ISBN: 9781233767946

RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 86 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scann… Plus…

RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 86 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: . . . its labours, and its divisions; the people themselves, who in France soon get tired of anything that continues long, desired a new national representation; the convocation of the electoral colleges was appointed for the 25th September. Unfortunately, the members of the existing assembly could not make a part of that which was to follow; they had decreed this before the flight to Varennes. On this important question, the disinterestedness of some, the rivalship of others, the projects of anarchy on the part of the aristocrats, and of domination on the part of the republicans, had hurried away the assembly. In vain Duport had said: Since we are glutted with principles, how is it that we are not advised that stability is also a principle of government Shall we expose the French nation, whose temper is fickle and headstrong, to a new revolution, every two years, in laws and opinions This was what the privileged class and the Jacobins wished, though with different objects. In all similar questions the assembly either erred or was overcome. When it debated concerning the ministry, it decided, contrary to the opinion of Mirabeau, that no deputy could be a minister; when it debated on the re-election, the assembly decided against its own members that they could not be reelected; it was in the same spirit that it interdicted them from accepting for four years any appointment conferred by the prince. This mania of disinterestedness went so far as to induce La Fayette to lay down the command of the national guard, and Bailly the mayoralty. Thus this remarkable epoch ended entirely with the constituent assembly, and nothing remained of it under the legislative. The collection of the constitutional decrees into a single body suggested the idea of revising . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<

ISBN: 9781233767946

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 86 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned c… Plus…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 86 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: . . . its labours, and its divisions; the people themselves, who in France soon get tired of anything that continues long, desired a new national representation; the convocation of the electoral colleges was appointed for the 25th September. Unfortunately, the members of the existing assembly could not make a part of that which was to follow; they had decreed this before the flight to Varennes. On this important question, the disinterestedness of some, the rivalship of others, the projects of anarchy on the part of the aristocrats, and of domination on the part of the republicans, had hurried away the assembly. In vain Duport had said: Since we are glutted with principles, how is it that we are not advised that stability is also a principle of government Shall we expose the French nation, whose temper is fickle and headstrong, to a new revolution, every two years, in laws and opinions This was what the privileged class and the Jacobins wished, though with different objects. In all similar questions the assembly either erred or was overcome. When it debated concerning the ministry, it decided, contrary to the opinion of Mirabeau, that no deputy could be a minister; when it debated on the re-election, the assembly decided against its own members that they could not be reelected; it was in the same spirit that it interdicted them from accepting for four years any appointment conferred by the prince. This mania of disinterestedness went so far as to induce La Fayette to lay down the command of the national guard, and Bailly the mayoralty. Thus this remarkable epoch ended entirely with the constituent assembly, and nothing remained of it under the legislative. The collection of the constitutional decrees into a single body suggested the idea of revising . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

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