New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-22
FRANCE.

PARIS Feb 9-Rochefort has been arrested. as the
Gable will long before you receive this have told
YOU and he is now in st. Pelage Prison. Wheh TIC
was about to leave Belgium TO take his place as can
ddate for the First Circumscription the Government
had all its preparations complete to ship him for
Cayenne in case his entry into France should prove
the signal for popular rising. special traln
vas in readiness and vessel at Nurseries
under orders manned provlsOned, and
ready to slip anchor at moments notice
And nothing is more probable than that similar
measures were ready to be taken, night before last
In case the treachery of the Government had, by
any unforeseen chance been baked of its predestned
prey / say the treachery of the Government, with
put in the least meaning to say that the arrest of
ROchefOrt was not the plain right of the Govern
ment. legally speaking. for, legality" is M. Oil
vers only argument His narrow mind is bounded
by that one idea, and it is not to be wondered at
that he was unable to listen to any suggestions of
The higher equity involved in this important case
That whole bodysof electors should be left without
deputy, for SIX months, was nothing to M. Olivier
In comparison with the satisfaction he was able
TO give the Emperor and the Empress by
shutting up in prison the man of all Others whom
they most hate 1t is not too much to believe even
that man such as Olivier has shown himself to be-
should have bought with the price of ROchetOrts
imprisonment that favor at the Tuileres which has
never yet been accorded hm from the female half of
the Government at least. However having the law
on his side Justice having business in other countries
which keeps her away from France) why did not NJ
Olivier give orders to his friend P6tri (of whose
resignation or dismissal by the way, the only word
that ever was so much whispered, was sent by the
same cable that told you the other day Raspal was
deadl to carry out the law with dignity and arrest
NJ Rochefort Deputy of the First Circumscrpton
In o straightforward way, in the daytime
and if it were thought best, surrounded
by all the force necessary to make
itself respected, To have acted in this way how
over would have been to contradict too rudely all
The traditions of the Empire. However facile may
be the conversion of Projects la Saul 10 Projects
la Paul of Orleanist to Liberal Imperalists, and OF
Liberals such as NJ Olivier to humble servants of
the Empire. they have 1hard task before them who
expect to make anything less gentle or less willy than
An inouisitor-general out of Father PiGtri Who
san fancy him acting otherwise than by means of
plots subterfuges DISCUSSES and the rest of the mys
FERROUS engnery by which he has made the secret
police superstitious terror TO the crowd. The army
whose soldiers mute, sulen, Tegardful, meet one at
every turn. mighty and overwhelming force welded
by the hand of one man, the despOtic instru-
ment of adespOt presents itself a material warning
and threat. The police-forCe in its sOmber garb,
half soldier, half priest. as silent rs suen, and
y
and suggests more pervadng power Both these
powers irresponsible TO public opinion and per-
fecty regardless of it, and between the bright uni
form of the soldier. from which the eye cannot es
cape. and which makes point in every Partisan |
prospect and the dark dress of the police officer who,
always present. is never seen till close at hand
force is brought to bear on this people that thus far
has succeeded in making of them race of slaves.
All their wit, all their cultivation, all their wealth,
all that makes the assertion seem ridiculous, avail
nothing against the logic of facts. Slaves they have
been trained to be, slaves they are and slaves they
must remain for many long year to come l de-
clare to you that, often, in my WEAKNESS of spirit
with tho watching this perpetual domination of
tyranny poor little Concord with its one Emerson
seems be worth all Paris and the State that could
produce "a Lincoln worth all France.
To come back TO ROcbeforts arrest 1t was man.
aged in this way. 1t was believed that he would be
arrested after the adjournment of the sitting of the
Chamber on the 18th inst. He had been notified that
the time allowed him after the prOnOunCing of his
sentence had expired, and he was invited to deliver
himself up q prisoner. He, in terms not quite so
polite, refused to do So and going to the Chambers,
look his seat in his accustomed place. There was a
ong and SPIRITED debate in which NJ. Gambetta
made a speech that won admiration from the |
Conservatives but which made no impression upon
be mind of NJ Olivier who responded 10 it, after his
fashion. by destroying man of straw of his own
making and then clarifying himself for his achieve
nent. NJ. Rochefort prepared to leave the Hall |
when he was advised by numbers of his friends to 90
,ut by the side entrance on the Place BOuTgOgne.
de refused TO do so and his companions then went |
With him to the gate which gives upon the Quai |
POrsay He took the arm of NJ. Ordinar6, Deputy for
he Doubs and was surrounded by considerable |
sumber of persons, consisting of members of the |
Chamber. friendly and unfriendy. well as by |
newspaper men and his personal friends 1t was |
IT'LL thought thar he would be arrested on the Quai,
md Olivier said yesterday that il was IN the mind
If himself and Hetri TO do but they feared row.
". RocbefOrt seeing that attempted to inter
ere with him. said "Well since they do not offer to
arrest me- will take cab" His friend Gambetta in
Vited him TO share his but Rochefort, shaking hands,
with him. declined and taking cab with four places,
shst stood near, seppedin and calling ont COcher,
MINERS Cinquante-sept rue de Provence" the man |
whipped up his horse and drove rapidly away. |
Drove 50 rapidly, says doefully Olivier that PGri
and could not follow him. The rumOr went like |
lightning over town that the arrest had taken pl
heard it 50 early as bali-past two, which, for
young lie was not such bad travelling.
conference on the subject of Voltaire had been an
pounccd for that night, by Messrs. FlouTens and |
Rochefort and you may well believe that there was
q tremendous crowd collected about the Sale de la |
rue dc FldndreS, where the conference was to take
place. II was "A demonstratiye crowd, too, making |
40 prctense conceal its sympahes, and filling the
air with the MdrseLdse the LampOH cries of VCe |
ROckefOrt Vice la RepHbHque bds PEmPire, &c, DC.
Flourens arrived frst, and making his way to the |
hall with difficulty announced that Rochefort was
certainly coming and tried to keep up their spirits by