Some of the monarchists maintained the "septennat personnel," namely, the election of one specific person to hold office for seven years, with the idea that he could withdraw at any time in favor of a king.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
But while blows were exchanged and relations were otherwise strained, and the monarchists, generally speaking, were highly annoyed, and the Republicans were even more perturbed, the latter suddenly lay low, and hatched an audacious plot.
"The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy"
Mabel Henriette Spielmann
For the first time in history the aristocrats and the monarchists, the Conservative Republicans and the Clericals walked in procession behind the blood-red rag.
"The Soul of the War"
Philip Gibbs