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Louis told king William that he could solve Belgium's griefs through
total execution of the fundamental law, which the nation finally
understood, and would no longer permit to be used against itself. As
for the Catholics and Liberals, there must no longer be a distinction
made between the two parties, legally the government must only
recognize “free citizens”.
Louis spoke of the articles in the journals and also the petitions which
the Belgians had addressed to the deputies of the States General,
including the ones self-financed by the printing of "freedom medals"
by Louis and colleagues, with complicity of artists like Veyrat in
Brussels.
He went on to say that to prove his government is strong, king
William should solve it immediately and with pleasure: “A weak
government would always be obsessed by protecting oneself. The
government of the King wants to prove that it is strong. It will be
strong once it will have proven that the pertinent requests made to
him are justified and will be accepted. One does not found power on
pressure to govern. One should found a solid tribune by respecting
ethics, equality and morale values.”
Louis asked king William to dismiss Van Maanen, who was
considered a despot, and to get Van Gobbelschroy to resign. Van
Gobbelschroy, who had been a schoolmate of Louis, was not
pictured as offensive, but merely weak.
The king was then asked by the press rebels to declare a new law
proclaiming a ministerial responsibility, outlining when ministers
could be impeached, and defining the penalties for their offenses.
This would give the public the right to protest abuses without being
held for slander.
Louis and his colleague editor then said that the exceptional
legislation, restricting freedom of the press, must be
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