New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-07
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1860

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patriot, honest and able, ba, lot calming, would
like TO fight for the ir tedOm Of all Italy, but would
not iact0usy force the fight, pess forced to it by
proyocations fr,us Rome and Naples. Franz
Joseph, the n'.fGGnl hacker Of Rome and Naples
cannot help dhsm now His ruling principle, like
that Of any ether ruler, is No. I. That he cares
hg for ih' rights Of the Pope Ia Pope, ls dsprovei
by Inc fact thai time when he purp Jsed to take
pOss ession ii the Legations on has o1a account. NJ
p,esent he has more than enough to do az home ano
is doing it very badly. lie needs all his material
f,rce 70 keen down the Hangarians and Transyl-
vanans and is arousing them to the last degree of
irritation by selling the Hungarian Crown lands to
replenish his exhausted TREASURY. a renewal OF the
war would be the sGual OF Il rising IN Venetia aad
in Hungary. He vou.S war less than Napoleon
or CavOEr Whato er - peaceful solution Is ar
rived at, though it utterly destroy the chances OF
the reserved rights" of his poor dukes, will meet
his practical acceptance; pro Jorma, he may pro-
test against it.
The entente cOrdiaic with England existing, then,
some such arrangement as this is conceivable: An
nexation If the Duches aud Romagna TO Piedmont;
or annexation Of Parma aud Modena to Piedmont,
and cession on sOnic sort ot terms OF Venctla 10
Piedmont with a newly created Central Italian
Kingdom 10 be composed Of Tuscany the ROmagna,
and something more Of the Papal States; annexa-
ton, per contra Of Nice to fraace, and, fnot an
nexatiOD, naturalization OF savoy.
1t is the palpable interest oil all parties, except
The Italian people, that Garbaldi should have no
further active hand i'll The matter. But the only
possible means OF keeping hlm quiet is to 40 partial
" what he would do thoroughly
10 turn n,w to strictly home affairs There are
two or three questions on which thoughtful French
men have been occupied ihese late past weeks as
in the oman or Italian Question Your readers
NAV recoect that sOiHe while ago spoke with fit
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lished in the Courier de DimdHehe. The author had
agreed with the printer of that Journal that the ar
ticle, which was a long one, should be reprinted in
pamphlet form. But the printer refused to tulh his
part of the agreement because the Courier dc Di-
nanche was visited with warning on account
of this very article within three days OF It's appear
ance in that Journal But the letter oil the law ON
the press, and recent decision IN regard to Mohta-
lenbert's article. published and warned IN the
CORRESPONDENTS ana Yet suffered 10 be published IN
paulblet iuym showed that d liaussOnvIc's printer
offered an insufficient pref xt tor his refusal 10 pup
lsb, WhereupOn, then, HdussOnvlue prOsecntes
the printer for violation OF contract PENDING the
suit dHaussonylle proposes to the hrst lawyers Oh
Pans certain questions, one OF when Is, Wnetner
printer t should be understood here that IN faris
tLere are but eighty or with the late enlargement
OF The city, hut eighty live printers who possess the
privilege on pretended light Of pubishng under such
Gin cum noes has gbt to refuse Ia PRINT. shOud
say that the suit sttuied by Count d flaussonvie
III ibis Care has the appearance OF friendly SUIT
more important question was To ask what, IN the
OPINION of the abes av yeTs, were the limits OF the
right of petition trust !bat your readers will re-
member that a large part OF Count d'HaussOnylle's
article for the publication of which the Courier de
Dina ncLe received warning was taken up with
the discussion OF the extent Of this very right OF Pc
tition, whch is assured to all Frenchmen by an
article of Louis NapUleon's Constitution OF 1852
Well, the frst lawyers OF Paris, the very tOpmost
first have given in their written opinions to the ef-
feet that the printer had right to refuse to pub
lsh and that the right TO petition does exist and is
inaliebabe. DdaussOnvllle, not content with this,
went on and is going 10 collect the written Opln
ions Of the first lawyers OF all France. 80 far as
they appear, they ali read one way; they all agree
with TIE letter OF the Constitution and all are OPP
posed TO the sphit IN which it is executed. This
strictly legal affair is acquiring the proportions of
al manifestation" Whatever N d Hauss0nye's pur-
pose may be- no one tail to that he practical
effect OF tie cOuIse be is pursuing is 10 force the
Government 10 pronounce Itself defntively on this
theoretical right OF petition laid down in the COnsi
tuition. " hat Hsussonville seems to be aiming ut,
is to drive the Government out of its 'glittering
"generalities" into dehute particularly, which will
be anything but gllttering. He aims to force an
open divorce between iis liberal theories and its
practical despotism
l have i'll hand proofs of the utterly arbitrary APP
plicaton of the law On thespress by Minister Bill
lault and by legal magistrates, which would, L
think, surprise those of your readers least in
dulgent in their Judgment on the actual French
regime. But why enlarge upon the repressve
action OF French officials against liberty Of the pressl
Ubiquitous it is it has at least the show of legal
ity, and the government that sanctions it, with all
lis pretensi0ns, does not pretend t. be model re-
public. II may be more profitable, under the cir
cumstonces, TO quote one from many of the appre-
Citations of the liberal French journalists on the
actual condition OF free speech and free printing
the United States Speaking of minister, l mean
postmaster, Holts late elevation of Southern post
masters to the grade Of literary and political judges
La Presse says: 1.-THE Republic is to have, cOnse-
"quently, five six thousand censors more rigor-
"Ous than those of Rome or Napels, and whose
decisions cannot be appealed FROM"
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT on SLAVERY.
From The L0ndos Eruniner.
Swift lie turpassed. In his keesest satire is there
any Thing pIoacaiDg ~ the American Presidents con-
graIuDuIors on the subject Of SLAYER,
Il" .aikD. proof Of me jg,ie which Inherent
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