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MATHY, KARL (1807-1868) , Badenese statesman, was born at Mannheim
March
Heidelberg
paper the Zeitgeist, cost him his appointment in 1834, and he made his way to Switzer-land, where he contributed to the Jeune Suisse directed by Mazzini. On his return to Baden in 184o he edited the Landtagszeitung at Carlsruhe, and in 1842 he entered the estates for the town of Constance. He became one of the opposition leaders and in 1847 helped to found the Deutsche Zeitung, a paper which eventually did much to further the cause of German unity. He took part in the preliminary parliament and in the assembly of Frankfort in 1848-1849, where he supported the policy of H. W. A. von Gagern, and after the refusal of Frederick William IV. to accept the imperial crown he still worked for the cause of unity. He was made finance minister in Baden in May 1849, but was dismissed after a few days of office. He then applied his financial
Leipzig
union , and when in 1866 Baden took sides with Austria against Prussia he sent in his resignation. After the war he became president of a new cabinet, but he did not live to see the realization of the policy for which he had striven. He died at Carlsruhe on the 3rd of February 1868.His letters during the years 1846-1848 were edited by Ludwig Mathy
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