QO RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS. 



only one. This article was not included in the future 

 constitutions. 



The Government never informed me of what they 

 had to complain in my conduct ; but M. Odilon 

 Barrot, who made everything subservient to his keep- 

 ing himself in power, completely eluded the question 

 upon which he had to give a reply. For what had 

 he to answer, if it was not to explain the sudden 

 recall of the agent charged with negotiating with the 

 Bomans, and the order for our troops to enter Borne 

 by force. 



Instead of giving the hitherto concealed motives for 

 these two decisions arrived at on May 29th, the 

 President of the Council diverted the debate into 

 another channel, and in order to escape from embar- 

 rassing questions he attacked my treaty of the 31st, 

 which was not concluded until two days after the 

 order for my recall. It must be remembered that 

 the telegraphic despatch of May 29th, containing the 

 order for my recall, reached head- quarters twelve 

 hours after the signature of my convention, and that 

 General Oudinot could not have availed himself of it, 

 as falsely asserted by M. Odilon Barrot to justify his 

 refusal to adhere to the convention. Nor must it be 

 forgotten that the date of May 29th marked the 

 change from the Constituent to the Legislative 

 Assembly. 



It appears necessary for me, in the interests of 



