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Pierre Charles Chesnelong
Pierre Charles Chesnelong (24 April 1820 – 22 July 1899) was a French politician, born at Orthez in the "départment" of the Basses-Pyrénées.
In the Second Empire.
In 1848, during the French uprising, he proclaimed himself a Republican; but, after the establishment of the Second Empire, he changed his views, and in 1865 was returned to the Chamber of Deputies as the official candidate for his native place. He at once became conspicuous, both for his eloquence
" to create "L'Union monarchique" (renamed "L'Union" in 1848). Pierre-Sébastien Laurentie took over its editorship and turned it into an Ultra-Royalist publication. In it Lamartine published his letter "Opinion du citoyen Lamartine sur le Communisme". Also, on 27 October 1873, it published the open letter to Pierre Charles Chesnelong by which the Comte de Chambord reiterated his attachment to the royalist white flag and refused all compromise.
Contributors.
- Balzac published in "L'Union monarchique", from 7