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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



bute by all his means to the com- 

 mon cause ; that he wi\] make the 

 efforts and sacrifices which the 

 good of the country, and its pre- 

 servation, demands ; and that thus 

 the whole nation will shew itself 

 worthy of their forefathers and of 

 the happiness which they enjo}'. 



May the Sovereign Master of 

 the world be pleased to accept tlie 

 homage of our profound gratitude, 

 f jr the immense benefits whicli he 

 has hitherto diffused over our coun- 

 try; and may the preservation, tlie 

 tranquillity, and the happiness of 

 this state, placed under his protec- 

 tion, be granted to our prayers. 

 Given at Zurich, Nov. 20. 



The Landamman of the Swiss, 

 President of the Diet, 



( Signed ) J. De Reinhard. 



The Chancellor of the Confe- 

 deration, 



(Signed) Morisson. 



Declaration of the Allied Powers. 



The F'rench government has or- 

 dered a new levy of 300,000 con- 

 scripts. The motives of the Se- 

 natus Consultum to that effect 

 contain an appeal to the allied 

 powers. They, therefore, find 

 themselves called upon to promul- 

 gate anew, in the face of the world, 

 the views which guide tliem in the 

 present war; the principles which 

 form the basis of their conduct, 

 their wishes, and their determi- 

 nations. 



The allied powers do not make 

 war upon France, but against that 

 preponderance haughtily announc- 

 ed, — against that preponderance 

 which, to the misfortune of Eu- 

 rope and of France, the emperor 

 JJapoleon has too long exercised 

 beyond the limits of his empire. 



Victory has conducted the allied 

 armies to the banks of the Rhine. 

 The first use which their impeiial 

 and royal majestys have made of 

 victory, has been, to offer peace to 

 his majesty the emperor of the 

 French. An attitude strengthened 

 by the accession of all the sove- 

 reigns and princes of Germany, 

 has iiad no influence on the condi- 

 tions of that peace. These condi- 

 tions are founded on the independ- 

 ence of the French empire, as well 

 as on the independence of the other 

 states of Europe. The views of 

 the powers are just in their object, 

 generous and liberal in their appli- 

 cation, giving security to all, ho- 

 nourable to each. 



The allied sovereigns desire that 

 France may be great, powerful, 

 and happy ; because the French 

 power, in a state of greatness and 

 strength, is one of the foundations 

 of the social edifice of Europe. 

 They wish that France may be 

 happy, — that French commerce 

 may revive,— that the arts, those 

 blessings of peace, may again flou- 

 rish ; because a great people can 

 only be tranquil in proportion as it 

 is happy. The powers confirm to 

 the French empire an extent of 

 territory which France under her 

 kings never knew ; because a va- 

 liant nation does not fall from its 

 rank, by having in its turn expe- 

 rienced reverses in an obstinate 

 and sanguinary contest, in which 

 it has fought with its accustomed 

 bravery. 



But the allied powers also wish 

 to be free, tranquil, and happy, 

 themselves. They desire a state 

 of peace which, by a wise partition 

 of strength, by a just equilibrium,, 

 may henceforward preserve their 

 people fVom the numberless cala- 



