The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-08-05
FRENCH RED REPEBkfeANIFSS!AN II.

HED III.
1t will be very easy to recognive the ds
tioguished author Of the following extract
initials attached
Editor Morning NecS-From the gar
hled and one sided cabiegrams VIII ch the
European news agents dish up and season
for the American market, it is almost i'm
posi- bic To obtain correct and impartial po-
litical Intelligence.
see that the Rcd Republicans ard Rad
icals of France complain of the enforce
ment of the laws agsinst the liberty of the
press.
The reader should bear in mind that
some of the most rigorous measures against
tue press OF France originated with the
Radical and intidel factions when the reins
of power were seized by them in the con-
fusion of the times. The couspirators at
tempted to justify their conduct on TIE
usual plea or tyraDte-politlcal necessity
and the ''iife of the natior," 1. e. the Radl-
cal party.
Immediately after the revolution of 1879,
and amid the mad orgies of 1871 2, oppo-
sition newspapers were suppressed, many
editors were incarcerated and some were
murdered on the scaffold by the advocates
of I" liberty, equality and fraternity" NJ.
G ambett (sbe French Thad Stevens), now
! 80 conspicuous in opposition to MacMahon's
government on account of it's recent prohi-
| billions of political meetings, in 1870, when
he held possession of the 1ens of power, is
sued the following order to the Prefect of
Police-the Citizen" Prefect, as he was
| styled by this vulgar demagogue
"Paris. September ). 157O.-I beg yon to see
| that there be neither a meeting nor attempt ut
| meeting of the former Senators and mem bers
L. GAMBE1TA,"
1t is well for these vicious and unprinci
pied demagogues TO have their memories
| refreshed.
1t ia a singular fact that the most obse-
quious tools of Gespotism are frequently
Radical Republicans for, when they take
possession uf the relns OF power, they te-
come the most dangerous and arbitrary,
! because the meaIest and most 7u' gar o!
rulers. .-
During our late civil war. not ouly il
the lines of the army, but in States remote
from the seat of military operations, news
papers were suppressed, editors mprisoned
pictures and certain styles of music were
forbidden, aud hundreds of citizens of the
Northern aud Western States in the UnioI
we're arrested without warrant and impIis
oned for "insulting the President auC
members of Lincoln's Cabinet" at the bid
ding of MT. SewaTd's little bell, and OtheI
despotic acts were perpetrated.
, These arbitrary violations of the rights u
the people were perpetrated in defiance o
the laws of the land; while. to say the least
the II cent DEGREES OF the French Ministr.
sgainst the abuees of the press were issue,
z in mpliance with cid Acts of the Frercl
v Parliament, of which many of the Repub
h lican opposition were the strepuous advo
), Gates.
As tree friend of fre 9 discussion, I con
demn ali violations of the rights of the peo
IS pie and the press, . matter by whom pei
} prlrated hut at the same time it is usefn
=. to expose the Inconsistencies of cerJai
q noisy demag1gues, dreamy poets and sen
" timental philosophers, who imagine tina
ii tie world is retroRradipG' unless they
n with sauguinary schemes and insan
crotchets, are allowed to guide the SHIP {
IS Stare.
d The vulgar demagoguos charge the con
= scrvative parties Of France with being ere
% actIUrists. God knows it would be a gres
!. blessing for this country if we could all |
,r IEactiuUle!s in restoring onr old Tev"Ir
il tionary constitutions of 1776 and 1896
l. the era Of honesty, good government an
70 public decency. The low, leveling az
a. demagogic Institutions under which "
now live are the logical fruits of an lnsar
= radcalism, which, If not checked, will ult
p, mately sap the foundations of our Angl'
Or Norman Celtic liberties. Al. S.
f-o.. toolo apa p