Re: Congratulations to the new President

On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 09:25:16 -0700, % <pursent100@gmail.com> wrote:

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Für das deutsche Vaterland!
Danach lasst uns alle streben
Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Sind des Glückes Unterpfand –
? Blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes,
Blühe, deutsches Vaterland! ?

The Holy Roman Empire, stemming from the Middle Ages, was already
disintegrating when the French Revolution and the ensuing Napoleonic
Wars altered the political map of Central Europe. However, hopes for
human rights and republican government after Napoleon's defeat in 1815
were dashed when the Congress of Vienna reinstated many small German
principalities.

 In addition, with the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819, Austrian Chancellor
Klemens von Metternich and his secret police enforced censorship,
mainly in universities, to keep a watch on the activities of teachers
and students, whom he held responsible for the spread of radical
liberalist ideas.

Since reactionaries among the monarchs were the main adversaries,
demands for freedom of the press and other liberal rights were most
often uttered in connection with the demand for a united Germany, even
though many revolutionaries-to-be held differing opinions over whether
a republic or a constitutional monarchy would be the best solution for
Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschlandlied