Saturday, January 20, 2018
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
FOUCHE, JOSEPH (1763-1820)- duke of otranto, minister of police under napoleon I. son of a ship captain, +
at 9 began to study at a nearby college, intending to enter the merchant marines. unlikely he decried it + inducedhis father to abandon this + studied in paris oratory. after, taught in different colleges. at the revolution he was prefet des etudes at nantes. he renounced his connection w/ the ecclesiastical profession, + in 1792 chosen 1 of the national deputies for loire. in ferieuve made a violent speech in support of louis XVI's beheading. calling those nervous "trembling before the shade of a king." he determinded to ride on the whirlwind + direct the storm. was an atjiest + devoid of political predilections, + actuated his views by a cool calculation + was seldom surprised or ruffled. soon zealous for republicanism. at the end of 1793, commissioned to operate law des suspects in nievre, then a center of royalist sympathies. he crushed all insurrectionary symptoms + initiated the movement to spoil all churches, by which the treasury was funded for the 1794 campaign + inaugeratyed the age of reason by suppressing the priests + causing doors of the cemeteries inscripted- in mortes un sommeil eternel. in nov appt w/ collot d' herbois to execute the decree of the convention against the royalist city of lyons, + there vied a mania for destruction + bloodshed. complained the guillotine TOO SLOW. elected pres of the jacobin club in 1794. denounced as imposter + perculator. he anticipated 'the public' by robespierre + expelled him. f had erred by too quickly anticipating public opinion, as robespierre's execution soon came, but still he was not trusted + arrested. 1798 appt ambassador to the cisapine republic. intrigues + recalled. blah. barres appt to the hague a few months. returned to paris + minister of police. great power repression + anarchy averted. suppresed jacobin clubs + newspapers + was concerned in instigating a reaction towards monarchal principles. tho no understanding between barras + napoleon , he resolved to desert b + share his overthrow. exerted all he could to bring about the coup d' etat of the 18th brumaire. besides taking important prelim negotiations tranquilized citizens posting on walls reassuring intimates, + shut the gates of paris to prevent fugitive deputies in opposition to sieyes, stayed minister of police. he was to be feared. w/ tact + discetion, but also justice + mildness + superior cunning. he was cool to napoleon's hothead. N used his secret police poorly. N irritated + distrustful + intent on getting coonsul for life. in 1802 endeavors to get rid of F. but w/ caution + respect. he made f a senator + $$ his office no longer 'needed' . f kept his hands involved, revealed the georges conspirsacy to reassert his position divining napoleon's wishes, he took every opportunity convince n assuming thecrown immediately abandoned + he was a prime agent in events + the smoothness of n's crowning due to f. after n in office, f back to old office, 7,4, 1804. also interior minister. almost rivaled n in influence. f was the conductor to N's soloist. f inscutable. blah blah. got to big for N to take( the moron). english negotiations fucked up. f disgraced. quit 1810. appt gov of rome. blah, voluntary exile. 1813 n appt him gov to illyria to watch murat. intrigue BLAH BLAH irders for his arrest, but he cleverly escaped to the beauchav hotel hortense + next day got his office from N. he now determined merely to prepare N's downfall. which he saw imminent. secureed the confidence of patriots + royalists, he opened negotiation w/ the allies. after waterloo, eyes turned to him. became provisional head of govt. skill saved paris from extreme humiliation. new king gave him office, but new situation not good + resigned 9/1815. appt ambassador to dresden, but on passing law against those who voted for L XVI's death, retired to prague. austrian citizen in 1818. died very rich. author. memoirs.
FOUCHE, JOSEPH (1763-1820)- duke of otranto, minister of police under napoleon I. son of a ship captain, +
at 9 began to study at a nearby college, intending to enter the merchant marines. unlikely he decried it + inducedhis father to abandon this + studied in paris oratory. after, taught in different colleges. at the revolution he was prefet des etudes at nantes. he renounced his connection w/ the ecclesiastical profession, + in 1792 chosen 1 of the national deputies for loire. in ferieuve made a violent speech in support of louis XVI's beheading. calling those nervous "trembling before the shade of a king." he determinded to ride on the whirlwind + direct the storm. was an atjiest + devoid of political predilections, + actuated his views by a cool calculation + was seldom surprised or ruffled. soon zealous for republicanism. at the end of 1793, commissioned to operate law des suspects in nievre, then a center of royalist sympathies. he crushed all insurrectionary symptoms + initiated the movement to spoil all churches, by which the treasury was funded for the 1794 campaign + inaugeratyed the age of reason by suppressing the priests + causing doors of the cemeteries inscripted- in mortes un sommeil eternel. in nov appt w/ collot d' herbois to execute the decree of the convention against the royalist city of lyons, + there vied a mania for destruction + bloodshed. complained the guillotine TOO SLOW. elected pres of the jacobin club in 1794. denounced as imposter + perculator. he anticipated 'the public' by robespierre + expelled him. f had erred by too quickly anticipating public opinion, as robespierre's execution soon came, but still he was not trusted + arrested. 1798 appt ambassador to the cisapine republic. intrigues + recalled. blah. barres appt to the hague a few months. returned to paris + minister of police. great power repression + anarchy averted. suppresed jacobin clubs + newspapers + was concerned in instigating a reaction towards monarchal principles. tho no understanding between barras + napoleon , he resolved to desert b + share his overthrow. exerted all he could to bring about the coup d' etat of the 18th brumaire. besides taking important prelim negotiations tranquilized citizens posting on walls reassuring intimates, + shut the gates of paris to prevent fugitive deputies in opposition to sieyes, stayed minister of police. he was to be feared. w/ tact + discetion, but also justice + mildness + superior cunning. he was cool to napoleon's hothead. N used his secret police poorly. N irritated + distrustful + intent on getting coonsul for life. in 1802 endeavors to get rid of F. but w/ caution + respect. he made f a senator + $$ his office no longer 'needed' . f kept his hands involved, revealed the georges conspirsacy to reassert his position divining napoleon's wishes, he took every opportunity convince n assuming thecrown immediately abandoned + he was a prime agent in events + the smoothness of n's crowning due to f. after n in office, f back to old office, 7,4, 1804. also interior minister. almost rivaled n in influence. f was the conductor to N's soloist. f inscutable. blah blah. got to big for N to take( the moron). english negotiations fucked up. f disgraced. quit 1810. appt gov of rome. blah, voluntary exile. 1813 n appt him gov to illyria to watch murat. intrigue BLAH BLAH irders for his arrest, but he cleverly escaped to the beauchav hotel hortense + next day got his office from N. he now determined merely to prepare N's downfall. which he saw imminent. secureed the confidence of patriots + royalists, he opened negotiation w/ the allies. after waterloo, eyes turned to him. became provisional head of govt. skill saved paris from extreme humiliation. new king gave him office, but new situation not good + resigned 9/1815. appt ambassador to dresden, but on passing law against those who voted for L XVI's death, retired to prague. austrian citizen in 1818. died very rich. author. memoirs.
