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command. After somo further conversa.
ton the colonel left the bank.
Victor Hugo on the Liberty ofthe Press,

i Np(sndd APpealfor tie Liberty ofhs Press
from an European Democrat The abolition,
iSts Of the United Statcs Indirectly ReJukcd
for their Censorship oft.
victor Hugo, at complimentary din>
ner given to him at BRUSSELS on the 22d
sept, made speech, of which the follow
ing Is an extract What do
you Rll--writers, journalists publishers.
printers, puOlicists, thnkers-rcproscn ?
All the energy OF intelligence, all the forms
oil publicity, you are mind-legion
are the new organ Of new soclcly-you
are the press. propose a toast to the
presto the press Of all nations-to free
presto press, powerful, glorious and
fertile, Gentlemen, the press is the light
OF The social world, and wherever there is
light there is something Of Providence. .--
thoughts something more than o right
It IS the very breath OF man. He who
Ietters thought strikes at man himself
10 speak, to write, to print, to publish.
are IN point of right identical things.-
they are circles constantly cnlarging
themselves from intelligence into action.
hey are the sounding waves Of thought.
OF all these circles-of all these rays Of
the human mind-the widest is the Dress.
The diameter of the press is the diameter
OF civilization itself When the free press
is checked we may say that the nutrition
OF the human family is withheld.
| Gentiemen, the mission Of our time is
to change the old base o! society to create
true order and to substitute everywhere
realities for tiCtIons. During this transi.
ton OF social bases, which is the colossal
work OF our time, nothing can resist the
press, applying its power Of traction to
catholicism, TO mliltalyi5m, to absolute,
ism, to the dense blocks OF facts and ideas.
The press is force. Why? Because il il |
intelligence. it is tho living clarion it |
sounds the rcyeillo OF nations, il loudly |
announces tho advent Of justice; it holds !
no account of night, except TO salute the !
dawn. 1t becomes day, and warns tho |
world. Sometimes, however, strange oc, |
currencc! it is that gets warnings This !
Is like the owl rcprimsndng the crow Of
the cock. Yes, in certain countries, the
press is oppressed. Is it q slayo2 No |
an enslGved press is an impossible junction [!
OF words Besides there are tpo modes Of |
Icing enslaved-that of Spartacus and |
that Of FpiotCtu-. Thr oraa hraa',s hi- |
chains. the other shows his soul. Whea I
tic iettered writer cannot have recourse
TO the first method, the second remains !
for him. No, let despots do what they
WILL | cal! all those free men who hear me
to witness, and you, II. PelleLan, have re-
Gently said so in admirable language, and,
moreover YOU and many Others have pros
we'd 1t 10y generous example, there is no
slavery for the mind. Gentlemen, in the
age in which we live there is no aalvaliOn
without liberty o. the press, but on the
contrary, mj,dirugtion, Shipwrecls. disas-
ter everywhere.
Gentlemen, who ere the auxllares or
the potriotY The press. know il The
press Is hated, and this is a great reason 1
for loving it. Ever iudiEuity, every per
secution, every ianaticisul, denouuCes, in,
suits and wounds it as far as they can
CouiRgs to thought, courage to science,
courage TO philosophy courage to the ,
press, courage TO all of you writer's Tho
hour is drawing nigh when men, deliver
Ell ut last from the dismal tunnel Of six II
thousand years, will suddenly burst forth !
in all It's dazzling brightness. Gentlemen, =
one Word more: ana lot me make it, with
your kind indulgence, personal One.-loo
10 be in your midst is a happiness. II
thonk God who has given me in my hard =
life this charming monont. Tomorrow | :
shall enter into the shade; but have u
seen You, have spoken to you, have :
heard you, J have shaken your hands I
all this ] carry with me into my solitude i.
\ ou, my friends OF France, and you, my =
other friends, who are here, will feel it :
quite natural that ! should address my =
az. words TO you. Eleven years ago you
,nw almost young man depart; now you =
Ind al old man The hair is changed, but =
not the heart. thank you for having
mo absent. thank you for
having come here. Accept-and you also, =,
younger mon, whose names were dear to :
ne at IA distance, and whom | now sec for =
The first time-accept my deep feelings Of ~
emotion. II seems as though among you
breathe something Of my native air; as I
houCh each Of you brings me a little of a
France as though from all who are grnu- c
,ed around me there shone something -
charming and soft, like light which re, =,
embles the smile Of ones country. 1 >,
rink to the press, to its power, to its !,
,lory, 10 its efficiency, to its liberty in Bel 9,
,inm, in Germany, in Switzerland, in llus :;
y, in Spain, in England, 10 America, and a
q its emancipation elsewhere. In
DEArH OF 4 NoIED SPECULAToR.- Tho Z
Ieath OF Baron John b. Steinberger at ST. :,
.ouis calls TO mind his former career ia y
his part OF the country, where he must be II
as one 0! the 6oldest opera
ors and most hospitable OF men. AT one Il
ime he joined Nicholas Bidd!e in a cot, .
on speculation in which they cleared :,
) 100000. Afterwards he attempted to !,
NY up all the beef in the country and .,
aoroPollze the market, but was defeated I"
y the New York and Philadelphia deal c
re, and he was ruined. lie then went 10 /,
and after experiencing the for.
ious OF large Speculation be became re,
uced, and vent TO st. LOUIS at the time i,
remont arrived, being sent 10y q party Of -,
eet contractors at 5000 per month. Ina a.
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