On August 26, 1789 the National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. Its ideas were rooted in the Enlightenment. Then on October 5, women marched up to Versailles and captured the king and his family and forcefully transported them to Paris. This ongoing chaos in the French Revolution causes me much distraught. Why would one ever challenge the authority of our government? “Let us observe the world around us -- what institutions have survived throughout the centuries?” I tell you that it is the French Monarchy! It has survived for sixty-six monarchs of varying sufficiency and it will be assured that it would last another sixty six years. The infrastructure of authority “do not lie in institutions constructed by reason, and they are certainly not the product of a contract, theoretical or otherwise. If they are to endure, all institutions of authority must necessarily be irrational.” A strong monarchial power is needed and it is exemplified through the downfall of Poland. The restoration of the monarchy in France would be restrained by newly instituted councils named by electors appointed by the king. However ultimate authority must be tied in with religion through the means of the pope. Fellow Frenchmen is this what we want our great nation to end up becoming? We must restore hereditary monarchy and forget about the silly ideas like liberalism. We must favor political authority, an organized religion, and remain with tradition as a guide for order. Only then will we achieve a great nation.
Dear Joseph De Maistre,
ReplyDeleteI too am a Conservative Manifesto. However, my ideas greatly contradict with yours. I believe that a society can reach higher heights if a government did not pose restrictions. A society is meant to grow alongside the work of citizens. Although, I disagree with you I also agree with you on religion. It is true religion must be tied with a society in order for one to have an ambition, the idea of creating a society based off a certain religion. This will cause citizens to strive for a common goal!