STATE PAPERS. 



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by the Kind's being foVisaken by an 

 all)', on whose assistance he had 

 reasonable grounds for placing a 

 reliance. 



His Majesty has been under the 

 necessity of consenting to the 

 greatest sacrifices to protect the 

 remaining part of his states from 

 invasion, with which tliey were 

 threatened by the combined troops 

 of several Powers, and for the pur- 

 pose of again recovering possession 

 of those provinces which had fallen 

 into the enemy's power. 



He recalled his Minister at the 

 Court of the French Emperor, and 

 declared to the Minister of his 

 Imperial Majesty residing at his 

 Court, that he could no longer 

 consider him as being in that ca- 

 pacity, and that opportnnity should 

 be given hioi for his return to 

 France. 



His Majesty likewise declares, 

 that he will ioin the Sovereigns 

 united against France, in order to 

 assist in bringing about a general 

 peace, for which all the nations of 

 Europe are languishing, and which 

 is so necessary for the Danish 

 States. 



Middelfart, Jan. 17, 1814. 



Proclamation of Prince Christian 

 Frederick, 



Norwegians, — You have been 

 informed that his Majesty King 

 Frederick VI., notwithstanding 

 the love he bears j'ou, {which we 

 have thankfully to acknowledge,) 

 has been compelled, by the in- 

 trigues of the Swedish government, 

 jupported by numerous armies, to 

 'enounce his claims to the throne 

 )f Norway. 



With rage you have heard, that 

 70M are surrendered to a eoVerh- 



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raent which has entertained the 



ignominious thought that flatter* 

 inj( words and vain promises could 

 induce you to infidelity towards 

 your King ; even so, as when they 

 in the midst of peace, wantonly 

 exercised the barbarous enmity of 

 endeavouring to starve you, and 

 thereby shake your courage, which 

 they knew ever to have bten un- 

 daunted. She now conceives you 

 capable of the weakness, that you 

 would exposeyourseives to the same 

 unfortunate fate and yoke under 

 which Sweden's sons groan, to an- 

 swer the ambition of a stranger, 

 and fight abroad for foreign mo- 

 ney ! But the free people of 

 Norway can fix their own destiny ! 

 Swear to found the independence 

 of Norway ! Call God to witness 

 your sincerity, and supplicate the 

 benediction of heaven on your 

 dear country. It is God's will, 

 loyal Norwegians, that I, the He- 

 reditary Prince of Denmark's 

 throne, should be at this conjunc- 

 ture amongst you, that through 

 the harmony which reigns in your 

 hearts you may be saved. 



I have the public voice for inde- 

 pendence, for serious and unlimit- 

 ed resistance against foreign vio- 

 lence. Inspired as I am for Nor- 

 way's happiness and honour, it is 

 a sufficient inducement to me to 

 remain amongst this faithful peo- 

 ple as long as I can be useful to 

 their independence, and maintain 

 tranquillity and order. Appointed 

 by Prondence to conduct at pre- 

 sent the reins of this realm, I shall 

 protect, with a firm hand, and 

 without regarding dangers or dif- 

 ficulties, the security of Norway 

 and its laws. 



An independent assembly of the 

 most enlightened men of the na* ' 

 tion shall, by menns of a wise ccrti"- 



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