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The History and Triumphs of the Nineteenth Century
The History and Triumphs of the Nineteenth Century Author:Charles Morris General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: J. C. Winston Subjects: History, Modern Nineteenth century History / World History / Modern / General History / Modern / 19th Century History / Modern / 20th Century Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Modern Notes: This is a black and whit... more »e OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition 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 XVIII. Thiers, Gambetta, and the Rise of the French Republic. IT has been already told how the capitulation of the French army at Sedan and the captivity of Louis Napoleon were followed in Paris by the overthrow of the empire and the formation of- a republic, the third in the history of French political changes. A provisional government was formed, the legislative assembly was dissolved, and all the court paraphernalia of the imperial establishment disappeared. The new ,, , . T- i , T A Provisional government was called in Paris the " Government of Lawyers, Government most of its members and officials belonging to that profession. At its head was General Trochu, in command of the army in Paris; among its chief members were Jules Favre and Gambetta. While upright in its membership and honorable in its purposes, it was an arbitrary body, formed by a coup cTetat like that by which Napoleon had seized the reins of power, and not destined for a long existence. The news of the fall of Metz and the surrender of Bazaine and his army served as a fresh spark to the inflammable public feeling of France. In Paris the Red Republic raised the banner of insurrection against the government of the national defence and endeavored to revive the spirit of the Commune of 1793. The insurgents marched to the senate-house, demanded the election of a municipal council Paris which shoul...« less