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Foreign News
March 19, 1852
The Athens Post
Athens, Mcminn County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
Opinion piece denouncing Louis Napoleon as a tyrant for censoring the press in Paris, arguing that only despots fear a free press and that no European despotism could survive without stifling it.
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If there were no other evidence that Louis Napoleon is an usurper, a tyrant and a knave, the fact that he has muzzled the Press of Paris and will not allow a paper to be printed that does not sustain his views and promote his ambitious designs, is itself sufficient to prove his guilt. An honest man does not fear a free Press. It is only knaves who dread its scathing rebuke. The muzzling of the press by Napoleon is a tacit acknowledgement of his guilt. Despotism cannot endure a free press, and hence all despots make it one of their objects to stifle its freedom. There is not a despotism in Europe that could stand three months, if the press were free.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
What keywords are associated?
Press Censorship
Louis Napoleon
Paris Despotism
Free Press
What entities or persons were involved?
Louis Napoleon
Where did it happen?
Paris
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Paris
Key Persons
Louis Napoleon
Event Details
Louis Napoleon has muzzled the Press of Paris, preventing papers from being printed unless they sustain his views and promote his ambitious designs, seen as evidence of his guilt as a usurper, tyrant, and knave.