New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-26

allowed or rather expressly ordered the dissolution
of public meetings under certain circumstances that
these meetings in reality public while pretend
ing to be private and that the Government had the
right TO judge as to their character. NJ Ferry in re-
butting this proposition, said that The Government
had showed itself "maladrot" in the whole affair
That not the way to appeasethe pubcto forbid two
three hundred citizens to exchange their thoughts
The best valve TO carry off excitement is not that
pretended liberty which you hypocrtically serve
ont to us! Here Olivier cut ill., with the remark that
| the Hon. NJ. Ferry had made use of the term "mala-
drot.' EYES, you used it yourself, the other day"
replied NJ Ferry abiding to a remark of M. Olivier
the other day. that he heard himself constantly called
| maladrolt but that when he had done a few more
of the maladroit things he was charged Win,
| people would be astonished to find that he had
achieved liberty for them However, it seems he
is getting a little tired of playing the
| part of benefcent angel and when NJ. Ferry
threw his own words back Mt him he lost his temper
and said: 81 will reply to NJ Ferry that it is not to
| his school we shall como to learn how to
avoid being maladroit; and that there is one
thing which would very much annoy us, name
ly, TO have him praise us - Here burst in
Gambetta with a fiery scorn-" You have begged
and begged like o beggar for praisew And NJ.
Pelletan followed up Gambettas blow" You prefer
to our praise the praise Of those who prescribed your
fatherw This was too much for M. olivier, who
summoned all his piety to his aid and cried Permit
me- NJ. Pelletan TO say TO you with the utmost CALM
ness that You have no right TO pronounce the name
of nv father" NJ. Pelletan-" And why not. pray 7"
NJ Onivier-I hesitate to write this, you won't
believe it, but it's actually in official printD-" Be-
cause Sir il is with his benedcton and his approba
ton that am accomplishing the task have under
takenw Then GARNER Pages saw his chance, and
struck. what you say about your father does not
sound exactly like a euogy" This was rresistibly
comic, but NJ Olivier kept his serious. his more
than serious, his solemn air. "M. GARNER Pages,
you have no right to make that remark NJ.
GARNER Pages-"And why not, pray' As for me,
have always been Republican, and all the world
knows / have never ceased 10 be oneW
NJ Olivier coming to the foot-lights, plac-
ing his hand on his heart, and looking
languidly at old NJ. Pages" NJ Pages, you are an
honest mani Gambetta, who can Z keep still. cries
out--"be does nit need your recommendation" NJ.
Gambettar says Olivier, turning and looking sor'
rowfully upon that Young person, "know once
for all that all these interruptions are 10 mo as
if they had never been ~ This ought TO have crushed
Gambetti, but il didn't for he sprang up, and with
MS spirited gesture exclaimed: All IL is the best
thing you can do. 10 shiTk discussion" However.
NJ. Olivier went on, and after tender appeal 10 NJ
GARNER Pages TO mind his own business (respocte'
oeIai qai ne rous oppdrteHt pas he tried 10 justify
his conduct in breaking up the private meetings or
rather the conduct OF the Minister Of the Interior.
Bnt. of course. there was no justification possible,
aud all his defense amounted to was that the Gov
ernrnent has the power to do and has done what il
thought best.
But the greatest excitement was reserved Tor the
end of this discussion. when NJ Ferry rose again TO
speak and nterpcllated the Government on the sub
ject OF the arrest OF the whole stan OF the Mdradse
These gentlemen had committed no illegal act; they
had merely signed protest against the arrest
Of their chief; but the Government wanted All eX-
cuse for suppressing the Mdrse0tse and this was as
GOOD as any Observe when you hear this Govern
| ment called liberal and Olivier talk about his fer
| vent desires to establish liberty. that these men
were arrested under color Of law not even as va
( grants might be, but in the exercise of a power as
purely arbitrary as if Olivier had been Sultan III
stead of Minister of iOh farce Justice and Religion
| Then followed the following strange scene: NJ.
Olivier attempted to explain that no one had been
arrested at the Office of the NarsGdisc by order Of
the Administration bit that heg r0r en- The hands Of
| The lac uhich had laid hands men enc thought
| qnilty! NJ Ferry, soon as he could make
| himself heard above the hurry created
| BY the Right" calling for the "close of
| the incident" exclaimed. Il hold IN great
suspicion all that you call Justice in such matters
Here there were loud cries to order, to ORDER and
| President Schneider. most able President by the
way said Il request silence in the Chamber. Please
| allow the President TO do bus duty. II you make
| 40 much noise YOU cannot even hear that the
President calls NJ Ferry TO order, for it is not per-
tted to say in this hall that the administration of
| justice in France is open to suspicion. NJ. Ferry |
call you to order" Then NJ. Ferry TO the hight
of the situation and spoke these truths: You talk
| about order. and you call me 10 order. The chief
| good in country is moral order, and moral order
depends upon sincerity. Well. then. let me saw as
an honest man talking TO honest men, that IN poti.
cal matters in this country, there is such thing
as Justice! And agree with Monsieur the keeper
of the seals Ollivierl who said in entering upon his
duties that he wished TO separate politics from JUS
tice find myself in accord with the most moderate
men in the Assembly, with the conscience of the
whole country for IS years Of despotism-
NJ Schneder-In the face Of such explain alton @
again call ~ Ferry to order.
Here there was tremendous noise, and NJ. Ferry $
reply could not be heard The Minister of the Int
rior said that as he had not heard ~ FeTy's words.
he could not reply to them. and NJ Schneider added
that as he who sat very near the speaker had not
becn able TO hear his words then woud. Of course not
oDpear merit mornino in the official report Upon which
| NJ Ferry. who meant that his words should both bc
heard then and there. and should appear the next
morning in the Journal Oniciel, shouted out Since
Won have not heard what said, viii repeat It! l
| said and said it as a man of honor. as man VINO
! knows what he is talking about = go
| NJ Schneider" Don't get excited, NJ. Ferry
| M Ferry-"I repeat it, and il is good both to say
and TO repeat that OF all the Owls tnat 10 wears Oh
orsona mower have been able to Dlict on this coun-
try the greatest evil is the vile degradation oil jus
| ticep .- ,.,,;J i ,,,,
last letter bont Justice in political matters in France