Note 272 — BOOK XV[263]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Here the Souvenirs of the Duc de Broglie agree with the Mémoires d'Outre-tombe. M. de Broglie says:
"Posted up on M. Laffitte's own door, on the Bourse, and in all the public places, one read a placard worded as follows:
"'Charles X. cannot return to Paris: he has shed the blood of the people.
"'The Republic would expose us to horrible divisions; it would embroil us with Europe.
"'The Duc d'Orléans is a Prince devoted to the cause of the Revolution.
"'The Duc d'Orléans has never fought against us.
"'The Duc d'Orléans was at Jemmapes.
"'The Duc d'Orléans has worn the national colours, the Duc d'Orléans alone can wear them still.
"'The Duc d'Orléans has declared himself: he accepts the Charter as we have always desired and understood it.
"'He will hold his crown at the hands of the French People.'
"This last phrase was immediately modified as follows on a second placard:
"'The Duc d'Orléans makes no declaration: he awaits our will; let us proclaim that will: he will accept the Charter as we have always desired and understood it.'"
The Duc de Broglie adds:
"Whence did these placards proceed? We know to-day that they were the work of Messieurs Thiers and Mignet, and that Paulin the bookseller, strong in the support of his friends, gave attention to the printing and the posting. Was M. Laffitte in the secret? There is reason to presume so."(Souvenirs du feu Duc de Broglie, vol. III.)—B.