HAUTE-LOIRE. Joseph Alphonse de SAIGNARD DE CHOMOUROUX (Aube - Lot 558

HAUTE-LOIRE. Joseph Alphonse de SAIGNARD DE CHOMOUROUX (Aubenas 1788 - Yssingeaux/ Haute-Loire 1872) Deputy, Mayor - Letter signed POIGNANT, from Paris on October 15, 1831, addressed to Comte de CHOUMOUROUX A ISSINGEAUX, Haute-Loire, about the fear of new riots. 3 pages in-4°: "Monsieur le Comte. I have completed your affair concerning the 480 Fr. bill of exchange. I have been looking for a long time for some way to relieve you of the payment of this matter; I have consulted an agrée at the Tribunal de Commerce, who is a great expert in these matters, and between the two of us, we have been unable to find anything. The bill of exchange was subscribed without any reservation, confided value in goods, it was presented by a third party bearer, and with the ultimate conviction that it was a theft that had been made from you, the result of our common opinion was nevertheless that it was necessary to pay and this is what I did. I was also charged 38 fr for expenses, and 75 fr for interest from April 2, 1829, the date of the protest, and 20 fr for the return account. You ask me how business is going in Paris. I'll answer boldly: Pretty bad. People want strength in government, and the poor ministers are busy every day struggling to cope with the ever-increasing demands of a far too young Chamber. Generally speaking, we don't believe in war, but we do believe in domestic unrest, in the lack of agreement between the Government and the Chambers; we have no confidence in the future. Who will restore it? God knows. As for me, rather than see the shameful riots that have plagued Paris of late, rather than see the Government take to the streets, I'd rather be led by an arm of iron; we'll get there, I'm convinced, and we'll have earned it. At the end of this year, as is my custom, I'll send you a statement of your account, so that you know your position here..."