New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-16

THE PARTISAN PRESS on THE wAR-cHARAcrza o.
FRENCH JoURSALIsM-dgS. DsAURbiARDs IN
TgRyfEw WITH THE EMPRRoR-PBAcE MOVE
Mgyr IN THE CORPS LgGisLArIP
From Special .Core'pondsn; -. 80.
PARIS June -, 1865
Nobody at all familiar with French Journalism need Be
told that it holds least equal rank with that OF any Other
country so far as the intellectual ability and culture OF h
writers is concsaed-a rank superior to that Of any other
so far as their mastery of literary forms is concerned
am speaking of political daily papes. There is no oihss
in the world that can show in its last years les suohs
body of wethousht writtcn editorials the o"r-
nal des DeJats sch editorial corps: hall dozen
members ofte Academy, other of the Academies
of the Iusu ST. Mare de Giraiin Provost Paradol Re-
man, Letre Laboulaye Michel CheFalier, feaTy, Tame.
jules Janin ihonorcd occupant of the 4ls arm chair,
beside the other able editors St. Beuve, getting to be
rather hastily perhaps recognized the first literary
critic Of age, Theophe Gauthcr, the master ty'sf
of the modern French languages Edmond About and sos
Of other contributors to the daily PRESS
as were Theirs ald Guzot in their time, and other
most eminent French who may be said TO have
based their emnence on Newspaper foundation columns
Nay the actual respons bic edt)rn-chief OF all French
newspapers his Majesty Napoleon Ill contributed IN the
cursed Ham period OF has low estate to the "coyumns
OF the Pas de Calais newspaper and thereby 20 hrs utus
elevation. In those days To be sure, when that Stats
prisoner was suffered send print protests agnse
the tyranny of the Government the press compan-
lively free. But in hesa last ID years despite
the restrictions and legal snaes and gins that hamper and
beset them on all sides the merit, ability aud ski WIZ
which French editors succeed IN nanitestng freedom %
spirit land the quantity OF intelligent thought they manass
TO get print not only wonderful under the cirnm
stances but admirable and excellent Ia Themselves
But beside the essential difference in the matter Of FREQ
DOM there has bccn this other marked distinction beweea
the French and En- sish American daily political pess
An essential not 10 say the essential of stclass daily
paper in London NewY ork Is that It be newspaper. Oh
Paris daily that be the organ and advocate Of opGioos
ofgif Of n
lead TO curious study Of among other things, tho df
ference IN degree, OF political education between French
nearly fifty pursued would quite ourun the limits OF
letter say nothing OF the writer's intellectual means OF
pursuit. suggestive illustration, however, can be gives
in one line and two words We speak OF news as " IA
teiigenoe" tho French say "reTseS Rmeats' Take 70
cent case:
Three DAYS ago. ex.Confedeats exGen. Beauregard
had an interview just before returning to London, With
Napoleon at the Tuieresan interview, We are told OF
the Emperors scelng-where he also met Minister Roa
her and Minister Dr0uyn De Lhgys, and, retiring iron
which, he furnished with al Imperial Cham5erlan 70
accompany him valet de place 70 the Corps Lesislaf
must per force treat the theme have IN hand with
hurned brief ncompetencss and substitute an extrems
instance in place of arer long drawn explanatory state
ment. In the beginning OF the Crmean war, ten Esp-
nassc marched 10000 or more french troops INTO ing
marshy unhealthy DobnScka country where the bones ol
something like hall OF them still lie. The awiu. horrors Oh
that mad campaign against miasma and cholera we're
something you would say, likely to interest French news
paper readers. Well, al that was printed deseuptiyeot
IT, In all French newspapers up TO lsJ6 would not M
could read who could not read N the columns OF ~
London TtcsOwn correspondent Russell letters special
correspondents letters reports OF Parliamentary deoates
every narrowing and shameful detail OF Government mai
administration, and consequent suffering In all kinds ot
English troopsl-fed, ilncdicated unhospitalcd Ens
gsh trOOoSduring the first D.. that Crlmean war.
Not one in one thousand Of dgeat rsajina
Fenchmen knows to this day that IN the last year Of hss
war French hospital directors asked sad largely received
hospital stores from the English.
In the Italian campaign OF 1859 there permitted
improvement. ia Prese Le D5G's, and some other OK
tho Paris dalies published letters OF their corv-
spOndent the best better than TIE Tunes Russell, the
worst not so bad But no Paris Journal up TO that tms
had sunk so low "a The Times Mackay. And let II be
said here that Paris jourua-oxceptng the socalled
semioifciil journals which understood 10 be rre-
sponSbe and accept their Self-degradl'on with sort Of
fnnkness, ever sunk so low 10 affiliate itself with
Mackay. We are quite strong enough TO forgive thas
wrctohed Scotchmlns alsIhCaOns-Ais prostitution OF
suc feeble virtue innate in his Intellect 10 tho
interest OF his employers We can condone the unhappy
man-who after al bal his dirty bread u carn-Dut -
Juvcnal condoncs NGyous The bitterness OF the nnh
satire not distilled Nayolas 80 much as on his em-
ployers.
Since 1859 there has been going on a notable transfor-
nation IN the Paris press, managing editors, orbbed,
cabned and confined by the organic law on the press OF
1852 have been slowly growing conception OF the des
that the proper office OF newspaper to give news ana
that mere facts uncommeuted haze IN themseivess
quality of information aud of INTEL gence The nesspa-
perreadng public has grown IN It's conception OF desa
facts and their significance quite as fast as the editors
The other day, in the Corps Legsati, NJ Labarrure.
thorouehgong, unqualified imperiallst apropos OF soma
woke m expression o his fellow members n favor OF
peace g.. favor of France, hcr keeping II honoisby
possible peace throughout the quarrel in which Italy snd
Germany are engaged Messeurs Theirs and Bercr both
welknOwn opponents of both Prusian and Italian policy
did their eloquentest best TO sustain the position tns'
Labarrure tried to But all this ho"cd do~n
by the majority N the Corps Lesisla They would nos
hear talk the matter They would not let anything
come TO vote. His Majesty, our master, DON'T waAs
foreign political affairs TO be talked or Thought aDoat;
and SO we uproarously acclaim and decide that me
most vital interests Of France seemingly engaged IN us
war; shall not be talked verbally thought OF 10y TIE
representatives of France Labarures effort with then
aud Beuers backing did to this-a sort OF Pacins
manifestation, sort of protest against France rs IN
PREVENTION in the actual European war. And to suen
manifestation Napoleon will really give more heed tan ns
seems TO- II easily possible France will keep out OF
war, and will so keep the from being UNIVERSAL
say nothing OF last reported fights between Prussan aa
Austrian forces IN the Bohemian country Latest truth
of facts for can be presently extracted from the
confusion of reports is keer to reach you nom L"ndos
than from Paris.