Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-05-23
NUMBER 21.

for the register. Stopping at my name lie
made all possible inquiries about my habits,
acquaintances, and opinions, and concluded
by mounting to my chamber.
Monsieur" he said, in a tone to discom-
pose me, "exhibit your passport"
Monsieur, said ], as placidly as knew
how, "exhibit your authority"
Government" he said, brusqucly.
| Your word is insufficient"
He showed me his commission, and
handed over the passport. He noted down
every word Of 1t, looking, meanwhile, like
dramatic villain in solus, and then handed
me the slip had written.
eyes,
He wrote down my admission.
''Do you know that for this, three penal
| ties are optional with the Minister? ?"
81 know that you can compel me to leave
France within twenty-four hours; nothing
more"
"a libel of this nature amounts to GRIM
inal offense, as much so as breach of the
peace. You have accepted the hospitality
of the Emperor; you wrote the article here;
| it is here you are amenable."
''The oflense," answered, "was not in
the writing but the publishing, and that
happened in New York. The Emperor is
my creditor in nothing, save the weekly
steppage of my papers. 1t is idle to speak
of a prosecution. l am not Frenchman.
| published in New York what ] shall pub
lish as many times again there as choose,
and il | am ordered away, which is the ex-
tent of your power over me, shall print
the whole story again, with the proof oft
That night my landlady told me, in pallid
confidentality, that l must leave her house.
When pressed for the reason, she said l
was q ROuge Republican, O TeUolution-
aire, and that the Monchard had threaten
ed her. Irefused leave without the custo-
mary fifteen days notice, and this troubled
the good lady greatly. Next day the Non
chard (spy) came again.
'Have given the congo to Monsieur?'
''Alas he demands the qttinse ,jours."
"Let him have notice instantly"
At the end of fifteen days was rout !
out, and took new quarters. The secoi
day inhabited the same, Monchard pr 'i
sented himself, and demanded that ] be Civ, j,
notice. So was packed off again in anoi..
er fifteen days. This happened third time
and then wearied out, / left the country.
When l got back, two weeks ago, to the
Empire, misgiving crossed that might me
be,an,noeyed anew. Aweek passed BY, during
which the charge of the proposed American
daily was proposed to me, Three days af
terward, a knock fell upon my door, and
when | opened it the pale-eyed, confident
| official stood again in my threshold. .f
"Why, haloo !" cried, laughing DIS. lie
myself, "Old Quinzc Jo,trs, are yea rack
again?" 9NF Naial lepi alf'p
To my surprise the Monchard laughed
also, very politely. a..yf. ra.t.!sF.
per-" he said, ''and so young Tl,it IS
money in it, pdr6teu 1t gladdels me
greatly Monsieur, the Minister of tine In
terror, by the Emperor's directions, will de-
mand no guarantee, have heard, for the is-
sue of it, And why should he? The En-
peror would be an American if he were not
a Frenchman, and journalist if he were not
an Emperor. Iwelcome you back to France
again" 8l la- "a
| And l have never seen the Moncl. II
since. He left word with my landladyi
/ was young man Of great distinction
withstanding / had rooms on the sixth 1,
and have since been invited to minis,
ial reception, the motive of which, surn
lies only in the French superstition t.
since the war, the Americans have more
money than any people in the world, and
mean to spend the most Of it in Paris. y
| A mind, indignant or independent in any
sense, has daily occasion to take fire here,
over the contemptibleness of the most vain,
conscience stricken and restless administra-
tion. -.s.i
Mr.. Stewards McCracken in the President
iaI chair is fair example of Napoleon Ill
| in the roles of spy, intormer and satrap.-
| There is much smartness and dramatic talent
| in the man, but not one act OF his life has
arisen from profound CONVICTION, and he
lives in the perpetual presence of applause,
sensitive to every rival reputation, weighing
all suggestions not by their rightiulness but
by their effect. He can tolerate no critic
nor criticism. To foreigners, over whose
liberties and properties he has no power, he
| is even obsequious. To Frenchmen he is
always suspicious and despotic. He hates
organizations and corporations of all des-
criptions, burdening them with espionage
and imposts; and despairing of popularity
with the intelligence and politeness of his
realm, addresses himself to the ruder ele-
ments of the provinces, that class that is
charmed with turn of the rhetoric and a pa
rade of arms The great capital of the coun-
| try he has emasculated of all political import
ance, and strives to excite against il the jeal-
ousy of the country There is not one bril-
liant pen in France purchased to the Empire.
\ To be literary man here is to be Repub-
lican. To be a man is to he ashamed of the
Government. rHl
You have heard of Emile dc Girardin.-
He is the most adroit, active and fearless
journalist in Paris, a conservative of the
Orleans school. He it was who made the
revolution Of 1913 almost bloodless by in
ducing Louis Philippe, in the decisive mo-
ment, 10 write his abdication. When n
young man he fought a duel with Armand
Carrel, then the most prominent journalist
in France and killed him. His character is
more like that of Horace Greeley that of any
American writer, except that the former is q
man of society and the world, daring a d
diplomatic together but he is sincere, ygor-
Gus, with novel and generous sentiments,
and his glib leaders are eloquent as Macau-
lays essays. From temperament Girardin
opposes he policy Of the Empire He start
cd La Li6erte, year ago, under the men
ace of the Government, and addressed him
self at once in favor Of reducing the army
OF France.
This was the most dangerous of all sug-
gestions, as the army was the main prop of
throne. But the question being legally
debatable, the only way Of stopping La
Libertc was to induce some dozens of army
officers to challenge the editors. But
journalist in France is as good swordsman
as a soldier, and one OF two OF La Liberties
duels enhanced the reputation of the paper
so vastly that the Government drew off its
assassins and stopped the sale of the obnox-
ious sheet on the highways. So far from
injuring its circulation every day OF This
poor vindictiveness gave La Liberte
thousand new supporters. Then Girardln
was brought to Court, and three times heavi-
ly fined. Duvernois his assistant, was sent
to Jail. Still, La Li6erte keeping within
the law, wages earnest warfare and with
the Steele Cor the Century, and l. Opinion
Nationcl, is steady giving expression to the
broad discomfort of Frenchmen with an ad-
ministraton full of speoious boasts, whose
only triumphs are in house building, and
whose budgets are profigate past all preced
ent.
We had, until recently, Mr.. Jim Bennett,
of the boat Henrietta, here. Ills boat lies
still on the coast, waiting for buyer, like
the other yachts that he beat; and they will
be used to win money, or lose ii, at the
Cherbourg regatta. Mr.. Bennett accepted a
great deal of hospitality on this side Of the
deep and at Connt Susas, one night, he
stroked the goatce of young Spanish no.
| bleman, both of them being "howcome
you-so," wheieat the Spaniard, who would
not fight himself, persuaded two Of his
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