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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:38, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Wallachian legislative election, 1857

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Allegory of the United Principalities, 1857

• ... that two former Princes of Wallachia ran for deputy seats in 1857, both of them losing at Buzău and recovering to win at Dolj? Source: Preda, p. 74 — Gheorghe Bibescu și Barbu Știrbei au fost depășiți, la Buzău, de mai puțin cunoscuții N. N. Pieleanu și S. Voinescu, care adunaseră 49, respectiv 44 de voturi, față de trei voturi, respectiv 11, pentru foștii domni. Cei doi au fost totuși aleși la Dolj, pentru că, fiind incluși în categoria marilor boieri, puteau candida în mai multe locuri. ("Gheorghe Bibescu and Barbu Știrbei were outrun, at Buzău, but the lesser known N. N. Pieleanu and S. Voinescu, who gathered 49 and 44 votes, respectively, as compared to three and 11 votes, respectively, for the former rulers. The two [princes] were nonetheless elected at Dolj, since, as members of the grand boyars' category, they could run in multiple precincts.")
  • ALT1:... that, ahead of the 1857 election in Wallachia, conservatives supported union with Moldavia (allegory pictured), later claiming that liberal unionists had plagiarized their program? Source: Demetriescu, pp. 25–26: Un comitet compus din 9 membri se formă de timpuriu între conservatori. El făcu un apel către alegători [care] cuprindea următoarele opt puncte capitale: [...] 2. Unirea principatelor moldo-române într'un singur Stat [...]. La 30 Martie, adică la 11 zile după publicarea manifestului boierilor, apărù în Concordia manifestul liberalilor, [care] erà o copie a celui de mai sus [...]. Aci, ca în multe alte privințe 'liberalii surprinseseră pe conservatori, pe când aceștia se scăldau în gârlă și le le furaseră hainele de pe mal', ca să ne slujim de figura lui Disraeli aplicată lui Robert Peel. Deaceea avea mare dreptate B. Katargiu, când, adresându-se în ședința Camerei dela 23 Mai 1861 către capii partidului liberal, le zicea: 'Ați zis că d-voastră ați luat inițiativa celor patru puncte din Divanul ad-hoc și că dreapta le-a combătut. La aceasta nu vă voiu răspunde decât numai cu fapte, arătându-vă că acele patru puncte [...] s'au cerut de noi aristocrații, încă pe când d-voastră erați în străinătate'. ("A 9-member committee was formed very early on by the conservatives. It produced an appeal to the voters, [which] carried the following 8 points of agenda: [...] 2. The unification of the Moldavian-Romanian principalities as one State [...]. On March 30, that is to say 11 days after the publication of the boyar manifesto, Concordia put up the liberals' manifesto, [which] was a copy of the above [...]. Here, as in many other instances, 'the liberals caught the caught the conservatives bathing in the ravine, and walked away with their clothes', as per the figure [of speech] used by Disraeli against Robert Peel. And this is why B. Katargiu was entirely justified when, in his address to the liberal party chiefs on May 23, 1861, he was telling them: 'Gentlemen, you have claimed that the initiative for the four points of the ad-hoc Divan was yours, and that the right-wing fought against them. I shall resort only to facts in responding to this, by showing you that the four points [...] were demanded by us aristocrats, back when you were still [in exile] abroad'.")

• Reviewed: Lucy Kaopaulu Peabody

Created by Dahn (talk). Self-nominated at 11:44, 11 February 2017 (UTC).

Substantial article on a complex topic, thank you! Plenty of sources, offline and Romanian sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I prefer ALT1, using the pretty licensed image. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:16, 28 February 2017 (UTC)