Make France Great Again

Chapter 217 Battle in the Legislative Assembly

March 5, 1850.

As Thiers expected, the "Social Democratic Party" faction, which had won nearly 200 seats in the Legislative Assembly, quickly launched an attack on the majority Party of Order.

A battle for seats was staged at the Bourbon Palace in the early morning of the 5th. The speaker responsible for organizing and maintaining order in the Bourbon Palace and announcing whether the proposal had legal validity was still Marast, while the person standing on the rostrum and speaking was the Republic. Lamartine, the representative of the faction.

"The Legislative Assembly should uphold the principles of fairness, justice and openness... and serve French freedom and democracy!" Lamartine, who was born as a romantic poet, used his calm tone to face all the Bourbon Palace members present, "I hope that the Legislative Assembly can It is the parliament of the entire country and citizens, not the parliament of a group of people or a group of political parties. If our Legislative Assembly really becomes a yes-man for a certain political party, then France’s democracy and legal system will be gone!”

Lamartine paused and turned his attention to the seats occupied by the Party of Order.

"Shh!"

"Who does he think he is!"

Noises arose one after another in the camp of the Party of Order, with some of the Orthodox MPs shouting loudly with disdainful expressions on their faces.

Montalembert, one of the leaders of the Orthodox faction, also looked at Lamartine on the rostrum with an unkind expression and asked Thiers with a hint of complaint in his voice: "Member Thiers, when are you going to take action! "

Thiers was still smiling, and he lowered his voice and responded unhurriedly: "Don't worry, I said that when they think they have completely won, I will knock them into the dust! Now they are just They’re just a bunch of clowns!”

"I hope you won't keep me waiting for too long!" Montalembert responded lightly, then closed his eyes and stopped talking.

"Quiet!"

Seeing that the Legislative Assembly was about to turn into a vegetable market, Marast hurriedly knocked on the wooden club in his hand to maintain order in the Legislative Assembly.

Under Speaker Marast's wooden hammer, the members of the Order Party sat quietly on their seats again.

"Congressman Lamartine, what is your proposal?" Speaker Marast turned his attention to Lamartine. He did not think that Lamartine would say a long and arrogant speech for no reason.

"I hope that the Legislative Assembly can re-elect the seats that the Mountain Party lost last June!" Lamartine stated his purpose. He hopes to bring 50 seats to his camp.

"impossible!"

"You are disrupting the Legislative Assembly!"

Some members of the Party of Order camp (mostly members of the Party of Order who filled the vacancies in the Montagnard after the June Revolution of 1849) decisively denounced Lamartine. For them, the annual election of members of the Legislative Assembly was torture enough. Well, now Lamartine actually wants to hold a second election for 50 members of Congress. He simply wants to deprive them of everything from the Party of Order.

“The Party of Order has no right to privately award these fifty MPs’ seats that belong to the Montagnard Party!” Faced with the Party of Order’s challenge, Rama retorted without giving in: “When necessary, we are willing to take legal action. !”

"That's right! Bring the law to justice!" The Republicans and a few mountain party members began to support Lamartine. Of course, they would not be as idiots as Ludru Roland, who always said "bring the law to justice".

"That's all I ask!" Lamartine responded after bowing to Marast.

"I understand!" Marast nodded to Lamartine to express his understanding.

Immediately afterwards, Lamartine stepped down as a hero to the cheers of the Republicans and the Montagnards.

Since Lamartine's proposal for the election of MPs does not require a vote, as long as the Party of Order does not express clear objections, it will be passed by default.

Speaker Marast turned his attention to the Party of Order, hoping to get an answer from the Party of Order.

The 50 members of Congress whose seats were targeted turned their attention to Thiers, the leader of the Party of Order, hoping to hear objections from him.

In the ardent hope of some members of the Party of Order, Thiers stood up and came to the rostrum. He quietly glanced at the members of the Party of Order and the Republicans and said: "I agree with Senator Lamartine. We should respect the democracy of the Legislative Assembly. !”

Thiers' answer not only surprised the members of the Party of Order, but also the republicans were even more shocked by Thiers' change in attitude.

The MPs from the Party of Order, who occupied the seats of the Montagnard Party, showed a dejected expression, which meant that they were about to suffer another defeat in the election.

In the solemn declaration of Marast, the Assembly passed Lamartine's proposal.

From March 5 to April 20, more than 50 vacant members were re-elected.

Members of the "Social Democrats" once again exerted their powerful "painting". More than 50 vacant MPs were filled, of which the "Social Democrats" won 45 seats and the Party of Order only won 5.

