The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-13
Rittmnna 4ispatet.


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Nesssscslsa spsA NE rasss Pssss.
In No respoct dos H. G0pesOr NArOGoos'
saasilsst u moro extraordinary 0aansf nat
aeve II liberty which impets him - s4e In.
ration Of Italy aaA Of ma1kisA Ia general,
than in We iroa fssesrs vita watch hs has
locked MP the press OF France. II Is M small
srtbute to the power OF the press that 1t Is not
allowed to breathe free thought lest even
p Ste slightest wAtsper might shake the solid nil.
lars Of IMpegtal power. How aston ishinr that
the mAa who loves liberty 20 much elsewhere,
shouM not permit II 70 exist In France! How
strange that man Of letters, one Who has
htmself contributed TO editorial columns
should seek to enslavs the minds OF tho literary
class, and make the pen - servile IN instru-
ment Of power - the bayonee
An example Of the strict surveillance which
IL maintained upon the Frspch press, and the
very trivial cAases which bring down upou
them lmperial displeasure, has recently &C.
CURED In the case Of the journal La B,esasse.
The Minister Of the Interior informs the En-
peror that this journal, q vast country news.
paper I" great responsibility, has had the An
dacity to lay the following statement before
its readers. AT the most" it said, "when an
iHexplicable revulsion OF opinion In the high
. eat regions OF power spread alarm and con.
sternation through all Catholic hearts, several
deputies, hitherto sincerely devoted to the
Imperial dyaasty and policy, spontaneously
assembled 1t Paris from the remotest points of
France, and concerted among themselves as to
the means IT bringing the truth to the foot of
the throne" The result Of their deliberations.
the B,e'agne went on to say, was an address.
signed by three members Of the Corps Lexisla.
hf. containing a sort Of protest against the
policy of the Emperor on the Roman question,
and concluding by these words ut IL for the
solace Of yourself, sir, and your dynasty, that
we deplore the uncertainty which reigns at
the moment, and which. by being prolonged.
must separate from you all sincere Cathoi c.. >,
Finally, La B,etagns added: The only an.
swer which the parties who sigred the above
address have ever received, has been the sup.
preston Of he CnireyS their uncertainty has |
been put an end to-" |
The Paris correspondent Of the New York |
Journal Of Commerce, who communicates to |
that paper this hagrant instance Of the despot. |
ism over the press, says that he cast his eye |
over the report Of the Secretary Of the Int.
rior against La Brsfagss, expecting every mo.
ment to dnd 1t revealed that the whole story
was base fabrication; that no such meeting of
deputies. or address, or protest had ever been
thought or dreamt Of, and that that was the
gist Of the offence which had drawn down the
Imperial interposition. But, no; he found no
such assertion, nor any such denial of the facts
stated; and he arrived at the end Of the docu-
tnent only to discover that, for the few lines
quoted above, La Brstasme was judged worthy
Of "supr ression,' and was suppressed" &C.
cordingIy by an Imperial decree, under the
Empero1's own hand!
The suppression Of La Bretagne has been fol.
lowed by first warning to La Presse, and a Sc
cond warning to the Gaseste de France, which
places the latter journal on the very brink of
La Psesse was warned. it would
appear, for declaring that the "immense ma.
|ority" asserted to exist in Savoy in favor of ,
annexation, was nowhere to be found The ,
omence OF the Gazette was that 1t " travestied" I
The coneordat, and did not treat the great act"
II NAPOLEON I. with sufficient respect. The ,
udden suppression Of a journal is of course
o the proprietor very serious affair. That e
u the Cnirsrs involved a loss of about one G
hundred thousand dollars, at which the pro- I
'erty was valued. Its chief editor found him. | e
ell at once minus about five thousand dollars f
'er annum and large staff of employees were Q
II once thrown out of their. daily bread bv a O
troke of the Imperial ard ministerial pens O
Of La Bretngse, in a promi-
tent town. where employment is obtained
With greater difficulty, though less costly.
erhaps, must create great suffering.