Crossword-Solution: LEDRU 5 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 6

Proudhon, who had been asked to preside at the banquet, refused, and proposed in his stead, first, Ledru-Rollin, and then, in view of the reluctance of the organizers of the banquet, the illustrious president of the party of the Mountain, Lamennais.

Charles Delescluze, the editor-in-chief of "La Revolution Democratique et Sociale," who could not forgive him for having preferred Raspail to Ledru-Rollin, the candidate of the Mountain, attacked him on the day after the election with a violence which overstepped all bounds.

And by shouts of “yes” or “no” the people elected successively: Lamartine, Dupont de l’Eure, Arago, and Ledru-Rollin unanimously, Crémieux, Gamier-Pages, and Marie by a majority.

Ledru-Rollin read aloud the phrase: “The Provisional Government declares that the Provisional Government of France is the Republican Government--” “The word ‘provisional’ occurs twice,” he commented.

Ledru-Rollin went on: “What the people want is the Republic at once, the Republic without waiting.” “The Republic without any delay?” said Lamartine, covering an objection in this interpretation of Ledru-Rollin’s words.