His intimate society was among the writers and
orators of liberty. He was irreproachable in appear-
ance toward the court, and gracious and attractive
toward the rising opposition. This opposition seemed
to spring up in the very palace of Orleans, where the
Revolution had its birth. At last came the Revolu-
tion of the Barricades (in 1830) and the once homeless
and needy wanderer was elevated to the throne of
Prance.
The new monarchy established in France was ex:-



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posed to the most imminent dangers from the republi-
cans on the one hand and the partizans of the exiled
family on the other. The republican party was in-
finitely the most formidable, because, in the capital, at
least, there was a much greater mass to whom its opin-
ions and incentives were likely to be agreeable. There
was a spirit of extraordinary earnestness in its mem-
bers; several attempts were made to assassinate the
king ; but all were unsuccessful.
