STAT E 
sovereigns, and the defence of your 
country, has often compelled me to 
shed tears of gratitude. =] am un- 
able to recompense, as 1 wish, the 
brave men who devote themse! ves 
in a cause so loyal; but as an in- 
habitant of Tyrol 1 will, for the 
benefit of the defenders of the 
country, dispose of every thing su- 
thuous ; gold and silver watches, 
Eaives, medals, plate, &c. which 
I will distribute myself after the 
war, as acknowledgments to those 
brave Tyrolians who shall distin- 
guish themselves by their courage 
and brilliant ations. I entreat all 
the brave defenders of the country 
_ torbelieve, that they shall ever be 
“the objetis of my most anxious so- 
‘Hicitude, and that I will not negie& 
to make known to the emperor, my 
dear reiation, the services they shall 
have rendered, for the purpose of 
obtaining from him the rewards 
they may deserve. 
(Signed) Marie Evtzapetn. 
Done at our Court, at Insprack, 
the 30th of May, 1796. 
A Proclamation by His Imperial 
Majesty. 
We Francis Il. &c. &c. 
IN the present moment, when 
a coincidence of the most unex- 
pected events favours the rapid 
progress of the enemy, and calls 
for our redoubled care to afford as- 
sistance to our states menaced in 
this manner, we find this our re- 
solution strengthened, by consider- 
ing that Providence has put us at 
the head of a nation, which has 
given us on every occasion, the 
most effectual proofs of the great- 
ness of their zeal to support the 
measures taken for the defence of 
their country, of their laws, which 
render them happy, and of a prince 
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PiAPER'S.“A | foe 
who returns to their fidelity a love 
for every individual. . 
Though fear, and perhaps, inten- 
tional reports, mug nify the danger 
more than it in reality is, and pre. 
sent it as nearer at hand, we must 
not conceal from our faithful sub- 
jects that the sicuation of affairs is 
pressing, and does not allow us to 
remain satisfied with ordinary mea- 
sures, but imposes oa us, and all 
those who wish to see the welfire 
of the state secure, more than ex.' 
traordinary exertions. 
Much as the jong duration of a 
war, carried on under many «chan- 
ges of fortune, hus affected the 
powers of the nation, -yet the re." 
sources of so powerful a state-are 
far from being exhausted. Though 
government -continzes ‘to refrain 
with abhorrence from the violent 
measures which our enemies em- 
ploy for the oppression of our fel.4 
jow-citizens and the destruction of 
Europe; countries so well popu. 
lated, so fertile, and enriched by 
nature and industry, still offer in- 
numerable means of defence, by em.’ 
ploying which we would find our- 
selves enabled to meet every dan- 
ger. But we trust in the justice of 
our cause, and in the protection of 
the Almighty, who regards that 
justice, that the moment will not 
arrive in which the nation will be 
forced to have recourse to the most 
extraordinary means. 
In this persuasion, we shall al_ 
ways confine ourselves only to the 
measure of calling to arms those 
who are otherwise, agreeably to 
the military system, exempted from 
military service ; including also all 
foreigners, who have not acquired 
the-rights of citizenship in the Aus. 
trian dominions by residing in them 
for ten years, 
At 
