Chapter VII: My Opposition

1820-1829.

My Retirement at the Maisonnette.--I publish four incidental
Essays on Political Affairs: 1. Of the Government of France
since the Restoration, and of the Ministry in Office (1820); 2.
Of Conspiracies and Political Justice (1821); 3. Of the Resources
of the Government and the Opposition in the actual State of
France (1821); 4. Of Capital Punishment for Political Offences
(1822).--Character and Effects of these Publications.--Limits of
my Opposition.--The Carbonari.--Visit of M. Manuel.--I commence
my Course of Lectures on the History of the Origin of
Representative Government.--Its double Object.--The Abbe
Frayssinous orders its Suspension.--My Historical Labours--on
the History of England; on the History of France; on the Relations
and Mutual Influence of France and England; on the Philosophic
and Literary Tendencies of that Epoch.--The French
Review.--The Globe.--The Elections of 1827.--My Connection
with the Society, 'Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.'--My
Relations with the Administration of M. de Martignac; he
authorizes the Re-opening of my Course of Lectures, and restores
my Title as a State-Councillor.--My Lectures (1828-1830) on
the History of Civilization in Europe and in France.--Their
Effect.--I am elected Deputy for Lisieux (December, 1829). 278