New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-26

xcited in him o love of liberty
But he saws, what is thi,s English Liberty Of the
ress From the time of the Revolution down to
lutte within our OVID time, the English press was
lot iree-uot III 81 free. The severity OF the laws
not yet repealed controlling the Englsi press was
,1cegsiye, 20 long rs there was possoiny oi 'nc
neW government Of the country beng attacKedV!
The pariyans of the Stuarts. Until the overNhenn-
ING ma,ority of the English people and the undverted
cnrr,sat of English opinion were fully III favor OF
the Hanoycrian succession, the gazetteer, pamph-
let,sr or book writer who attacked the bases OF
tho right of the Hapoycrian succession, was SURF
no be condemned hy the o0urts t0 severity oil
.Snalty unknoun 20 the French Legislation on the
press of to-day. There il right side ana strong
side 10 PersigIy's augmentation IN thc present
ease. Let pe remind your literary readers OF whoV
he does moi mention that quite within our tine
Leigh Hunt lay for months and months in PRISON, bs
only oficpse having been that (by one single word
he questioned George the FOurths claim to be- styled
an Adonis What Persigny, however, would maze
out is this: The admirable liberty OF the English
press exists by the side of unreeaed laws respect
ING th. press more severe than those OF Frances the
English press is, Notwithstanding, perfectly ana
en-, jal,iy frec-because and only because, u never
attacks the principle of the actual Englsh OoVcrn-
ment So soon as French publcists viii, then, COM
plets9y accept NapoleOnism as the essential Polty
Of France. then they will be absolutely free to dis-
cuss criticise oppose the details OF its action Inc
French press is only not free 10 be Legumlst,
OIieanist Republican, as the English press III tne
tine was not free and by the letter OF the law is
not to-day free 10 be for the Stuarts or TOR Cronl-
We'll The Nap0leOnc dynasty protects Itself against
the factiOus press az William OF orange ana the
HapOyerian succession protected themselves against
the rartisons of the Stuarls and other opponents.
The mainy noticeable and hopeful features Of Nj.
de pe1sirVs argument is, that he should argue OF
al TO FrcnchIntn from the base al the past ana
present condition of the English press, commencing
with n eulOgy of the latter. For a Frenchmsn,
French statesman, French minister, conhdenIai
mOutl-picce Of the Emperor to hold up 10 the
French nation certain English state Of things as "a
laudahle. enyable model OF d state-One needs 10
have lived in France for years, or 10 have extern
sivey and thoughtiuly read in light and heavy
French literature, newspapers, novels, ana grave
historical volumes TO appreciate IN all It's bearings
the important significance of such demonstration
Rake over all past French state papers with fine
tooth comb and you will find nothing like 1t.
But emitted one of NJ. DE- Persignys character
istics in preceding paragraph. He spar erect
ience q NapOlc0nist liberal, constant advocate
of the English alliance, but in addition trans man.
Now rot being ignorant of English legislation ON
the press he freely admits plainly states, that the
tIias of oensrs Of the press We're latirry at least
trials b, iury But he adds that the actual lrg1sla
ton on the press in France is more and iay0rably
in accordance with French manners. lie IS not 50
far ont OF the way IN this statement as "e coma
wish that lie were. Legalized arbltlaiiness, non
judicial arbitrary interference OF the administration
by virtue of legal sanction, elnnently French.
The first Empire, the Restoration Louis Philippe,
the Republic of lS4s, and the Empire arc all
aneed in that respect Be il bad be il good, LEI
parties out OF power say what they VIII, IT IL the
fact; do not say the sad fact just because II is the
FrcRCh fact.
However, NJ de Persigny's statement that the
English press laws are theoretically seyeTer than
the French law, does not CRAFTY those here, who
are by their condition most sensiyely apt TO Judge
the fitness of French laws. The journalists say,
give US 10 matter how strict and terribly penal
your law may be, q trial before tribunal, trial
by jury, and We will gladly risk the results. Per
signy means evidently to make the application OF
the law on the press ss mild as possible; but he
does not Offer much hope of It's radical amendment
Then as have always said, there can be no radl-
cal change in this law The future liberty of the
press win be merely hcense its control always rest
ing with the administration, and not with the
tribunals, least OF oil with juiics.
To change the subject. Between the dates of
publication Of these two circulars Of the Minister OF
TIE Interior there came came a murder which has
absorbed popular interest TO degree of which you
may fud likeness by running back IN your MEM
OIy 10 the time Of the famous Buldell murder III
NCW-lOrk. Since the explosion of the Orsini bombs
in the Rue Lepelleier there has been event that
80 centralized popular talk and interest as the re-
cent ass; ssiuaiion of President POlns0t.
NJ Ponsot was presiding Judge in one of the
IMPERIAL Courts sitting At Paris. One day last week
be went out To Troyes town lying some 30 miles
south-eastcrly from Paris. What drew him there
Was little landed estate that he had inherited, the
agricultural improvement of which without much
reference TO profit, his pet hobby. Partisan,
bachelor, and eminent magistrate, his whim,
his love, bis passionate fancy was this little piece of
land and IFS improvement IN this Champagne c0un-
try. There were trees to be planted that he must
personally see to- and some tifiing tenants dues 10
be collected. Hurying away between the sessions
of the Court of which he wss presiding Judge, he
Was burning back last Thursday, to be present IN
Paris al he opening of the Court on Friday morn
ing. He did nOt appear in the Court he. man of
strictly punctual habits at The appointed hour In
the cOuIse OF the day his corpse was brought home,
and the sensation began.
All that il known as yet il. that Judge POlnsOt |
lett Troyes Thursday evening alone in coInpart- |
nent Of frst-clas car. Somewhere between there
and Paris lie was killed and robbed. He was shot |
By three pistol balls his skull broken by blows of |
the pistol butt, his watch purse and every val |
liable about him stolen The railroad train brought |
in early Oh Friday morning dlshgured, braiuless |
corpse
III would he diiicllt 10 describe 10 You IN lire or
two the sensation that this murder has created in
Paris. The funeral of the murdered magistrate was
al the church of st. Thomas dAquinas
with the attendance of the bar and magistracy of |
capital, last Saturday. The papers are filled with
details Of what little is known Of the circumstances
Of the murder. The assassin has escaped. Nine
tenihs of the Parssns have taken it into their heads
that rst-closs railroad ear is one of the most per-
ous places that mortal man be exposed in.
full nf
gestOns Of means Of rendering frstclass cara safe
nr rnNellcIs To rcad Pnriainn nclAsnnners or hear