The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-08
PARIS NOTES.
PAUL DE CAssAGNAC's ABUSE OF
MARSHAL MAC MAHON.
Gambetfa on the Republic Criminal sta
tistics-The Budget, Etc.-Heavy Dam
ages for False imprisonment.
Especial Correspondence of the Democrat

Last week we gave you an account of an ex
citing scene in the Chamber Of Deputies
which attended
PAUL DE CAssAGNACs DEFENSE
of the validity Of bis election. We referred
to his insults to the President of the Reprb
lie, his assertion that Marshal MacMahon has
nothing In common with the Bonapartists
since his perjury" It was the opinion Of
many that such audacity of language with
regard to the first magistrate of the land
would not go unpublished, yet the Duke of
| Magenta has requested that the matter
be allowed TO drop quietly into oblivion. In
| vain his ministers represented to him the
evil effects such precedent might have in
| provoking malicious attacks from other quar-
| tiers, mot on man, but on the chief of the
State" The President still persisted In his
| first opinion, that Mr. De Cassagnacs abuse
was not worth either punishment or refrta-
| ton. Mr.. Gambetta was not present while
| Mr. DeCassagnac reflected on his discourse at
| Romans. However, the slurring remarks of
an INSCRIPTIONS politician can scarcely affect
| the fame of the Republican leader Listen how
the most popular statesman In France ex-
presses himself In regard to the present
government. The words are taken from his
ADDRESS TO THE DELEGATES OF THE WORK
MEN OF AvEYRON,
on a visit to Paris to see the exhibition
marvels.
What we wish Is not a republic bound to
any faction, not a republic, arstocratie or
plebeian, or middle class, but a republic truly
national. The former are dupes of q chimera
which would make it possible to and ineum-
bent on the government to create the happi-
ness OF all. The government, strictly speak
ing owes but one thing to everybody JUS
tice.. Each one belongs to himself, then each
must render himself happy or miserable by
the use he makes of his liberty The State Is
satisfied; it assures impartially to every one
his rights, to the poor as well as to the rich
to the small as well as to the great
BE sure the republic, now definitely settled,
will not fail In her task as great justiciary as
great educatrx. She will render SO import
ant services, she will devote herself to being.
as 1t were, the living organism of the right
and end by subduing all honest minded men
who are not already her converts. AS to her
irreconclable enemies-I mean those inter
ested intriguers who gain too much under
to a regime of right-they will continue to
SANDER the republic and republicans. What
does 1t matter? Let the teeth of calumny
break themselves against stone; to the SLAM
derers let us oppose but one responsible our
duty"
party.
A comparison of
CRIMINAL STATISTICS
OF the years 1872, 1878, 1874 1875 1876. Just pub
lished In the official journal. proves one
fact very clearly, and that is, education
does away with crime to great extent. OF
the number Of the accused 80 to 90 per 100 had
received no instruction or elementary educa
tion, while to per 100 only belonged to the
enlightened classes While speaking of JUS
tice remarkable petition has just been de-
posed In the bureau Of the Chamber of Depu-
ties, by Mr.. Varambon, Deputy of Rhone.
In the year 1S42 one Dussud a farmer and
innkeeper, was accused of having murdered
two peddlers. He was found guilty and con-
demned to fifteen years hard labor Having
served his time he returned to France. but
still under police surveillance. In 1871. n
man on his deathbed acknowledged the crime
for which Dussud had been unustlv branded
The latter was rehabilitated. Now Dussuds
heirs claim damages to the amount of S32.n00
from the State, as an indemnity for the losses
sustained by the absence OF their father and
the shame caused by judicial error nc |
as an error by justice itself
The commission appointed to examine
THE BUDGET,
with view to reduction in taxation has sue
ceeded in tightening the public burden by |
several millions of francs. It's labors are not |
however, ended as yet. 1t is with nations as |
with individuals. The man who puts money /
In his friends pocket Is the most considered
the government which fills the excheduer is
always the most popular. This is never done
by imposing iDjudicous taxes on the people,
Inc Republicans never appealed in more
substantial or more fully appreciated manner
n ia hth han ybnv, r..
proposed money reforms
Paris is full OF q new comedy which has
lust appeared at the Odeon,
MONSIEUR CHERIBOIs
i Is taken from Tony Revillon's lie Bon
lonseur JOuvencel.' The plot Is simply
himself better than any one else in the world
md prizes those who surround him by the
iegree OF comfort or amusement they bestow
IN him personally. His wife, who has brought
llm quite fortune, is dear to him because
'he graces his table and plays piauet well.
His son ministers to his ambition for the fu-
,ure, being the means Of adding to the family
inances by rich marriage. His goddaugh-
er Is necessary to his wellbeing, because she
makes delicious cup of coffee and Mr. Cheri-
'ois is-a gourmand. His nephew he could
lot dispense with, for Laurent has a glib and
lively tongue that provokes mirth and laugh
er-the best aids to an impaired digestion
as = old servant Is one of the chief ministers
Ia =,
passes for good Mr.. Cheribois'' because,
while all Is smooth sailing in his little port. 6
le grows rotund and jolly on the good nature ..
II others.
Cheribois, junior, the good Mr. Cheribois'
,nly son, goes to Paris. He CANDLES at the +,
3ourse, Is compromised In his honor and loses :
me hundred thousand francs. The father. :
leedless of the blot on the reputation of his l
amily, insensible TO the sentiment OF paternaI !.
owe, hurt by nothing in the affair save by the !
injury to his pocket, remarks, zone who loses : :
Mould never gamble, and utterly refuses to .
discharge the debt. In vain does the young J
nan, haunted by fears of the prison, threaten :.
9 commit suicide; in vain does his mother :,
lead with her unfeeling husband for their =
hid. In vain does she go to her attorney to I
lain portion Of the fortune she brought : !
Ter husband as a marriage portion. The :
awyer tells her a married woman by the
avs OF France can own nothing without the
onsent Of her better-half
When all else fails, the old "bonne'' offers
er wages, which she has not drawn for
thn Mi. bnY 10 %, L.,