Chapter 37： republican lamartine

While the Chartist movement is in full swing in its final "death struggle", the French Republic, which is only separated from the Kingdom of Great Britain by a strait, is also saving for the coming upheaval.

The February Revolution detonated the whole of France, and at the same time spread the flame of the revolution to Italy and Germany through Lyon and Strasbourg. The Republic cannot repeat the mistakes of 1793, and the revolutionary enthusiasm must end.

Everything is for France!

Stopping the revolution and preserving the fruits of the republic has become Lamartine's top priority, and he has been working hard for this goal.

[Lamartin, a Girondin statesman in the mouth of Marx, served as the interim head of the government when the provisional government of the Second Republic was established, and served as the minister of foreign affairs from February 24 to May 11, 1848. 】

However, there is a gap between ideal and reality. Once the Pandora's Box of revolution is opened, it will be extremely difficult to close it again.

Especially in this case.

With the fall of the July Dynasty, the proletariat and the industrial bourgeoisie, who were originally "united as one", quickly parted ways.

This pair of two classes that were originally in secondary contradictions, because of the political imbalance of the July Dynasty, united together. After the main contradiction disappeared, the secondary contradiction became the main contradiction.

Under the increasingly acute class contradictions, workers began to spontaneously unite to smash machines and strike. Those capitalists who benefited from the revolution also fought tit-for-tat. They organized personnel to beat workers who wanted to dismantle machines, and united in the National Assembly. Under the banner of the Party of Order and the Conservative Republican Party, it pushed the National Assembly to dissolve the provisions of the National Factory Law.

The conflict between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie made Paris, which was already turbulent, even more panicking, and it also made Lamartine feel that the burden on his shoulders was even greater.

Thinking of this, Lamartine, who was standing in front of the study window of his apartment in Rue Saint-Honoré, could not help frowning.

I am afraid that such a rebellious nation can only be controlled by Emperor Napoleon!

In Lamartine's mind, the words "rebellious" appeared.

Lamartine, who had reacted, shook his head and laughed at himself: "I actually have this idea too!"

Having said that, he turned around and sat back at the desk to read the National, Republic, Reform and many other newspapers.

Since the February Revolution lifted the censorship of books and periodicals, newspapers in France, especially in the Seine (Paris), have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. It has deeply influenced the public opinion orientation of the entire Seine province.

As the interim head of the republic, Lamartine has to review the contents of the newspapers one by one.

It is Lamartine's daily "compulsory course" to understand the public opinion orientation of the whole Paris through the content of the newspaper.

Lamartine, who was reading the newspaper, suddenly saw an interesting article in the "Constitutionalist".

[The Constituentist was the newspaper of the French bourgeoisie; published daily in Paris from 1815 to 1870; in the 1940s it was the organ of the moderate wing of the Orleanists; during the revolution of 1848-1849 it reflected the Views of the counter-revolutionary bourgeoisie headed by Yere; after the coup of December 1851 became the Bonapartist newspaper. 】

"From Bonaparte to Bonaparte?" Lamartine read the title of the article, and the Italian-accented guy who claimed to be Napoleon's successor appeared again in his mind.

After the February Revolution, I met that guy once, and I don't know how he is doing in the United Kingdom now.

[“Meeting once” refers to the fact that after the February Revolution, Napoleon III entered Paris with a gesture of agreeing with the revolution and supporting the republic. However, the Lamartine government did not expel Napoleon III from the French Republic on the grounds that Napoleon III was a war criminal. 】

Lamartine continued to look at the next content, and his expression became more and more solemn.

Universal suffrage, responsible government, equality for all, each of them tickled Lamartine's nerves like the devil.

Although Lamartine, who retains the romantic style, subconsciously agrees with some of the points of the article, this article may cause an already polarized France to plunge into a greater turmoil.

If possible, he really wanted to issue an order to ban this article completely.

It's a pity that the second republic he hastily founded did not give him such rights.

Lamartine continued to read the content of the remaining newspapers, and about half of the remaining dozen newspapers reprinted the article.

Lamartine suddenly realized the seriousness of the incident. The orientation of newspaper public opinion can affect the orientation of the people of Seine.

The purpose of this article is probably not simply to praise, what exactly the promoters behind the article want to do.

"Dong Dong Dong"

A short knock on the door pulled Lamartine from the realm of consciousness to reality.

Lamartine who reacted quickly said, "Please come in!"

A middle-aged man with a slightly chubby look rushed in and pushed the door: "Mr. Lamartine, UU reading on the street... on the street..."

The flustered look of the middle-aged man made Lamartine's heart "squeak". He desperately hoped that the news from Chambo was not bad news: "Calm down and tell me what happened on the street! Champo"

After hearing Lamartine's serious words, the man named Champo calmed down as if he had found his backbone and said, "Sir, when I passed by Place de la Concorde, I saw many demonstrators with banners!"

[Victor Champeau de Lablay, who became Lamartine's secretary in 1833 and accompanied him on his second trip to the East, died in Marthe in 1850. 】

"How many are many!" Lamartine asked the secretary in front of him sternly.

"About 1,000 people! I don't know the exact number!" Champeau responded to Lamartine.

"There are only a thousand people!" Lamartine murmured softly, and he was also relieved in his heart.

The thousand-person parade is still under Lamartine's control, as long as it's not like the February Revolution.

"What was the slogan of their parade? Maintain the national factory? Guarantee workers' wages?" Lamartine continued to ask.

"No..." Chambo shook his head and responded, "Neither? Their slogan is "Long live Napoleon! ""We want Polon"? And..."

Chambeau glanced at Lamartine and said hesitantly, "And the overthrow of the republic!"

"These Bonapartists!" Lamartine gritted his teeth and spat out from his mouth.

"Mr. Lamartine, I heard that there are not only parades! Even the army is chanting "Long live Napoleon!"