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82 Dr. John Coleman
Considered a reactionary, in 1847 Bismarck tried to
placate Conservatives by his simulated violence against the
Liberals, following the example of Disraeli and thus won the
favor of the Prussian King. With a great deal of effort and
juggling, Bismarck's controllers managed to get him to marry
Johanna Puttkamer in 1847.
Puttkamer was a remarkable woman whose abilities to
calm his terrible temper (probably inherited from Soult) because
his registered father was a quiet man never given to violent
outbursts thus saving his career, which would otherwise have
come to an abrupt end. When in 1849 the list of new Cabinet
members was proposed to Frederick William IV, he drew a thick
line though Bismarck's name and wrote: Red-hot reactionary.
Likes the smell of blood.
In 1849 Bismarck had himself elected to the Second
Prussian Chamber with the help of Arnim and Rothschild, and in
1851 he attended the Diet of Frankfurt am Main as a Deputy.
Count Arnim was also behind Bismarck and he did his part by
recommending him to Otto von Manteuffel, the Minister of
Prussia. Of von Manteuffel, Professor Langer discusses the
background to his importance, historically:
On May 16, 1850, a number of petty states and Austria
met at Frankfurt and reconstituted the old diet of the
Germanic Confederation. If Prussia insisted on this
union, war with Austria appeared inevitable. When a
dispute arose from an appeal . . . both powers mobilized
and war seemed imminent.
Tsar Nichols of Russia, irritated by the pseudo liberalism
of the Prussian ruler sided with Austria, and Frederick
William, who had been averse to war from the very
outset, decided to beat a hasty retreat. He sent his new
Minister, Otto von Manteuffel to negotiate. . . (Professor
Langer, page 726-727)