New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-17

ErrsI have been nOisIy dlreC'ou "t;J from con.
md reputation of man VINO qu''' :: the nolitical.
ederAtion of his former position - .,ept 'm f,llrn
;aI "a literary world. and 0i niS P'o," -
go bsA scouircd by his compete a.ia .,
from nojiticAl Efe and his eNclusNo ;lon =. oC
,rr, Lterature the right to the reSPo.%''"' % Ln, 30
H. btterest enemies. lou h1o"' II -, .nnroc;sts
no .bo.s hest situated TO judge ana apPrcc!"to
Gently moe ,os. friends and his country neigh
,nc nion distinction of party or profession had
DOT WIZ nIsn for honOrably relieving him IRON
a. onnressiye pecuDiary emoarraSSslehIs' anu sc
snr;,g hi. last days from further ds4ulet Oh 'na'
900 deputation from the Maconnals commit
,.bo had undertaken the execution OF TINS plan,
~ I'm 20 Paris few DAYS ago to ask OF the Mn
;.,sr Of the Interior permission to open the SUD-
sor;,,;on in favor of their uustriOus felow-ctlzen
The Minister retled to their petition as follows:
"GgSrLENrx had the honor Of comm 70 'ne
Tmrror he Obetof y9e. ye.,eIdays y, ' .s ar5e.t
n, feels honor Of fisIce is engaged IN
,n ofcornins assistance ofone
of the seat. literary soie' Of onI 1 ' b ms Of yoor d.
tsri,bsd ooun.ynsu (qoreBI oomPan'o ne pince Wno
has be- o7pons for these the year' tns a b A.
10 ~, sscred Of order in 1879 ana al wretch
s "a sbaros from which saved by his glorious
ssfsy .a;sOr,c sbpon which yoa ssP,1rnen 80
s.a S''T'e his name at the head oft AssFFS AEsFFSassE."
.Jerkips who prides himself on bis acumen, d.
recy POINTS ont to that this published letter IA
purely political dodge Of the Emperor. jenkins
may be quite right. But, for my own part, have
not such an exaggerated notion OF the diher-
,nce between Emperors and the rest OF US hu-
mans Us to suppose that the former can never De ac
1usted by such natural motives az influence ordinary
mortas While Green sees nothing IN LOUIS Na-
po;eOn that is not imperially better tnan common
Humanity jenkins discovers nothing IN nm thsI IS
not exceptionally and exaggeratediy DAD ihoi
both forget that he suffered from nOrIal sore poh
IL ArtnEs
cordno TO the same laws that rule the systems oi OF
:Jones Blown and Robinson, and possibly, at odd
times may think and feel IN way quite siniai u
zhe moral and mental processes OF those generic com
rnoDers For the rest he has certainly no cause vi eh
mil, toward Iamartine, one side; on the Otner,
ma ~ no are his enemies can hardly blame him, while
Dayinp down his subscription money, Tor wishing 10
furn AN honest penny into his own not thOr'
snphly secured political capital. But WhetneT
he be filed with bitter hatred or warm love vi
the poet in this, as in many other Ol tne EhpcloI
acts his private motive is OF no SORT Oi consequence
10 any one but himself. BE he SAINT OF Sliner-'nat
- a question to ba settled heTeater-We have 10 DO
with his acts: and this one with which we nave a!
nresent 10 do is good one. Good in the jenkins
snd pure policy view of it. In the first place. IL II
q signal Yebuke-and one that Just those 10 Whou II
ia addressed will be most likely to eel-tO the petu
yspt. pettish and vrulent writer's OF the ReUeH ana
the IuircrS In the second and more important
of a people is more important than the dirty AMI
nosties of few partisans-it Is greatly 10 the
credit nf the mass of the nation Il majority Ol
whom are not political brethren OF Lamartne, nor
by any means the unqualified admirers oi literary
,rdhodS, that such an act OF kindness ana open
honor TO a fallen statesman and great pOet-t iS
,reaty to their credit say, and reveals one OF ther
fnest Characteristic traits that such an act Is gOOd
policy.
The penning Of this Lamartnc letter is altogether
snisodcal TO Gen Espinasse and his main occupa-
fioDs lie has infused into his Ministry large meas
ure of the military, martinez and vigorous Polcy
which was anticipated at the time OF his appoint
uent glance over those columns OF the daly press
devoted TO fats drcrs will show you, for the past
weeks an unusually large number of arrests and pun
ishments for seditOus cries. uttering OF false news
and other of that large variety of Oenses which were
generally summed up by the reporter OF the biifor the
Lo, drs Suspects indicative III the Offenders oil d
criminal state of expectation" You see, II you are
"a Frenchman with bad snecedents, the consequence
Inhy be that YOU are arrested: lst for beng Sus-
oecf: Cd for having been suspect sd, Tor Delns
suspectpd of being suspect: 4th for being expect
cd To be suspect or for expecting, pure and SIMPLE
But while there is no denying that the II theory OF
irregular verbs" at present applied ny ohicialS
1hemselves in an expectant and suspicious mood, Is
arbitrary. cruel aud to the American or English
sense ntolerabe il is also true that the most sts'
Dcious exDectant and imaginative persons VINO
hu,e word TO say about the present state oi Things
are resident English and Americans, letter-Wrter5
and foreign journalists, all of whom are much lu-
Clined 10 greatly magnify its actual evils Heaven
and the other place knows that the simple truth Is
bad enough; the falsihcatOns are quite uncaed iOr'
and in their excess have in several cases-bellig re-
produced here in Government journals-prOVohtd
a reaction of ridlcue quite contrary IN It's elects 10
the purposes of their n0centy deceived or mall
CiOusly inventive authors.
Government is irving hard to devise some means
for revving trade and commerce and Boursc spccu-
latOn from IFS actual state of lethargy. Norkmen
out of Cmploy-a consequence OF the ethargy-are
more dangerous enemies 10 the Imperial throne
than a regiment of OrsiQls.
The newspaper war between France and En-
gland. like the diplomatic has mainly died away.
Between the respective sovereigns OF the two cOun-
tries there are charming proofs OF complete entente
Cordidc. Victoria has, 50 they say, written ali au-
tograph letter to Louis Napoleon, saying now she
dotes on HMM political sense. And it may be
she is coming to make visit to him in May at Com
peene; and he may BE-, will call OH her at Osborne
And meantime, as apretty token of peace and good
will she has lust sent him beautiful nlne- -pounder.
which piece of complimentary artillery was exhibit
ed and Iectured upon before the Emperor, Empress,
and little prince IN the courtyard OF the Tuileries,
By an English major sent for the purpose.
The elections in Paris to fill the seats IN the Corps
IGeslatf left vacant by the death OF Cavagnac aud
the refusal of CanOt and GoudchauN to take the
0aths will take place it is reported, on the Ioth oil
this month
The Pans correspondent of TIE London Times,
writing on the ;}0th Of March, says:
TIE state of the relations be- the French and
Swiss Governments is beginning to be viewed with
rome unessness i'll Paris. The fatality that was near
lriu vin a Wit ENGLAND