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George Bancroft to P. S.—It is now said that the present government, feeling the want of the confirmation of the people and the chance of ending anarchical tendencies through a convention, has decided to hold elections for a convention on the 16th of the next month. The Orleanists, during their eighteen years’ reign, were opposed to the extension of suffrage, which was confined to about 18,000 voters in all France. Mr. Guizot even invented a term to distinguish the governing class of France, calling it the “pays legal.” As a consequence, the Orleans dynasty was supported only by surface roots, and not having any hold on the people was overthrown by the first storm. It has now no popularity, but a large part of the industrial class and a large part of the cultivated class in France are in favor of restoring that family, October 29, 1870

From George Bancroft
To P. S.—It is now said that the present government, feeling the want of the confirmation of the people and the chance of ending anarchical tendencies through a convention, has decided to hold elections for a convention on the 16th of the next month. The Orleanists, during their eighteen years’ reign, were opposed to the extension of suffrage, which was confined to about 18,000 voters in all France. Mr. Guizot even invented a term to distinguish the governing class of France, calling it the “pays legal.” As a consequence, the Orleans dynasty was supported only by surface roots, and not having any hold on the people was overthrown by the first storm. It has now no popularity, but a large part of the industrial class and a large part of the cultivated class in France are in favor of restoring that family
October 29, 1870

Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Fish. No. 145.] American Legation, Berlin, September 29, 1870. (Received October 20.) Sir: On the 24th of this month I sent you the following telegram: Fish,…

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George Bancroft to P. S.—The number of German troops now on French soil is about five hundred thousand. Other troops are still sent forward. To-day and to-morrow there will go twelve battalions of infantry, two of cavalry, and three batteries. Eight pieces of the heaviest artillery are on the way to Paris. The places in Alsace which are invested and not yet taken are Metz, Strasburg, Schlettstaedt, Bietsch, and Pfahlzburg; in the north, Paris and Mezieres. Thionville is watched by a small detachment. There has been fighting in the streets of Paris, with the use of guns and cannon. Who were the parties is unknown. On the 19th four divisions, one more than the Germans supposed, fled before the Germans, carrying the panic into the city. One of the Würtemberg, September 24, 1870

From George Bancroft
To P. S.—The number of German troops now on French soil is about five hundred thousand. Other troops are still sent forward. To-day and to-morrow there will go twelve battalions of infantry, two of cavalry, and three batteries. Eight pieces of the heaviest artillery are on the way to Paris. The places in Alsace which are invested and not yet taken are Metz, Strasburg, Schlettstaedt, Bietsch, and Pfahlzburg; in the north, Paris and Mezieres. Thionville is watched by a small detachment. There has been fighting in the streets of Paris, with the use of guns and cannon. Who were the parties is unknown. On the 19th four divisions, one more than the Germans supposed, fled before the Germans, carrying the panic into the city. One of the Würtemberg
September 24, 1870

Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Fish. No. 139.] American Legation, Berlin, September 24, 1870. (Received October 10.) Sir: Count Bismarck has published another circular, in which he expressly defines as the…

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