JOC4401025 Cartoon of the politics of the Second Empire (Bonapartiste Regime) directed by Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, dit Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1808-1873). ???reedom of the press?? Henri Rochefort (1831-1913), a French journalist and politician, commented: ???he minister of the interior had told Hippolyte de Villemessant (1810-1879), my editor-in-chief that if he continued to let me circulate without a muzzle, Le Figaro would pay with his life this recklessness.??Rochefort left the newspaper ??????Le Figaro??????in 1867 to found La Lanterne (??? lantern can be used both to enlighten honest people and to hang criminals??, whose first number appeared on 30 May 1868. Illustration by Andre Gill, La Lanterne, May 30, 1868. Engraving in ??????Napoleon dernier: Les Lanternes de l\'Empire??????(Volume 1, volume 1), reedition of 1880-1881 of 75 issues of the newspaper ??????La Lanterne ??????published by Henri Rochefort (1831-1913) between 30/05/1868 and 29/10/1869 at the Anti-Clerical Librairie. Private collection.; (add.info.: Cartoon of the politics of the Second Empire (Bonapartiste Regime) directed by Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, dit Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1808-1873). ???reedom of the press?? Henri Rochefort (1831-1913), a French journalist and politician, commented: ???he minister of the interior had told Hippolyte de Villemessant (1810-1879), my editor-in-chief that if he continued to let me circulate without a muzzle, Le Figaro would pay with his life this recklessness.??Rochefort left the newspaper ??????Le Figaro??????in 1867 to found La Lanterne (??? lantern can be used both to enlighten honest people and to hang criminals??, whose first number appeared on 30 May 1868. Illustration by Andre Gill, La Lanterne, May 30, 1868. Engraving in ??????Napoleon dernier: Les Lanternes de l\'Empire??????(Volume 1, volume 1), reedition of 1880-1881 of 75 issues of the newspaper ??????La Lanterne ??????published by Henri Rochefort (1831-1913) between 30/05/1868 and 29/10/1869 at the Anti-Clerical Librairie. Private collection.); Photo by Sibroc; out of copyright.