The New York herald., 1870-02-07
What Rochefort,s Printer says.


The printer who was last year assaulted by M. Roche
fort:-
MONSIEUR LIE MiNIsTRE-You announced, on TAX
ing ofllce, and Count Darn did the Ike, that you
were Ministry composed OF honest men. Confd-
Ing In these words | come now to claim
equal justice for all, and which has been re-
fused me up TO this day. For some time past
tatter having been struck and beaten in a trap
laid by me and afterwards sneeIed at in the Lam
teyne and after having had TO pay the costs Of ap-
peal which in reality did not concern mel have
been deeply afflicted to see truth so perverted in
respect OF the unqualabie conduct OF NJ. Kochefort
towards me- ! have waited 10 VAN LOT MN 70 pay
months Imprisonment. as he had pledged his honor
TO do. have waited for the legislative body impose
on him the duty, before admitting him to Its ranks
OF purging himself from correctional penalty.
am stlll waiting, and hope that your justice will
not allow him To escape again without acquItng
A. e. RoCHETTE.
The Commercial Trenties-lI. Thiers ON the
Situation.
The Legislatf Body OF France met on Saturday,
January % NJ. Alfred lie Roux one OF the vice presl
dents, in the chair.
NJ. Arago inquired what resolution had been come
to by the government concerning the municipal
councils OF Sceaux and st. Denis. M. Chevander
de Naldrome Minister OF the Interior. replied that
IN short time biil would be presented on the
subject.
tions from NJ. Theirs on the commercial treaties.
NJ. THEIRS sald-Gentemen, ! need not can your
discussion, as II is sufficiently manifested
by the cry OF distress heard from most
the less s' vehement but equally well.iounded COM
plants OF agriculture. We have before US a noble
rask-to give to the country liberty without disturb
ance, violence revolution; but tnat OF reestabsh
Ing prosperity where II does not exist Is no less
worthy OF praise, and the RESPONSIBILITY
snail specify at once tue OBJECT which we
should have IN view. In these deoaes some call
themselves protectonists, others tree traders,san
much account OF words. but consider things only
In the hrst place, do we seek to re-essabsh around
France sort OF ChlneSe wa2 No; our Objecv IL TO
sustain the national aoor In the country, to give
birth TO 1t where it does not exist but above all
purpose proniDtive duJiesS No. Or others snfl-
GENTLY protectve9 Not even that. There are free
| seventy, ninety and 100 per cent In many Others
| they are not below twenty. We do not ask even
1a saa not hne 70 ba snow ra 10
be secured to them the duty Of ten per cent
Tor its spun goods ana fifteen Tor It's woven In no
/ country Where the national labor Is Sought 10 be
supported are the duties SO low IN TACT, they are
| not sufficient. Gentlemen, the example Of England
has been frequently cited But let US see what Is
] said IN very remarkable BOOK published by Sir
1 Charles Dixie, member Of the English Parliament,
VINO has travelled over all the English POSSESSIONS.
| We read IN that work that 1t rs not America only
that covers herself with tarln5 10 develop the ma
tive labor; the English colonies. Canada and Aus
| Lralia have recourse to the most energetic duties
| against the mother country IN order to 1ound in.
| dnslry at home. India, herself with her coiony OF
tutes tariffs III order her cotton shall be maui
| factured within the country. Observe now that Sir
Charles Dixie Is a free trader in England; but he
| understands that what may suit one country may
not be proper Tor another and that sucn system Is
not the law OF the world. AT present our vessels
| 30 10 fetch the same merchandise from Lou
| don, Rotterdam, or Antwerp. BY means OF
| the fsrmer system ana the dlferential dntles on
| fsregn naQs, borrowed from the English Navigation
| act anu the regulations Of Colbert, shipping
rapidly Increased by 100 per cent. Since the
aton OF all shipping In our ports the progress has
been arrested. We are told that our trade with Eng
land has increased. Ii has, indeed, augmented BY
| one-haf; but howS BY the ruin OF our merchant
! shipping. You make real calamity subject of
pride and satsiacJion thus our textile industry Is
suffering cotton manufacture is IN peril and our
production OF wool Is menaced iron ade has mad
TO support serious revolution by the Introduction OF
Swedish metal our agriculture s exposed To the
twofold danger OF seeing It's principal 1--we stock
sheep, disappear and Its corn no longer able TO con-
tend against the competition OF the English markets;
our shipyards at Havre, Bordeaux and Marscles are
! unOcCupcd, and At Dunkirk fishing vessels only are
being constructed. Yet we are told that we are Ia