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One morning it drew itself up before the face of France, and, elevating its voice, it contested the collective title and the individual right of the nation to sovereignty, of the citizen to liberty. In other words, it denied to the nation that which made it a nation, and to the citizen that which made him a citizen. ONE MORNING IT DREW ITSELF UP BEFORE THE FACE OF FRANCE AND ELEVATING ITS VOICE IT CONTESTED THE COLLECTIVE TITLE AND THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT OF THE NATION TO SOVEREIGNTY OF THE CITIZEN TO LIBERTY IN OTHER WORDS IT DENIED TO THE NATION THAT WHICH MADE IT A NATION AND TO THE CITIZEN THAT WHICH MADE HIM A CITIZEN
f continuity; they did not suspect the fact. And how should they have suspected it, they who fancied that Louis XVII. reigned on the 9th of Thermidor, and that Louis XVIII. was reigning at the battle of Marengo? Never, since the origin of history, had princes been so blind in the presence of facts and the portion of divine authority which facts contain and promulgate. Never had that pretension here below which is called the right of kings denied to such a point the right from on high. A capital error which led this family to lay its hand once more on the guarantees “granted” in 1814, on the concessions, as it termed them. Sad. A sad thing! What it termed its concessions were our conquests; what it termed our encroachments were our rights. When the hour seemed to it to have come, the Restoration, supposing itself victorious over Bonaparte and well-rooted in the country, that is to say, believing itself to be strong and deep, abruptly decided on its plan of action, and risked its stroke. Y THEY DID NOT SUSPECT THE FACT AND HOW SHOULD THEY HAVE SUSPECTED IT THEY WHO FANCIED THAT LOUIS THE SEVENTEENTH REIGNED ON THE NINTH OF THERMIDOR AND THAT LOUIS THE EIGHTEENTH WAS REIGNING AT THE BATTLE OF MRAENGO NEVER SINCE THE ORIGIN OF HISTORY HAD PRINCES BEEN SO BLIND IN THE PRESENCE OF FACTS AND THE PORTION OF DIVINE AUTHORITY WHICH FACTS CONTAIN AND PROMULGATE NEVER HAD THAT PRETENSION HERE BELOW WHICH IS CALLED THE RIGHT OF KINGS DENIED TO SUCH A POINT THE RIGHTS FROM ON HIGH A CAPITAL ERROR WHICH LED THIS FAMILY TO LAY ITS HAND ONCE MORE ON THE GUARANTEES GRANTED IN EIGHTEEN FOURTEEN ON THE CONCESSIONS AS IT TERMED THEM SAD A SAD THING WHAT IT HAD TERMED ITS CONCESSIONS WERE OUR CONQUEST WHAT IT TERMED OUR ENCROACHMENTS WERE OUR RIGHT WHEN THE HOUR SEEMED TO IT TO HAVE COME THE RESTORATION SUPPOSING ITSELF VICTORIOUS OVER BONAPARTE AND WELL ROOTED IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS TO SAY BELIEVING ITSELF TO BE STRONG AND DEEP ABRUPTLY DECIDED ON ITS PLAN OF ACTION AND RISKED ITS STROKE
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