The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-16

AMERICAN NEwsPAPRR ORGANS or ASsAssNA-
r1oK-Several American journals published In
this city and elsewhere continue to defend the
late strooious attempt 10 asssssinate the Empe-
ror of the French. Sentiments which the most
violent republicans of Europe shrink from ut
tering are boldly expressed, in one shape or
other, in such journals as the New York Day
Book, Tribune and Dolly News They preach as
sassination as gospel
Some of these journals justify the effort of
Pierri and Orsini to assassinste the Emperor Of
the French on the ground that, In the course of
the struggle which interviewed between the re-
turn of Louis Napoleon to France and his ooro
nation ~ Emperor, certain fights took place, in
which the lives of . number of individuals
we're lost. But 1t SIS absurd to place hemicides
of this character on par with private assassi-
nations. No general or self sovereign
throughout history ever attained his destined
pc sition without walking at some time or other
over dead bodies In France especially, where
bloody revolution is the recognized method of
changing the government, it is ridiculous to 40
cuso the Emperor of murder because he was
raised to the throne by the same means AZ the
other rulers of France Of late years.
The Emperor is called usurper. No such
thing is the case. As old Walter Savage Lam
dor said In his recent letter, he is the most L.
climate sovereign in Europe, for not one of
them ever had such q popular invitation to the
throne as he had The Queens of England and
Spain and the Emperor of Russia are far more
mariners than LOuis NAPOLEON.
There is one curious fact about this advocacy
of assassination which has lately sprung up
among portion Of our newspaper press All
the American organs of assassination are also
organs of extreme doctrines Of one kind or
another. One of them is Fourierite inddel,
anti-slavery journal. Another is fercely pro-
slavery print. A third is q mere blind partisan
hack. Thus it would appear that the sound por-
ton of the press is all right yet, and that mo-
nopoly of the advocacy of assassination is left
70 those diseased portions of the intellect en-
ployed on the press which were long since hope
less.
Napoleon will disappear, like Louis Philippe
and Charles the Tenth, when the due time comes
and the French are tired of him But until
that day arrives, no person with the least feel
ing of decency should sympathise with the
reprobates who try to assassinate him.
The House KANSAS COMMITTEES OF CONFER
ENCE.-This committee is q fair one, and libe-
raj one to the anti-Lecomptonites. 1t con-
sists of
Mr.. English, Indiana, anti-Lecomptoa demo-
crat
Mr.. Stephens, Georgia, Lecompton.
Mr.. Howard, Michigan, republican.
Mr.. English, it will be remembered, in con-
ference some time ago between the snti-Le-
compton and Lecompton democrats Of the
House, signiled his readiness to swallow Lee
compton with proviso unequivocally affirming
the right Of the people Of Kansas al any time
TO alter or abolish their constitution. This
proviso was refused by Mr.. Stephens and the
Lecompton men, and SO Mr.. English and COM
pany voted for the Crttenden-M Montgomery bill.
The question is, will the ultra Southern Le-
compton men, House and Senate concede this
proviso now, or will Mr. English accept any
thing smaller? Doubtful, very doubtful--thc
case is foggier than ever.
Mr.. Stephens, we fear, is with the Southern
ultras.
Mr.. Howard is well known. He was, we believe,
chairman Of the Kansas Congressional Invest-
eating Committee of last Congress He Is a
good match on the joint committee with Seward
of the Senate branch, Of which Green and Hunter
are the majority. We fear that the two branches
of the committee will never hitch their horses
to the same sapling. But, nous rrrons.