New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-02
FRANCE.
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Let me begin a very imperfect attenp; to serve
up the two great Feasts Of Sunday aud Monday and
their accessories, in defiance of the laws OF the
table and chronology, with the best things
6pt and with the decree published only
few hours $50. BY virtue Of this decree
all warnings (ayertissements) hitherto given
to newspapers are withdrawn. Any one who
inOws what French law on the press is (Which
.pithehzed the other day % "fastand-loose
syringe gun, and not "syrioge-suQ, sort of law,
as yosr composjtor would have IT, knows that
French newspaper editor writes, as 1t we're with
q halter about bis neck. \ warning isa significant
tightening Of the moose; if there remain too much
life or spirit in the journal after thai there Is a
second tightening; and if there any kicking after
that then comes suspension for two months,
which is as good as hanging outrgbt-@Or surviveit
This decree loosens the moose and cuts
down the victims Many have been hoping,
ard some still hope, for more impor ant
concessipns 10 free speech than this. |
do not. Napoleon is not man to commit suicide.
Now, the granting Of free speech and free prin.
would be bis necessary destruction. Perhaps
devote my hoping faculties too exclusively to Cen
tral Italy. by the way, the late Graud Duke OF
Tuscany CANE to Paris inc0g. the other day, and
bad an interview with the Emperor on Tuesday.
1hi. statement, at least, is made by those who
ought to know, and who add that the Imperial
party was extremely gracious to the late Grand
Ducsl party-who, for al that, is too late. I'm
peral gracOusness costs nothiog, IS worth nothing
and, If the DIXIE VIII permit me, "batters 10
parsDips." Which culinary locUtIon brings
me back TO our fessts and to the next hOrs
dOuuTe, namely, decree published yesterday,
a,A f,.li oil
tons now suffering Imprisonment or exile for
political crimes or ofenses. There is no reserya-
tion 10 condition whatever. Those who have
grown pale within prison walls, or been Drowned
under AlgeriDe suns; the tever-strcken from
Cayenne, the heart SICK AMI teartbrohen exles
in all quarters may come at last, II their
strength aud means permit, to die at home. On
condition however, that 70 one OF Mss. Caagnacs
ungrateiul" Italians takes il into his bot bead to
throw bomb at the author If this decree. La thai,
case-the " law of public safety being always in
iorce--many Of the political offenders whose fats
under the French regime, like pronouns, is gov
erned by their aDtecedeDts, might he sent bnck to
exile. IL is but fair here to remind the forgetul
of two facts namely that there were srest numbers
condemned to exile under the Repoblic, and that
by far the larger part of those condemned to
prison or exile by Louis Napoleon, have been par
doned out and have come home alresdy. The decree,
III ugh but act of tardy Justice IL favoraoy re-
ceived not only by the friends OF tue " political
condemned, but by those who see IN 1t either evil
dence of the strength OF the Government, OF PROOF
of q tendency 10 m1lder rule.
And not only here political offenders received JUS
tce, but all sorts tf criminals and rogues from hom
sdes down to the pettlest OF larceners 10 Tie num-
Der of about 100 have been restored from the
prisons which they orDamented by their penltentla
walk aid conversation, to the bosom at society or
have had their punishment diminished IN term aud
- .hn hat ms IN
was a Justly punished wretch the day before the
18th of August or the birthday of an Imperial
prince or the coronation day of prince succeed
In. his dead father aud would have So remained IL
the ltte had not been appointed or the boy had
been girl, or the old King had got well-how 1t
comes about, say that such wonderful pursato-
rial or reforming virtue should belong IL these ap-
pareutly chronological and physical accidents, Is TO
your correspondent an uusoyed ethical problem.
II is odd to think of-thst fro the time OF Barabas
release down to the Just past 10Th Of August
rulers and roguos rejoice colncdentally,
Generosity Is sovereign quality, a well AS mercy.
The inmates of prisons beng made honest men 10y
aim nac the same miraculous date Is taken for
making mere houeSt men honorable. There have
been over 500 creations and promotions IN the
Legion of Honor. The date of the creative sud
promoting DEGREES is IN some cases as far back as
july and the Italian baitl. fields; but their publ
cation is conferred al, ut the 18th of August. The
all jtmsnt OF Legionary honor is noticeable OF the
500 and odd creations and Announcements IN
grades, something over 300 have been bestowed
on military men--whence my ingenious friend
Ddsbury concludes that there is SIX snd half
time more honor in the half million fighting French
men than there is in the nine millions pacific
frenchmeD, aud presents mo tins highly compound
equation: As IL is to-, so is to 9--in France.
Be.ide this there has been distribution of over
2C00 military medsls. These, of necessity, 60 eX-
cusively To the left pad Of soldiers coats 1t IL,
you remember, the first exclusively military deco
ration invented by the author of the well. known
phrase: LEmpigc, ccst Ia Pau. The second was
The ~. Helena medal, appropriated tn all VINO had
taken part IN any of the wars of the Directory,
Consulate, or Empne. Three hundred thousand
ot them we're given out mostly, though DOT all, to
Frenchmen The Cnmean medal, worn by all par
ticpsnts IN the Crimean war, was accepted iron
Queen Victoria, aud bears her image. The third
Of NspOleODic or yin is commemorative Of the Italian
cAmpaigo 1t bears sde rs inventors CidO.0n,
with the legend. Napoleon Ill.,, Empereur,' and
OF the other the names of MontebellO Palestro,
Iurtgo, Magenta, MarGnan Soierino,' and tle
legend, %" Csmpagne dltae. 1850" Every soldier
and sailors who actually tolk part, or who, Ike that
Hghnsss, Prince Napoleon (abo is always falling
into such uuhCky, potential, conditional, and sury
moods, and all sorts Of Deliberations with the tic
regular verbs might, should or would bsve taken
part IN the late Italian expedition gets one The first
distribution u was made at the dnner given IA the
sale Is Etr'S, at the Louvre, by the Emperor, on
Surdaye yeniDg, 10 tie superior officers, his late
companions IA arms. Ii was accompanied by 4 brief
and what you would style meat So sfter-dinner
speech As ven viii print full translation of said
spec ch. mAke no comments uPon II on my own
account, but report these two Partisan ones:
"Wby did not be say something shout Zurich aud
Italy, sud the general European peace - Tbs
comment is uttered interrogatiyey or exclamato.
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