The Girondins of Chile: Reminiscences of an Eyewitness by Benjamin Vicuña MacKenna
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Overview: The Girondins of Chile tells of the strong influence that the European revolutions of 1848 had in Chile, and how they motivated a young Santiago society with high cultural aspirations but little political knowledge or direction. Benjamin Vicuna Mackenna, a Chilean writer and historian who lived during those days in Santiago, relates the events of the time, events in which he was a participant. He pays special attention to how the 1848 revolutions influenced a group of young liberals he called “Chilean Girondins.” When news of the fall of Philippe d’Orleans and the installation of the Second Republic arrived, there was an explosion of jubilation in Santiago. Now there were no barriers to ideas, “much less to the generous ideas proclaimed by the sincere people of France.” But when a proletarian revolution took place in France in June, Chilean public opinion became virulently anti-revolutionary. Except, of course, among the liberal youth, the Chilean Girondins, who were headed towards revolution and sooner than anyone thought.
Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Politics
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