New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-12

lips and make them speak, s to render us all gOot
service. Such service has been lately uhdertake'
by publisher Amyot of the Rue de la Pax, who ha'
already solid proof Of its value IN the hrst NUMBER
of the drehireS Dipiom0hques, monthly magazine
of diplomacy and of history: IT contains
documents, among which are the last year treatle'
of Zurich, with various official papers actes mt
mately connected with them, and the protocols %
the Zurich Congress- now for the first time pup
lshed. Let alone the hitherto unpublished proto-
COILS where, before the issue Of the first number o
the Diplomatic .frcirirss was one to look Tor tht
documentary elements of the history OF thai LuricD
business which, in spite OF the contempt or Veha'
ton II excited in U.S. is element that mist nc taken
| into account in our consideration Of the unsolVed
| European questions Of the day. There existed ho
where in print consecutive record OF them.
! Diplomacy itself is dim; but newspaper and otner
talk about it, based on broken, scattered Reports
and dnnmed memory of them, is deal dlmmeder.
I Thus apropOs of the revolutionary condition ol
| thing. m the late United-what alarmed pldsbui!,
who whines that the final cOnHagration has broken
! out, styles Ignited-States, some very intelligent
journalists here in very clever articles, have written
the dmmedest sort of nonsense, simply because they
had never read the letter. and therefore did n0t COLI
ceive the spirit of the Constitution OF the United
! States. The February number OF the hrch'reS
/ DiPlomatiqus will give them, among other things,
the text of the Federal Constitution, aud the South
Carolina State papers more or less c0nstlliuOnIl.
The purpose OF the editors of this magazine ia to
! present documents and not OPinions-as they say IN
their prospectus, to inform not to indOcirnate; the
most they will do in the way OF original writing VIII
be to add rnrely historical explanatory notes. IA
the protocols of the Zurich Congress IN the hrst
number indicate, this magazine is likely to become,
what its managers aim to make il, European Blne
Book. IL viii print no State paper OF when the aI
benticy Of the text is not assured; register, not
al, =. IL, I'D tg ron
tributions FROM all the European Chauce1eries, but
il will be- the organ Of no Cabinet.
Since have now core to speak Of new pubica-
tons, let me omitted opportunity. aud men
ton. if Only ia passing, La Rerw Nat0Rate, semi
monthly which first took IFS place two months ago IN
the Periodical Paris pr,-s. Although literary maya
zine. IT'S dri' is toward political liberalism. The
French reader of It's lit of contributors finding
rmoul them such dcsrrcdly Distinguished names ss
IaboulaJe ct the Institute, and tlbach, The nov"l-
Isl, Instant, regards the liberal Retut haii0RdiC az
the rcsuscitation Of the liberal ReJue de Paris,
which was crushed to death few years ago, under
the .rpprr-siye system. tnOrh.r though less
prrtentnus not lc.s important new magazine
whose publication date. lIsm the rtsOlnstOry deere"
of NOV. II, L. tie La C5iiigaC Tr0HcaiSc literary
and phiiOs0phic review. among Whose fist con-
trbuiors hoie among other houorcd names that Of
GAMER Pages, which rcmind'me 10 say IN passing,
wl Z ,on VIII br glad 10 hear, that his carefully
labnrrd History Of the Revoke Oh Of 1919 is nearly
ready for Ibe PRES. OF bis great competence To
write aEd great need oi history here, OF which,
as DidsbuIy SAYS. Gamer Pgges I" was "a intimate
part of the QUORUM II "a not necessary no" to
speah.
The application Of NJ Olivier. one Of the Liberal
members Of the Caps L,gislmg l1r permission t.
establish u wrckly political journal IL understood,
aztec long Ministerial doubt tOhavc been refused.
The application oil VI. Nelzcr, very prudent but
not lcss decided LIberal, Ia establish II news da!
political Journal viii, il Is supposed, b. approved
The readiness of The French mind to take advantage
Of and To test the Liberalism Of the rcformafop
DEGREES Of Nov. - Is very reals be sure OF II
more real thar sLowily apparent. The Senate u
now dclihe-atiug on the tunl constitutional form
and effect that are t0 be- given 20 tir amhigu"us!
kDcmlizmg propositions OF the Emperor, containen
~ his DEGREES Of Nov. - 90 far az hcy legard IT,.
publication uf the duugs OF the Senate and Legs
htiyr Body aud the Iigt ut the journals To discuss
them.
But hurry over these topics, 10 reach bret
mention of the p"!ticO-itcrhry tcts OF the week.
Yesterday was tie dHy tor the reception of fathsr
Ii Coidairc ns member Oi Toe French Academy.
The rcccpl on Of new member IN that body, WHICH.
however much witty OF disappointed French literary
men, with NOR, oI les T,gsOr laugh nj aut m0Ch
at not one Of them would net give his writing sand
a. be- elected To- is always grand ie tor The really
higher classes ~ PARIS soclrty. But the present
Was an extraordinary occasion. Extraordinary on
many accounts. Father Lacordonr, 10 begin with,
in a Dominican m0Hk, the hrst member OF The
rslalaf clergy ever admitted Ia an arm chair OF the
AcadcIy founded by one Of the secular clergy,
Cardinal RichclicU. There Is no doubt that be
deserved his Election o. one OF the hrst-Perhaps'
since the death Of Ra,ignnc the very first Of al liy-
iyP French pulpit orators. That considerable
number nf the vot- cluir'd 10 him were given M
hs favor le.s because Of his lternr deserts than
a. means Of political manlicsiajI0n--ihat he Nas
mnde acadrmician by Protestant uGd Noltarnn
aoaemician. not that they loved him and the Church
M much, but that they hated Emperor Napoleon
the morc--this wss understood. Then he was the
first monk ever elected I" the academy. People
were curious to see whether he would present HIM
self IN the white robe Of Dominican triar. lie
did Then be- il the first pulpit orator the hrst
ra! orator nt the rench church. Then, as tH'
Successor OF DE ocqIc,e, lie was Ia b. hIscul0gsl
--was to eIogize political liberal. Then his
respondent was Guil0t who "as To u" bis CRITICS.
Dominican libernl frnr opposfd to a conservative
Protestant Statesman.
Seats in the lnacd spaces &c the Academy = hnli
If meeting were not 10 be- bought for love or money.
The very cream Of rhe cream We're there 10 hear.
Innoriciare and Chanqaruirr were there; and The
0rariDns Empress received ard lnductrd 10 her
reserved seat by dry but courteous Protestant
director Cuizot himself: and tlerr were Prince
Napoleon Rouaparle and biz sister Mah!da.
Neither space nor time il leit me L. SPEAK a. they
deserve of ihe Or.tlOns of L&cUrdafe ana I"llzot
on that occasion. Both were eloquent; that OF
Iocordair. the most 30, venture 10 think; both
hy the neccs ait, fthe case treating OF VI. de Toe
1ur,ilr treating Of American Democracy. /
grratly regret TINT have not room here for analysis
or large quotation. Take this scrap, good III ITSELF
from the liberal Dominican: He de Tocqne-
"villc) rose even above his admiration Tor Aser-
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