His monarchical faith was by no means fanaticism of the past: it admitted the modifications conceded by the king himself, and which were compatible with the inviolability of the throne and the working of the executive power.

From Mirabeau to him the difference of the first principle was not wide apart, only one decried it as an aristocrat, and the other as a democrat.

The one flung himself headlong into the midst of the people, the other attached himself to the steps of the throne.
The characteristic of Cazales' eloquence was that of a desperate cause.
He protested more than he discussed, and opposed to the triumphs of violence on the _cote gauche_, his ironic defiance, his bursts of bitter indignation, which for the moment acquired admiration, but never led to victory.

To him the _noblesse_ owed that it fell with glory; the throne, with majesty: and his eloquence attained something that was heroic.
Behind these two men there was only a party, soured by ill-fortune, discouraged by its isolation from the nation, odious to the people, useless to the throne, feeding on vain illusions, and only preserving of its fallen power the resentment of injuries, and that insolence which was perpetually provoking fresh humiliations.

The hopes of this party were entirely sustained by their reliance on the armed intervention of foreign powers.