New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-21

that, well employed, they must be the means b!
which 10 gain further concessions. They are GOOD
az far as they 70, and any movement, II IN the rsl'
direction, IL better than stagnatioD. But how inr
do they got This is the main question, which
branches into such heterogeneous M these Are the
reports of the doings of Senate and Legislative BODY
tina. are promised 10 The journals 10 be- only printed
in full or not at I'll In that case, unless they arr
very meager reports, Paris journals rarely AMI
country papers never, can make room for them:
with the revival of parliamentary life in two of the
great bodies of State must the press, which is IN
sort the lungs of the body polite in even partially
free nation be let breathe more freely Since t,le
conditions of the Legislative Body are 20 changed,
should not its members be changed Its present
members with the exception of dozen or so) were
nominated by Government to give passive support
TO the old order Of things and not to perform certain
parliamentary functions that they have in future tn"
right to perform. Now that Government 10 propos-
ing to take the nation into political partnership on
some sort of shares, should not active members, del
epated by the nation, be substituted for those who
were appointed on condition of sleeping
The answers TO these questions depend on the
Interpretation of the decree, its text and spirit.
And many of the liberal interpreters, being
enthusiastic and logical 1.-TWO common French
oualites), have answered them in the affirmative.
The damaging counter consideration is that Ions
Napoleon tnOt tDt TtHcHDlufl) IN HCItHOi
astic by temperament, nor, in the rapid and merely
verbal French way logical. 1t is very doubtful
whether the papers will be suffered to print only
such parts of the reports of the Chambers az they
choose or to discuss the positions taken by speak
ers. As for any radical changes in the present law
on the press the old difficulty, which Louis Napoleon
himself has repeatedly and vainly tried to overcome
always stands in the way. His last attempt was
made in the Autumn of 1859, and you will remember
A. =. HON IN
through communicated" notes in the Moniteur,
that the law was not of transitOry but OF an
organic constitutional, Interchangeable nature. Since
then az on other occasions when he has needed
specially the support of public opinion, he has
granted considerable license to the liberal press,
while being more severe than formerly toward
his old advocates in the clerical press. License is
not liberty nor anything like it. What journalism
asks for is to be placed under the control OF the
tribunals, l. e., of law whose provisions, however
restrictive, shall be interpreted and applied by the
Courts and not by uncontrolled administrative
officers. 1t is possible, if rumor may be trusted,
that the tribunals Of police eOrroctionne may take
the place of administrative officers for the judg.
ment of certain classes Of newspaper offenses This
is not trial by juy the magistrates i'll these courts
are ambitious of preerment; the proceedings before
them, in such cases, are not reported in Prilt 70
that it will be doubtless rare occurrence s. a
tried journalist not 10 be condemned journalist;
but vet the trial is not secret; the SonaNst would
have an advocate to defend him. Ths possible
change then would be gain.
That there will be new general elections ordered
is not oil probable Several elections, however are
10 take place to ill vacancies made by death in the
Corps Legislative since IFS last session II is assert
ed that Government viii moi interfere in these spe-
cial elections, as has been its habit Ii is said,
/ don't know on what authority, but fear that II IS
DOOR that Theirs the historian, will be a candidate
at one of them. Ii is thought that the Legislature
will be convoked this year earlier than usual. Ii Is
rumOrcd that there is to be a reorganization OF the
clergy raising their pay. diminishing their ndepend-
emce, and assimlang their condition 10 that OF the
civil officers of Government. That is quite doubt
fulish, should say
What is not, IT, that despite p, ters pence and
other assets, the Pope has suspended specie pay
mentS; broke, so 10 speak. The authority tor tins
lamcutable statement of his Holiness his failure III
business is that of his Jewish bankers, the Roth
schilds who published the other day that no funds
were Forthcoming 10 pay the last six months inter-
est on the Papa debt due last Saturday. This result
was anticipated some lille ago, when spoke of the
fact that the Pope would not let Victor Emanuel
PAY his territorial part of the interest on the debt,
the funds for which poor Plus himself could no longer
collect on his account rom his eN-rStates ut
Romagna, Unlria aud The Marches. Nothing, OF
course, would have better suited Emanuel than
to pay: still more of course, if that be possibl',
nothing 81 little suited Antoneli Non p0sSumRS
most positively. 30 the Pope's creditors suffer.
Apr0pos Of religious matters mingled with world
w. do Jet me quote here, 90 risk OF repetition the
uncommon fine instance in that kind recorded in -
late Number of the Ga-6tc of Augsburg:
IN ID, A1D-IIou.c 81 Augsburg Catholic poor fos arl
Prot, uoor foks whose clothes following nauri and tcH
oaro rec1is,ive laws. get dy 10 common Bat The Catno c
49,, ~. ,,t 20 Oh b. Rotlsyi.t cIfIrep arJ r,bl.d s
apostolic soay while H- Protestant aprons aud forth
Into sci.ma bohsc, v-'h hrlec .oap only when it comes
70 wrinciug tie faiths 'uh crd the action
indifferent mseue but when they 60 to the
s seJ WI III be p G thr d.peci1e room oon
used 70 think that the best illustration OF see
tartan prty was that gwen by my Jealous towns
man. Mr.. Y, who once IN the heat of controversy,
uttered his conviction that IN the long the Uni
yersasts would carry the day, and the Presby-
terians be decided after all That, too, was apt
aud pleassnter of the excellent Mr.. y, deyOut
member of old Dr. Masons Church in New York
(tbe really good man was, without knowing H.
really a IN, mber, in al but theory, of the great
Christ's Church in the world, who, condoing gen.
eroplsy with Nr. Wilkins on the occasion OF the
recent death of the Rev. Dr. ). Of the Protestant
Episcopal variation with limb of has Church, re-
marked: "Yes, yes very sad Great pity to lose
- ~ good man, for he seemed to BE- sort of con-
meeting link between EpiscOpacy aud Christian
lily" But the orthodox nnd herctodoS foul linen
in tie wash OF the Christian Aims House ut Augs-
burg must nos take precedence.
Monsieur DE La thaYannc mas just translated
and edited the entertaining Memoirs of Lorenzo
DApOute, or, ~ you NeW-iOrhcrs were Used Ia
spell that pleasant poets name when he was An
Italian teacher among Won, Da POnte He was re-
nOwned among libIettis> for Mozart's Don Juan
and Marriage Of Figaro. Lamartne has addressed
letter tO the translator wherein ne Gays that hrsr
Memoir are the most original and anecdotical tina
artistic Italy has offered TO the curiosity OF the
public. The Memoirs OF Beneyeluto Celini are not
more Hdtfs nor more amusing. They we're buried
in tina, Anne ican forest which il called New-Yoik.
No one would have eXhumed them there, where the