iev able ▁goal , ▁Met tern ich ▁was ▁happy ▁to ▁sacrifice ▁freedom ▁of ▁speech : ▁heavy ▁c ensor ship ▁was ▁just ▁one ▁of ▁many ▁repr ess ive ▁instruments ▁of ▁state ▁available ▁to ▁him ▁that ▁also ▁including ▁a ▁large ▁sp y ▁network . ▁Though ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁introduce ▁the ▁bodies , ▁he ▁gave ▁them ▁their ▁" dem or alis ing ▁aspect ▁of ▁perman ence " ▁during ▁his ▁long ▁ten ure ▁as ▁ch an cell or . ▁He ▁also ▁opposed ▁elect oral ▁reform , ▁heavily ▁critic ising ▁the ▁British ▁Reform ▁Bill ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 0 . ▁A ▁more ▁en light ened ▁ch an cell or ▁would ▁have ▁real ised ▁he ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁battle ▁with ▁" the ▁prev ail ing ▁m ood ▁of ▁his ▁age ". ▁Instead ▁of ▁his ▁zero ▁toler ance ▁approach , ▁critics ▁maintain ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁done ▁better ▁to ▁have ▁turned ▁the ▁current ▁in ▁a ▁fav ou rable ▁direction ; ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁historian ▁Vik tor ▁Bib l ▁described ▁Met tern ich ▁as ▁" the ▁demon ▁of ▁Austria " ▁for ▁letting ▁Pr uss ia ▁and ▁not ▁Austria ▁un ify ▁Germany ▁through ▁his ▁determ ination ▁that ▁Germany ▁should ▁not ▁un ify ▁at ▁all . ▁Like wise , ▁Met tern ich ▁has ▁been ▁accused ▁of ▁excess ive ▁van ity ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁comp lac ency , ▁and ▁therefore ▁someone ▁ill - su ited ▁to ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁constitution al ▁principles . ▁ ▁This ▁view ▁pres upp oses ▁that ▁Met tern ich ▁had ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁fav