New-York daily tribune., 1864-04-09
The Election of Cnrnot and Pages, and
its signifcnnee-The Religious Cem-
motion i'm Pnris-CardjnaI Bounce ose
on Renan,s Life OF Jesus-New Books
-Archdutte nux. md his Lonn-ke-
cognision -BOssini's Ens' Bon
Mot.

cognision Bumcrs-ROssini's Inst Bon
Mot.
from Our Own Correspondent
PARIS March oS. lssi.
The immediate resul. Of the supplemental
,lection held In the Ist and With Paris Districts this
week is the triumph Of Messrs. Cannot and Garnier
Pages BY Unexpectedly large majorties. Some facts
and figures are worth attention here as helps to es
nate its importance IL the Ist District, tso whole
sumber OF registered electors a. 65; of votes cast
es73 ofwhish 3 55l for Carnot go for Pinsrd
ia for Labouaye the rest scattered among four i've
,ther candidates In the vth District the number Of
registered voters was 3S 645 Of votes cast 22404 Of
Shjch a. 4i4 were for GARNER Pages, $3.50 for Levy
se5 for Toain the rest scattered among eight or nine
otber candidates Last June the aggregate number Of
soters was about Q Ooa larger This abstenton was
natly owing to the absence Of Government nominees
Levy indeed, who wac The defeated iorie o. Inc Ae
ministraton in June. offered himself with its assent
this time but till the eve OF the election; party 10
the indifference Of Liberals who felt sure that Car
not and Pages would be chosen any how partly TO ths
aversion to these candidates OF some Liberals who
GOT willing however n vote against them But here rs
something noteworthy. The Liberal press whose
snied influence regarded ore OF the main caus
IS Of the Oppo.itlon victory last June have not co
worked at all this March. The Stcle and Opinion Nation
se were early agreed to support Carrot though ne was
GARNER Pages but with declared unwilingnsss. while
the Opinion Ea,ioHe!s protested against bis eenddacy
t within three days Of the election la Prssss and Les
DS5as 10 the last argued strongly against both did
La Nation, really liberal though Imperiaist and yet
without being urged To BY their journals or by ex.
hortations from platform, or by electoneer
Ing documents" twenty-eght thousand Frenchmen
persisted in sending their representatives TO the I'm
two ex. members Of a Republican Government This
shows for one thing rather surprSing faculty oi or
eeniyed action among the voting masses Of Paris
IL shows for another thing eonsiGeraoe oseohIent
,,ons lie faithful crcs with the Imperial Government
rs at present administered. In gencra IL e1prrsscs @
tbei, need for more liberty their painting Tor reer
hrea,h which is the life In particular 1t expresses me
sdbssion OF a large body Of Frenchmen 10 ne DIS
tinctye docNines Of their candidates TO W.T. freedom
Of the press nh3 Of public meeting gratuitous. anu
hlics,pry primary education and the doctrine OF m.
tiopalityS This last an afraid means WIN many OF
che voters interference ~ force OF a1ns IN ,or oi
Poland and conditions nvor oa Dsuinre oarercn. ~~
disastrous hberticide doctrine 60 nterprctcu' WIN
others Il only means sympathy wy Struggling ha-
tionalities; II also means Withdrawn " 'ne i-c"o"
garrison from Rome. 49,
MANY of the sncerest friends Of political yeior1 in
dberal regret the election OF the Two
candidates. They fear that IT VIII be made ~ @ e1'
cuse for still deferTing tie GROWING OF the edihe
II certainly will serve for u bugbear with al the
nmid and for an argument with the retrogrndes See
these sodsant Liberals ere unfit for the exercise OF
what freedom is allowed them; give them an lncn hD1
they must take On e they incorrgibe; thoy would
haye s48 and social topsyturyy over sgaln they wil
be voting for that misereant Renen neat etc, etc
)hers hope that the Emperor viii take wiser, kinder
heed to .ais .o!idynessed petition for more freedom
Very closely related to the Political movement Is the
religious eomnotion. tie c0mmotion about religious
ouestons which is 40 specially stirred on occasion
Of NJ Renans book. Readers OF toohys European his-
tory ffty years hence will perhaps find II and It's par
e fermcnt In England more deserving tnelf a'eh'ioa
than any purely political question Of our time One OF
its interesting features 0nt with curious pfoD
nence the other day in de0nte IN The senate Lsst
year before the publication Of the Pit ds JtsHs MI
Merlin son OF the famous ConveBtiOnalist Merlin dc
Ehonvie. sent in a PETITION To tie Senate, IN wRen
after deploring The terrible progress Oh 2 "
igious publications. The petition was ohly ieacnea
ate in tie present session of the Senate. Tie report
m it closed with resolution 70 pass II 10 tGe
,rder of the day. HeTeupOn came the debate, in
which Cardinal B0nnechose took part quite too re
narkable 70 omit noticing beginning with patron
ing word for poor old Protestant Merlin, son OF Con
,enfionast who although lie has not the happiness
NJ belong 70 our religion the Cardinal speaks through.
,ut in the royal editorial collective pural-s yet
,esnec,aLle man be presently enlarged with great
.ev,i,y ON the enormous circulation OF enormously dc
noraliiing cheap literature in town and country.
tolerated by the Admnstr, tion. AS You ma! suppose,
Roman and his famous book were not far OF. Coming
:, them lis Emineree asserted that the book Is one
,asphemy from the first page TO the iast sGulhg W
his searching literary criticism e sraeG r
fernly repressive laws against such Wlihgs ana oI
terner application Of present laws. ms TWO @ @Sniel
.rcuments are curious At first he SAID aihongb Lest
n,soners of souls chiefly TO direct tier enorts
against u.s. the clergy and the chel ~ Is 10y We thn
IRE chiefly interested II Is our an hesn o aTst perse
su.vn' s.nd ,n,o a bshopric with a handsome salary
sutIu suS then persecuted with a Cardinals hal
stop S Of bis miter and all the sPEIIiua PEaioi,
P tn 4. ,beu tortured into the Senate, where, ~
n duty bound. be suffers the .aiction Of an annua
salary $1,000 francs year That IN TIN; :,
issnsn Geo sand Ed About and the rest oil th'
SSughiy and the strong from throwing things q q
him. is hard indeed. For his own part however, ~
sont, accent the hardship with benign resignation
tut il is not We says bis Emnence who are IA creates
peril through us society all law Inc uoveI,usen
ltsei Is aimed at 1T is for the sake oi cohqueIle
the empire VI the earth that these writers Hlta1s
Heaven" and TO clinch this part Of his argument the
reverend Senator refers in proof ~ recent al uce "a
e prosecuting Sscle newspaper. whose antho aeeoro
No 10 the spcaker silly enOugh reveal the malicious
gB,ni,ps ,nr..sa al liz fIiow struCtiyea The