The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-01

The Legislative Body Of France met March 49, NJ.
NJ. Eouher, Minister OF State M. Baroche, Justice,
and the other Government Commissioners were
present.
The order OF the day was the adjourned discussion
The PRESIDENT said-I now read article 10, which
Is thus worded:-
Any person the meeting who does obey the rcqus
ton 70 re %S a By the @ ~ Of authority shall
fifteen days year, without prejudice the
penalties applied BY the penal disobedence
NJ PIcARD-A simple delay In leaving place Of
meeting To be punished by penalties so severel The
code Is sufficient. This article Is inadmissible. Jap
NJ. PIyARD-This article is not intended to make
the bill illusory, nor Is 1t a snare. The Ministers
sincere and for the power placed in their hands by
this provision they are responsible to the Sovereign
the Senate, to this Chamber and TO public opinion.
Hear hear.) SO far from being snare the article
Is guarantee and to deny this Is TO say that
neither sincere nor responsible. What Ia the poti
cal intention Of the bill from an economic point Of
view To enable the workingmen In the great
centres OF population to take full advantage Of the
law coalitions, and OF that on associations by
allowing them to meet and concert measures
smoothing the differences which are continually
taking place between labor and capital. This bill Is
the sanction OF those two laws, accorded by the
benencence OF the Emperor. 1t transforms the
liberty OF meeting, which we never refused In fact,
into one Of right, and yet you accuse us OF insn-
certy and OF dsloyally intending to suppress that
With respect to election meetings what Is the scope
OF the measureS Universal suffrage has not yet quite
Il Is exposed to the abuse or the mot dordre ana TO
the tyranny or the drinking shop; ana the great
Is too ,Dncn nrijned fo be ine,T n, he matter For
that reason the government would be abandoning
duty If 1t failed to maintain the practice Of official
candidates; for that reason, too, this bill gives much
less liberty to election meetings than to those on
economical SUBJECTS In this direction we are trying
an experiment, which Is to acclimatse the practice
OF universal Suffrage BY doing 80 we desire to COM
bat the two tyrannies Of the mot do'dre and corrup
ton. We wish the conservative party to bring It's
intn fha nnfr AQsin tn and
into that arena and moderate the contest. Nor can
any conclusion he drawn from u comparison between
one nation and another regards their legislation.
There can never DO two countries Identical In their
CHARACTERISTICS; there were there would be
one one too many Determinations from the Lett
however, examine the comparison which has been
repeatedly made In the course OF these discussions
and I22k at that proud England where you say an
unlimited right Of puclic meeting exists In France
II was royalty which made the unity OF the nation,
whereas the English people and the English law have
been moulded and formed by the aristocracy The
temperamens OF the two nations are different, and
among our neighbors the law Ii so much respected
that they never abrogate 1t. 1t may fall into disue-
tude; when necessity requires II IL revived. In Eng
land also the people patiently await for reforms,
and therefore safely allowed to assemble In pub
lie meetings word now as to the programme Of
the government. Liberty may be easily promised
and easily given, but this involves danger. our
duty Is to found liberty slowly so that 1t may rpen
and consolidate. Such Is our object and our
guiding rule. The opposition disdains to second
our efforts in this work. Let 1t be so; but we shall
party which relies upon US forsecurity. To II we saw
re.assurc yourselves; have fear In leaving us To
found liberty, we who are authority Warm marks
Of approbation
NJ. PIcARD--The picture OF liberty presented by the
bill Is not OF q nature TO seduce any one. I should
have comprehended perfectly the Minister had he
spoken OF the requirements OF social order which for
babe the concedng OF liberties, and had proclaimed
the necessity OF preserving discretionary power;
but what do not understand Is that liberal maxms
should be made basis for an arbitrary legislation
and that any should have thought possible to re.
conce two articles, the first Of which declares that
hort
tion while the second says that the Project may ad
journ them and the Minister Of the Interior forbid
them.
M. PEYRUsss-It was so In is4s and ls4e. under the
republic.