Redaktora Ludwika Gumplowicza potyczki z krakowską C. K. Prokuratorią Państwa (1869–1871). Przyczynek do dziejów cenzury w Galicji autonomicznej
The problems of Editor Ludwik Gumplowicz with the office of the State Attorney in Kraków (1869–1871) The supplement of the history of Austrian censorship of the press in autonomous Galicia

Summary/Abstract: Ludwik Gumplowicz became an editor of Kraj in Kraków in October 1869 and soon he had the first contact with the watchful Austrian censorship. The articles which promoted national independence within the federation of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, criticized the authorities or the army, or which had the liberal tone, made the Kraków office of the State Attorney take some measures. Although the constitution, the press law (passed in 1862) and its liberal amendments (1868), along with two press control acts from March 1869 guaranteed the freedom of speech, the state officials were still quite oppressive. Gumplowicz was an anticlerical who criticized fiercely the political and social status quo in Kraków and was rejected by the conservative élites of Kraków. As a result some of his newspaper’s issues were confiscated and he went to court to demand compensations. He was frequently accused of breaking the law after publishing uncompromising articles in his newspaper but, in most cases, he was acquitted. In his court battles he showed his oratorical talent and antiloyalist fierceness and used his legal education and experience as well (he studied law and worked as a solicitor).

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