A proposed constitutional arrangement gives the monarch the head-of-state role while politicians conduct government. A panelist objects that an army placing the monarch in power might prefer to preserve an absolutist system. The response distinguishes officers' preferences from those of ordinary soldiers: mass refusal to obey could leave the regime without an effective army. A later contribution identifies late or missing pay as another source of resentment in the French army. Fearing an army takeover while failing to pay soldiers is criticized as a self-defeating policy.
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A military-backed monarchy would still need soldiers' consent
The restoration debate connects constitutional arrangements with the willingness of ordinary soldiers to obey and the importance of paying them.