Chapter IV: IN THE PAS-DE-CALAIS--(continued)

Aire-sur-la-Lys--Local and general elections in France--A public meeting
in rural Artois--A councillor-general and his constituents--Artois
in the 18th and 19th centuries--Well-tilled fields, fine
roads, hedges, and orchards--Effect of long or short leases--A
meeting in a grange--French, English, and American audiences--Favouritism
under the conscription--Extravagant outlay on
scholastic palaces--Almost a scene--A political disturbance
promoted--Canvassing in England and France--Tenure of office in
the French Republic--'To the victors belong the spoils,' the
maxim not of Jackson but of Danton--'Epuration,' what it
means--If Republicans are not put into office 'they will have
civil war'--'No justice of the peace nor public school teacher to
be spared'--'Terror and anarchy carried into all branches of the
public service'--M. de Freycinet declares that 'servants of the
State have no liberty in politics'--The Tweed régime of New
York officially organised in France---Men of position reluctant
to take office--The expense of French elections--1,300,000_l._
sterling the estimated cost of an opposition campaign--A little
dinner in a French country house--The French cuisine national
and imported--An old Flemish city--Devastations of the Revolution--The
beautiful Church of St.-Pierre--A picturesque Corps
de Garde--The tournament of Bayard at Aire--Sixteenth-century
merry-makings at Aire--Gifts to Mary of England on her marriage
to Philip of Spain--The ancient city of Thérouanne--Public
schools in the 17th century--Small landholders in France before
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