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The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907
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Historical SummaryDuring the latter part of 1872 Thiers alienated many members of the National Assembly who had at first supported him. All the mouarchists were offended by his announcement that in his opinion the time had come when the question of the definitive form of government should be settled and that the Republic was the form which ought to be adopted. Some conservative republicans were offended at his refusal to use his presidential authority for the repression of the radical republican agitation going on in the country. These documents show how the two groups by combining forces brought about the overthrow of Thiers. They also show the precise issues raised and something of the attitudes towards them. Document A was presented by the monarchists. Document B is Thiers’ reply to document A. The scheme of government which is brought forward should be compared with the constitution afterwards adopted (see No. 133). Document C is the proposition upon which the voting occurred. It was adopted, 360 to 345. Document D was read in the National Assembly to explain the votes cast by the afteen conservative republicans who signed it. Document E was issued by the radical republicans after the resignation of Thiers. Gambetta was its author.
World History Documents Upon the Overthrow of Thiers.
REFERENCES. Seignobos, Europe Since 1814, 196–197; Andrews, Modern Europe, II, 351–352; Hanoraux, Contemporary France, I, 622–652; Simon, The Gorernment of Thiers, II. 424–465; Lavisse and Rambaud. Histoire générale, XII, 10–13; Jaurès, Histoire socialiste, XII, 98–104.
A. The De Bróglie Interpellation.
May 19, 1873. Journal Officiel, May 20, 1873 (Vol. 1873, 3204).
Journal officiel de la republique Française. Vol. 1—. Paris, 1870—.
The undersigned, convinced that the gravity of the situation requires at the head of affairs a cabinet whose firmness reassures the country, ask to interpellate the ministry upon the late alterations which have just been effected in their body and upon the necessity of causing to prevail in the government a resolutely conservative policy.
They propose to fix upon Friday as the day for the discussion of this interpellation.
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Chicago: "A. The De Bróglie Interpellation.," The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907 in The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907, ed. Frank Maloy Anderson (New York: Russell Russell, 1908), 622. Original Sources, accessed March 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4MGEUBDXX5HL3GW.
MLA: . "A. The De Bróglie Interpellation." The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907, Vol. 1873, 3204, in The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907, edited by Frank Maloy Anderson, New York, Russell Russell, 1908, page 622. Original Sources. 18 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4MGEUBDXX5HL3GW.
Harvard: , 'A. The De Bróglie Interpellation.' in The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907. cited in 1908, The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France 1789-1907, ed. , Russell Russell, New York, pp.622. Original Sources, retrieved 18 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4MGEUBDXX5HL3GW.
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