Chapter 8

MY OPPOSITION.

1820-1829.

My Retirement at the Maisonnette.--I publish four incidental Essays on Political Affairs: 1. Of the Government of France since the Restoration, and of the Ministry in Office (1820); 2. Of Conspiracies and Political Justice (1821); 3. Of the Resources of the Government and the Opposition in the actual State of France (1821); 4. Of Capital Punishment for Political Offences (1822).--Character and Effects of these Publications.--Limits of my Opposition.--The Carbonari.--Visit of M. Manuel.--I commence my Course of Lectures on the History of the Origin of Representative Government.--Its double Object.--The Abbe Frayssinous orders its Suspension.--My Historical Labours--on the History of England; on the History of France; on the Relations and Mutual Influence of France and England; on the Philosophic and Literary Tendencies of that Epoch.--The French Review.--The Globe.--The Elections of 1827.--My Connection with the Society, 'Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.'--My Relations with the Administration of M. de Martignac; he authorizes the Re-opening of my Course of Lectures, and restores my Title as a State-Councillor.--My Lectures (1828-1830) on the History of Civilization in Europe and in France.--Their Effect.--I am elected Deputy for Lisieux (December, 1829). 278