New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-06-08
FRANCE.
FARRAGUT AT BREsr.

ragut is still riding ut anchor IN the harbor OF Brest
The Americans are the object of much attention. 1t
is said to-day that Admiral Farragut will visit this
city before his feet leaves our shores
wARLIKE AHTICIPATIoNs.
BRussEIs June lie NOrd newspaper asserts
that the opinion widely prevails in Paris that war
will break out in Europe before the close of next
Autumn.
THE COMMERCIAL DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE
BoDY-THE CATHOLIC PARTY AGAINST FREE
DON OF INSTRUCTION..
From o-n CouespobceBL -
II is as rare MS genius for an American member of
Congress or an English member of Parliament
TO express an opinion that has not already had full
utterance-mpcssible for him TO say what may not
be rs freely uttered by other public speakers aud
the press. A French Deputy or Senator alone, of all
his countrymen, has nearly unlimited privilege Of
saying what he thinks. This distinguishing fact
gives to the only public speech on political
and other topics that is permitted III France,
relative importance that happily does not belong to
the palayer of the English and American talking
houses. There Is another reason why these
French debates merit the exceptional at;
tention of the intelligent foreigner"
As they have monopoly, within certain limitations.
of representing, they have OF influencing pubic
opinion in this country, There are two official re-
ports OF them, both commercially accurate
and always reproduced i'll the morning MoaIteari
the other abbreviated, but still faithful is When
ever the subject in discussion is OF gen
eral interest, reproduced in the leading journals
of the next day In OF the other OF these
two forms, the great potico-econonllcal debate
which closed last Wednesday has hc"il published,
by the Paris press alone, in nearly half q million
copies So much by way of apology TO readers I'M
patient of the space given by this correspondent TO
the debates in the Senate and the Legislative.
That one of which j spoke III my last letter, and
which was started by Interpolation on the eco
nomical regime of France since 1860 had Tor ITS
special objective the treaty of commerce with I'm
gland concluded that year by the Emperor. IL
spread out over all the field OF political economy
free trade and protection IN theory ana practico'
manufactures, commerce, trade, hnance-with ire
auent incursOns into the political nay INTO the per-
s0na Imperial domain, with very sharp sklrmishihg
there ~,
IL may be well enough to observe, here, that no
deputy asked for n return TO the system OF prOhibl-
ton and that the treaty OF commerce ~ an advance
toward, but still long remove FROM Tree trade ana
admits the principle of protection ..
But what offered TO n supreme degree the enter
tainment Of amusement combined with instruction,
is the spectacle Of certain orators STRUGGLING Win Tue
letters of their own forging, NJ. Ponyer Querter,
next TO- If not before Theirs, the most rigorous pro
pagator of the treaty OF commerce made by the En-
nment that in free country we have the right of
voting tho tarif-that the responsibilities shall not
rest single person, but that the nation, 10y the
organ of the Legislative Body vote its tarih-that
the nation be consulted IN 80 vital question:
and that the chambers decide after a
thorough examination Whatever then be the
deeision whether in favor OF free trade
or of protection the country will submit to it because
il will then be the whole nation that through IT'S rep
resentatives. has so willed IT," And Baron Lesprnt
declared The time has come when il is absolutely
necessary that the country take larger part IN the
regulation of its commercial Affairs well M ia the
conduct of its policy aud the administration OF us
finances" Again he said, what others had charged,
that the commercial treaty of 1860 was sprung on
the country that the preliminary studies ana IN
auiries were carried on almost secretly Minister
Rouher, the principal agent on the French side ih
making the provisions of the treaty, interrupts WIN
I'VE published ten Volumes of results OF
inquiry To which Lesprut responded that pun
ncity in the newspapers was made impossible
No observation against the treaty could be inserted
in the newspapers. speak of the newspapers, ana
will add that IL impossible 10 get printed u DC
liberation of the General Council of my depart
mentr This statement isstrictly aud now VIGOROUSLY
true. Editors publishers and printers, under tho
law nm the and lta administration in 1870