The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics

Contents

vii General Editor’s Note, xi Note on the Translation, xv Note on the Editions of the Œuvres Complètes, xix Acknowledgments, xxi General Introduction, by Jacques de Guenin and Jean-Claude Paul-Dejean, xxiii Frédéric Bastiat Chronology, xxxvi Map of France Showing Cities Mentioned by Bastiat, xxxviii Map of Southwestern France, xxxix Part 1: Correspondence Introduction to the Correspondence, by David M. Hart, 3 Correspondence, 11 Part 2: Articles and Addresses Section 1: Articles of Biographical Interest 1. Two Articles on the Basque Language, 305 2. Reflection on the Question of Dueling, 309 3. On the Bordeaux to Bayonne Railway Line, 312 4. Draft Preface for the Harmonies, 316 5. Anglomania, Anglophobia, 320 6. Proposition for the Creation of a School for Sons of Sharecroppers, 334 Section 2: Political Manifestos 1. To the Electors of the Département of the Landes, 341 2. To the Electors of the District of Saint-Sever, 352 3. On Parliamentary Reform, 367 Contents 4. To the Electors of the Landes, 387 5. Letter to a Group of Supporters, 387 6. Political Manifestos of April 1849, 390 7. Letter on the Referendum for the Election of the President of the Republic, 395 Section 3: Electoral Principles 1. Electoral Sophisms, 397 2. The Elections, 404 3. Fragment, 410 4. Letter to a Candidate, 410 5. Letter to Roger Dampierre, 412 Section 4: Articles on Politics 1. On a New Secondary School to Be Founded in Bayonne, 415 2. Freedom of Teaching, 419 3. Freedom of Trade, 421 4. The Parisian Press, 425 5. Petition from an Economist, 426 6. Article in La République française, 429 7. The Scramble for Office, 431 8. Impediments and Taxes, 432 9. Freedom, 433 10. Laissez-faire, 434 11. Under the Republic, 435 12. On Disarmament, 437 13. The Kings Must Disarm, 439 14. Articles in La République française on the Political Situation, 440 15. To Citizens Lamartine and Ledru-Rollin, 444 16. Report Presented to the 1849 Session of the General Council of the Landes, on the Question of Common Land, 446 17. National Assembly, 451 18. Parliamentary Conflicts of Interest, 452 19. Parliamentary Reform, 457 20. Letter to an Ecclesiastic, 463 viii Contents 21. On Religion, 466 22. On the Separation of the Temporal and Spiritual Domains, 468 23. The Three Pieces of Advice, 471 Glossaries Glossary of Persons, 477 Glossary of Places, 509 Glossary of Subjects and Terms, 511 Appendix: List of the Correspondence by Recipient, 521 Bibliography of Primary Sources, 525 Index, 535 Contents ix ...