1821.] 



Politieat Affair t in Jamiary. 



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conviDced iliem of the necessity of putting 

 a check to the new calamities with which 

 Europe is threatened. The principles which 

 united the great Powers of the Continent 

 to deliver the world from the military des- 

 potism of an individual issuina; (rom the re- 

 Toluiion, ought to act against the revolution- 

 Bry power which has just developed itself. 



" The Sovereigns asseiTibled at Troppau, 

 with this intention, venture lO hope that they 

 thall attain this oljject. They will take for 

 their guides in this great enterpnze, the trea- 

 ties which restored peace to Europe, and 

 have united its nations toge(her. 



" Without doubt, the Powers have a right 

 to take in common, general measures of 

 precaution against tliose states, whose re- 

 forms, engendered by rebellion, are openly 

 opposed to legitimate government*, as ex- 

 amples have already demonstrated, especi- 

 ally when this spirit of rebellion is propa- 

 gated in the neighbouring states by secret 

 agents. 



" In consequence, the Monarchs assem- 

 bled at Troppau have concerted together the 

 measures required by circumstances, and. 

 have communicated to the Courts of Londoii 

 and Paris their intention of attaining the 

 end desired, either by mediation or by force. 

 VTith this view they have invited the King of 

 the Two .Sicilies to repair to Laybach, to ap- 

 pear there as conciliator between his mis- 

 guided people and the states whose tranquil- 

 lity is endangered. By this state of things, 

 and as they liave resolved not to recognize 

 any authority established by the seditious, it 

 Ls only with the king they can confer. 



" As th':" system to lie followed has no 

 other foundation than treaties already ex- 

 isting, they have no doubt of the assent of 

 the Courts of London and Paris. The only 

 object of this system Ls to consolidate the al- 

 liance between the Sovereigns, it has no 

 view to con(|uests, or to violations of the 

 independence of other powers. Voluntary 

 ameliorations in the government will not be 

 intruded. Tliey desire only to maintain 

 tranquiility, and protect Europe from the 

 ceourge of new revolutions, and to prevent 

 them as far as possible." 

 Letter from the Emperor of Austria to 

 the King of Naples. 

 " Troppau, Nov. 20. — Sir, my Brother 

 and very (fear Fatber-in-law,— Unhappy cir- 

 cumstances have prevented my receiving the 

 letters addressed to me by your Majesty dur- 

 ing a period of four months. The events, 

 however, to which those letters have |)ro- 

 bably related, have not ceased to occupy 

 my most serious meditations, as well as those 

 of the allied powers assembled at Troppau 

 to deliberate in unison on the consequences 

 with which th'^se events menace the rest of 

 the Italian Peninsula, and perhaps the 

 whole of Europe, in determining on this 

 common consultation, we have onlj- acted 

 in conformity with the transaetious of 1814, 

 181^ and 1818, traDMCtioQ« of which your 



Majesty, as well as Europe at large, knew 

 the character and object, and upon which 

 that tutelary alliance is founded, solely de- 

 signed to guarantee from all clanger, the 

 political independence and territorial inte- 

 grity of all its states, and to insure this re- 

 pose and prosperity of Europe at large, by 

 the repose and prosperity of each of the 

 countries of which it is composed. Your 

 Majesty, -then, cannot doubt that the object 

 of tlie cabinets assembled here is to reconcile 

 the interest and well-being, the enjoyment 

 of which, the paternal solicitude of your 

 Majesty would lead you to desire for your 

 people, with the duties of the allied mo- 

 narchs to their own states, and the rest of 

 the world. But my allies and myself should 

 feel happy to fulfil these solemn engage- 

 ments with the co-operation of your Majesty, 

 and we now, faithful to the principles we 

 have proclaimed, demand this co-operation. 

 It is solely with this view that we propose 

 to your Majesty to assemble with us in the 

 city of Laybacla. Your presence. Sire, we 

 are' sure will hasten a reconciliation almost 

 indispeuiible ; and it is in the name of the 

 dearest interests of your kingdom, and with 

 that watchful solicitude of which we believe 

 that we have given more than one testimony 

 to your Majesty, that we now invite you to 

 receive new proofs of the true friendship 

 which we bear you, and of that frankness 

 which forms the basis of our policy. Re- 

 ceive tlie assurance of the distinguished con- 

 sideration and unalterable attachment with 

 which I am your Majesty's true Brother, 

 Sou -in- law, and Ally. 



(Signed) " Francis." 



Letters were also addressed to the 

 Kiug of Naples by the Emperor of 

 Russia and the King of Prussia, pre- 

 cisely in the same terms. 

 Ferdinand I., King of the Two Sicilies, 



&c. &c. to his faithful Deptities of 



Parliament. 



" The Sovereigns of Austria, Russia, and 

 Prussia, united in Congress at Troppau, have 

 sent me three letters, in which they invite 

 me to repair in person to Laybach, to form 

 part of a new Congress to be held in that 

 place. Far be the thought from me and 

 from you, that (he adoption of this project 

 can make me compromise the good of my 

 people ; and in parting from you I owe it to 

 myself to give you a new and solemn gua- 

 rantee. 1 declare, then, to you and to the 

 nation that has resolved to make every ex- 

 ertion for the enjoyment of a liberal and 

 wise constitution, that whatever measures 

 circumstances may exact, relatively to our 

 actual political state, all ray efforts will be 

 directed that it may remain for ever fixed 

 upon the following basis : 



" I. That the individual and real liberty 

 of my beloved subjects may be secured by a 

 fundamental law of the statp. 



" Z. That birth shall confer no pri\ilflges iii 



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