The Placer herald., 1858-04-03
Tyrannical DEGREES Of the French Empe.
rOr

Subsequent to the attempt upon Louis
Napoleon's life, on the 14th Of January, that
Sovereign promulgated series of DEGREES,
the monstrous provisions Of which will hand
down his name to posterity as that of the
most unmitigated tyrant that ever wore a
crown. We find that arranged and classified
in Mondays Phare The press of local news
matter on our columns has prevented us
from giving the following condensation Of
the enactments until to-day. The first decree
suppresses the Spectateur, La Revue de Paris,
and all evening papers, except the Moniteur.
LEstafette is condemned to restrictions
which will insure its suppression. The Ga
zette de France and LIE Steele are placed
under surveillance; and the discussion of re-
ligion interdlcted. Whoever shall give of.
fence to foreign Sovereign shall be punish.
ed by two years imprisonment and fine of
two thousand francs. Editors and publishers
will be required to take an oath Of fidelity
to the Emperor. The censorship is re.estab-
lished, and suppression shall follow news
paper attacks on the institutions of the realm.
The second decree provides for the expulsion
of persons using language of hatred against
the Emperor; Of those who entertain hostile
intentions against Government; to notify sus-
pected persons to leave-three notifications
disregarded to constitute criminal offense
punishable by imprisonment without recourse
to the Courts. 1t enacts that foreigners
must procure permit to sojourn in Paris,
and state their objects Of sojourn to the
Government. The condemned participators
in the tumults of May and June, ls4e, and
those of June, l849, and December, 1861,
may be expelled the territory. The same
section will hold against those who may dis
please us (Napoleon) All political offend
ers. already passed upon, shall be sent in
land, breach Of which shall entail deporta-
ton. The third decree divides the Empire
into three military departments, each under
the supreme command Of a Marechal of
France, to whose power all civil authorities
shall succumb. The fourth decree regulates
the international relations of France, deplores
the shelter given by Belgium and England
to political refugees, asserts the unity of
Sovereigns. and commands them and all
other nations () under pain of rupture of
amcabe relations, to no longer offer an
asylum to exles, to the end that the banish-
ed ''shall fail to find resting place in any
portion Of the globe" "Certain papers in
those countries" advises Napoleon's Minister,
'should be suppressed, on the heels Of which
counsel, the Army assures His Majesty, that
they will spill their last drop Of blood to
follow up the authors of Internal machina-
tons against his person, and uphold his dy-
nasty when dead. These assurances give
birth to the following extraordinary decree,
which we translate in its entirety:
81. Limits shall be imposed upon the
rights Of asylum, accorded by England and
Belgium, to French exes.
80. 1t will be necessary for the journals
of these two countries to suppress publica-
tons which tend to embroil them with
France.
"3. There arc in those countries cxies
who annoy US: they must be expelled.
~. If those two countries have not laws
to meet the case, let them enact them.
IS. The Drapeau and the Crocodile, pub
lished at Brussels, having displeased us, must
be suspended" s. +. Daily Call.