Did the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1795 - 1861) ever write: "Das Volk ist mir zum Kotzen" = "The people makes me sick"?
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This is not really an answer because it only deals with the caricature, but also to long for a comment.
As pointed out by @njuffa, the caricature of barfing Friedrich Wilhelm IV is about the opening speech for Prussia's "United Diet" that he held on April 11th, 1847. Some notable items in this context are
- The liberals had expected some liberalization, more representation and a constitution. Friedrich Wilhelm rejected all of these. He explicitely pointed out that the diet was not going to be a parliament and implicitely that it should not expect much respect from him. (according to Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring, p. 259).
- Friedrich Wilhelm IV was known as "Champagnerfritze". In fact, that seems to be another title for that caricature. He was rumored to have alcohol problems and the caricature also shows a bottle of champaign. Also note the tipsy All-seeing Eye left of the king, and the crown that looks like a cap and bells on the right. Throwing up is a well-known symptom of an acute alcohol intoxication.
- "kotzen" or "sich auskotzen" can be used as synonym for "to rant" (source, also entry for "kotzen" II/2/d here).
Given all this, the caricature might be more about about Friedrich Wilhelm making hardline politics under the influence, and not necessarily imply that Friedrich Wilhelm IV is disgusted by his people.
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