July Ordinances

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July Ordinances, also known as Ordinances of Saint-Cloud, were a series of decrees set forth by Charles X and Jules Armand de Polignac, the chief minister, in July 1830.

Compelled by what he felt to be a growing, manipulative radicalism in the elected government, Charles felt that as king by right of birth and not parliamentary privilege, his primary duty was the guarantee of order and happiness in France and its people; not in political bipartisanship and the self-interpreted rights of implacable political enemies.

The result was this was that on 9 July 1830, Charles announced that in his interpretation of, and in full compliance with, Article 14 of the Charte, he would henceforth govern by ordonnances.On 25 July, while a guest at Saint-Cloud, he signed the famous "July Ordinances" which were published in the Parisian newspaper Moniteur the following day.

These ordonnances of 26 July:

Suspended the liberty of the press
Appointed new, and what many considered reactionary, Conseillers d'Etat
Dissolved the newly elected Chamber of Deputies
Reduced the number of deputies in future Chambers
Summoned new electoral colleges for September of that year
Withdrew the Deputies' right of amendment
Excluded the commercial bourgeoisie from future elections^[1]

It was intended to quell the people of France. However, the ordinances had the opposite effect of angering the French citizens. Journalists gathered in protest at the headquarters of the National daily, founded in January 1830 by Adolphe Thiers, Armand Carrel, and others. The final result was the July Revolution and Charles X's overthrow.