The New York herald., 1866-03-31
F r A N G E.
JULES FAYRE AND THE EMPEROR.
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French Literature and TheGJicQls-.I0hn MKchet-Ihe
Prince Imp1iays Biythday-Gustape Dors--An Ad
diticm TO the Aasyican Society in Paris, &C.
After week Of comparatively unintercstng debate in
the Corps Legsa Jules Favre the loader of the oppo
ston electrified that body yesterday with address
which would have made the Emperors tingc If he
had heard II, and which must have ego. his mad up"
little when ho read II this morning. The text was the
paragraph In the address congratuatng the Emperor
upon the stability of the interior regime and institutions
of France. The Emperor at the close Of his last ad
dress at the opening of the Corps Legsatif, put
eecua stopper upon the hopes Of the liberal party that
there TO be any further extension OF liberty in
France 'There had been enough talk about this - the
Emperor said in substance and the great desdsratum
to increase the physical prosperity Of the
country and improve public morasn Into these propo
sions Of the Emperor Jules Favre pitched right and let
yesterday charged his Majesty with having utterly failed
to fulfil his promises called the empire "ncgavs and
parody of the system Of $780, Of which professed to
be continuation, demanded the liberty Of the press
the right Of reunion and that electoral liberty now
eectually crushed OFT by the system OF governmental
candidatures He closed his speech with the following
remarkable paragraphs, which must be gall and worm
wood to the "powers that be:''-
In regard to the exterior policy, II the country had
been master Of Its destnes, should have wit
messed these distant expeditions which have greatly
the other side Of the Atlantic many young
men whose arms would have enriche9 our soil. We
should not have seen millions wasted in Mexico in
behalf Of enterprise the least fault of which s thai
Is impossible. These millions would have been useully
employed IN benefting France and her colonies.
A. to the interior regime sometimes told that
the passions completely appeassd. Sometimes that
they still ermenting, that parties always armed
and that liberties should s.ll be refused Public
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you must make citizens; TO make citizens must have
Institutions which form them Franco s saturated
with military glory. She has need Of moral dignity aud
grandeur nyou will inierrogats the literature Of the
present day. which is the expression Of public morals,
you will be driven to unfortunate conclusions.
You have decreed the liberty Of theaies and with The
censorship you do wbats you please upon the pubic
scene and what do you show theref Great God you
force man with any Of deccncy TO keep away
from this privileged temple In launching at him this sort
Of insul desired 70 speak OF virtue and devotion.
These longer acsuslues and am driven from the
temple consecrated to Them
What do you make Of the French scenes You have
made II Of lbertinsgs and shamecssness you
pose upon disgusting nudities You have in your
hands law made TO prevent children from workinG in
manufactores and you bcrme the child upon the scene
of privileged theatre in making him represent the type
and model Of degradation and cyncism to the scandal
Of all respectable people, And then you open
bal mosqMs and you say:-'Come and amuse
yourselves. drink from the cup which put TO your
Eps As for me, say to you, France wants something
else She wishes 70 have the power OF exercising her
liberties We are nothing II cannot raise our eyes
toward Heaven and We cannot do that II we not
Free
There IL an immenae deal Of truth in the trenchant re-
marks Of this salient sturdy leader OF the opposition in
the French Corps lgslsf He and thousands Of think
ing In France mourn over state OF things in this
capital which approaches very nearly TO that which
existed in Rome just before its downfall and which ex
pora,ons and excavations prove to have been the moral
condition Hcrculaneum and Ponpe al the time they
were overwhelmed and buried The poisonous literature
which Is permitted TO be spread through France, and
| which is represented by such types "Fsnny" and
"Daniei' OF Feydesu; "salambo" and "Madam Bovary"
| Of Flaubcrt-the well known and immensely popular
works ofPaul de Kock and his and successor and the
inheritor Of his meretrcious qualities and fame, Henri Is
sapping the foundation Of morals OF tho present and
rising generation Of France, and Is 10 this class OF
works that N. Favre alIudcs. Any one who has seen
the show pieces Of the "Biche Bois' and the Ian
ternc Magquen in each OF which the swell formed and
beautiful young ladies' advcrtscd for seemed literally
determined to ''ou,srip' all Others and who has OBJ
served the astonshngy small quantity Of drsss and the
large quantity Of body which permitted
will well understand what he means by his reference 10
them The s'nfant' he speaks Of is "FAnfan Benoi-
ton" in ssrdous piece Of the "Fsmile Benoitou, "
which has been running at the Vaudeville nearly
hundred and hy nighss This type Of the sunny child
hood Of Paris is youngster Of eight years. who seems
70 have thoroughly studied Nschave and has no faith
ns IN The style Of an old stock broker AZ The bourss
which the children used to hold In the garden
| Of tho Tuileros for the exchange and sale o.
postage stamps, and who finally attempts 70
rob his fsth~s safe 70 make up for nls
bsuchery the Sunday mornings Of the balls sssqs 1t
the opera will not wonder n hs referring 70 them In this
- ~nU nsvs Sns ss n n
and public and private morality, who see the shop win
dows on the most public thor0ushfsres allied with pho.
toGraphs and pictures which no decent woman man
women of she Srmi sss~ds haunting in slks ana ncss,
in The bos Dc Boroene bedecked and bccweIIed occu.
pyng the hess and most prominent places IN shs
SreediIy foIlow-those who have witnessed al
this win not wonder that men Ike jules favrc demand
ures me s' ana a. hs sas sn ,
state q hing. because drown. thought q smuss.
John Mitchell has turned up In tho newspapen He
has written communication 10 the Opinton NoficRak
In which he replies 10 article late number Of the
Rsvse des Drvs kwd In which IL isststed thai "Ircand
enjoys all the liberties that England doce.n Nnche
proves very concuslvey that this s FAR from beng
true He has moved over the river into q house meat
The Jardin des Planes, In which there are number q
said 70 he 10 constant communication With The chiefs o
the Fenian movement In Ireland. understand thai
This the Prince imperial's birthday he having com
peted his tenth and entered upon his eleventh year
for the past three years this occasion thcrc
! review Of company Of hoy scld'ers-shc esfdn q
dinner ., which he presided Having Jus, rccossrs,
from thc measlcs however he probably does not Zee