, 1859-05-19
THE AVENGER.


ias tic ea:th @hcn iswss Ct viii tIvi >'' @ >'s'
| That series of terrific events by which GU,
| quiet city and university in the northeastern
quarter Of Germany were conrulsed during the
year So, mas in ITSELF and "cns.dered merely
I rs q blind movement Of human tiger-passjon
| FcngluE unclaimed amongst men, something too
memorable to be forgotten or LIFT without its
! OWL separate record but the moral lesson ii,'
pressed bv these events is yet 1narc memorable,
and deserves the drer attention ri coming gene
rations in their struggle at'er human IMPROVE
] rcnt, hot merely in its Own limited feld "f i'll
! tercst directly awakened, but in all analogous
fields Of interest; in fact already, and more
than once, in connection with 'iese very events,
this it.son 1t< obtained the ctfectual attention
Of Christian kings and princes assembled in con-
| gress. No tragedy, indeed, amongst all the sa!
! ones By whc! the charities ct the llu1ntu heart
t or Of the fireside hare ever been outraged, can
| beIer merit separate chapter in the private
| history Of German manners or social Life than
| this unparalleled case. And, on the other hand,
| no one can nut in i better claim. to he the his
torian than MYSELF
| vas ut the time. and still ara, d professor
in thai city and university which had the m7:-
| ancloly distinction of being its theatre
knew tasniliIarlr ut] the partes who were con-
rcrned IN it, either sufferers or u agents.
| ! WIS present from first TO !a>t, and watched
the wi,o!. course Of the mysterious storm
which fell upon orr devoted city in strength
like that Of West Indian hurricane, aud
! which did seriously threaten ut one time 10
| ucpopulatc onr university, through the dark
and the natr,ral reaction Of generous ind;vua.
/ ton in rpncliinr them whilst the tity in its
! moru stationary und naive classes would very
soon have manifested thtir awful sense Of
| things, ot the hideous Insecurity Of life. nnd Of
| the unfA1honlablc dangers which had Hndcr-
Al. F.kt
F.! sacrificing, w},eneycr circumstances allowed
them, their houses and beautiful gardens in
! exchange fur days uncurscd by pau;c. unl
| ni,,h,s uuuoutcd bv blood. Nothing. / can
| take urou myself to assert, was left undonr Of
| iii ,!Iat human foresight could suggest. Or in.
| renuitv could accomplish. But observe tic
| melancholy result: The uorc certain did these
arrangements strike tie people as remedies for
! the evil. SO much the more etltctually
! did tlcy aid tle tcrror. but above ali,
| the awe the sense Of nlysterr. when 1cn ease:
| Of total e1trr,ni,1ation, applied to separate
households, had occurred, i'll every one oi
| which these precautionary aids lad faiIe
horror, the perfect frenzy Of fear, y hicll seized
| upon tic town utter that experience, battles all
! attcnupt 1T description. Had thesc various con.
| tri{auces failed merely In some human and in.
ttlljriblc wuy rs by bringing the lid 700 tardiy
| still in sucl, cases. fhounh the tIuneer woul
| no less b;tTa been evidently derrrued nobody
would ilavc felt anv further mystery than what
! frum the very first, rested ,,pon tho person.
and the motives Of the murGcrcrs. But. rs il
was, when, in ten separate cosc, Of cxterr,inat
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