The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-15
French Editorshin.

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Of the French censorship, has with
drawn from the Paris Presgs. Uuder
he promise Of greater freedom of ez-
preston he resumed the editorial con-
duct of that able journal three or four
years ago, but the renewal of warn
ings and punishments again drives
him away. 10 q letter addressed TO
the manager of the Prssse, Girardin
says:
when / was the principal share
holder Of the Presss, holding forty-two
shares out Of one hundred, did | ever
sacrifice my convictions as a writer TO
my interests as d proprietor That
question Is sufficiently answered by the
fact that the Prose- was suspended in
June, 1913, when | was locked up in
the Conciergerie at the same time as
n de Persigny; by the prosecutions
against the Pr5ggs in 1850; and by the
four warnings received from the coup
Eeflt 10 the 22d of March, 1854. 1t was.
therefore, perfectly well known hat /
was not the man to shrink before any
danger, whatever its nature might be,
and no one knew better than the pro-
prietors Of the Fr5Ess, when they asked
me 10 write for the paper in 1862, that
l was not the man TO cave in Per
sonslly / have no prejudice against
towards; but / expect them at least to
have the courage of their ~cowardice.
Let them be poltroons if they like, pro
vided they are frankly SO. / only de
spise braggaTts. ! understand quite
well people not getting up an opposi'
ton paper, but If they do get Z up
let them do it bravely and hodeslly."
Not being permitted to act O. bravely
and honestly he accordingly r%etires,
and his example is followed 10y two OF
his associates, NM. Clement DuVernois
and NermOneL
One other French editor, NJ Felix
Belley, shows fight His nomination
Us chief editor Of the Pays was rejected
by the Minister of the Iaterior, and be
appeals to the Senate. he SAYS, in a
long and sharp petition, that when his
application for the Pays was denied, he
requested permission to start q new
Journal, under the title of La CigiAS1.
ton, TO be constitutional AND moderate.
As for the moral guaranty, he ap-
pealed TO his "anlecedenis to the ser.
vices he had rendered 10 the President
of the republic in days of trial and OF
danger. The minister replied that but
for these a~utecedents he would not be
now where he vas-namely, IN his own
presence. NJ. Belley offered, as addi-
lional security for his good behavior as
a journalist, TO associate ] u the super
vision of his paper two members OF the
Council OF State, and a third parsonage
who, IL appears, stood high IN the es.
teen Of the Minister himself. These
securities were not considered suli-
cient, the Minister did not indeed,
state what further guaranty of safety
he wanted, but he refused his aUtEori-
zatior. NJ. Belley says:
81 thought thag l bad reached the
last limits of decent submission, but ii
was not enough. What was it that he
desired ? A blank recognition before
hand2 A written engagement of blind
obedience ? Something ike utilization
to the secret police His EEoellency
did not think proper TO explain; and
ha did well, for there are overtures
difficult TO understand, when q man
deems it an honor not to belong 20 the
class of apostates, courtiers, or worse.
The petitioner then Informs the SEN
ste Of curious incident which occurred
during the time he was on the staff OF
the Pays:
q" Some months later, having to check
q monthly account in the editorial de.
partment, / remarked "a sum of four
hundred francs payable toa person de
s.gnated only by the initials M X
"N}ho is this NJ. Y 2 1 asked of the
person who presented the account to
me. "Ihe -up9ys o. the Ministry, the
man In black, was the answer. And
on what account does he receive these
four hundred francs per month p al
DO not know but suppose tits because
he can screen us from advertisements
made inquiries, and / was assured that
an cXpreailent of "a socialist club en-
acted h similar subsidy from several of
the largest Journals OF Paris, doubtless
10 protect tnem IN % similar way.
THESE are curious revelations.