STATE PAPERS.’ 
Declaration by the Duke of Bruns- 
wick Lunenburg, commanding the 
combined Armies of their Majes- 
ties the Emperor and the King of 
France, to the inhabitants of 
France. 
"THEIR Majesties the Emperor 
and the King of Prussia, having en- 
trusted me with the command of 
the combined armies assembled on 
‘the frontiers of France, I think it 
my duty to inform the inhabitants 
of that kingdom of the motives 
which have influenced the conduct 
of the two Sovereigns, and of the 
principles by which they are guided. 
—After arbitrarily suppressing the 
rights and invading the possessions 
of the German Princes in. Alsace 
and Lorraine ; after having disturb- 
ed and overthrown in the interior 
art of the kingdom all order and 
awful government; after having 
been guilty of the most daring at- 
tacks, and having had recourse to 
the most violent measures, which 
are still daily renewed against the 
sacred Soren of the King and a- 
gainst his august family,— those 
who have seized on the reins of go- 
vernment have, at length, filled the 
measure of their guilt, by declaring 
an unjust war against his Majesty 
the Emperor, and by invading his 
provinces of the Low Countries. 
Some of the possessions belonging 
to the German empire have been 
equally exposed to the same op- 
pression; and many ‘others have 
only ayoided the danger, by yield- 
ing t the imperious threats of the 
ineering party and their emis- 
_ saries. 
_ His hee eed the King of Prussia, 
united with his Imperial Majesty in 
the bands of the strictest defensive 
alliance, and as a preponderant 
member himself of the Germanic 
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body, could not refuse marching to 
the assistance of his ally and of his 
co-estates. It is under this double 
relation that he undertakes the de- 
fence of that monarch and of Ger- 
many. . 
To these high interests is added. 
another important object, and which 
both the sovereiyns have most cor- 
dially in view, which is to put an 
end to that anarchy which prevails 
in the interior parts of France, to 
put a stop to the attacks made on 
the throne and the altar, to restore 
the King to ‘his legitimate. power, 
to liberty and to ‘safety, of which 
he is now deprived, and to place 
him in such a situation, that he may 
exercise that legitimate authority to 
which he is entitled. toga 
Convinced that the sober part of 
the nation detest the excesses of'a 
faction which has enslaved them, 
and that the majority of the inha- 
bitants wait with impatience the 
moment when succours shall arrive, 
to declare themselves openly: a- 
gainst the odious enterprizes of 
their oppressors, — his Majesty 
the Emperor and his Majesty the 
King of Prussia, earnestly invite 
them to return without dela 
into the paths of reason and of 
justice, of order and peace.— 
It is with this view that I,. the 
underwritten, General Command- 
ant in Chief of the two armies, do 
declare,— 
Ist, That, drawn into the present 
war by irresistible circumstances, 
the two allied courts have no 
other object in view than the wel- 
fare of France, without any pre- 
tence to enrich themselves by 
making conquests. 
2dly, That they do not mean to 
meddle with the mternal govern- 
ment of France, but that they sim- 
ply intend to deliver the King, the 
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