text: While conservative newspapers such as the Journal des dÃ bats , Le Moniteur , and Le Constitutionnel had already ceased publication in compliance with the new law , nearly 50 liberal and radical journalists from a dozen city newspapers met in the offices of the liberal Le National .
simplified: Newspapers such as the Journal des dÃ bats , Le Moniteur Universel ( Le Moniteur ) , and Le Constitutionnel had already stopped being put in print . This was because of the new law .