Constitutional government, especially in a small country, takes a great deal of time, and causes sight to be lost of the questions, which lone can secure to the country a political future. I have many a time that I saw you feeling more and more interest therein, and I am very anxious that it should be so, for it is time to be seriously occupied with those questions; otherwise Belgium will find herself at the tail of all other countries. I have heard that an association of German princes is actively occupied in an attempt at colonization in Texas…
German prince who became the first King of the Belgians (1790–1865)
Leopold I (16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first King of the Belgians, reigning from July 1831 until his death.
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Native Name:
Leopold Georg Christian Friedrich von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
Alternative Names:
Leopold I
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King Leopold I of Belgium
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Leopold, King of the Belgians
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Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
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Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
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Leopold I van België
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Prince Leopold
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The sedition mongers are not numerous, but they frighten the peaceful majority, who, although it can be really strong, feels a veritable panic before this agitating force in the shadows? It is in this fear that lies the principal danger, and it would be in the veritable interest of the welfare of Europe that the Powers could show that the necessary force to support and defend the right is not still lacking to them.