New-York tribune., 1872-09-13
PARIS GOSSIP.

PARIS GOSSIP.
NJ TuIFRs AT TROUYILLE-A PARIS JOURNAL
on SENSATIONAL J0URNALISM-GROWTH OF
REPUBLICAN SENTIMENTS.
tFROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSBl
PARIS. Aug. 23.-I can hardly recollect
another so unhorca fortnight in France these twenty
wears as the last past Tranquility, element Of
happiness reigns among its people, and duness In the
press. to an almost unexampled degree. The 18th OF
August which Napoleon selected for his own and i'm
nosed IA a national fato because 1t is Assumption,
passed this year as quietly any other day. It's only
public political celebration was by one silly young
Frenchman and two silly young Mexieans, who' from
the deck Of Russian yacht at Trouye, shouted Fire
pEBipereI When called 10 account by the Police COM
missioner they humby pleaded champagne breakfast
in excuse What honor the mon OF Chiselhurst; but
three featherheads, IN foreign bottom. and drunk at
that left to applaud him It Is said that the three
silly youths also cried bas Theirs; that M. Thers was
very much vexed and that he has since signed an order
for expulsion from France OF the two Mexieans (the
brothers Errazu-fuished specimens Of a class that
greatly Gourshed here under the Empire-a variety Oh
fast and feeble cOxcombs known as peHtS ererts'
b. Thlers's sayings and dongs, dress and umbrella
and whatever else may be heard or guessed OF and
about him. reported in minute detail with occasional
embroidery Of Imagination to some Of the Paris papers
Whereupon the Journal des Debats breaks out In
diatrbe against newspaper reporting, which Is I'm no
sense literary invention, or an instrument OF
political publicity, but simply an industrial ma
chine Piled for the purpose Of making money out OF the
idle curiosity Of the public. ptifu machine to our
thinking We have made great mistake in borrowing
il rom strangers and sacrificing to it the sincerity and
planspeaking of our old French character" There Is
much more as good as this The writer's ideal OF daily
newspaper is it should DO an organ OF personal or
party opinions not vehicle Of news; should teach by
precept not by example The Dbats is conducted very
ably in its way on this prncple-hat the public Is not
capable Of dlgestng facts, but should have them
dressed and served mot to say speed and cooked edo
riay lie Temps which for the merit Of its leading lit
erary and political articles Though often little heayyl
has come to rival the bdt and superior TO the DtbdtS
or any other French daily in the department OF foreign
coTrespondence Though OF IL il written in Parisl
kas nearly great contempt for rertlng and detailed
homo news What is amusing Is tha both these grave
Journals object to what they call reporting" with its
sensatOnaism and inaeeuraey, as vicious innovation
borrowed from America.
Seeing the brilliant absence Of news Of the world by
which until very llate years, all French papers shone
seeing that the most diligent FRnch reader Of the
Dbats to-day q less welinformed what is going on in
Germany than the reader Of any Of twenty German
or English papers is Of what Is ping on In France,
foreigner would fancy that some innovation were de-
srable lie Temps has long had anexcellen correspond
ence from Italy and good Onei from Berlin, New
York and the capitals For forem news II Is far In ad
vance Of any of its French coemporares, and yet 1t Is
inferior in this respect don't say TO The London Times
or The Daiy Necs The NeC T0k Herald THE TRID-
USE but interior to tho GermaA provincial KOlHsehe
Zetolg OF sensational news true or fasel 1t and the
Debqts are carefully free in Paris and French depart
mental news of the day it is wrethedly meager and gen.
orally several days behndhand With the best OF liberal
principles aud intentions the EDITORS Of either sheet
have a way of writing down totbe vulgar-Of writing
down facts OF common interest common folks without
comment.
But for any member OF the Fench press to gravely
charge sensationaism and inacmracy special sins IN
the American press however cupable this last may be
in that regard ia solemny ridiculous the last degree
The sale of FtgarO Is more than double the combined
circulation Of lie Temps the D6ats and its gnoranty
G cklessly sensational" articles and paragraphs
whether measured by quantity Or untruthful quality
surpass twofold what any American newspaper could
print and retain the 1.-THE OF the circulation and toer
ance not to say approval FFaro enjoys with Its
large number OF readers. And Figaro Is the
model for more or es happy imitation OF
score OF daily Paris papers. In these,
and In others OF gayer professions, Ignorance OF the
manners and customs, laws aud history OF foreign
nations coupled with specially Parsian sef-conceit
intensity of party spirit and prevailing persuasion
OF the superiority OF an opinion to fact leads 10 such
inaecuraey OF statement such distortion OF TRUTH that
an babtual reader brought up % the English or Amer
can press takes them up with dkrus and accepts their
bare assertions with allowance. Articles from lie Temps
(Which one may trus aud the Debats, when they In
controversy with their cOteDpOrares, would furnish
numberless citations In proof that my representation OF
the vices OF large portion the French press is no
worse than theirs
To preserve the happy tranquility spoken OF above,
Government proposes To check public celebration
next 4h of September OF the biennial anniversary Of the
third Republic. IL Is observable by the that. under
Empire the anniversary fits birth in blood was not
ing Advanced Republicans, ~ far yet heard from
fOreRo their anticipated cold veal and sour wine
banquets with OratOns lin which the celebration was TO
cOnsist however unwilhDgly, without violent proest-
another OF many revelations OF polite good sense that
seems hopefully growing with Republicans OF ali shades,
and the best sign of triumph for the Republican cause
manifesto lust Issued In the OF the Left Center
members the Assembly, points IN the same direction
s moderate but frank and decisive In tone pronounc
ing unquahfledly for the conservative republic. The
gst its argument lies In one paragraphs; "For nearly
century France has been trying TO establish under
various forms the government that would secure the
rights ana benefits which II conquered In the first rev0u
tion aud to which it Is passionatey attached" The
result OF each OF the numerous experiments has been
failure again, In their last days, the vain efforts
OF nonarchical parties have brought back To the
actual form OF government form which accepts
which we'll self Interest advises, and which
honor itself requires, since old mOnarVhles being
dead choice Is lett as but between Cesarsn and the
Republic"
What adds to the Significance Of this manifesto Is that
II Is uttered not by traditional doctrinare Ropublicans
yet by enthusiasts suddenly converted the road
tO Damasrus tut by body of mostly calm-minded, in
tcligent men, more occupied with the good OF France
Than with the success OF party the triumph Of a
caba and who have come slowly aud for that the more