"Neue Rheinische Zeitung" – [Appeal to the Democrats of the Rhine Province]

[Appeal to the Democrats of the Rhine Province]

["Neue Rheinische Zeitung" No. 148, November 21, 1848, Second Edition]

Appeal

Cologne, November 20.

Democrats of the Rhine Province!

Instead of the Lord President Eichmann, the notorious public prosecutor Zweiffel has, through the examining magistrate Leuthaus, served upon your committee a summons to appear tomorrow, on a charge of public incitement to rebellion.

A scandal is anticipated; the commandant’s office in Cologne has made every preparation; according to the order issued by a treasonable ministry, Cologne is to be proclaimed in a state of siege on this occasion.

Foil this hope. Whatever may befall us, remain calm.

The congress will take place under all circumstances.

The Rhine Province will sooner shed its last drop of blood than submit to the rule of the sabre.

Karl Marx – Karl Schapper – Schneider II