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been at war with him. For the first 
of these injuries his majesty con- 
tented himself with accepting an in- 
adequate satisfaction. Of the se- 
cond he took no cognizance, being 
prevented by the apprehensions and 
representations on the part of the 
Hanse Towns. His majesty, on his 
part, did not scruple to make any 
sacrifice, as the preservation of 
peace was the dearest wish of his 
heart. 
The patience and sufferance of 
-every other court were exhausted 
sooner than that of his majesty.— 
War again broke out on the conti- 
nent—the situation of the king, 
with respect to his duty, was more 
difficult thanever. In order to pre- 
vent France from augmenting her 
troops in [lanover, he had promised 
-to sufler no attack to be made on 
that territory. ‘The Russians and 
Swedes were preparing for an ats 
-tack upon the French. From this 
period the whole burden of the con- 
tract between [france and Prussia 
weighed upon the latter only, with- 
out producing to her the least ad- 
vantage; and by a singular conca- 
tenation of circumstances, it seemed 
that Prussia, who only wished to 
remain impartial and neutral, could 
no longer pursue her former system, 
except to the prejudice of the allicd 
powers. Every advantage which re- 
suited from this situation of affairs 
was on the side of France, and the 
king was daily threatened with a 
collision, not less formidable to him, 
than deeisively favourable to the 
plans of Napolcon. 
Who could have thought that the 
very moment when the king had 
given to the French government the 
strongest proof of his determination, 
and a singular example of the faith- 
ful fulfilment of engagements into 
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which he had once entered, should 
be chosen by Napoleon to do the 
king the most sensible injury ? 
Who does not remember the viola« 
tion of the territory of Auspach, 
which took place on the 3d of Octo- 
ber, in the last year, notwithstand- 
ing the remonstrance of the provin- 
cial administration, and of his mae 
jesty’s minister? 
This contest between that mode- 
ration which pardons every thing— 
that integrity which remains true to 
its engagements to the last, on the 
one part; and the abuse of power, 
-the insolence inspired by deceitful 
fortune, and the habit of only reck+ 
oning on this fortune, on the other, 
continued several years., The king 
declared to the French government 
that he considered all his connec. 
tions with it as dissolved. He placed 
his army on 4 footing suitable to 
circumstances. He was now fully 
convinced, that so pledge of secu- 
rity remained for the neighbours of 
Trance, but a peace established 
upon firm principles, and guaranteed 
by all the powers in common. 
His majesty offered the allies to 
be the mediator in negotiations for 
such a peace, and to support them 
with all his force, It is sufficient 
to Know the conditions then pro- 
posed, to be convinced of the mode- 
ration which, at all times, has go- 
verned the politics of his majesty in 
their whole extent. Prussia, at this 
moment, listened not to the voice of 
revenge: she passed over the events 
of the late war, however violent 
they might have been, since they 
had been sanctioned by existing 
treaties. She required nothing but 
the punétual fulfilment of those trea- 
ties ; but this she required without 
limitation. Count Haugwitz repair- 
ed to Vienna, where the French em- 
peror 
