New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-10
roln on or Corre.rottert.
PARIS, Jan. %, ls6s'

i that their efforts 10 reconcile the doubling Of
tho National armed forces with the idea Of peaceful
, increased toward the close of the discussion Any
Time fer The lt of January, the semocia journals in
paris took 70 pacific talk, ceased vilipendng Italy,
and spoke respectfully Of Prussia. But the Army bill
was as the Army law is exceedingly unpopular IN the
country The semiofcial provincial prints snuff in in
prtion from the prefecTes rs their Metropolitan
better argument 10 justify the law TO their Disconnected
~ sr and tbe need of getting ready for it, Once fur
nshed with this argument the fathu country cdtors
continued to ring the changes on II for fortnight after
The nsplred organs OF the capital grinding differ
ent tune and Minister M0rstier was pitching his
dm,onatic notes TO Prussia in gentle strains As the
Emperor at his own particular request, Is the only
politically responsible person in the Empire he was nat
foreign stcneTsM. Bismarck, for nstance-was queer,
listening FOR the announcement Of the loan, for in
stance The Minister Of Finance ana the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs may have brought II to the n9'Ge OF ne
IS In any case, the lastnamed official issued some days
that Government could not have two languages seeing
that il has not two policies and rs essential therefore,
that journals which defend should not encourage
alarm nor propagate certain nquietudes beg you, NJ.
Project to carefully it that journals which sustain
do not devate in their arguments from the decara-
tions made by Government Nothing alarms much as
dsa creement; nothing assures and confirms much as
the unity Of language and management.
machinery of an excessively comprehensive home
administration and Of an extensive tangled ioi1lsn
policy in perfect running order win ony one heau eg
neer TO attend 10 furnace, connecting bands, seyNaVe
and all 10 be increasing lie seems to ad II So
ne grows older. Hence his little schemes OF eApei
lnentng looser gearing Ike the new press law when ne
but the bill Of 1t is drawn mp; VIII ~ work well Mr.
Perslny thinks not although nc thinks tbat Dieatbcs
spirit Of the sncerest liberalism and thinks the time
has come the political press TO have full liberty
". Persgny has published very long letter on inc
subject which, because Of the writers character ana MS
past and present political position. of It's subject ana his
manner OF treating IT, is worth the attention IL mas re-
ccved here nothing but because the event OF
the week. 1t demands some notice al the hahuS o your
reporter =, - , So, 81, ,,
clpally justify NJ. Persgny in his assertion that 1t
breathes the sincerest liberalism are suppression OF
and suspension. BY the actual law, no paper can DE
started without authorization arbitrarily granted or re
fused application TO the Minister OF the INTERIOR ana
any paper can be warned once twice, and then SUE,
pended arbitrarily by simple administrative order IL WIN
ture other OF its numerous provisions 0i
which 1t needs NJ Persigny's hne scent to eaten ihe
liberalism. In these two he regrets TO find the fatal germ
Of speedy reaction and consequent destruction OF me
liberty Of the press which he sincerely desires II Is
in the interest of that liberty that he publishes this fore
warning letter. The essence of his argument Is a.
The new law permits any twho can raise 10000
francs TO deposit caution money. and enough more
working capital 10 publish political newspaper lhere
Will Immediately he a great increase in the number Oi
journals. TO obtain circulation, with such excess OF
competition, unprinciped cdois WIZ hSh TOT Ioaies
with the ATTRACTIVE, tainted bait OF personalities scandal
ealumny aud Islander Into eNcesse' o, ' ms Ai1 rS
French press has always run Hhel has Deeh siereY
to- The excuses have after While, always provoked
general dsapproval disgust Indignation reaction IN me
community, winch have then had for Consequence ther
expression in excessively IeprcssYe law Ihec u bul
press itself Is as inuch III ne aIC"V W n'
remedy a. the Government The remedy - ms moor
porate into the proposed law an additional article, pro.
