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several days. Nor was it until the 

 6th of August that the minister 

 gave in a new declaration, by 

 which the difficulties with respect 

 to forms were by no means re- 

 moved, nor the negociation by one 

 step brought nearer to its ohject. 

 After an useless exchange of notes 

 upon every preliminary question, 

 the lOtli of August arrived. The 

 Prussian and Russian negociators 

 could not exceed this terra : the 

 congress was at an end, and the 

 resolution which Austria had to 

 form was previously determined, 

 by the progress of this negociation, 

 by the actual conviction of the ira- 

 possibilit)' of peace, by the no 

 longer doubtful point of view in 

 which his majesty examined the 

 great question in dispute, by the 

 principles and intentions of the al- 

 lies, wherein the emperor recog- 

 nised his own, and, finally, b)' the 

 former positive declarations, which 

 left no room for misconception. 



Not without sincere affliction, 

 and alone consoled by the certain- 

 ty that every means to avoid the 

 war had been exhausted, does the 

 emperor now find himself com- 

 pelled to action. For three years 

 has his majesty laboured with un- 

 ceasing perseverance to effect, by 

 mild and conciliatory measures,real 

 and durable peace. for Austria and 

 for Europe. All his endeavours 

 have failed : there is now no re- 

 medy, no recourse to be had but 

 to arms. The emperor takes ihcm 

 up without any personal animosity, 

 from a painful necessity, from an 

 irresistible duty, upon grounds 

 which any faitlii'ul citi/.en of his 

 realm, which the world, which the 

 emperor Napoleon, himself, in a 

 moment of tranquillity and reason, 

 will acknowledge and justify. The 



Vox.. LV. 



necessity of the war is engraven 

 in the heart of every Austrian, 

 of every European, under whatso- 

 ever dominion he may live, in such 

 legible characters, that no art is 

 necessary to distinguish them. The 

 nation and the army will do their 

 duty. An union established by 

 common necessity, and by the mu- 

 tual interest of every power that 

 is in arms for its independence, 

 will give due weight to our exei- 

 tions, and the result, with the as- 

 sistance of Heaven, will be such 

 as must fulfil the just expectations 

 of every friend of order and of 

 peace. 



Treaty of Amity, and of Defensive 

 Alliance, between the Courts of 

 Vienna and St. Pelersburgk, con- 

 cluded at Toeplitz, the 9th of 

 September (August 28 J, 1813. 



We Francis I. by divine cle- 

 mency, emperor of Austria ; king 

 of Jerusalem, Hungary, Bohemia, 

 Dalmatia, Croatia, Sclavonia, Gal- 

 licia, and Lodomiria ; archduke of 

 Austria ; duke of Lorraine, Wurtz- 

 burgh, and Franconia ; great prince 

 of Transylvania ; Margrave of Mo- 

 ravia ; duke of Styria, Carinthia, 

 Upper and Lower Silesia ; count 

 of Hapsburgh, &c. 



Make known to all and singular 

 who are interested therein, by these 

 presents ; 



That, since nothing is more 

 anxiously desired by us, and the 

 most serene and potent emperor 

 of all the Russias, than to pro- 

 mote by a stable peace the welfare 

 of Europe, so long overwhelmed 

 by the calamities of war, and to- 

 wards that object having mutually 

 joined our counsels to provide for 



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