George SAND laments the bloody days of June 1848. 

George Sand (1804.1876)

Signed autograph letter.

One page in-8°. Trace of collector's stamp.

Letterhead cut without affecting the text.

[Nohant] July 25, 1848.

“Let us think of our children who would become demoralized if we lost hope and joy. »  

Moving letter from George Sand deploring the social situation and the civil consequences of the bloody days of June 1848.

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" Good evening my friend. I would like to be able to give you courage, but I don't have any , whatever point of view we take, in the presence of the civil war, we can only be affected and deeply sorry on both sides. or else.

The victors and the vanquished are equally to be pitied, and I do not like crosses of honor in connection with a social struggle , however deserved they may be by courage and devotion. Yours at heart. Let us think of our children who would become demoralized if we lost hope and joy. G.Sand »

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The 1840s were, for George Sand, those of fervent political commitment conveyed by numerous publications in the national press. Priestess of the socialist and republican ideal, Sand participates in numerous actions in favor of oppressed populations.

However, the failure of the revolution of 1848 and the bloody days of June marked the end of his militant activity and the beginning of his disillusionment. Retired to Nohant from May 1848, Sand only took part in the political debate to criticize Louis Napoléon Bonaparte in various magazines.

“The February revolution was the result of a spontaneous expression of popular sovereignty manifested by unanimous enthusiasm […]. Do not be frightened, do not pretend to faint, do not say that we are calling for civil war […]. There will be no riots, the people don't want them anymore. There will be no conspiracies, the people thwart them. There will be no bloodshed, the people hate it. There will be no threats, the people have no need to make them […]. The people will not touch a hair of your precious representatives. He will not tell them: Death to the bourgeois! To the lantern, you and yours! […] If you were even richer and more skillful, you could perhaps produce an appearance of a majority to start civil war. Well, civil war would not obey you, it would take you first. But, in your learned calculations, you have forgotten the supreme law, the great power, the great voice of humanity. It will come, and the thought of civil war will vanish like a bad dream. She feels herself, she now knows herself, the unanimous voice of the people! » George Sand, “The majority and unanimity”, La Cause du peuple, April 23, 1848.