Saturday, December 15, 2012
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
FRANCE......the annals of france now tranquil, under the cold guizot; party spirit died down; the "pritchard affair", arising out of the OCCUPATION by france of the otaheite, by the treaty . in 1842 aroused the slumbering irritation between france + england. the englich govt had not objected to treaty between queen pomare of otaheite + the french govt; mr ppritchard, however, consul, missionary, + medical man to the queen, beieving that the treaty was bad for the natives, had persuaded queen pomare to repudiate it + to call on england'a support. thereon in 1844 the french arrested him + sent him back to england + OCCUPIED the land as "protector". the success of french arms in africa also angered the english; marshal bugeaud had vigorously attacked + punished the emperor of morocco for helping + refuge to abd-el-kieder(sp), + the emp had to sue for peace 9/1846. in 1847 lamboriciere succeeded in capturing thw picturesqu chieftan who had caused france so much trouble, + sent him o french prison. lastly, the vexed question of the spanish marriages, in 1846, in which louis philippe succeeded in re-allying th BOURBONS of france + spain by a double marriage, caused a strong feeling in england; it was felt that guizot had broken his word + that france was taking unfair means of avenge for the quad alliance of 1840.
so things stood when 1847 opened w/ gloomy aspects for france; irritation, wasn't the feeling the goct wanted. had done little to lessen the commercial + aricultural distress; the decree of a more popular + perhaps more brilliant rule; the distrust of guizot's policy, as shown in the risks of the spanish marriages, by which he endangered peace for the sake of illusory dynastic advantages; the consciousness that the king's feelings were not friendly to the people; that his govt WAS SELFISH, + that he did not hesitate to use CORRUPTION + influence in elections- these all made affairs unsettled + precarious. guizot's policy in te marriages, his support of swiss souderband, the resistance of reactionary against popular principles in switzerland, his appeals to the treaties of 1815, his friendliness towards metternich + austria. his divergence from the liberal views of lord palmerston, his dislike of the patriots of italy, shocked + alienated liberal france, + made the minister completely unpopular. the role of prudence at home + peace abroad; never heroic(war mongers, wheeee) had been abandoned by guizot for a system that endangeredpeace w/ neighbors + irritated the passions in france. trickery + subterfuge in high places too.
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FRANCE......the annals of france now tranquil, under the cold guizot; party spirit died down; the "pritchard affair", arising out of the OCCUPATION by france of the otaheite, by the treaty . in 1842 aroused the slumbering irritation between france + england. the englich govt had not objected to treaty between queen pomare of otaheite + the french govt; mr ppritchard, however, consul, missionary, + medical man to the queen, beieving that the treaty was bad for the natives, had persuaded queen pomare to repudiate it + to call on england'a support. thereon in 1844 the french arrested him + sent him back to england + OCCUPIED the land as "protector". the success of french arms in africa also angered the english; marshal bugeaud had vigorously attacked + punished the emperor of morocco for helping + refuge to abd-el-kieder(sp), + the emp had to sue for peace 9/1846. in 1847 lamboriciere succeeded in capturing thw picturesqu chieftan who had caused france so much trouble, + sent him o french prison. lastly, the vexed question of the spanish marriages, in 1846, in which louis philippe succeeded in re-allying th BOURBONS of france + spain by a double marriage, caused a strong feeling in england; it was felt that guizot had broken his word + that france was taking unfair means of avenge for the quad alliance of 1840.
so things stood when 1847 opened w/ gloomy aspects for france; irritation, wasn't the feeling the goct wanted. had done little to lessen the commercial + aricultural distress; the decree of a more popular + perhaps more brilliant rule; the distrust of guizot's policy, as shown in the risks of the spanish marriages, by which he endangered peace for the sake of illusory dynastic advantages; the consciousness that the king's feelings were not friendly to the people; that his govt WAS SELFISH, + that he did not hesitate to use CORRUPTION + influence in elections- these all made affairs unsettled + precarious. guizot's policy in te marriages, his support of swiss souderband, the resistance of reactionary against popular principles in switzerland, his appeals to the treaties of 1815, his friendliness towards metternich + austria. his divergence from the liberal views of lord palmerston, his dislike of the patriots of italy, shocked + alienated liberal france, + made the minister completely unpopular. the role of prudence at home + peace abroad; never heroic(war mongers, wheeee) had been abandoned by guizot for a system that endangeredpeace w/ neighbors + irritated the passions in france. trickery + subterfuge in high places too.
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