Purchase of this book includes free trial access to
www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books
for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: of
the Emperor's promise inj;he letter of January 19, 1867, it was
bitterly attacked in the Chamber, notably by M. Granier de
Cassagnac, and was so lukewarmly defended by ministers that it
would have been defeated, but for NapoieonVttetermination to
support it despite the opposition of the Empress, and of M. Rouher
himself.1 Despite the vigorous resistance of the inveterate
partisans of the personal power of the sovereign, the years 1868
and 1869 witnessed the irresistible progress of Liberal ideas. Such
incidents, among many others, as the founding of the Lanterne by
Henri Rochefort (suppressed after the third issue) and the
subscription in honor of Baudin, the deputy killed in the
barricades in December, 1851 (in connection with which Gambetta
delivered the great speech in defence of Delescluze, which made him
famous in a moment), sufficiently indicated the trend of affairs.
The International Association of Working Men made its appearance as
a political factor. In anticipation of the elections of 1869, all
the elements of opposition cooperated, save only the intransigent
Royalists and the radical Republicans. In the 3d circumscription of
the Seine, M. Ollivier, a typical representative of liberal reform,
was opposed by M. Bancel, a no less typical representative of the
revolutionary tradition. "Both were in the full maturity of age and
talent. By a singular coincidence they had a similar past, both
having suffered from the coup (f6tat and having livedid tales of
exile. ButBancel, settled upon foreign soil, had remained in the
legend of 1792, and had confined himself to disguising its
commonplaces beneath eloquent phrases. Ollivier had speedily set
himself free from the legend, and in his reconstituted mind had
kept but one cult, that of liberty."1 1 The debates on this ...
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
