You have to accept whatever comes,
and the only important thing is that
you meet it with the best you have
to give.Eleanor Roosevelthim to send the advocate at that time. He added that
there had been no mention whatsoever in the Council
of State of a consultation with Dr. Luther; that it might
have been expedient previously to consider this
reverend gentleman because of his intercession on
Kohlhaas’ behalf, but that was no longer the case, after
he had violated the amnesty before the eyes of the
whole world and had been arrested and delivered up to
the Brandenburg courts for sentencing and execution.
The elector admitted that the lapse in having sent
Eibenmayer was, in fact, not so serious, but now it was
his wish for the time being that he should not act in
Vienna in his capacity as prosecutor until further
orders, and he bid the prince to instruct him to this
effect without delay by means of an express messenger.
The prince replied that, alas, this order came a day too
late, in that according to a report received that very day
Eibenmayer had already proceeded in that capacity and
filed the action at the Vienna State Chancellery.
In answer to the elector’s astonished question as to
how all this was possible in such a short time, the prince
added that three weeks had elapsed since Eibenmayer’s
departure and that his instructions had been to deal
with this business without delay as soon as he arrived in
Vienna. A delay, the prince remarked, would in this
instance have been all the more inappropriate, as
Zäuner, the Brandenburg advocate, was proceeding
against Squire Wenzel von Tronka with the most
defiant vigour and had already applied to court to
withdraw the black horses temporarily from the hands
of the knacker with a view to their future restoration,
and had succeeded with this motion despite all the
objections on the part of the defendants.
The elector, pulling the bell, said no matter, it was of
no significance, and having turned back to the prince
with a number of indifferent questions about how
things stood in Dresden otherwise and what had
happened in his absence, shook his hands and, unable
to conceal his deep feelings, dismissed him.
The very same day he sent him a written request for
all of the documents relating to the Kohlhaas affair,
under the pretext that he wanted to handle the matter
himself on account of its political implications; and
since the thought of destroying the only man from
whom he could obtain information about the secrets of
the paper was unbearable to him, he drafted a personal
letter to the emperor pleading sincerely and urgently,
for important reasons which he would perhaps explain
more definitely shortly, to be allowed for the time being
to withdraw the suit that Eibenmayer had filed against
Kohlhaas, pending a further decision.
In a note issued by the state chancellery, the
emperor replied that the elector’s seeming sudden
change of heart was most astonishing, adding that the
report submitted to him from the Saxon side had madePearl • August 2019 35ISTOCKhim to send the advocate at that time. He added that
there had been no mention whatsoever in the Council
of State of a consultation with Dr. Luther; that it might
have been expedient previously to consider this
reverend gentleman because of his intercession on
Kohlhaas’ behalf, but that was no longer the case, after
he had violated the amnesty before the eyes of the
whole world and had been arrested and delivered up to
the Brandenburg courts for sentencing and execution.
The elector admitted that the lapse in having sent
Eibenmayer was, in fact, not so serious, but now it was
his wish for the time being that he should not act in
Vienna in his capacity as prosecutor until further
orders, and he bid the prince to instruct him to this
effect without delay by means of an express messenger.
The prince replied that, alas, this order came a day too
late, in that according to a report received that very day
Eibenmayer had already proceeded in that capacity and
filed the action at the Vienna State Chancellery.
In answer to the elector’s astonished question as to
how all this was possible in such a short time, the prince
added that three weeks had elapsed since Eibenmayer’s
departure and that his instructions had been to deal
with this business without delay as soon as he arrived in
Vienna. A delay, the prince remarked, would in this
instance have been all the more inappropriate, as
Zäuner, the Brandenburg advocate, was proceeding
against Squire Wenzel von Tronka with the most
defiant vigour and had already applied to court to
withdraw the black horses temporarily from the hands
of the knacker with a view to their future restoration,
and had succeeded with this motion despite all the
objections on the part of the defendants.
The elector, pulling the bell, said no matter, it was of
no significance, and having turned back to the prince
with a number of indifferent questions about how
things stood in Dresden otherwise and what had
happened in his absence, shook his hands and, unable
to conceal his deep feelings, dismissed him.
The very same day he sent him a written request for
all of the documents relating to the Kohlhaas affair,
under the pretext that he wanted to handle the matter
himself on account of its political implications; and
since the thought of destroying the only man from
whom he could obtain information about the secrets of
the paper was unbearable to him, he drafted a personal
letter to the emperor pleading sincerely and urgently,
for important reasons which he would perhaps explain
more definitely shortly, to be allowed for the time being
to withdraw the suit that Eibenmayer had filed against
Kohlhaas, pending a further decision.
In a note issued by the state chancellery, the
emperor replied that the elector’s seeming sudden
change of heart was most astonishing, adding that the
report submitted to him from the Saxon side had madePearl • August 2019 35ISTOCK