New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-19

TO stay the stomach OF his temporarily unsatlsne(
ambition. Eveni Schneider, the comparatively (only
! comparatively and very mildly liberal President
put this Interpretation on the act and calling all his
! dignity to his aid, ventured TO write the famous
letter of 2st June to the author of his Presidential
being. With the noble pride of an offended lackey
the President of the Legislative Body of the French
| Nation begins: "SiTe To serve your Maesty"-gOes
on 70 expose the delcacy Of his dignity and closes
with praying his correspondent to accept resignation
of the high office he had deigned to confer on Sre
with the most profound respect your Majesty's most
humble and most obedient servant and faithful sub
ect" signing not Jeems YeOwplush. but Schneider.
To such admirable conclusions has this regime
brought men. For Mr.. Schneider is they say, man
and gentleman in his private relations. AS for eav
ing out of the account the dignity of the body he
presides over his dignity as one of It's members hold
ing from the people, and putting himself forward
with bent back and supple knee as an injured serv
ant and subiect-after all he is logical in his role
and Liberals are wrong to blame him for that hum
bic pose The President of the Legislature so called
is named made by the Emperor is his man, his
ture, almost his thing. Curious now that, after an
unexplained delay in the delivery Of this letter,
which took three days to reach the camp of Chalons
four hours distant from Paris, the Emperor answers
it in most kind, conciliatory tone; explains that
the honor dOue TO David does not mean
what it seems to mean; that it is only
fulfllment of last years promise, which, l
fancy. you know all about; adds that the policy of
the writer's Government is peculiarly clear to the
naked eye and will be- what it before the cleo
tion to cOnciliate strong power with sincerely lib
era institutions If il were not for the formidable
gravity of the interests engaged there wonld be
something amusing in NapoleOn's constant iteration
of the unequivocal and diaphanous nature of his
policy of conciliating personal authority with free
popular institutions No oense TO either party, but
for the iteration and for the practical clearness Of
the policy, His Majesty proyOkes comparison with
the belated A. Johnson and each the same saddened
grin in the medtative observer.
The letter to Schneider regarded, on the whole
as liberalism refutatOn correction of its authors
letter to Mackau The Interpretation of it runs over
to the little speech made by Mr. Rouher at the open
ing of the new Corps Legslatif The external quail
ties of this little substitute for throne speech are
brevity cleamess Of phrase, ambiguity, running into
vacuity of ideas Beneath the verbal surface, what
divers bring up as most positive is
ITS negative quality. 1t does not deny the existence
of meaning in the late elections. and implies. with
out the slightest touch of definite promise that with
time, Government may perhaps eXcogitate some
plans of measure that may be considered as hausta
tious into the domain Of fact of that meaning. In
point of fact the little piece Mr. ROuher told TO
speak does in n very circumspect, non-committal
way, admit that things are not now as they used TO
be- More than this could not be expected. 1t is just
enough to discomfort the arcadans not enough to
satisfy even the third party. The delivery of the
speech provoked but scant applause from the faith
full damnably faint it must have fell on the ears Of
Rouher, once so familiar with noisy praise. Those
who were present report the once great Minister as
g
as much courted by congatulatory members in fine,
the general aspect of the house as markedly diff
ferent from that Of the old opening days.
A story was current yesterday that an interview
had been arranged between Rouher and Olivier, and
that they had kissed and made friends The Tumor
is worth noting not for its credbty OF Incredible
ty which is of no account either way, but for the
swift currency and Importance given to it as signs
of the times.
The new Chamber has only got to its prelminaries
of work The interest Of its session is to come. The
desire Of Government, as shown in the phrasng OF
the decree Of cOnvOcation, is that il should strictly
limit its work to the yerfcatiOn Of the elections oiis
members. The disposition Of the minority Is to over
90 those limits within which there IS more than room
enough for investigation and truth-teng sovereign
ly disagreeablc to Government But the disposition
to 90 further and enter the domains of general
politics. is very pronounced with the minority.
From lack of organization and practical parliament
tary tact in which so few Of them have had appren-
tceship Of learning, they may miss their purpose.
They will be diverted from II only by some more
definite promises from Government than arc con-
tanned in the oTacuar letters, speeches. etc. uttered
by the Emperor and his mouth-pieces for the past
fortnight.
Coincident with all these oracular utterances from
the head of the house. it is to be specially noted that
his clerks, high and low, are driving very brisk
business in the way Of definite practical suppression
and oppression Their policy of conciliating strong
power with sincerely liberal institutions is unequiv-
ocally manifest Take one exemplary instance:
As long ago as last March man by the name OF
Myarle was arrested. tried and condemned to hne
and SIX months imprisonment, for introducing into
France copies of the LGRtdRe Since the elections
this same man has been brought TO trial again for
circulating the copies of this journal in France
and on the trial it being proved, 10 the satisfaction
Of the indges. that in the business of circulating
them he was a copartner Of their editor, Henri dc
Rochefort this last named person became his accom-
pce by construction. Hence it befalls that Henri
de Rochefort IS trcd-by constructive completely
ON the charge of circulating in France forbidden
journal that is itself guilty Of oense against The per-
son Of the Emperor That he is found guilty Of this
charge, goes q matter Of course NOW q man
cupable of other journalistic crimes, such as
exciting citizens to hate each other" OF as
provoking hatred and contempt OF this
most amiable and digni6ed Of Govern
ments, is legally condemnable to heavy fines and
long Imprisonment If now ne is guilty of "ohense
TO the person of tie Emperor there is an additional
and graver penalty. the application OF which, how
ever is optional with the judges, and is independent
of the fines and months or years OF prison. ms
III. go4 l1 1at.Vi ftnn
period Of months or years. Of all political rights.
e. ,yooLs ooo Mr. Iubach was proved guilty of