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He was born at Lyon on the 21th of March 1809.
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Jules Claude Gabriel Favre
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These addresses, eloquent, clear and incisive, won him a seat in the French Academy in 1867.
Career
He began his career as an advocate. After the revolution of 1848 as a deputy of the Constituent Assembly, he sat among the moderate republicans and voted against the socialists. When Louis Napoleon was elected President of France, Favre made himself conspicuous by his opposition, on the 2nd of December 1851 he tried with Victor Hugo and others to organize an armed resistance in the streets of Paris. After the coup d’état he withdrew from politics, resumed his profession, and distinguished himself by his defense of Felice Orsini, the perpetrator of the attack against the life of Napoleon III. As the deputy for Paris he was one of the " Five " who gave the signal for the republican opposition to the Empire. In 1863 he became the head of his party, and delivered a number of addresses denouncing the Mexican expedition and the occupation of Rome. These addresses, eloquent, clear and incisive, won him a seat in the French Academy in 1867. With Thiers he opposed the declaration of war against Prussia in 1870, and at the news of the defeat of Napoleon III at Sedan he demanded from the Legislative Assembly the deposition of the emperor. During he was a vice-president in the government of National Defence he proved to be less adroit as a diplomat than he had been as an orator, and committed several irreparable blunders. He also made the mistake of not having an assembly elected which would have more regular powers than the government of National Defense, and of opposing the removal of the government from Paris during the siege. In the peace negotiations he allowed Bismarck to get the better of him, and arranged for the armistice of the 28th of June 1871 without knowing, the situation of the armies, and without consulting the government at Bordeaux. By a grave oversight he neglected to inform Gambetta that the army of the East (80, 000 men) was not included in the armistice, and it was thus obliged to retreat to neutral territory. He gave no proof whatever of diplomatic skill in the negotiations for the treaty of Frankfort, and it was Bismarck who imposed all the conditions. He withdrew from the ministry, discredited, on the 2nd of August 1871, but remained in the chamber of deputies. Elected senator on the 30th of January 1876, he continued to support the government of the republic against the reactionary opposition, until his death on the 20th of January 1880.
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The Government of the National Defence from the 30th of June to the 31st of October 1870 ... Translated from the French by H. Clark.
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The Government of the National Defence from the 30th of June to the 31st of October 1870 ... Translated from the French by H. Clark.
Politics
From the time of the revolution of 1830 he openly declared himself a republican, and in political trials he seized the opportunity to express his opinions.
Membership
In 1867, Favre was elected a member of the French Academy in the place of Cousin.
Connections
He had a series of children with a married woman who never got a divorce. Although Favre recognized these children as his own legally, the story did not become known generally until after 1871, when his bungling of the diplomacy with Bismarck left him a good target for political enemies. The story was released, and Favre did win damages against one of the men who released it, but whatever influence he might still have had was smashed. Ironically, it is apparent that his old opponent, Napoleon III knew of the situation, but as Favre never attacked the Emperor about his sexual affairs, the Emperor respected Favre on the same issue. After his death his family published his speeches in 8 volumes.
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