Rare and famous old newspaper of the French revolution Le point du jour of November 13, 1789
An extraordinary historical document, this journal written by the deputy Barere de Vieuzac summarizes for the first time the debates in the national assembly. Very beautiful text on the organization of the new National Assembly. Beautiful document on the commune of Haguenau. Rare article on Auch.
Exceptional period newspaper on the events of the French Revolution.
• Regnaud
• Camus
• Solomon
• Barnave
• Wartel
• French Revolution
Exceptional historical document of 12 pages complete. Good condition for a document that is over 230 years old.
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On June 19, 1789, Barère created a moderate newspaper, Le Point du Jour, or Result of what happened the day before at the National Assembly, to report on the discussions and decrees of the Assembly and give his opinion on the reforms to be implemented.
After the night of August 4, he abandoned, in a letter to his voters, his seigneurial rights in Vieuzac and a few weeks later, from the gallery of the Assembly, he donated his office to the Seneschal of Bigorre to the Nation. .
He then frequented the salon of Madame de Genlis, former mistress of the Duke of Orléans, where Talleyrand, David and young deputies like Lameth and Barnave met. The prince's children attend these receptions. The little provincial, dazzled at being admitted into such society, courts the beautiful Pamela, whom the Duke probably had in the past from his affair with Madame de Genlis. The duke who loves Pamela wants to make a donation to her. As she has not reached her majority, she must be provided with a guardian. She chooses Barère who becomes a familiar. “He took pleasure,” he said of the Duke of Orléans, “in chatting with me… Under the appearance of lightness and witticism, he expressed strong thoughts and just opinions… If he could have overcome his natural indecision and his political timidity, he would have proven that he could reign3. »
At this time, Barère thought, like many others, that the political model of England, constitutional monarchy and bicameralism, was the one that suited France. He says it in his Memoirs: “As for me who thought then (as I still think since the various phases of the Revolution) that the Republic does not suit the French better than the English Government suits the Ottomans, I sided with the majority of the Assembly which did not believe it was necessary to obtain from the force of the events and the enlightenment of the century anything other than a constitutional Monarchy. »
He was admitted to the Jacobins, but broke away when Mirabeau, Sieyès, Talleyrand, La Fayette and Bailly founded the Society of 1789 to achieve a compromise with the aristocracy and the court. For fear of compromising himself, however, he returned to the Jacobins on December 15. To the people in the room who rush to congratulate him on his return, he responds: “Hey! Gentlemen, would I have waited until December 15 to become a patriot? Rest assured that I always have been and will be all my life4. »