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The predestined family, which returned to France when Napoleon fell, had the fatal simplicity to believe that it was itself which bestowed, and that what it had bestowed it could take back again; that the House of Bourbon possessed the right divine, that France possessed nothing, and that the political right conceded in the charter of Louis XVIII. was merely a branch of the right divine, was detached by the House of Bourbon and graciously given to the people until such day as it should please the King to reassume it. THE PREDESTINED FAMILY WHICH RETURNED TO FRANCE WHEN NAPOLEON FELL HAD THE FATAL SIMPLICITY TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ITSELF WHICH BESTOWED AND THAT WHAT IT HAD BESTOWED IT COULD TAKE BACK AGAIN THAT THE HOUSE OF BOURBON POSSESSED THE RIGHT DIVINE THAT FRANCE POSSESSED NOTHING AND THAT THE POLITICAL RIGHT CONCEDED IN THE CHARTER OF LOUIS THE EIGHTEENTH WAS MERELY A BRANCH OF THE RIGHT DIVINE WAS DETACHED BY THE HOUSE OF BOURBON AND GRACIOUSLY GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE UNTIL SUCH DAY AS IT SHOULD PLEASE THE KING TO REASSUME IT
n facts arise, compel recognition, and knock at the door in their turn. These facts are the products of revolutions and wars, they are, they exist, they have the right to install themselves in society, and they do install themselves therein; and most of the time, facts are the stewards of the household and fouriers32 who do nothing but prepare lodgings for principles. This, then, is what appears to philosophical politicians:— At the same time that weary men demand repose, accomplished facts demand guarantees. Guarantees are the same to facts that repose is to men. This is what England demanded of the Stuarts after the Protector; this is what France demanded of the Bourbons after the Empire. These guarantees are a necessity of the times. They must be accorded. Princes “grant” them, but in reality, it is the force of things which gives them. A profound truth, and one useful to know, which the Stuarts did not suspect in 1662 and which the Bourbons did not even obtain a glimpse of in 1814.  CERTAIN FACTS ARISE COMPEL RECOGNITION AND KNOCK AT THE DOOR IN THEIR TURN THESE FACTS ARE THE PRODUCTS OF REVOLUTIONS AND WARS THEY ARE THEY EXIST THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO INSTALL THEMSELVES IN SOCIETY AND THEY DO INSTALL THEMSELVES THEREIN AND MOST OF THE TIME FACTS ARE THE STEWARDS OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND FOURRIERS WHO DO NOTHING BUT PREPARE LODGINGS FOR PRINCIPLES THIS THEN IS WHAT APPEARS TO PHILOSOPHICAL POLITICIAN AT THE SAME TIME THAT WEARY MEN DEMAND REPOSE ACCOMPLISHED FACTS DEMAND GUARANTEE GUARANTEES ARE THE SAME TO FACTS THAT REPOSE IS TO MEN THIS IS WHAT ENGLAND DEMANDED OF THE STUARTS AFTER THE PROTECTOR THIS IS WHAT FRANCE DEMANDED OF THE BOURBONS AFTER THE EMPIRE THESE GUARANTEES ARE A NECESSITY OF THE TIME THEY MUST BE ACCORDED PRINCES GRANT THEM BUT IN REALITY IT IS THE FORCE OF THINGS WHICH GIVES THEM A PROFOUND TRUTH AND ONE USEFUL TO KNOW WHICH THE STUARTS DID NOT SUSPECT IN SIXTEEN SIXTY TWO AND WHICH THE BOURBONS DID NOT EVEN OBTAIN A GLIMPSE OF IN EIGHTEEN FOURTEEN
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