New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-02
THE PRESS AND THE FRENCH EMPIRE.
F,o. The Lons,. sa,s,s1y Rer,ep.

| IL uo more than e should have e1oecei Of the
OF letters ~ France that, they share his cOny,-
tions they should also b. prepared T. p,rtake mis- DAN
gers. TIE fasone topic Of the apOlgi-s Of the + IL
! pire both in France and IN Epgla d-for Te are
a.hamed 10 say that there are n;t wanting even 10
this country writers are capable Of det1niDg the
liberty they abnsehGs always been that TIE y sten
o. Iressiop which Louis Napoleon has established II
esseptsl to the existence OF society AMI inst those
who hostile to is Governs nent the eneInes oi
all orGeI anC VI all law. The changes have beea 50
IaI upon this theme that the hymns ia honor Of the
Savior Of S.clety must, We shpad think almost
have sic' ned the veDai dsvoees. As long "a TIE
sycophsuts If epotsm could keep before the eyes Of
laLIc tour ge0ise the bog bear Vf the abyss,
they hope reconcile them To actual evils wnch
| seeu ed more tolerabe IN comparison with y iancei
Danger. This is indeed the keystone to tDat gigantic
eLaylafa1trte winch is caied tne Imperial system. IL
.rsfes on the OF It's subjects quack trades
On the rervOu-ncss Of his patient by exasgeratng
malsdy which probably does not EXIT, and snico GER
tauly he has done pCtniDg 70 elevate. III Il Tor ths
obj-ot that The police are peTpeualy occupied III tab
rcatiIg imaginary pots, and that the nack- OF tue
Official press never tired in descihting on hcttious
! cCDvu slcDs.
Nevertheless al these arts Of forgery and mposture
have succeeded in alter tie very Significant
ard alarming fact, that the III st d-termned the most
formidable and the most irrecoDcllabe opponents ut
the exis,rg syst,m in France to he found in the
educated, the Iteigent, and the respectable section
Of the conn unity. BY the aid ot his army aid his
police LOus Napoleon can dealeasiy enough Eith tue
| Secret SOCIETIES end the Socialist agtatons; but
there s ciass which his bayVnets cannot reach and
which his police dare net medole with-the sober
thoughtful who have the interests OF order at is
as much at heart the hero " Boulogne, aud wno
probably understand good deal better than does the
r cples hch alone can be permsnen'ly secured
1t is notorious that the only portion of the French
press which is respectable by its character or
ability is in avowed hostility 10 the Goyernment
Perhaps there are in Europe no two journals snlch
can nv al in their several ways, the journal des De-
oats the Rtrne 6es Deur Moadcs; and both are a.
much the friends of order they the eDenies of
the En- pre. They have hitherto existed only by q
policy Of silence and absteption, which has been
haroly less resented tnan noisy Resistance by
Government not inseDslbIe 10 their contempt. lhe
columns Of the DfJo's are deily and client protect
against sy stem which makes political discussion IL
possble Il replies VITA quiet bu. Irritating oisdain
the safe insults Of the Official parasites, and reports
ith significant abstinence from comment, toe cruel
uaDegyrics of tie Government hacks. An elaborate
dlscnssion of Chinese Statistics or Of Indian mytho
oey forms the cautious but poignant satire On the
prom lgation Of some new decree which strikes
fresh blow at liberty Of opinion. Iu snort, the De5ps
s to the Cove just wnat vrtuOus ana endlr
irg wife is to a drunken aod brutal husbsud-a per-
petual source of selfreprOach and Irritation.
TIE opposition Of the Rerue des Deur H'ndes has
not be less persistent, nor possible, less CALLING.
