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fiorn it, and to employ all his in- 

 fluence with tlie people to induce 

 them to consent to the union. 



2. The country between the 

 Glommen and the Swedish fron- 

 tier shall be evacuated by the Nor- 

 wegian troops, as well as the isles 

 of Walcheren, and the fortresses 

 of Frederickstadt, with its citadel, 

 I'rederickshali, Frederickstein, and 

 Konigswinger. The country shall 

 be declared neutral, and the for- 

 tresses shall be occupied by Swedish 

 troops. 



3. After the occupation of the 

 fortresses, the blockade of Norway 

 shall be raised, in respect to the 

 ports of Christiana, Christian- 

 sand, and Bergen, with the neces- 

 sary modifications, and during the 

 period of the truce. 



After giving in this ultimatum, 

 with regard to whicii the under- 

 signed demand a categorical an- 

 swer, they also address themselves 

 to his Highness, in order to learn 

 his resolution in regard to the let- 

 ter of his Danish Majesty. 



They have, at the same time, 

 the honour to declare to iiis High- 

 ness, that whatever may be his 

 answer to this official Note, the)' 

 will consider their negociations as 

 terminated, and will demand their 

 passports, whether for the purpose 

 of continuing to bring about the 

 union of the two kingdoms in a 

 pacific manner, or to follow up an 

 ineflf'ectual negociation by more 

 efficacious measures. 



They seize with eagerness this 

 opportunity of presenting to his 

 Royal Highness the expression of 

 their profound respect. 

 (Signed) 

 Steigentesch. Orloff. 

 FoRSTER. Martens. 



Christiana, July 7, 1814. 

 To his Highness Prince Chris- 

 tian Frederick of Denmark. 



The Ansicer of his Majesty. 



To the note from you, Gentle- 

 men, the envoys of the courts al- 

 lied to Sweden, charged with a 

 special mission to Norway, 1 hast- 

 en to reply conformably with my 

 duties to the people of Norway, 

 and to the regard due to the over- 

 tures you are commissioned to 

 make. 



The happiness of Norway is 

 the sole object of mv actions. The 

 Norwegian nation, delivered from 

 the oath of fidelity to the King of 

 Detimark, and not acknowledging 

 liis power to cede them in full so- 

 vereignty and property to the King 

 of Sweden, as well as justly irii- 

 tated by learning it was a princi- 

 - pal condition that Swedish trooi.)s 

 shoidd take possession of fortresses 

 neier occupied by Danish troops 

 during the union, wislied to avail 

 themselves of those rights, which in 

 similar cases belong, according to 

 public opinion, to every nation. 



Aware of this general sentiment, 

 which an inveterate hatred be- 

 tween bordering nations rendered 

 more marked than ever, I perceiv- 

 ed that inteinal dis-t.urbances and 

 anarchy would result from a forc- 

 ed union: and I put myself at 

 the head of the nation in order to 

 prevent these calamities. The 

 regard due to the sovereignty 

 which resides in the nation itself, 

 made me assemble a Diet, and it 

 formed a constitution calculated to 

 consolidate the happiness of the 

 people. . Their iffection and con- 

 fidence offered me tbe crown, 

 which I then thought it my duty 

 to accept ; and desirous of contri- 

 buting to the happiness of the 

 people, 1 was persuaded that the 

 independence of Norway, under a 

 government which the nation itself 

 had formed,, and an alliance with 



