STATE PAPERS. 
it was said, ‘ already takes upon 
4 him to command us, what will he 
_ do when elected Emperor ?—‘ I told 
_ you,’ said the minister of Saxony, 
‘that in this young prince we 
should find a master.’] 
Letter of the Helcetic Congress to the 
King of the French, 
Sire, June 11, 1792. 
FNHE necessity of preserving our 
precious country in these cri- 
tical times, with the same courage 
and firmness as our ancestors, who, 
reposing in God, founded our re- 
public, under the protection and 
visible assistance of the Almighty, 
has engaged all of us, the cantons 
and allied states, maturely to weigh 
and to deliberate, by our deputies 
assembled at. Frawenfeld for that 
purpose, on the most proper means 
of preserving the tranquillity and 
peace of our country, and avert- 
ing the dangers arising to it from 
abroad. 
In consequence of these mature 
deliberations, we have the honour 
of addressing to your royal Majesty 
the present letter.—Following the 
€xample of our ancestors, we have 
taken the firm and unanimous reso- 
lution to observe with fidelity, on 
our side, the most entire and strict 
neutrality towards the great powers 
actually engaged in war, and to sup- 
port the same by an armed force, 
as circumstances shall require; for 
which end we are already fortifying 
our frontiers, to put them in as se- 
cure a state as possible. 
At the same time we presume to 
conceive hopes that the principalities 
of Neufchatel and Vallangin, the 
Republic of Geneya, the Val de 
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Munster, (Montrier Grand Val) as 
well as the other states of the Bishop 
de Bale, who are all more or Jess 
intimately connected with some of 
our co-estates, will be, as usual, 
included in the neutrality, and 
respected on that account as at 
every former period. In conse- 
quence, we earnestly demand of 
your Majesty to issue orders for 
the troops which are in the terri- 
tory of Porentruy to be withdrawn, 
in order that the confederate terri- 
tories may be more safe, and may not 
have reason to fear an invasion on the 
part of the belligerent powers. 
After this formal and solemn de- 
claration of neutrality, we hope, 
from the generosity of your royal 
Majesty, that you will, upon our 
urgent demand, give orders that 
your troops and armies may not set 
foot upon the Helvetic territories, 
that they may not occupy any post, 
that they may not make any incur- 
sion, nor traverse the country. We 
take the liberty of asking, as be- 
fore, that you will soon issue the 
agreeable declaration which we hope 
to obtain likewise from his Apos- 
tolic Maiesty, the King of Hungary 
and Bohemia, in consequence of 
the demand which we have made 
this day. We will employ all the 
means in our power to act and ob- 
serve with fidelity all that is requir- 
ed by a full, loyal, strict, and true 
neutrality. 
We regard this gracious declara- 
tion, which we expect from’ your 
Majesty, as a new proof of your 
goodness and benevolence towards 
all the confederation. We beg yoa 
would continue to preserve the same 
dispositions, and pray that the Al- 
mighty may maintain the prosperity 
of your sacred person, and of the 
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