The Memoirs of Joseph Fouch Duke of Otranto volume 2
The Memoirs of Joseph Fouch Duke of Otranto volume 2
Joseph Fouch
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I was no stranger to the motions of this party, by means of which I subsequently became minister. I was, however, aware that it was indispensable to rally all the elements of the Revolution in order to oppose them in one body to the power of the sword; that it was necessary to oppose one name against another, and the charm of those recollections, which the heir of the first mover of the Revolution would excite in the hearts of free- men, against that of a glory which, by its sudden resurrection..., dazzled the genius of the camp. When the King's ministers desired to know what were the means which I proposed to employ in order to prevent Napoleon from reaching Paris, I refused to communi- cate them, being disinclined to disclose them to any person but the King himself; but I protested that I was sure of success. The two chief conditions which I exacted was the appointment of the first prince of the blood to the lieutenant-generalship of the king- dom and the consignment of power and the direction 220 MEMOIRS OF FOUCHfi of affairs into my hands and those of my party.
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