vding that the prosecuting law officers shall initiate libel
suits against newspaper writers ana publishers oi thei
cute or not may frequently happen that the party
whom the prosecuting officer judges TO be offended by
spaper does not consider himself offended
II considering himself, would yet prefer letng me
oense pass enduring the notoriety which lawsuit
would lend il. the desired article ought furthermore 70
kSe 6 pt ma ter @ rs that for
legal attorney O Government should be- LETT 10 MS dscrc-
right appreciate the circumstances before deciding 10
consider whether the interest " the community - pro
portioned To the prejudice may to the injured
person and consequent the power 20 prosecute or
not prosecute according 10 circumstances ana the lra-
lions OF his conscience The administration ol ne raw
should he, according TO NJ PersigDy The providence ol
good citizens"
which, If it were peculiar 10 NJ. Persigny world be OF
small consequence. But this notion Of atubung divine
qualities To official men OF deifying Plosecuns attoI
new in fine the old time notion, that humanity consu
French mind Thousands Of Napoleonsts and Eepubi.
cans and Noaan Orlcauists DO. while rejecting the old
church formula of Overriding Providence more or
less unconsciously admit nay insist ulon' me supeIhu
man nature ~ the constituted authorities II i not,
with the English and u.s. respect Tor me d| as te gen
era expression OF The want ana me Wi! 81 the cOnm
nity IL is a supcisOus lowering down 70 the human rep
resentatiye Of authority that presldes Orer law ms is
The nracca religion f the geat mass should say even
of liberal Frenchinen II not recognized dogma with
them. But there very few Fronchne, even among
the liberals who seem conceive Of freedom de-
sired good except ID be rcgiQied according % their au
thorIzed piincipies Between law the press u sixty
drsy M and the law proposed by Girardn which
consists of single article: Thought is iec All pre-
ine the press and book selling hereby abrogated.
called elect between these two laws. not nine ont q"
conservative frcucimen NOT nie OUT % zen seIe'
educated liberal Frenchmen but nine in ten al fcpub
lic;D Frencmcn woui. ~ i 10 be feared fote moi Tor
IL is the ght " the season at The Hotel Drouc The
which hotel is Auconeers Hall should say for al PARIS
and, IN respect OF picture sales grown 10 DC ne crla
art FOR all the world The sales foi the thirty days
from the 5h Of January 10 the an Of February, VIII
amount 10 about three million francs. The finest gal
ery that has 90 the hammer this disposed
81 Tor three days week. THIS collection OF kha Beg
made too rapidly ana WIN 700 hugh nl,icsNnU W
money. consisted OF 100 canyaSe mostly hy cotepo-
rry artists None " them was danb, or doubtful
old master There Is not 40 me pi MN.
newspaper critics style the modern french schOoI IN
America one often wonders what det r. lnrahi 10 pe
conveyed the general reader" by that phrase; iho
French schoo recolect reading the assertion OF one
American critic. 20 the effect that Coo Couture ana our
net were not only 0i INC same cirque Dut NAV az % @
took FOR their rule Onot represent nature And the phrase
ouslv the Conventional OF the French school Of
landscape painters. Faith Is well for he inventor, the
discriminate and not slash severely" would not be
better to write by sight SAY. not wicl IL would De
only for the sake of frequening The Hotel They say
here ne Hotel 80 speaking % tue Hotel DrOuOt. A. tho
saesrooms. between The months VI October and April
there may be not only vastly moro numerous and
complete display 81 the French school than the yearly
salon exhibits; the eye OF constant visitor during that
time VIII he delighted with more good pictures Of The
school" than any one Salon and the IuAemDufg gal
Iery show HIM Roth the gallery end. ~ tate
wears the salons heing very poor or utterly de-
hceuf in the works ~ some 81 The INST cOtcin-
porary masters TO return 10 khalil Bey, whose
sale brought little less than $4,000 francs when was
considerably less than what the hundred pictures cost
that last years unucky player ~ Baden The low
~ prices partly from the prevalent hard times
partly from hs occa sOnsy inudicous selections partly
from the number ~ other important sales about this tine
The cheapest pictures knocked down were landscape by
Rousseau. AN Alley O HOrse-C chestnut Trees for 2IWD
frames grand masterpiece OF the now past grand mas
tcr-and The Murder Of the Bishop Of Lcge one Of the
carlcr canYases OF DelAcrOlxA gngcOns harInOny Of