Almost all those eminent men waose public lite has
been e1tngnisbed by the Empire but the recolscton
If whose brilliant. abilities stii keeps alive in Europe
the political reputation OF their country have avlshe1
oat favored journal the resources vt their varied
requirements. The Revue des DeI M,ndes has
toereby deseIvedly attained perhaps tne tgnest repu-
Rut liz literary character has suiced 10 defend II
from the persecutioIs of Government which discpy,
cred in IL reticence walt OF sympathy wen cond
neither conquer nor endure. Every writer IN the I1e
cue is treated svowed enemy of the state, ami
Prof ssors in the University have been compelled TO
resign their chsrs the pilce OF their adbeson 70
publication against which Imperialism Ibis cobceVeo
| So mortal hatred. IL was 10 more per nttea 10
NJ Vilemain IL criticise the Government ot the
Roman Cesars than TO NJ. de Montaleinoert
| TO praise the free Institutions Of England in
fact su n ia he persecution 10 which the Reoue de'
Dur Mondes has been subjected, that for some
| months It has been in contemplation to remove ITS
mace Of publication ont Of France II that necessity
shall be ultimately imposed upon II, 10 inols
striking r.utaon could be presented 10 the eyes oi
Europe OF the falsehood that II Is agaInst the ocs OF
order ard Of society that the Empire wages war. IL
s teria that these facts shoad be borne IN h-no
| il order that we may estimate at lis Jus. VaiIo s
bcl ne,, ot tl, rpuage on which NJ. FORBADE has
vertured in the iortmghly political reve" *non nas
appeared from his pen in the current DuhoeL Vi ,ln'
uurpaI. He oisclaims the mputaton, wnica tue Gov
erIment are ready to hiug at their opponents
that The desire which they express for liberty oi
| discussion it only the iruit OF mlschievous tur
bulnce. 'The liberal cause" he has tie cour'
, sge to say involves both the national honor
- and the security Of society. Liberty IL ia
" aueston OF honor for France, fer there c(um
| be lo DEEPER humiliation for our country thSa
ct, ps rnt hers to he persuaded that she Is rad-
call, incapable OF participating in her own govern
'ment by The regular and complete exercise OF pot'-
cal liberty. But liberty is equally Tor Ills question
4 tt
q, Iends Oh it, aptitude fer self government. There
are hours in the history oi peoples the most snblued
anG the most doclle wnen tie government br;aAs
down in tie hands OF single mortal, and "nen II
cen cuiy be Reconstructed by the intelligence oi
| Who'll. people. Even if .e had in view only the
| inevitable eveItuai;ies in the course OF hun al
AFFAIR." il il not manifes that tue best preparation
for hese critical situations IL the practice y Ioerty
| emoue tie people We are far removed ifom the
| tine wheo the principle Of authority seemed 10
desceIdiis q religion from above, aud 10 nave Ike
"i,. ITS III, ster.s. Tue GrcaHua regR has been long
ego detected and exposed by philosophers aud men
" Of letters ard no longer exists ID the midst OF Inc
industrial and commercial society OF the nineteenth
| century a people which, having nights should not
exercise ID, NV icL should reslcet the study o ts
iuerests should abaDccn the saperntendence oi its
affairs ard refuse TO give 10 is Government lie ln-
,,nceuoe and n slraol which II alone can furnish
such people would cast Itself nradicrg upon us
detloe aid woult, before louE be punished Tor It's
''renissuess by prJrscted aglta;lons AMI eflev0as
| disasters Tnese are the Consequences which We
| "stoud dread from the restriction If prolonged De-
"yond ue Gsure cf cert1In Of our liberties. Tie po-
iilical education Of France s, unhappLy, alreaiy
d" but TOO iinperfect OF that the SAD events OF our
revolution suffice nty II Is Lew dangers
- ara faults that W. would ANTICIPATE when We de-
" niand With srAty that those oo-t lces eneu.d oe
"Ieuiosed Which siili reiard the political appreuu;s-
| q" sh,a 50 necessary for our country The sentiment
| which sctuat,s Us would not be misunderstood II
"people sould only take account of the symptoms
(Which announce that our uLeasiness Is shared Oy
"erest run Der VI the most d.siuteres'ed Iinas ID
| "france.'
The den.ard Of NJ. Forcsde can hardly b. charae-
terz.d, even by the sycophants OF the EMPIRE .as
exuavsgant He sees evea in the prosecution VI
| N 4. Noutal,mbert the dawn Of better st.te
Of thinss. Al he asks for the Pres. is fair
trial He, and those shQ think with hiGi, are
prepared To scc~p, the s.ne II they are only peroit
ted To pie sd thercause. But this Ii ~aica
Louis Nspoieo. dare ro, take up. He canlot vent1re
to Try ,hc hess; bis only resource IL to s,rausts It.
Tie mites of the Minister Of the Interior are armed
csly with the bowstnng. We kno~ NO more fatal
SYMPTOM of the hopeless insecurity OF TIE Enp.rYr
rn hsu the fact that he has fet himself Compelled 10