In his selfish Royalism he had protested against the new French constitution as being unsuited to Corsica, "though it was exactly the same as that which brought us so much good and was wrested from us only amidst streams of blood."
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
The "whiff of grapeshot" crushed a movement which could have led only to present anarchy, and probably would have brought France back to Royalism of an odious type.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
In any case, it was not put to the test; for Royalism was rampant on the mainland, and two of our cruisers hovered about the Gironde.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose