New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-15

n,.ru OF PAUL FoLLsN.-From German
.,ne, printed in St. Louis. Der Amseiger der
W,,tsps, We Translate, says the Evening T, st,
~, following account of Paul FolIen, a younger
.-.,hsr OF DR.. Follen, who lately died in Mis-
souri,
.,,.e hyplhers who have made THIS iame one of
.ao most honor, IN Germany. was nora ii Cps
s .s m Inc OH of May. 1873 Fervcn,ly at
,.ch,d tn his country TN lnf7ncy, capable of
any .scnfce, and ready for any .tic.t to pro-
',s lis welfare aud slury, he epllstec al tne age
- sf,een under her banners, III the VIZ waped
s.s;ost he victorious hosts OF Franc, 20 rede,m
her from The dominion OF strangers. After he
M served in tse two campaigns as volunteer,
he applied himself with great diligence to The
s,udy Of jurisprudence, and a:ierward established
i;n,sslf as an advocate ii Giessen. where he soon
non Distinguish. reputation. He was always
the fliend + liberty and justice, aud became orc
of the most resolute neu of his umc, in opposi.
ton 10 the professions OF absolute power, by
which he saw the ghts of the people threatened
and gradually taken away. In tins he was per-
oonally active, and in close concert with the
most considerable men of the time, yet consider.
ole enough not to ailow himself to be hurried, by
sialse enthusiasm, into useless o. injurious meas
ures.
AT length his persuasion became fixed, after
ling struggling against it, that with the present
population, and in the existing circumstances Of
Germany, speedy emancipation was cot to be
hoped. lie raised his voice against the Frank
fort Conspiracy, but Wcidig ard his friends paid
no heed to the warning. His plan OF becoming
a citizen Of free America was now resolved
mon but, unihhucnced by any private interest,
he would not leave his own country without max
mo even this step useful to her and her children.
TO found new Germany in America appear
ed, according to the information possessed by
yell.meaning men, practicable idea, to which
be now devoted himself, persuaded that he pos
sessed the means Of overcoming the difficulties
with which it was beset. This design was full
filed, but in different way from what he, in his
unscuuaintance with the relations ofthings in this
country, anticipated. Ii he erred in this, he laid
the penalty of his error IN the loss ola great part
of his property, and in the unspeakablc NORTH.
cstcn which would have been spared him if, like
others, he had only in company with those with
whom be was most intimate, set out on the JOUR-
ncy 10 his now home.
In Warren County, Missouri, where he set
tied he devoted, during ten years, all his exer-
tons 10 the cultivation of the soil, yet at the
same time he observed all the public affairs of
his new country with particular attention. The
lively interest which he took in the development
Of the political relations of the republic induced
him little while since to remove to St Louis,
where however he found himself hindered by
unforeseen difficulties from executing his favorite
plans. Immediately after his return to his farm
~ Warren County he attacked with nor
yous fever and died few days afterward on the
Sd Of October.
Noble, upright and amiable in temper, he was
worthy of the highest esteem. At the same
time he possessed qualities which under other
circumstances would have made him distin-
guished as statesman, and if his lot was the
more modest, and in the eyes of the world, lower
condition of farmer he was at least contented
with the happy domestic life and the feeling Of
independence which it secured TO him. Peace
10 his ashes