HEROES OF THE EXILE

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HEROES OF THE EXILE KARL MARX

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  ThethirdmemberofthetrioisMr。JuliusFaucher。HeisoneofthoseBerlinHuguenotswhoknowhowtoexploittheirminortalentwithgreatcommercialadroitness。HemadehispublicdebutastheLieutenantPistoloftheFreeTradePartyinwhichcapacityhewasemployedbyHamburgcommercialintereststomakepropaganda。Duringtherevolutionarydisturbancestheyallowedhimtopreachfreetradeintheapparentlychaoticformofanarchism。Whenthisceasedtoberelevanttothetimeshewasdismissedand,togetherwithMeyen,hebecamejointeditoroftheBerlinAbendpost。Underthepresenceofwishingtoabolishthestateandintroduceanarchyherefrainedfromdangerousoppositiontowardstheexistinggovernmentandwhen,lateron,thepaperfailedbecauseitcouldnolongeraffordthedeposit,theNeuePreussischeZeitungcommiseratedwithFaucher,theonlyablewriteramongthedemocrats。ThiscosyrelationshipwiththeNeuePreussischeZeitungsoonbecamesointimatethatFaucherbegantoactasitscorrespondentinLondon。Faucher’sactivityintheLondonEmigrationdidnotlastlong;hisfreetradeinclinedhimtowardscommercewherehefoundhistruecalling,towhichhereturnedwithgreatenergyandinwhichheachievedwondersneverseenbefore:namelyaprice-listthatassessesgoodsaccordingtoacompletelyslidingscale。Asiswellknown,theBreslauerZeitungwasindiscreetenoughtoinformthegeneralpublicofthisdocument。

  Thisthree-starconstellationoftheBerlinintelligentsiacanbecontrastedwiththethree-starconstellationofwholesomeSouthGermanprinciples:Sigel,Fickler,Goegg。FranzSigel,whomhisfriendGoeggdescribesasashort,beardlessman,bearingastrongresemblancetoNapoleon,is,againaccordingtoGoegg,\"ahero\",\"amanofthefuture\",\"aboveallagenius,intellectuallycreativeandconstantlyhatchingnewplans\"。

  Betweenourselves,GeneralSiegelisayoungBadenlieutenantofprincipleandambition。HereadinanaccountofthecampaignsoftheFrenchRevolutionthatthestepfromsub-lieutenanttosupremegeneralismerechild’splayandfromthatmomentonthislittlebeardlessmanfirmlybelievedthatFranzSigelmustbecomesupremecommanderinarevolutionaryarmy。HiswishwasgrantedthankstotheBadeninsurrectionof1849andapopularitywiththearmyarisingfromaconfusionofnames。ThebattleshefoughtontheNeckaranddidnotfightintheBlackForestarewellknown;hisretreattoSwitzerlandhasbeenpraisedevenbytheenemyasatimelyandcorrectmanoeuvre。Hismilitaryplansherebearwitnesstohisstudyofthe[French]RevolutionaryWars。InordertoremainfaithfultotherevolutionarytraditionHeroSigel,ignoringtheenemyandoperationalandwithdrawallinesandsimilarbagatelles,wentconscientiouslyfromoneMoreaupositiontothenext。AndifhedidnotmanagetoparodyMoreau’scampaigns[59]ineverydetail,ifhecrossedtheRhineatEglichauandnotatParadies,thiswasthefaultoftheenemywhowastooignoranttoappreciatesuchalearnedmanoeuvre。InhisordersofthedayandinhisinstructionsSigelemergesasapreacherandifhehasaninferiorstyletoNapoleon,hehasmoreprinciple。Later,heconcernedhimselfwithdevisingahandbookforrevolutionaryofficersinallbranchesofwarfarefromwhichweareinapositiontoofferthefollowingimportantextract:

  \"anofficeroftherevolutionmustcarrythefollowingarticlesaccordingtoregulations:1head-coveringandcap,1sabrewithbelt,1black,redandyellow[60]camel-hairsash,2pairsofblackleathergloves,2battlecoats,1cloak,1pairclothtrousers,1

  tie,2pairsofbootsorshoes,1blackleathertravellingcase——12\"

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