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Charles the Tenth and Louis Philippe; The Secret History of the Revolution of July 1830
Charles the Tenth and Louis Philippe The Secret History of the Revolution of July 1830 Author:Charles General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1839 Original Publisher: Saunders and Otley Subjects: France History / Europe / France Travel / Europe / France Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edi... more »tion of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER I. Coup-d'oeil of the political situation of France after the Spanish Campaign of 1827 -- Minister Villele -- State of the Revolutionary party -- Martignac Minister -- Intrigues of the Orleans faction -- the Army -- Its spirit -- Its Fidelity -- Bour- mont -- Means employed to destroy his popularity -- Polignac. In vain had the war in Spain strengthened the monarchical feelings of Europe. In vain had the Duc d' Angouleme planted " le drapeau blanc de la Vielle France " on the forts of Cadiz and Trocadero, notwithstanding the sinister predictions of the revolutionary press, and the growl- ings of the English journals. And in vain had the government of Charles X, since his accessionto the crown, given to France liberate la nature de 1'esprit aussi bien que du courage de 1'armee. M. le Comte de Villele, a minister the most talented, and best suited to the political exigences of the state of any since the days of Richlieu, had ineffectually opposed to the revolutionary hydra, the resources of his lofty genius and profound penetration. He was compelled to yield to the imposing majority of afaction which had carried all by force -- the Press, the Chambers, the Tribunals and the Public Offices; and which was every day gaining more ascendancy by the basest intrigues, and most revolting calumnies against the court. In vain had the King sacrificed his preroga- tivef to the opposition of the liberal party, by the ordinances of September, 1828, and yielded the Minister Martignac to the exigences...« less