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His veteran infantry he formed behind his National Guard politely hinting to Odillon Barrot, who wished to retire under pretence of being exceedingly unwell, that the regular troops would bayonet the National Guard if they gave way an inch: on which their General, turning very pale, demurely went back to his post.
As a soldier and a Christian, I will rejoice on account of the Sovereign Pontiff, who will have been restored to his people, and because of France, which will have accomplished a noble and most worthy mission.” To the Odillon Barrot ministry, which at one time disowned the letter, and at another acknowledged it, and ordered its publication, the general declared that he would never identify himself with an act which, besides being unjust, would endanger the peace of all Europe.
Odilon Barrot is the most honest and the most devoted man in the world, but he is the opposite of a man of action; one feels trouble and indecision in his words, in his look, in his whole person. "Listen," he goes on, "what must be done, what is urgent, is that the people should be made acquainted with these grave changes, the abdication and Regency.
I demand a provisional government!" "A provisional government!" cried M. Crémieux. "We made a mistake in '30. Let there be no mistake in '48!" "A provisional government," said the Abbé Genoude, a Legitimist; "but it must be the will of the people!" M. Odillon Barrot, who had been long expected, now entered and immediately mounted the tribune.
The soldiers were everywhere confined to their quarters, the windows of which were stuffed with mattresses; but to residents in Paris the day seemed to pass quietly, though about noon the Place de la Madeleine was full of men surrounding the house of Odillon Barrot, the chief leader of the opposition, demanding what, under the circumstances, they had better do.
We mean Louis Bonaparte, on the-one hand, on the other, the party of the allied royalists; of Order, and of the large bourgeoisie. At the inauguration of his presidency, Bonaparte forthwith framed a ministry out of the party of Order, at whose head he placed Odillon Barrot, be it noted, the old leader of the liberal wing of the parliamentary bourgeoisie. Mr.
Happily the marshal's plans met with the approval of the minister, and the commander-in-chief went to his post; while Odillon Barrot, accompanied by Horace Vernet, the painter, went forth into the streets to inform the insurgents that their demand for reform had been granted, that the obnoxious ministers had been dismissed, and that all power was made over to himself and to his colleagues.
The séance lasted close upon an hour, and presently I gathered that the affair was terminated and that I could consider myself dismissed. I was about to take my leave, having apparently completed my work, when M. Ernest Berty called me back with a curt command. "One moment, M. Barrot," he said. "At Monsieur's service," I responded blandly.
"'What do you mean, impossible? "'I have orders. "'From whom? "'From her Majesty Queen Christine, to whom the chateau belongs at present. "'But monsieur here is a stranger who has come expressly to visit the place. "'Impossible! "'Well, exclaimed M. Odilon Barrot, 'it's funny that this door should be closed to the Emperor's nephew! "The porter started and threw his cap on the ground.
The bodies were piled by the mob upon a cart and paraded through Paris, the corpse of a half-naked woman lying conspicuously among them. The sight everywhere woke threats of vengeance. The king, when he heard of this, yielded. Odillon Barrot was associated with M. Thiers, and Marshal Bugeaud was placed in command of the military.
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