Armand Marrast

Armand Marrast is a publicity agent and French politician born with Saint-Gaudens the June 5th 1801 and died in Paris the April 12th 1852. It militated in the liberal opposition under the Restauration, took share with the revolution of 1830 and took part in the republican movement under the Monarchie of July.

Biography

Armand Marrast begins in teaching like repeater with the college from Orthez, then professor of rhetoric to Saint-Sever. German Sarrut the fact of naming main studies with the Louis-the-Large college where it bound friendship with Pierre Laromiguière, holder since 1809 of the pulpit of philosophy to the Faculty of Arts of Paris, which protected it and made it admit as supervisor with the National university.

Doctor be-letters in Paris in 1825, with a thesis of literature entitled, Explanations on this question: Is this with the poets or the prosateurs who belongs glory to have more contributed to form and to improve the French language? . Its Latin thesis is entitled: Dissertatio of veritate .

In August 1827, it is indicated with Morhéry by association “Aide you, the sky will help you” to take the head of the convoy to funerals of the deputy Jacques-Antoine Manuel whose funeral procession is followed by nearly one hundred thousand people and represents the first great public protest against the policy of Charles X. The following day it is revoked of its station of repeater and cannot present to aggregation philosophy.

Of 1827 with 1829, he is tutor of the oldest son of the banker of Spanish origin Alexandre Aguado (1784 - 1842), marquis de Las Marismas.

Marrast begins in 1829 conferences with the Athenaeum, and begins as journalist with the Platform from the departments , of which he becomes editor association. As of its first articles, it is essential on the attention and an attack against the ministry is worth six months of prison to him. Around this newspaper organized the “Conspiration Fayette”, paramilitary organization of students and workmen, ordered by his friend Morhéry and who plays a big role in the release of the revolution of 1830, which Marrast takes an active share.

Under the Monarchy of July, always to the Platform , it is opposed to the policy Louis-Philippe. The January 29th 1836 it is condemned to the Déportation, and takes refuge in England. It returns from there in June 1837, with the favor of the decided amnesty the May 8th at the time of the marriage of the duke of Orleans.

He becomes director of the National , newspaper republican. At the time of the Business Pritchard, it publishes a series of portraits of deputies having voted the allocated allowance with Pritchard, as the ministry required it, portraits which had a great success.

Marrast is one of the organizers of the banquet of the February 22nd 1848 which started the revolution of 1848. It supports the proclamation of the Republic and is named member of the Provisional government.

The March 6th, it becomes mayor of Paris, and is opposed to democratic measurements. Appointed the National Assembly, it joins the policy of repression which followed the Journées of June 1848. In July 1848, it chairs the Parliament. It is one of the principal writers of the Constitution of 1848, is the rapporteur and promulgates it on November 12th, 1848 on the Place of the Harmony in Paris.

It withdraws political life after its failure with the elections with the legislative Assemblée in 1849.

He dies the April 12th 1852, “in the misery and forgotten of all”.

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