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gollern-Siegmaringen, Salm-Salm, 
and Salm-Kyrburg, Isenburg, Birch- 
stein and Lichtenstein, the duke of 
Aremburg, and the count of Leyen*, 
By their articles of confederacy, 
these princes separated themselves 
from the Germanic empire, and 
renounced all connection with it; 
appointed a diet to meet at Frank- 
fort, to manage their public con- 
cerns, and settle their differences ; 
chose the emperor of the French 
for their protector; established 
among themselves a federal alliance, 
by which, if one of them engaged in 
a continental war, all the others 
were bound to take part in it ; and 
fixed the contingent which each 
should in that case furnish, as ~fol- 
Jows: France, 200,000; Bavaria, 
30,000; Wirtemberg, 12,000; Ba- 
den, 3,000; Berg, 5,000; Darm- 
stadt, 4.000; Nassau, Hohenzol- 
Jern, and others,: 4,000; tolal, 
258,000 men. It was settled, that 
none of the members of this con- 
federacy should be dependent on 
any foreign power, nor enter 
into any’ service’ but that of the 
states of the confederation and their 
allies. No prince belonging to the 
confederacy could alienate the whole 
er any part of his dominions, but in 
favour of the confederates. Other 
German princes and states might be 
admitted into the confederacy, 
whenever it was found consistent 
with the general interest. In the 
mean time a vast number of petty 
princes and counts were deprived of 
the rights of sovereignty, which 
they held under the Germanic con- 
stitution, and’ these, without equi- 
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valent or indemnity, were traus- 
ferred to members of the confede- 
ration. The imperial city of Nu- 
remberg was given to the king of 
Bavaria, and that of Frankfort on 
the Maine to the archbishop of 
Ratisbon, formerly electorand arches 
chancellor of the empire, now prince 
primate of ‘‘theconfederated states 
of the empire,” or confederation of 
the Rhine. 
By these great and important in. 
novations, the Germanic empire 
was virtually dissolved, and many 
of its states were annexed, under 
the name of allies, to the rising 
empire of the French, Bonaparte 
was not content, however, while the 
name of the Germanic empire sub. 
sisted. No sooner were the preli- 
minaries of peace signed between 
France and Russiat+, than a message 
was conveyed from him to the em- 
peror of Germany, to signify to the 
latter, that he must prepare to lay 
aside the title of emperor of Ger- 
many, and yield the precedence to 
France ; and, farther, that he must 
be ready to give his assent to the 
new arrangements to be proposed in 
a few days at Ratisbon. To this 
mandate the emperor of Germany, 
since he could not resist the order, 
wisely submitted without remon. 
strance, and by a formal deed, 
resigned his office and title of empe- 
ror of Germany, and annexed his 
German provinces and states to the 
empire of Austria t. On the Ist of 
August the confederates announced 
to the diet at’ Ratisbon, their sepa- 
ration from the empire ; and on the 
same day a note was presented to 
* The archduke Ferdinand, grand duke of Woartzburg (farmerly archduke of 
Tuscany, and afterwards elector of Saltsburg,) acceded to the confederation of the 
Rhine, on the 30th of September, 1806. 
+ July, 20. ¢ August 6, 
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