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Louis, which the king himself had sent to his governors, telling them
that they might interpret the concordat freely.
Louis was so disgusted with this maneuver, that he published a
circular in the Newsletter on October 14. In doing so, Louis and the
journal itself both showed that they questioned not only the particular
circular, but the king's own credibility!
Some of the Catholic journals, which had originally been in favor of
the Concordat, were also dismayed at the king's confidential circular.
Nevertheless, the government had made amends with the leading
Belgian Catholics.
The publishing of the circular marked a major break between
publicist Louis then became an active and independent leader of
Liberal opinion. Whether the "hard core" of Liberal writers, artists
and scholars who met in Brussels had already started calling
themselves the "Society of the Twelve" is unclear, but they had
coined that name by 1828, and Louis was the key founder of the
group.
The choice of Louis to promote the union between Catholics and
liberals, shows his repositioning. Resistant and martyred, he appears
as the first of these "vigilant sentinels," journalists, who work for the
cause of freedom of opinion.
His imprisonment with his colleagues helps to strengthen the links
between the Belgian editors and increase their popularity. Finally, an
ideal image of the opinion press is born. "You are a victim and not a
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