The Life of La Fayette, the Knight of Liberty in Two Worlds and Two CenturiesFarmer, Lydia Hoyt
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The Life of La Fayette, the Knight of Liberty in Two Worlds and Two Centuries
Farmer, Lydia Hoyt
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
“Suppose, for example, Don Miguel were to say: ‘Behold the man who has
in the palace of the king assassinated, with his own hand, the Marquis
of Loulé, the best friend of my father! Give him up to me that I may
punish him for the crime.’ Would the accusation be believed?
“In a word, gentlemen, the honor of France has been outraged; justice
must be done; Galloti must be demanded; the demand must be enforced;
he must be restored to the soil of France, and the national honor must
in some way receive signal reparation.
“I will conclude, gentlemen, by observing that the explanations which
the discussions may produce shall decide my vote.”
At a sitting of the Chamber of Deputies General La Fayette made the
following remarks on the “Holy Alliance”:—
“There was a vast and powerful league which desired to command and
brutalize the human species. It has oppressed Italy, devastated the
peninsula, and had disturbed other states. Its chief seat is Vienna,
and Don Miguel its ideal type. England has pretended to set up another
system, but it was only to lure states to their ruin. It was the
business of France to place herself at the head of civilization—her
glory, her interest, and her ambition to require it; but to fulfil
this noble destiny it was necessary that the government should
determine not to fear either a nation represented or a nation armed,
and, renouncing all connections, it should say to foreign powers,
‘After God, it is to the French people that I am indebted for being
placed above your influence and beyond your pretensions.’”
During 1829 General La Fayette made a tour through some of the French
provinces, and his reception by the people appears to have rivalled
the enthusiasm displayed in his honor in the United States. One London
paper says:—
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