{"id":2581,"date":"2015-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/19\/jai-travaille-au-bonheur-de-mon-peuple\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:15:21","slug":"jai-travaille-au-bonheur-de-mon-peuple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/jai-travaille-au-bonheur-de-mon-peuple\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab J&#039;ai travaill\u00e9 au bonheur de mon peuple&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cent_jours_citations.jpg\" alt=\"cent jours citations\" title=\"cent jours citations\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" width=\"400\" height=\"312\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0J\u2019ai travaill\u00e9 au bonheur de mon peuple. Pourrais-je, \u00e0 soixante ans, mieux terminer ma carri\u00e8re qu\u2019en mourant pour sa d\u00e9fense\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/louis-xviii\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">LOUIS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">XVIII<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1755-1824), \u00e0 la Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, s\u00e9ance du 16\u00a0mars\u00a01815<\/p>\n<p class=\"source\"><cite>Histoire de la Restauration et des causes qui ont amen\u00e9 la chute de la branche a\u00een\u00e9e des Bourbons<\/cite> (1843), Jean-Baptiste Honor\u00e9 Raymond Capefigue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Le discours du roi figure dans toutes les histoires de cette p\u00e9riode agit\u00e9e. Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XVIII<\/span> semble pr\u00eat au sacrifice supr\u00eame pour la Charte qui le fait roi de France. Le comte d\u2019Artois soutient sa r\u00e9solution, les deux fr\u00e8res s\u2019embrassent, unis dans l\u2019\u00e9preuve. Le roi fait encore acte de r\u00e9sistance\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Quoi qu\u2019il arrive, je ne quitterai pas mon fauteuil. La victime sera plus grande que le bourreau.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>La s\u00e9ance s\u2019ach\u00e8ve dans le d\u00e9lire, avec le serment du souverain rhumatisant. En r\u00e9alit\u00e9 et en coulisses, le \u00ab\u00a0Roi-fauteuil\u00a0\u00bb pr\u00e9pare sa fuite et met en s\u00fbret\u00e9 les joyaux de la Couronne. Podagre, souffrant de diab\u00e8te et de la goutte, Louis <span class=\"caps\">XVIII<\/span> doit marcher \u00e0 l\u2019aide de b\u00e9quilles, et se d\u00e9place souvent en fauteuil roulant. Il se surnomme lui-m\u00eame \u00ab\u00a0le roi fauteuil\u00a0\u00bb, non sans humour\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>Le soir m\u00eame, il apprend la d\u00e9fection du mar\u00e9chal Ney \u2013 pour lui, trahison. Il fait ses malles, mais le secret doit \u00eatre gard\u00e9. Le 19\u00a0mars, un courrier lui annonce que Napol\u00e9on est \u00e0 Auxerre, et marche sur Paris. C\u2019est le commencement de la fin de sa (premi\u00e8re) Restauration\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Je vois que tout est fini [\u2026] Je suis r\u00e9solu \u00e0 partir.\u00a0\u00bb Le soir, il part pour la Belgique. D\u00e9part piteux, pitoyable.<\/p>\n<p>Napol\u00e9on entre \u00e0 Paris, arrive aux Tuileries, dans la nuit. Les cris de \u00ab\u00a0Vive l\u2019empereur\u00a0\u00bb se m\u00ealent aux injures contre les Bourbons.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Ce diable d\u2019homme m\u2019a g\u00e2t\u00e9 la France.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/napoleon\"><span class=\"caps\">NAPOL\u00c9ON<\/span> Ier<\/a>, <em>Napol\u00e9on<\/em> (1969), Georges Lef\u00e8bvre<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00c0 peine install\u00e9 au ch\u00e2teau des Tuileries, le 20 mars 1815, il enrage contre Louis <span class=\"caps\">XVIII<\/span>, car il se trouve litt\u00e9ralement assailli de libelles demandant des garanties constitutionnelles, comme le roi a \u00e9t\u00e9 forc\u00e9 d\u2019en accorder.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0La l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 gisait en d\u00e9p\u00f4t \u00e0 l\u2019h\u00f4tel d\u2019Hane de Steenhuyse comme un vieux fourgon bris\u00e9.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/chateaubriand\"><span class=\"caps\">CHATEAUBRIAND<\/span><\/a>, <em>M\u00e9moires d\u2019outre-tombe<\/em> (posthume)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>L\u2019auteur des <em>M\u00e9moires<\/em> est nomm\u00e9 ministre de l\u2019Int\u00e9rieur par Louis <span class=\"caps\">XVIII<\/span> r\u00e9fugi\u00e9 \u00e0 Gand \u2013 parce que Talleyrand a su l\u2019emp\u00eacher de fuir plus loin. Le roi a constitu\u00e9 un gouvernement en exil. Selon le duc de Castries, Chateaubriand devient vite \u00e0 lui seul tout le gouvernement, mais n\u2019est pas dupe. La situation est assez ridicule, en ce d\u00e9but du mois d\u2019avril 1815.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/histoire-en-citations-volume-7-5.jpg\" alt=\"restauration citation\" title=\"restauration citations histoire\" style=\"float: left;margin: 10px\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"restauration citations histoire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-7\">Feuilletez notre Chronique sur la Restauration pour en savoir plus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0J&#8217;ai travaill\u00e9 au bonheur de mon peuple. Pourrais-je, \u00e0 soixante ans, mieux terminer ma carri\u00e8re qu&#8217;en mourant pour sa d\u00e9fense\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb LOUIS XVIII (1755-1824), \u00e0 la Chambre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, s\u00e9ance du 16\u00a0mars\u00a01815 Histoire de la Restauration et des causes qui ont amen\u00e9 la chute de la branche a\u00een\u00e9e des Bourbons (1843), Jean-Baptiste Honor\u00e9 Raymond Capefigue. Le [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1485],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronique-citation-du-jour-louis-xviii-restauration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions\/2584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}