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CONTEXTS. XXXV Chapter XIV. — continued. XV. Motives for the ferocity of the measures taken by the Executive, 305 General dread of the Socialists, 306 The use made of this by the plotters of the Elysee, . . 306 They pretend to be engaged in a war against Socialism, . . 307 Support thus obtained, ........ 307 XVI. Commissaries sent into the provinces, The Church, 308 308 XVII. France dismanned, ........ 310 Twenty-six thousand five hundred men transported, . -C_21j2^ XVIII. The Plebiscite, Causes rendering free election impossible, . The election under martial law, ...... Violent measures taken for coercing the election, Contrivance for coercing the election by the vote of the army, France succumbed, ........ Priuce Louis sole lawgiver of France. . . . . . The laws he gave her, ........ XIX. Importance of the massacre on the Boulevard. Inquiry into its cause, ....... The passion of terror, ....... State of Prince Louis Bonaparte during the period of danger, Of Jerome Bonaparte, ....... Of his son, ......... Bodily state of Maupas, ....... Anxiety of the plotters and of Maguan, and the generals ivnde him, ......-••• Effect of anxious suspense upon French troops, Surmised cause of the massacre, .... XX. Gratitude due to Fleury, . . .... The use the Elvsce made of France, .... 314 314 316 316 318 319 319 319 320 32o 321 322 326 326 327 328 328 330 332

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