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flourish for a long serics of years, 
if the eleGors, princes, and states, 
sensible of their moral and legal 
obligations, and- animated by 4 
becoming public spirit, would re- 
main faithful to their solemn pro- 
fessions. That, therefore, his Im- 
perial majesty, having so often 
_and so lately testified his zealous 
attachment to the Germanic con- 
stitution, and the preservation of 
all tts parts, members, and righis, 
would act in open: contradittion 
with his own.actions and declara- 
tions, if he did not readily sanétion 
the whole tenor of the aforesaid 
second part, which so _ perfectly 
agreed both withyhis paternal af- 
deétion for the empire, and his duty 
as chief of it. 
Pursuant to: these sentiments, 
thus solemnly declared by thie 
diet, and sanctioned by his Im- 
perial majesty, the former > conti- 
nued to deliberate on the Imperial 
court decree of the 19th of May, 
especially concerning .the concur- 
rence of the states of the empire 
in the future negotiations for peace 
with France, vand proposed for 
that purpose. an extraordinary de- 
putation, consisting ef ten mem- 
hers. of the Germanic bode His 
teary rial _majesty, in order to pro- 
ote. the said negotiations, was 
“ead most graciously to sanction 
this advice of the empire with his 
concurrence, trusting that the de- 
uted states would remain faith- 
ful to the grand fundamental law 
of the unity of the empire and its 
legal inseparability from its chief, 
vend by co-operating with patri- 
otic German perseverance in the 
important business of a peace of 
the empire, would, constitutionally 
endeayour to support and promote 
the cogmon interest and welfare 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
eunited under 
_endeay oured, and still endeayoers, 
1795. 
of the German.empire. Since. the 
7th instant, the diet has again 
-been constantly employed in deli- 
berating on the remaining objects 
pointed out by the said court de- 
cree, aud. especially on the import- 
ant instructions which ought fully 
and clearly to prescribe not only 
the terms of peace, but also the 
manner of treating. 
Whilst | the. Germanic empire, 
its supreme chief, 
by constitutional means, to obtain 
a general peace Of the empire, »pri- 
vate negotiations for a separate 
peace were carried on by his serene 
highness the landgrave of Hesse- 
Cassel, with a French deputy, the 
result af which appears by the ad- 
joined prin ted copy of a treaty of 
peace and amity, concluded on the 
28th of August, the ratification of 
which is to be exehanged within a 
month’s time, or sooner. 
His Imperial saa) osty will yet 
suppress his. just feelings, roused 
by an event, which, on account 
of the 
declaration of the diet of the em- 
pire, of the 3d. of July, he had 
so little reason to expect. This 
event, li same. reports are to be 
credited, may be followed by trans- 
actions of asingilar nature, whereby 
the defence of Germany, and the 
attainment of the 
the integrity of the empire, and 
safety-oi its constitution, by means | ° + 
of a just, reasonable, solid, and ho- 
nourabie peace, w onld be rejdered 
more difficult, if single states have 
it in their power, at their own 
pleasure, thus to withdraw from the 
confederacy of the\German empire, 
-by separate . treaties of peace and 
secret’ articles, to separate their, in. 
terest from the general interest of 
the 
above- aaa solemn — 
restoration of 
