Chapter IV
The Burschenschaft.—The origin of this celebrated Society to be found in the patriotic desire to free Germany from the domination of Buonaparte—this feeling at first high and holy—quickened by the union of Learned and Literary men in the Poet-League of Göttengen, to advance the Language and Literature of the Country—the triumphs of Literature at their height under Schiller and Goethe, when the French Invasion took place—the indignant enthusiasm excited by this on the minds of the Students—the formation of Burschenschafts—these in different Universities united by one general bond—their effect in rousing Germany to the expulsion of the French—these feelings immortalized in the songs of Theodore Körner—the People’s Battle at Leipsic—the expulsion of the French followed by a demand for the restoration of the Germanic Empire—Act of Confederation of the German States signed—Formation of the Holy Alliance of Sovereigns— Disappointment of the People—Agitations of the Burschenschaft— Beautiful ceremonies at the celebration of the Peace Anniversary at Jena, etc. 1816—farther proceedings of the Borschenschaft—the celebrated Festival in the Wartburg in 1817, at which the Writings of Kotzebue ware burnt—Congress of Universities at Jena in 1818, and Publication of the Constitution of the Burschenschaft—the influence of these events on the mind of George Sand, and its consequences