▁r uler ▁of ▁Sax ony , ▁Frederick ▁August us ▁II , ▁with ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁convin cing ▁him ▁to ▁open ▁the ▁Bund est ag ▁to ▁popular ▁representation . ▁Frederick ▁did ▁not ▁listen ▁and ▁Sax ony ▁began ▁its ▁March ▁revolution . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁regime ▁col lapsed , ▁B ied ermann ▁assumed ▁a ▁role ▁on ▁the ▁Committee ▁of ▁Fif ty ▁that ▁would ▁serve ▁as ▁an ▁inter im ▁government . ▁He ▁pushed ▁for ▁a ▁Pr uss ian ▁monarch ▁and ▁a ▁constitution al ▁system ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁England . ▁ ▁Through out ▁the ▁entire ▁process ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁sta unch ▁supp orter ▁of ▁social ▁reform ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁pro let ariat . ▁ ▁After ▁Frankfurt ▁ ▁Return ing ▁to ▁Leipzig ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁he ▁edited ▁the ▁newspaper ▁Deutsche ▁Al ig eme ine ▁Zeitung ▁and ▁reg ained ▁his ▁professor ship ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 5 . ▁He ▁was ▁again ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Sax on ▁Upper ▁House , ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 4 ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Reich stag . ▁He ▁died ▁at ▁Leipzig ▁on ▁ 5 ▁March ▁ 1 9 0 1 . ▁ ▁B ied ermann ' s ▁chief ▁works ▁are : ▁Er inner ungen ▁aus ▁der ▁Paul sk irche ▁( Le ip zig , ▁ 1 8 4 9 ); ▁Deutschland ▁im ▁ 1 8 . ▁Jahrhundert ▁( Le ip zig , ▁ 1 8 5 4 – 1 8 8 0 ); ▁Friedrich ▁der ▁gros se ▁und ▁sein