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the country, under the dangerous 

 circumstances which have occurred, 

 shall save itself, not to lose sight of 

 the necessary order which ought to 

 take place agreeable to the consti- 

 tution, and with relation to the 

 whole empire ? 



2. But whereas, it cannot be un- 

 lawful or suspicious to any single 

 state of the empire, and less still to 

 tiie constitutional union. of a whole 

 circle, whose union has for its ori- 

 ginal and primitive end, the public 

 safety, in case of the most urgent 

 necessity; and when its deliverance 

 and conservation are at stake, to 

 have recourse to the supreme chief 

 of the empire, as likewise to the 

 principal co-estatesandtherespectivc 

 powers, in ord-^r most humbly to 

 supplicatehis majesty, by a respect- 

 ful representation as well of the in- 

 teriorconcerns of this circle, as on 

 account of the danger constantly in- 

 creasing from without, to take such 

 convenient and eiUcacious measures 

 as his majesty shall judge proper ; 

 tlirough which, by means of a pre- 

 vious truce, the cessation of hostili- 

 ties, and an ever desirable peace 

 may be, as much as possible, ob- 

 tained. 



'3. Afterwards to interest in the 

 same manner his Prussian majesty, 

 as a sublime co-estHte of the empire, 

 and particularly this circle, to co- 

 operate to this end by an active as- 

 sistance, and to favour the desired 

 effect, particularly to solicit him, 

 with equal respect and urgency, not 

 to withdraw his brave troops, at 

 least as far as it concerns the consti- 

 tutional exigency of the political 

 state of the empire and the cirri?, 

 from the defenco of the Germanic 

 domains, at the most critical and 

 most dangerous moment, but to 



continue generously to employ them 

 with their whole force, wherever 

 they shall be wanted. 



4 Farther to expedite, with all 

 possible dispatch, this proposition to 

 his Imperial majesty, by means of 

 an estafette, and to transmit a copy 

 t.*oreof without delay, besides a 

 memorial for the information of his 

 excellency count Von Schlick, privy 

 counsellor and minister of his Im- 

 perial majesty; and to transmit to 

 the Prussian minister, resident here, 

 the letter of solicitation to his Prus- 

 sian majesty, accompaniedbyacopy, 

 with a request to expedite the said 

 letter as soon as possible. 



5, To commence a sincere and 

 social correspondence, on this im- 

 portant business, with the circles of 

 the empire, namely, the electorates 

 of the Rhine, Upper Saxony, Ba- 

 varia, Suabia, and the Upper Pv.hine, 

 by communicating to them this pre- 

 sent resolution of the circle, as like- 

 wise the above-mentioned letters of 

 solicitation to their Imperial and 

 Prussian majesties. 



6. Finally, not to be dissuaded 

 by the measures taken by these pre- 

 sents, for pursuing most eagerly the 

 conclusions of the empire, and the 

 lawful re-establishment of its poli- 

 tical state; and from continuing, 

 wiihout delay, the preparations of 

 defence, in order to-remain always 

 faithful to all duties, which ought 

 t« be more and more acknowledged 

 in a situation of afFairs like the pre- 

 sent, for the sake of self-preserva- 

 tion, as likewise for the general and 

 local relations of the state. 



Anszier of the king oj Pntma to the 

 representations of tiee circle <if tlie 

 Upper Rhine, in favour of peace, 



made 



