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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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eeble efforts to secureconstitutional government. France had shown them the way, and naturallythey turned to her for help. King Louis would have nothing to do with them. The quixotic act of de-fying all the established governments of Europe, seemed to his narrow visionmerely absurd. So he stood calmly by, while one little revolt was crushedafter another; and the masses of France, watching their neighbors driven backinto servitude, learned to hate and to despise their merchant King. The very limited suffrage in France kept political power in the hands of themoneyed class, and these still upheld Louis. Consequently there was nochance of overthrowing him by votes. The land became honeycombed withbribery and corruption. The contempt and hatred of the masses for the Kingsteadily grew more intense. Eight different attempts were made upon his life.He was forced to adopt severe restrictive measures, yet the tumults of the mob increased. The soldiers sympathized with their fellow-citizens. The
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THE YOUNG COUNT OF PARIS OFFERED TO THE ASSEMBLY AS KING, 1848 France—The Second Republic 931 King, old and obstinate, grew as absolute and reactionary in tendency as theBourbons themselves. The gulf widened between him and his people. Such a state of affairs could not last. In 1848 the Liberals held a seriesof banquets which grew more and more revolutionary in tone. The govern-ment forbade the holding of one of these in Paris, and the people began to bar-ricade the streets. Several rioters were shot, and Paris leaped to arms. Manyof the soldiers refused to uphold the King. He promptly professed himselfready to do anything his people wished. As proof of this, he dismissed hisprime minister, and commissioned the liberal and popular historian, M. Thiers,to manage the government. But by this time the people had decided that whatthey desired was not a change of ministers, but of sovereigns. So the Kingsigned his abdication, declared his little grandson, the Count of Paris, his suc-cesso

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