tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post975084442977482637..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: On the Wrong Side of Historyelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-21760360015553321742015-06-22T05:15:01.296-04:002015-06-22T05:15:01.296-04:00Moral courage means placing more value upon the in...<i>Moral courage means placing more value upon the integrity of conscience over the stability of external events</i><br /><br />That might be the principle on which Chesterton found Burke (and Montesquieux) faulty.<br /><br />Conservatism as mere conservatism can give stability of external events, but a conservatism which is never either reactionary nor progressive, for that reason, is probably swallowing too much compromise to have an integrity of conscience.<br /><br />If you want integrity of conscience in opposing the French Revolution, I do recommend one Swede. Gustav IV Adolf (the one who, had he remained on the throne, Fersen would not have been killed by that mob). He was shocked at Napoleon killing le Duc d'Enghien without due process, concluded Napoleon was the apocalyptic beast (some prophet seems to have considered Pius VI or VII was dealing with an Aquila Rapax, wasn't he an Irishman or sth?). So, when Russia, then allied to Napoleon, made demands, he was adamant and Sweden did not meet them. That was how the disastrous war with Russia over Finland and fought on Finnish and North Swedish territory started. He was sabotaged by freemasons who were into supporting Napoleon (they were still on that line when electing, as successor to the apoplectic Dane, Maréchal Bernadotte). And after losing the war, he lost the throne. It was his son, Gustav Prince of Wasa, who lived at the Habsburg court of Vienna, as an exile.Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.com