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
Goettengen, 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 Koerner--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