Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Injiniya, shi ne babban mashawarcin Morbihan a 1830. Daga baya, a Paris, ya kafa masana'antar injin tururi, kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi amfani da ra'ayoyin abokinsa Proudhon game da ƙungiyar jari don aiki. Bayan Juyin Juya Halin 1848 gwamnatin wucin gadi ta nada shi Kwamishinan Jamhuriyar a Morbihan. Shi dan majalisa ne mai tsaka-tsakin jam'iyyar Republican.
inda ya murkushe masu tayar da kayar baya a watan Yunin 1848. Bai zauna a majalisar dokoki ba. A cikin Daular Na Biyu, ya yi fatarar kuɗi ta hanyar ƙirƙirar banki wanda ya musanya da ragi ta amfani da ra'ayoyin Proudhonian. a 1866, ya shiga Kungiyar Ma'aikata ta Duniya.