This reversal greatly encouraged the self-confidence of the Republicans. The members of the Republicans believed that they would be able to completely defeat the Party of Order and gain a majority of seats in the next election.

While the Republicans were cheering, the leaders of the Party of Order in Povaldi Street gathered together again to discuss countermeasures.

"What to do now? The strength of the Republicans is almost equal to ours!" Count Molay asked Thiers anxiously.

Although Molay had already expected that the Republicans would take away some seats, he did not expect that the Republicans would be able to take away 45 seats at once.

If there were no restrictions, the number of seats held by the Republicans would probably be equal to that of the Party of Order.

By that time, the Party of Order will face constraints from the republicans if it wants to be in parliament.

"Don't worry, they won't be proud for long!" Thiers still had an expression full of wisdom. He turned his gaze to Remiza and said, "Is my speech ready?"

"Sir, you are ready!" Remiza responded to Thiers respectfully.

"Then let us see the truth in the parliament!" Thiers said with high spirits, and then he changed the subject and returned to his cautious attitude: "But we have to cast stones to ask for directions first!"

"Throwing stones to ask for directions?" Molay and others looked at Thiers in confusion.

"That's right! The first time we don't attack with all our strength, we have to give the Republicans some time to react! The second time is when we launch a general attack!"

On April 21, the Legislative Assembly opened again.

In this parliament, Thiers did not choose to strike first. He first asked a member of the Party of Order to propose a law "restricting universal suffrage" in an attitude of throwing stones.

As Thiers expected, the proposal was met with overwhelming skepticism as soon as it came out.

"You are trampling on the dignity of the Republic!" Lamartine fiercely attacked the members of the Party of Order on the stage.

The congressman shot back without timidity: "Congressman Lamartine, I don't think those people have the right to vote!"

The entire parliament once again fell into disorder and chaos, and this time even Speaker Maraster was unable to stop it.

The Party of Order and the Republicans, the two parties that occupy 90% of the seats in the Legislative Assembly, accuse each other of disrespecting the constitution.

If the small group of troops stationed in the parliament had not heard the commotion in the parliament and led troops to defend the parliament, then the entire parliament would have turned into a full-scale armed attack.

Seeing that the surface was about to fall into full force, Speaker Maraster hurriedly knocked on the wooden hammer and shouted to both parties: "Okay! This proposal can be shelved for now!"

Marast's shelving of the controversy kept the Legislative Assembly from being embroiled in bickering.

However, the MPs present knew that as long as the Party of Order did not give up this proposal, the dispute would always exist.

Agriculture and Commerce Minister Biffe emerged after proposals to limit universal suffrage laws were shelved.

Under the instruction of Jerome Bonaparte, Minister Biffet proposed to the Legislative Assembly a decree "abolition of the right of workers to strike".

As soon as the law appeared, it was fiercely opposed by the Mountain House. However, the Republicans as allies also became silent.

In the eyes of bourgeois parties like the Republicans, workers should not have the right to strike.

In the end, Bife's decree was passed with an overwhelming majority.

Arguably the only "good news" in the entire legislative assembly.

The Legislative Assembly came to an end under the hammer of Speaker Marast.

Early the next morning, news about the "law restricting universal suffrage" appeared in the National.

This aroused the idea of ​​​​Victor Hugo, who had been absent from Parliament for a long time.

[PS: Since the martial law in 1849, Victor Hugo, who was deeply tortured by both emotions and money, has not stayed in the Legislative Assembly to vote for a long time. In the constitution of the Second Republic, there is no clear provision that members must be elected to the Assembly, so the Legislative Assembly often votes when the number of members is not satisfied. 】

When Juliet (Victor Hugo's lover) handed the "National" to Victor Hugo, Victor Hugo, who was painting with coffee, wiped his hands and took the newspaper to read carefully.

"Oh! What a shame!" Victor Hugo frowned and muttered to himself.

"Why do you have such an expression?" Juliet asked Victor Hugo.

Victor Hugo raised his head and explained: "The Party of Order wants to formulate a new law to deprive people who have not had household registration for more than three years from the right to vote!

For workers who have no fixed residence, look for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan. com This is simply impossible! "

"And the workers always vote for the left (referring to the Republicans and the Montagnards)." Juliet responded flatly.

"Yes! Think about it!" Victor Hugo couldn't help but complain a little more in his words: "For the sake of votes, they are willing to sacrifice the power of universal suffrage!"

"Okay! What are you going to do?" Juliet knew that Victor Hugo might take action again.

"I want to stop them!" Victor Hugo responded firmly.

Looking at the guy full of fighting spirit in front of her, Juliet smiled happily, knowing that the Hugo she once was was back.

"Then you have to be well prepared!"

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