Vacillation of the Members of the Old Parliament as to the attitude they should adopt--My own reflections on my mode of action, and my resolves 102 CHAPTER IV My candidature of the department of la Manche--The aspect of the country--The General Election 114 CHAPTER V The First Sitting of the Constituent Assembly--The appearance of this Assembly 129 CHAPTER VI My relations with Lamartine--His Subterfuges 145 CHAPTER VII The 15th of May 1848 156 CHAPTER VIII The Feast of Concord and the preparations for the Days of June 174 CHAPTER IX The Days of June 187 CHAPTER X The Days of June--(_continued_) 215 CHAPTER XI The Committee for the Constitution 233 PART THE THIRD CHAPTER I My return to France--Formation of the Cabinet 263 CHAPTER II Aspect of the Cabinet--Its first Acts until after the insurrectionary attempts of the 13th of June 278 CHAPTER III Our domestic policy--Internal quarrels in the Cabinet--Its difficulties in its relations with the Majority and the President 301 CHAPTER IV Foreign Affairs 325 APPENDIX I Gustave de Beaumont's version of the 24th of February 379 II Barrot's version of the 24th of February (_10 October 1850_) 385 III Some incidents of the 24th of February 1848 389 1 M. Dufaure's efforts to prevent the Revolution of February--Responsibility of M. Thiers, which renders them futile 389 2 Dufaure's conduct on the 24th of February 1848 392 IV My conversation with Berryer, on the 21st of June, at an appointment which I had given him at my house. We were both Members of the Committee for the revision of the Constitution 394 INDEX 399 PART THE FIRST _Written in July 1850, at Tocqueville._ ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE CHAPTER I ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THESE RECOLLECTIONS--GENERAL ASPECT OF THE PERIOD PRECEDING THE REVOLUTION OF 1848--PRELIMINARY SYMPTOMS OF THE REVOLUTION.