New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14

moment on the CfpfnCeLce OF our l1ppiness On tie
play Of our motions. Apart from the exceptions
n.t asures Of repressive policy which E.pinasse hsd
TO put in fcrce-which are rot now required 10 BE-
in active operation. but which are not and not 10 be
Iept a,eo-ife CHEF marked ciffcreuce between the
ministerial acts Of the General and the Judge Is a
difference Of manner, the civilian doing cviIly WIS,
the soldier Old most uncivy. Yet, this difference
and the renewed permission Of public sale granted
to two or thee new spapers have been received a.
sgns Of new era Of berslity in prospect Of which
every one breathes freer though Of lis substantial
appearance we have. thus far, small preof. Some
have gone 80 far as TO expect liberal modification
d the law on tie press ard have discussed the
probability and fitness Of it In the public prints This
can hardly come. That the press may be suffered 10
speak more frankly on political themes quite pos
sible Its utmost fr r.nkness compatible with his
safety. is what above all things, Napoleon should,
and, as man conscious Of the vital Importance Of
knowing the state Of public opinion and the ccnse
queut strength Of his own position doubtless does de-
sire But for his own safety the press must be under
bis control. Some octroyed privilege. some tacitly
permitted liceuse, may be consistent with bis auto.
cIacy-legally. y.secured freedom cannot be.
The liberal man Of France to day i. Prince Nspo.
leon, whose psrtissns anticipating tue practical op-
GRAFTON Of bis administrative faculty di.counting
largely on the benehcent results of his Agerine
Ministry Minister be is Of Algeria aud the colo
nes; Minister be msy be Of the Maroe. and per.
baps Of something more. There is great difficulty
in dsentaDgDg his proposed special functions from
the bureaus 70 which portion OF them have hitherto
been joined What he may do with Algeria when
be once bas hls elbows free ana can go to work.
should il be far lass than what his friends IN La
Presse promise for him. can hardly fail to be better
than Whist has hitherto been done for that so-caed
colony, which has been, in fact. little more than .
military nursery. The entire administration was IN
the hands of military chief. subordinate to the
Minister Of War. Almost endless and countless
schemes for Its colonization were vltiated by tue
constant, detailed and absolute intervention Of the
authorities in the action Of the colonl;ts. lnstead
Of It's beng matter OF wonder that. 10 spite OF al
Inducements offered by Government the whole
number OF European settlers o-day. after twenty
years occupation. is less by far than the number
Of emigrants who have passed from Europe t.
New-YoIk i'll a s,Dgle year, the wooder rather
is that they. too DO lot reemlgrate TO America.
They are taken care of by Government TO an almost
runous degree. The only productions Of Algeria in
these twenty odd years have been little tobacco
Of Inferior quality little cotton of superior quail
ity: specimens Of grains and fruts, exhibited at the
Mini.try Of War al at the Horticultural Fairs OF
Paris: long .Wnded reports Of possible resources;
Zouaves, glory and generals Prince Napoleon, who
ever since the Worlds Fair Of $3.50 has set up for
an economist ard friend Of industry-as he was set
up before for liberal in pOitcs-was at an indus
speech he uttered there be took occasion to speak
of his new ministry and ventilated some sound
notions the essential one Of which is that the colo
NAL resources of Algiers are to be developed. and
its emigrant population Increased BY freedom; he
purposes to encourage indyiduallsm and restrict
the domain Of Government control.
SupposiDg that the intellect and intentions OF
the Prince are as good as his friends represent
them to te-for lack Of furnished proof to that
eff,c in his hitherto varied career Of legislator en-
bassador, general man-abouttown, etc, leaves the
matter in the state of ypothesis-he seems likely,
in Carrying out his programme to meet with serious
opposition not ory from his Imperial cousin, but
from the very machinery OF Lis own Dlnlstry,
which, like all French governmental machinery, is
in its very nature eentIajzing and anf1gonistc to
iudyi6ualism The best encouragement To the
settlers ndivi6ualisn is to let HIM alone; bat tue
chsLces are that there will be a bureau subordi-
nate to another bureau. subordinate to the Minister
who is irresponsible and, necessarily, subordinate
70 the Emperor the functions Of which, distributed
smopR dozen bureaucrats, will be to organize the
letting alone Of the individual keep careful record
of ell his ibdiyidualisms with his antecedents,'
prize medals honorable meLtons, ETC., without
ED The French are always yexed to be told by
their Eugli.h allies that they have ho faculty at
colonization, and always fohd OF pointing back
10 tie great Canadian col"2y 'hey accidehtai! ios'
and 10 the great Afrcsu colony promised them 10
official reports and their imaginatons. But such
prosperity their American settlements enJoyedwas
mainly owing to the absence Of that excess of ortal
ztd intervention aid governu ert JentralHalon from
which the occupants OF no French coil are tree
Prince Napoleon seems to be tie hrst ffecchman
in the present age who has all itea-wlth the power
to lut il in force-ofihe importance to colotal eater.
prise Of individual freedom. There are individual
exceptions, but a. general rule, i'll France, Repub-
cats, Legltmists, Royalists, Socialists and Napo-
leonists, are all equally strong CentrolIsts.
In one respect, the French nationally claim su-
periori'y over ApglO-Ss8on colonlsts. Let them De
under what form of rule they may, royal, rePubll-
can or imperial, they carry With them deeper SEN
timent of human equality. They Lave certain
human sympathy with aid aim to reconcile and civ
ilize other races. which We Anglo Saxons can come
in contact With only to insult III their preudlces to
oppress or to exterminate. In this respect, they
say the Algerine coopy is grander success than
the English East Indian possessions. They are
proud 10 show that low, when Mussulusn fanatl-
csm as if acted on b. spirit of concert, spreading
from the Indias. breaks out in bloody yioleLce at
Jiddsb, in Gambia, in Bosnia, there is no difficulty
DOR sign of difficulty between the Christians and the
Islsmtes Of Algeria.
Here approach 20 nearly the new phase of the
Eastern question, that l will give word to It,
though It's proper treatment requires chapters, as
IFS safest treatment recommends silence. Alas II
treating would help, this Ltermioabe Eastern ques-
ton should have been answered before this. lhMk
of the able dpomatists, the able editors and letter
writers and Parliament committees, the emperors,
kings, generals aud sdmiruls, the vulgar multitude
of fighting men, the peace congresses and confer.
euces, the hatti.sherits, promlses Prcclauatlons
and orders Of hnghthood and honor that have spent
their strength and been expended on this question.
which is new unanswered aud more complicated
than eyer-What is Europe to do with Turkey =
What is Christianity to do with Islamism ?-What
is the West TO do with the East
All hands are now sgreed in accepting the propo-
sition sgaiust the uitersnce Of which by Gar