New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-22
!. ot vh.. mieh. be truly stated Measure Of

General Insecurity. IL
Ahhough any person who makes, sells, gives
.usv has on his person or in bis Poesessiop, any
..'nf murderous machine, any sort OF fulmi-
o,ng powder ia TO be punished by fine and imPrsou-
snt The punishment Of assassns ID one OF the minor
objects Of the law. Any person who Pubhciy en-
coursges (proroque) in any way whatever, a'tachs
an the life of the Emperor, or change IN Govern
ment or dynasty, whether his prOvocations ieaa 70
sny result or not; any who, for the purpose Oh
disturbing the public tranquility or exciting hatred
and contempt Of the Imperial Government, maehi.
mates or kefps up relations ,rheer at home abroad
"a prataue des manpuvres ou entretenu dee inteli-
gences soft rinterieur, toit Petrangerl, are 10
be puIi,hed by fine and imprisonment The pre-,
smble saws: g The character OF the maHeuvers and
Z" cuIpable relations is defined by their purpose.
Note that magistrates, not jurymeD, are to Judge
and decide on the proofs Of such purpose. Beside
the fines and imprisOnments, varying respectively
from 50 TO TO- 600 francs, and from one month 10
FIVE years any person condemned under this la" IS
subject at the discretion Of the authorities, TO be
ordered to resde, within fixed limits, at any place
in France or Algeria, for an indefinite length oi
time, or expelled from the country. II subjects
10 the came arbitrary change and limitation OF resi-
dence 10 any part Of France or Algeria or TO ex-
pulsion from the country, every person who was
condemned as a measure of public safety TO I'M.
prisopmept exile or other punis for political
offepses % on occasion of the events Of May aud
"June, Is4e, of June, le49, or of December, lool,
if grave facts should mark them out anew as dan
gerous TO the public security"
1t would be hard to believe, II 1t were not 100
well known hefe to be doubted, that Minister Bill
lault and hs party in the Council Of State, where
this bill was debated and resolved, urged the lnser-
tioD of still more arbitrary and comprehensive pro-
| Visions They were only reinquished owing TO The
ardent opposition Of d sensible minority, Of
which Chalk d'Est Auge has the credit OF beng the
L.. no ma
finally adhered. 1t is barely possible that the So
| called LEGISLATURE many of whose members are
alarmed and disgusted at the service asked OF them
of approving the bill, may insist upon some ameh0-
| ration The cOndemDing voice of public opinion Is
too smOhered TO reach the palace. 1t Is SAID with
likelihood Of truth, that BIault proposed law OF
warning TO be applied to individuals like the law on
| the press TO newspapers. Such law alone could
| reach the shrugs and wry faces which are now the
abundant and only free comment on the Lon des S@
peots.
favorable comment of different sort was put
forth, in advance in extraordinary article writ
ten for the Constitutional by the notorious Graner
de Cassagnac. This writer is the Government bully
of the press. do not call him bully from -dlsre-
spect; but there is no other gentler term that de-
fines his nature and office. He is not gentleman,
il an amateur Of prizefghts, unmndful of the ordl-
nary decaces and prOprleties, and as likely to feel
fattered as offended by the title. He has certain
vigor of thought and style is consistent supporter
of strong government, seems TO have even sort OF
cODscience-nOt a scrupuOus one. lie If violent
and coarse but not stupid. He strikes fallen foe
not from cOwardcc, for he proved himself bold
fighter in the NapoleOnic when its triumph
was dOubtful-but from lack of d sense OF decency.
He wields the political pen rarely nowadays, being
chiefly engaged of late in d fight, wherein he wleds
club In gulse Of Cross, in brawling defense OF
order and religion against the corruption OF modern
literature and literary men. On this account, as
well account of the time of its appearance and
of the sentiments it contains the article IN question
has excited much attention. In it he attacks the
journal des D6batS not for what that journal saidOf
the affair Of the Rue Lepeeter, but for what it did
not say. Because the Dfbais, after execrating the
attempt ut assassination, did not break out the ar
dent eulOglst and partisan of the Emperor and his
policy he than ntmaes that its editors, and in-
deed the whole Orleans party and all members OF all
opposition parties, are accOmpllces OF Orsinl ana
company. This idea, that every one who refrains
from crying " "Vire FEmpereur" is the encOurager,
nay the author, of attacks upon his life, of whom
your Tbalds, PianOris and the rest are the mere III
struments, is urged throughout the article. 1t
accOrds, as you will observe, with the ideas OF Nj.
Bilault Ofcourse the Dfbdts cannot reply to this at
tack with safety. Its existence is already threatened
Nor are other political papers out of danger OF
further restrictions as to writing and circulation
La Presse, which reappears to-day alter two
months suspension, cannot recover the privilege of
being sold in the street-s privilege which, 1t is ru-
mOred is likely to be withdrawn from all the even
ing journals.
There must be somewhere, even in the French
scale, degree of repression, suppression and op-
preston which, when arrived at, must be followed
BY explosion. We are already under an Immense
pressure If there were any good in prophecy with
out the inspired gift, would venture to say, IN
the fguratiye ttyle becoming prophets, that LOUIS
Napoleon, sitting on the safety-yaye, ls running
now into worse danger of a worse bow-up than.
when he rode into the Rue LepeIetier three weeks
ago.
The Revolution il not coming Tomorrow nor next
day. But if it should come one of these days. 90
not attribute il to the accidental discharge OF sol
dier's musket or rioters pistol 1t is not the last
ounce that breaks the caInel's back, but the pre-
ceding pounds packed unmerchully on the patient
beast.
A polite and acceptable measure OF particular
safety fer the little Prince, in case be should sud
denly become half orphan was announced at the
same time with the general measure against the
safety of the thirty thousand political offenders OF
4s, 40 and 81 and of disagreeable people univer
sally. This is a new and fixed arrangement OF the
Regency. i have spoken in former letter of the
French confession of no faith in the stability OF the
government and dynasty almost unanimously mani
Tested on occasion of the risk of life lately incurred
by it's chief. Everybody agreed on the morning of
the 18th Of January that Louis Napoleon was more
firmly seated on his throne than he had been TWEEN.
ty-fOur hours before; but the shock of alarm and
sudden transition to excessive cOngrauatiOn served
TO awaken more vivid sense Of the essential nsta-
biity of the throne tself ready TO tOtter and fall
the instant il was relieved of his weight. As the
only available substitute for established institutions
having their base in time-honored right and law
and customs, the Emperor has surrounded his boy
with established appearances, as good as could be
had in actual circumstances, and such, il is hoped
as will inspire the public with some of that conf