Le Second Empire: dialogues politiques : fragment 1859 [Leather Bound]

by Adolphe Dechamps

This edition features a leather binding on the spine and corners, adorned with gold leaf printing on the rounded spine. Additional customizations are available upon request, such as full leather binding, gold screen printing on the cover, colored leather options, or custom book colors. Reprinted in 2019 from the original edition published many years ago [1859], this book is presented in black and white with a sewn binding to ensure durability. It is printed on high-quality, acid-free, natural shade paper, resized to meet current standards, and professionally processed to maintain the integrity of the original content. Given the age of the original texts, each page has been meticulously processed to enhance readability. However, some pages may still have minor issues such as blurring, missing text, or black spots. If the original was part of a multi-volume set, please note that this reprint is a single volume. We hope you understand these limitations and appreciate our efforts to preserve this valuable piece of literary history. We believe this book will be of great interest to readers keen on exploring our rich cultural heritage and are pleased to bring it back to the shelves. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. French, 136. Full leather binding is available for an additional $25 beyond the price of the standard leather-bound edition. {Folio edition also available.} Complete Le Second dialogues politiques : fragment 1859 [Leather Bound] by Adolphe Dechamps

136 pages, Leather Bound

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Adolphe Deschamps was a Belgian statesman and publisher, the brother of Cardinal Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps.

He entered public life about 1830 and soon became popular through his contributions to several Catholic newspapers. Having founded, with his friend Pierre de Decker, the Revue de Bruxelles, he advocated in that paper a system of parliamentary government which was termed "government of the centres". The ministries were to be composed of Catholics and Liberals and to be supported by the moderate elements of the two parties. The scheme worked for some years. In 1834 Dechamps was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, where his talent as an orator soon secured him a prominent position. In 1836 he participated very actively in the discussion of the bill on the organization of the communes, and in 1839 he opposed the Treaty of London, 1839. The Great Powers had imposed that treaty on Belgium and the Netherlands in 1834, but the latter had delayed accepting it in the hope that she might eventually obtain better conditions. Deschamps, with many others, held that by this delay the Netherlands had forfeited her right to the advantages granted her by the Powers and they urged the Government to appeal to arms rather than to surrender any part of Belgian territory. This warlike policy, however, would have been opposed by the Great Powers, and peace was finally signed with the Netherlands.

He also played a leading part in the passing of the bill on elementary education. Up to 1842 there had been no elementary public schools in Belgium, although there were numerous schools organized under the direction of the clergy. One of the provisions of the new bill enacted that religious instruction was to form an essential part of public education and to be under the control of the clergy. The bill was passed almost unanimously by the votes of both Catholics and Liberals. From 1843 to 1848 Dechamps was a member of several ministries. After the defeat of his party in 1848 he became the leader of the Catholic minority in the Chamber of Representatives and retained that position for several years. In 1864 he retired from politics and engaged in financial enterprises, but his ventures proved unsuccessful.