will pobs.
DIV be attended viii much scandal prove
barr.ssmcut whirh the Government would gladly avoid
With rvgard TO the accusations which these gitivcs
utter against the leading In the Fench capital
for moment lose sight Of the fact that they
tually thieves aud Their testimony Is
the Testimony OF persons who profoundly d-c'edited
They do not attempt 10 deny the shameful crimes III which
they accused but they say. In effect ave
than neighboa Every principal personag. In
Franc. has done things As bad aud worse They ho~ev-
had political power to bolster their frauds aud the
means at communicating capital, the semlance Of IT,
Above all, they have not been found out" Now, do
Tor stand forth the defenders
Of stock obbinc N Paris least the dishonesty 9TH
Constitutes tor the open aud apparent crime
Of hc New fors prisoners IL is paision Of fraud
sach theirs say There fraud la the air. there
fraud us aud fraud US and fraud be-
meath iec II every obbcr Who entered the Paisian
Bourse trackng without means ofpaymen in Of
reverse Why Carpenter Grelet and Parrot
SHOULD have stolen " Rothschd shares aud disposed OF
u,cm satisfy CLAIMS which OF their insane
specuaiions. Whatever others may have been they
pslpAbl cheats and thieves, convicted upon their
Testimony IL k no doubt most deeply b. depL,red
that leading French statesmen the counscl.rs aud
immediate advisers Of the Emperor, should be repuied
stockholders They will succeed In persuading the
world that the advice they give their Imperial up
impost questions Of European policy biassed
by the exgcnces OF their private Had any
English statesman been mixed up With these commcr-
cal specutons the Iersons the French Em.
pror have BEEN his colleagues would been COMPEL.
r exclude him from their deliberations and from OF.
ice. Bad t. reality is will sggravat. thou.
sndiod and la the end any nation which Is ruled 10y dab
bl.rs it, the public funds will them of We are aware
that the traditions Of France upon this subject are very
dh'r,at from Were the portrait, Of NIL the
French statesmen who have reared the edhce o their
fortunes by tsmpering with the public credit suspended
IN the Bourse, iron Taleyrand downwsrjs to
o~n time the gallery would be numerous and instructive
to future generations A. lar the direct action OF the
Government concerned have ceased to point
that the constant interference OF the State IN
ii transactions il founded upou principles radically
cious II Tor the time Government atsin certain
d'gree of popularity by aiding commerce To tide
difficulty the period OF reaction will surely Every
luckes~ merchant starred Spectator, will then
eer his ruin to the action naction OF those who pro-
es-ei nj one moment 10 help MN. and the next moment
lett hun to perish Tor want OF helping hand. IL is
necessary to that not here attempting argue
the question upon higher and more decisive grounds
simply a. one OF popularity Ire long the public Imam
ceS o France will aud out the fearful blunders they have
committed IN attempting to regulate the action Of
IN rs enterprise and TO substitute credit for wealth
IL THIS matter be pushed To its natural terninaton
may H Tor some edyng disclosures AS to the annals OF
tn" French Boursc since lsis II compelled Ia
go back TO france SAID Grelet 81 will disclose several
matters that viii compromise the very men who nov
-,Sutc me- anu even great niah'crs VINO nov hoid their
heads h'Sh upon thc Bourse They point to the prince
u" nnc which have been realized III 50 buei space
IRON nothing, ana pomise to reveal what they know Of
the minus orrd In Its train have followed destruction,
ruin suicide W. can easily enough believe hi. for
thntE when the Railway mania was at its height among