With the adoption of the October diploma in 1860, and of the February patent in 1861 constitutional
life began in Austria. But the principles of constitutional democracy were very slow!y piercing into life. A
clear reflection of that fact is the activity of the police in Ljubljana, their duties, reports and measures
were actually identical with those in the preceding period of the so-cal led Bach's absolutism. If the
delegates in the provincial assembly spoke with disrespect of the previous period of absolutism, the
great majority of people, at least in the initial period, did not understand what was to have been so
specially new with the acceptance of the constitution - the taxes were pressing just the same, as well did
the police.