“STATE PAPERS,’ 
“noufable and solid basis, it depends 
entirely upon us to grant this bless- 
ing to Germany ; whether it con- 
sists with our authority as chief of 
the empire, to sanction a peace upon 
whatever terms, separately conclud- 
ed with the enemy of the empire? 
In fine, whether at a moment when 
we have to choose between the dis- 
memberment and the union of the 
empire, between the dissolution 
and the establishment of the consti- 
tution, between honour and shame, 
whether, in this critical situation, 
we are not rather warranted to re- 
quire, in the name of the country 
and the constitution, in the name 
of all the states which have been 
pillaged and laid waste, in virtue 
of oaths still subsisting, and pro- 
_mises frequently and solemnly re- 
newed by the electors, princes, and 
states of the empire; in fine, by 
out own example and the sacrifices 
which we have made for the public 
interest, whether, we say, we are 
not warranted justly to require the 
undivided co-operation of ali and 
every of the states of the empire in 
the defence of a cause so just, and 
for accelerating that peace which is 
so earnestly desired by the Ger- 
manic states ? 
. If a difference of sentiment ma- 
nifested in your letter of the end 
of last month was the cause to us 
of considerable auxiety, it was not 
long before our tranquillity was 
restored, by the news that when the 
dangers of war approached your 
‘states, you did not allow yourself 
to be betrayed by fear, nor »y the 
‘dictates of a deceitful policy, inco 
any unconstitutional measures ; but 
‘that, on the contrary, animated by 
sentiments of honour, and by acou- 
“ ¥-pe worthy of a Gc rman prince, you 
op» sed the danger with which you 
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were threatened with the most ef. 
fe€tual means of resistance, both by 
sending against the common enemy 
a great part of the garrison of Stut- 
gard and Louisburg, and by giving 
instant orders to put the militia of 
Wirtemberg immediately in mo- 
tion, who made a body of 12,000 
men, in general well disciplined. 
Accept upon this subject the as. 
surances of our Imperial satisfac. 
tion and sincere regard. These. 
dispositions, so worthy of you, in- 
spire us with the confidence that 
no consideration will shake your 
sentiments, and that weighing con- 
scientiously the duties which, as 
a state of the empire, you have to 
discharge to us and to the law, you 
will persist in your patriotic reso- 
lution to continue, till the re-esta- 
blishment of a general peace for the 
empire, to support the common cause 
with all your force, By these means 
you will not only render essentia] 
service to Germany, but to the im- 
morte! honour of your house: you 
will deserve to have your name en- 
rolled in the annals of Germany 
among those princes who have most 
contributed to its lustre. ; 
Resolution presented to the Emperor by 
the States of Hungary, in Answer 
to bis Majesiy’s Propositions. 
THE propositions addressed on 
the part of his Apostolic majesty 
to the states, furnishes them a fresh 
proof of the confidence. which his 
majesty always reposed in the un. 
shaken fidelity of his faithful Hun- 
garian nation, in deigning to re- 
collect and confirm the bravery 
which their ancestors have always 
displayed in support of the august 
house of Austria: his majesty has 
given a farther testimony of his 
patesual coifideace, in zepresent- 
ang 
