Cika wannan jumla:
Juyin Juya Halin Fabrairu ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa kuma ya zauna a Bastia, inda ya shiga fagen siyasa. Littafinsa mai suna "Histoire des Girondins" ya rinjayi shi sosai, Borghetti ya kasance babban mai sha'awar Lamartine. A zaben farko da aka gudanar a karkashin kuri'un gama gari (maza) a ranar 13 da 14 ga Mayu 1849 an zabe shi "Conseiller Général" na gidansa na Canton na Pero-Casevecchie. Ba wanda yake da saukin yarda ya daidaita ra'ayinsa ba, da sauri ya zama abin takaici don ganin makircin siyasa da cin amanar jama'a sun rinjayi amfanin jama'a, kuma ya ba da damar maye gurbinsa a matsayin "Conseiller Général" ta ɗaya daga cikin abokansa, mai shari'ar zaman lafiya Octavian Renucci, wanda ya riƙe mukamin har zuwa ƙarshen Daular Na Biyu. Bayan juyin mulkin 2 ga Disamba, 1851, ya yi watsi da rayuwar jama'a. Daga 1849 zuwa 1870, Borghetti ya kasance yana adawa da mulkin. Ba kamar sauran mutane da yawa a matsayinsa ba an tura shi gudun hijira, amma ya kasance sau da yawa batun cin zarafin gudanarwa.