New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-11

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''p' fy 10 ny '53 Bowers, an Engllshuan, hird
Nar,on an Engtshman, the seducer oil ms VIE;
~. in Peri.. He fled 10 England, but ai'.rNaiu
r.t,rn.d and voluntarily gave himself up 700 '1'
trial The fact Of the homicide was h't I'heu'
Tho letter of the law was clear Tor punishment
Uis counsel. Chalk DIST Auce, who is the hoa.c
of the Paris bar, based the defense not vi ''a.uu
law. but on natural right. Bowers was acIiLeu
II strikes one singIllarly at first sight OF These
tr,, illustrative cases to observe here i'll old over
D,v,ru,d oyrr.polced anil, 80 to speak, over
c,urt,J France the virtual acceptance OF PROPOSE
zion that rules in our wider American unwritten
code. Where the law does not protect the indlvduai
he max protect himself. The proposition however
has a much wider application III Arkansas thah III
the Department of the Seine \ man 'hah P'e
upon me all the abusive ePthets OF the lahgu'ge-
and whatever MAJ be- lie poverty IN certain resPcc's
in this respect the French tongue u "a copiOus ds u
!. bri,k-and if rctort by blow the Courts mud
ne IN the wrong-though | may get damages II
bear the insults meekly. Let me take tins occasion
TO warn NV Young travelling countrymen never 10
strike Fr,nchman; if YOU ARE itching Tor hshi'
wait till he strikes you-which will be long enough
for both of You to get cool, unless You TAX hh WIN
cowardice. For the dapperest pett maltre VIII NOT
rest under the accusation of fear. But your true
wav as Christian philosopher and Intelligent trsv-
eler, is 10 oppose Your Inherited English Phlrgm 10
his Gallo frrIor Therrat he will grow 50 precious
mad that by internal commotOn he suffers as much
~ though he We're beaten-Uhich IL pleasant Tor
you and safe. But strike him rather than enter
MO contest of words for ia that case he Is sure
10 triumph. He will triumph in his heart OF hearts
IN his national. French hcart-Oyer your ignorance
of the language: his rage will turn 10 selt-compla-
cent contempt; he viii cry out, TO your address,
be-t.t--and h. " i'll be- in the right.
After several days profound silence Oh political
themes, which was attributed generally To DELICIOUS
ad from official quarters, the Courier Dc PdTtS
has resumed the explanation and defense 81 the
newly devised Constitutional opposition Eme
de- Grardin-for il j. now we'll understood, whoever
pens and signs these articles, that h. Is the author
Of theul-sccms TO have lost something OF his Old
glsdatoral yigor, as what gladiator would not who
was forced To- fight with his hands tied; bat still
his articles are more suggestive Of thought are
more alive and pertinent 10 the present condition Of
political things than any other leaders OF the Pa
risian journals Wthal they are really the most
effective acts of opposition that have been done by
the pen this many day Still, his theory "i con-
stitntiona opposition il likely to rest IN the state of
theory. More is the pity. But the various shades
of opposition here, even of liberal opposition, are
more attached 10 party and party phrases than to
real practical liberty. Girardns notion OF accept
ing the Empire as fixed fact, and then, taking the
Emperor at his word. ROWING II with liberty by
putting universal suffrage To It's best aud complete
uses, is ingenious and abstractly sound-but III
France only abstractly. There Is besides however
practical worth in his presentation OF IT. Ills artl
cles set people thinking help TO prevent their poIt
zeal sense from stpefying for lack of exercise; anu
are a means of telling some diSaSter"o ~
tbe Fmperor which M they are but the i"gcai eA
tension of his Majesty own dicta; hust Ve permit
ted expression, however dlstasteiui.
Another means which the French have, and use
lroeIy of keeping the functions of their political
life in partial exercise Is an infusion Of interest from
the healthier political life OF foreign nations Thus
the clerical and liberal parties of Belgium are re-
produced here. The camps of their respective adj
herens are nearly a. well defined and filled with
near, AS ardent partisans in Paris as at Brussels
while their distinctive principles and the causes and
consequences of the recent liberal triumph in
Belgium are discussed by the French with more
APPARENT earnesfncss, because with more freedom
of speech. than their own elections of last June.
For the past two days all the leading Journals
have been much taken up with President Buchanan
Message-msnly with direct translation or ana! sls
of that long document. Such brief apprccstl0ns OF
the Message a. have seen rather favorable than
otherwise And here il may be said, as general
statement that none but the very thinnrst skinned
Americans need quarrel with the views taken OF rs BY
the French press. Occasionally there Is II severe
criticism which We deserve, and occasionally a speci-
men of ignorant or intentional abuse. But extruy
agant condemnation may be Offset by eAtrayagant
sage from the New-YOrk correspondent Of one OF
the Partisan journals not for the perusal of
the general reader" Of THE TRIBUNE though il
NAV amuse him. but d salye 10 any thln-cutlced,
special reader who stands i'll need of a healing plas
ter to his wounded national vanity. He has squirmed
sometimes, perhaps, under the charge, preferred BY
foreign travellers, OF brutal violence in American
political warfare. Let him read, and b. soOthed
- Here again the American shows tact and patriot
go. W, hoar "a
dental Message. He may be separated by world
wide differences from the views and opinions Of
''the Administration; he may have abored for ito
"oyerthrOW; he may have cause to complain Of IT.
il may have deceived all his eypsctatiOns-but the
President is the head Of the Republic. Under
that title he has right 10 the respect Of all men,
land nc one discusses or doubts the facts and
opinions presented in his Constitutional Message"
The writer does not intend irony in this paragraph.
Ii seems TO me that il WAS in the same letter
read notice of the proposed fifth or sixth marriage
of that fayorite of the Boston magistracy, Lola
Mentes. But that ia neither here nor there, and
only mention the ladys name at all for the sake OF
bringing in under lis PREDATORY protection the fol
lowing anecdOte, characteristic. though very likely
not true: Not long ago, the story runs, gen
teman carrying large CLOAK on his arm, stopped
in the Karlsstrasse, neer the Mont de- Piet' (pub
" lie pawnbroker's); be was presently scco.ted by
one of the women who make il their business 10
be on the wstch for shamefaced customers, aud
offer. for small commission, 20 do the business
of plcdgin. their jewels or other articles, and re-
ceiying the loan granted on them. Well, Mein
Herr you don't want TO present yourself in the
Office; give Inc your cloak and | win get the
highes. loan | can for it,
The gentleman, after moments hesitation, ac
cepted the good woman- offer with thanks. Take
in the CLOAK, and will wait here for YOU" Five
minutes after the representative pawnee came out
with tea forms for her bashful principal, which
WAS ths smount of the loan. and asked for her com