"L'EMPIRE C'EST LA PAIX " Poster of the speech... - Lot 340 - Osenat

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"L'EMPIRE C'EST LA PAIX " Poster of the speech... - Lot 340 - Osenat
"L'EMPIRE C'EST LA PAIX " Poster of the speech given by Prince Louis-Napoleon in Bordeaux on October 9, 1852 " Paris Imprimerie nationale. 72 x 53 cm. A.B.E. (The poster having been plastered, it bears traces of glue) -Collections of the abbot Misset. Bears the numbers 10878 of the imperial collections. History: "A few months after the coup d'état of December 2, 1851, and the promulgation of a new constitution in January 1852 establishing a Caesarian dictatorship, under the direction of a president whose term of office was fixed at ten years, the question of a return to the Empire was unequivocally raised. As part of a tour of the southern and central provinces in September and October 1852, the speech held in Bordeaux was an opportunity for the prince-president to present his thoughts on the regime. The speech of Bordeaux and its famous formula "The Empire is peace" aims to reassure the French on the peaceful character of its intentions: "It is peace because France desires it when France is satisfied, the world is quiet". He wants to distance himself from his uncle, as well as the descendants of Louis XIV: "Did the Princes who were honored to be the grandsons of Louis XIV start again his struggles? Bibliography: "The Bordeaux Speech," Juliette Glikman, June 2019 at "Napoleon.org".
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