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_ CHAPTER VII. THE OTHER LIST
Opposite to the list of adherents should be placed the list of the proscribed. In this manner the two sides of the _coup d'etat_ can be seen at a glance.
"DECREE.
"ARTICLE I.--The ex-Representatives of the Assembly, whose
names are found beneath, are expelled from French territory,
from Algeria, and from the Colonies, for the sake of public safety:--
"Edmond Valentine. Charrassin.
Paul Racouchot. Bandsept.
Agricol Perdiguier. Savoye.
Eugene Cholat. Joly.
Louis Latrade. Combier.
Michel Renaud. Boysset.
Joseph Benoist (du Rhone). Duche.
Joseph Burgard. Ennery.
Jean Colfavru. Guilgot.
Joseph Faure (du Rhone). Hochstuhl.
Pierre-Charles Gambon. Michot Boutet.
Charles Lagrange. Baune.
Martin Nadaud. Bertholon.
Barthelemy Terrier. Schoelcher.
Victor Hugo. De Flotte.
Cassal. Joigneaux.
Signard. Laboulaye.
Viguier. Bruys.
Esquiros. Gaston Dussoubs.
Madier de Montjau. Guiter.
Noel Parfait. Lafon.
Emile Pean. Lamarque.
Pelletier. Pierre Lafranc.
Raspail. Jules Leroux.
Theodore Bac. Francisque Maigne.
Bancel. Malardier.
Belin (Drome). Mathieu (de la Drome).
Bosse. Millotte.
Bourzat. Roselli-Mollet.
Brive. Charras.
Chavoix. Saint-Ferreol.
Clement Dulac. Sommier.
Dupout (de Bussac). Testelin (Nord).
"ARTICLE II.--In the event, contrary to the present decree,
of one of the persons named in Article I. re-entering the
prohibited limits, he may be transported for the sake of public safety.
"Given at the Palace of the Tuileries, at the Cabinet
Council assembled, January 9th, 1852.
"LOUIS BONAPARTE.
"DE MORNY, Minister of the Interior."
There was besides a list of the "provisionally exiled," on which figured Edward Quinet, Victor Chauffour, General Laidet, Pascal Duprat, Versigny, Antony Thouret, Thiers, Girardin, and Remusat. Four Representatives, Mathe, Greppo, Marc-Dufraisse, and Richardet, were added to the list of the "expelled." Representative Miot was reserved for the tortures of the casemates of Africa. Thus in addition to the massacres, the victory of the _coup d'etat_ was paid for by these figures: eighty-eight Representatives proscribed, one killed.
I usually dined at Brussels in a cafe, called the Cafe des Mille Colonnes, which was frequented by the exiles. On the 10th of January I had invited Michel de Bourges to lunch, and we were sitting at the same table. The waiter brought me the _Moniteur Francais_; I glanced over it.
"Ah," said I, "here is the list of the proscribed." I ran my eye over it, and I said to Michel de Bourges, "I have a piece of bad news to tell you." Michel de Bourges turned pale. I added, "You are not on the list." His face brightened.
Michel de Bourges, so dauntless in the face of death, was faint-hearted in the face of exile. _
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