Bureaucratic Rule Shapes French Political Struggle to 1880
The author argues that regardless of form, centralized executive power dominates France, making constitutional labels secondary. Voters value names like Republic or Napoleon while enduring despotism masked as lawful authority. Conservatives seek to stall until 1880 to retain the bureaucracy’s grip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mairie
Court of Justice
Napoleon
Henri Cing
France
New York Churches Open Winter Work and Faith in America
The article notes a return to winter services in New York and major cities, led by Dr. John Hall and Henry Ward Beecher. It discusses church variety, ritual trends, and the rising feverish religious life, with emphasis on Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Dutch Reformed, and Congregational strength, plus missionary and social efforts across the country.
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New York
United States
John Hall
Fifth Avenue
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Plymouth
New York Herald
New York Times
Church of the Incarnation
Church of the Redeemer
Church of the Strangers
Church of Sea and Land
Calvary Church
Church of the Mediation
Protestant Episcopal Church
America
England
Copal
Boston
Reformed Episcopal Church
American Episcopal Church
Episcopal Office
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dutch Reformed Church
New England
West
W. M. Taylor
Broadway
Llewelyn D. Bevan
Gardiner Spring
Bevan
Hall
de Witt Talmage
Reposs
Kingdom of Heaven
Fulton-street Daily Prayer Meeting
American Bible Society
Freedmen’s Aid Societies
American Tract Society
London
Home Missionary Society
Europe
American Board of Foreign Missions
Providence
Rhode Island
London Missionary Society
Old Country
Fairchild
Oberlin