The Press in the Crisis of August 8, 1829

Abstract

Martignac’s moderate Cabinet had been isolated from the crown, but it might still have survived if it had held the support of a majority of the deputies. The Left, however, ignored the sincere constitutionalism of the Bordelais orator, and continually blamed him for yielding to the far Right. At the same time, the Ultras demanded his head for yielding to the “opinion”. His own support in the Center-Right was neither stable nor numerically large.