STATE 



PA 



PER S. 



499 



of Pomeraiiiii, upon llie surren- 

 der and occupation of the fortresses 

 of Konig^■^win^er, Frederick!<hall, 

 Frederickstadt, and Aj^gerhuus. 



These great sacrifices were made 

 to Denmark, only because she 

 promised that you would peace- 

 ably, and without opposition, ac- 

 knowledije the authority of the 

 king of Sweden ; and you will 

 appreciate them, on reading the 

 treaties which united Sweden, Rus- 

 sia, England, Prussia, and Aus- 

 tria, against the common enemy. 

 Norwegians ! If in this age these 

 treaties could be eluded by civiliz- 

 ed nations, good faith would no 

 longer exist upon earth. 



At the period when your govern- 

 ment furnished to France some 

 thousands of stamen to man ships 

 of war, Sweden perceived the in- 

 dispensable necessity of rendering 

 herself independent of the conti- 

 nent ; she refused to bow before 

 the idol of the clay, and confident- 

 ly relying on herself, and on her 

 constitutional laws, she dared to 

 invoke them in favour of her chil- 

 dren, and rejected the demand of 

 an equal number of seamen : she 

 did more, she unites herself at a 

 period the most critical recorded in 

 our annals, with a monarch whose 

 destruction Napoleon had sworn. 

 She feels proud, however, in hav- 

 ing anticipated the resolution of so 

 many other nations, 



Norwegians ! Small states are 

 always moved by the more power- 

 ful : you caimot form an insulated 

 governn)ent ; and the plan of the 

 man who mi-leads you is to unite 

 one day the crown of Norway to that 

 of Denmark ; but nature, in accord- 

 ance with sound policy, wills that 

 the Norwegians and the Swedes 

 should be friends and hrothers. It 

 is as also brothers that the Swedes 

 wish to live with you. Sweden 



and Norway united, and lending 

 each other m.utual support, will 

 present on every side an impreg- 

 nable front. Insulated and dis- 

 united, they will have every thing 

 to fear both from themselves and 

 from others. Look at England, — 

 that island, so famous, founded 

 her prosperity on a similar union. 

 That of Norway to Sweden is 

 guaranteed by the first powers of 

 the world. 



An experience of many centu- 

 ries proves that the divisions of 

 the North always led to its ruin. 

 This idea had struck the great 

 Gustavus. After having laid the 

 foundation of the peace of Europe, 

 and consolidated the Protestant 

 faith, his plan was to effect your 

 union with Sweden : death put an 

 end to his design. Its consequences 

 have been pernicious to you, 



Norwegians ! After the memor- 

 able battle of Leipsic, your inte- 

 rests must have told you, that 

 your union with Sweden could 

 alone constitute your happiness 

 and establish your security. The 

 great powers wish this union. All 

 of them have recognized that it 

 was time to put an end to the dis- 

 sensions which must result from 

 the separation of the two nations. 

 Will you alone oppose the general 

 will ? Will you alone combat the 

 Swedes and the sovereigns who 

 have guaranteed your union with 

 us ? Their glory, their interests, 

 the sanctity of treaties, in fine, de- 

 mand its accomplishment. 



I come in the midst of you, with 

 the hope that you will treat as 

 brothers that brave army which I 

 lead back from a campaign as glo- 

 rious as astonishing. Neither this 

 army, nor that which has been for 

 a year stationed on your frontiers, 

 desire laurels which must be ting- 

 ed with vour blood. The Swede* 



