God helps those who help themselves is a company founded jacobine in August 1827 with an aim of acting on the electorate by correspondences and publications. She was thus intended for the political training of the voters for legislative announced the in November and to coordinate the action of the liberals, so much monarchists (doctrinary) that republicans (democratic), so that the opposition obtains a maximum of seats.

History and organization

The meeting where the formation of the company was decided is held at Paravey, former adviser of State; it was chaired by François Guizot. Montalivet assisted to with it. Company name or currency was proposed by Ludovic Vitet, former deputy.

The direction of the Company was entrusted at a committee elected with the poll, every three months, as a general meeting; any member residing or correspondent was to pour a monthly contribution. The use of the funds and the implementation of the resolutions of the management committee were allotted to a secretary: Andre Marchais.

The company printed a vigorous movement: petitions arrived at the Room; the booklets followed one another quickly; the action of the press was bolder. The Aide company was reinforced without delay.

One of its first actions was to organize the funeral of the deputy Jacques-Antoine Manuel, on August 24th, 1827. Two young republicans, Armand Marrast and Louis-Adolphe Robin-Morhéry, were designated by the company to take the head of the convoy, followed by more than 100.000 people; it was the first public demonstration against the policy of Charles X.

The company God helps those who help themselves played a great part in the elections of November 1827 by finding for example 15.500 voters “forgotten” during the preceding elections. Its action made it possible to the liberals to obtain 70 deputies. This result influenced the following ministry, so that the Viscount of Martignac, which was royalist, was him also tried by liberal reforms.

After the election, Association crossed one crisis period, torn between those which were estimated satisfied and those which wished its dissolution. Many doctrinary (liberal monarchists) left the Association which posted from now on its democratic color clearly. Desired Guizot to remain member but kept away more from the management committee.

The most radical members of the Company took share to the Révolution of July. The activity of the company continues under the Monarchie of July under the impulse of Etienne Garnier-Pages, until 1834.

List management committees

• First committee: Jean Philibert Damiron, Desclozeaux, Desloges, Paul-François Dubois (of Loire-Atlantique), Tanneguy Duchâtel, Prosper Duvergier de Hauranne, Joubert, Lerminier, Went, Paravey, Charles de Rémusat, Augustin-Charles Renouard, Auguste Sautelet, Ludovic Vitet.

• Second committee: Jules Country house, Boinvilliers, Dejean, Paul-François Dubois (of Loire-Atlantique), Tanneguy Duchâtel, Prosper Duvergier de Hauranne, François Guizot, Joubert, Lerminier, Went, Paravey, Charles de Rémusat, Ludovic Vitet.

• Third committee (elected with the advent of the ministry Martignac, after the retirement of doctrinary): Odilon Deck-beam, Jules Country house, Boinvilliers, Godefroi Cavaignac, Chevallon, Decruzy, Gyunard, Lamy, Paul-Eugene de Lanjuinais, Went, Taschereau, Thomas.

• Fourth committee (in exercise in July 1830): Odilon Deck-beam, Jules Country house, J. Bernard, Berville, Boinvilliers, Godefroi Cavaignac, Chevallon, Corcelles, Decruzy, Gassicourt, Guizot, Lamy, Lanjuinais, Went, Eusèbe de Salverte, Taschereau, Thomas.

• Fifth committee (named in August 1830): Odilon Deck-beam, Jules Country house, Boinvilliers, Godefroi Cavaignac, Chevallon, Decruzy, Guinard, Lamy, Lanjuinais, Emmanuel de Las Boxes, E. Lebreton, Went, E. Salverte, Taschereau, CH. Test, Thomas, Tonnet.

Principal members of the company

This list was given by Marchais: Lively, To combine, Ambert, Andréossy, Etienne Arago, Audiat, Pierre-François Audry de Puyraveau, Ayliès, Barillon, Ferdinand Deck-beam, Odilon Deck-beam, Jules Country house, Bavoux wire, Pierre-Jean de Béranger (the poête), Jules Bernard, Berville, Auguste Blanqui, Scrap-metal, Bohain, Boinvilliers, Bonnarie, Borrego, Bouchené-Light, Boutron-Charlard, Brice, Etienne Cabet, Sadi Carnot, Armand Carrel, Casenage, Godefroy Cavaignac, Undermined, Chambolle, Knight, Chevallon, Charles Count, O'Connor, Corcelles wire, B. Dejean, general Demarçay, Desclozeaux, Drolling, Dubochet, Paul-François Dubois, Tanneguy Duchâtel, Christian Dumas, Dupont (of Bussac), Dupont-White, Dussart, Maurice Duval, Prosper Duvergier de Hauranne, Fenet, Ferdinand Flake, Forel, Frayssinaud, Froussard, Fulchiron, Garnier-Pages, Gauja, Gervais (of Caen), Henri Gisquet, Joseph Guinard, François Guizot, Haussmann, Hingray, Hubert, Georges Humann, François-Andre Isambert, Hippolyte François Jaubert, Joubert, Alexis de Jussieu, Klein, Lacaze de Montauban, Lafayette father, Lafayette wire, L. Lagarde, Lamy, Paul-Eugene de Lanjuinais, Laprée, Larabit, J. Lasteyrie, Lavalette, Lavocat, Lebon, Lepage, Lerminier, Cauchois-Lemaire, Levasseur, Pierre-Chaumont Liadières, Emile Littré, Adolphe Loève-Veimars, Mabrun, Handbook, Went, Marchal, elder Mérilbon, Montébello, Morhéry, Pagès (of Ariège), Pauca, Paravey, Perdonnet, Leon Pillet, Quinette, Raveau, Recurt, Charles de Rémusat, Charles Schoelcher, Sébire, Sentis, Taillandier, Taschereau, Louis Mortimer Ternaux, Charles Teste, Thiars, Thomas, Tonnet, Victor Destutt de Tracy, Ulysses Trélat, Louis Viardot, Visinet, Ludovic Vitet, J. of Wailly, Walferdin, Willocq.