STATE PAPERS. 



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of a Treaty of Alliance, dated the 

 16th of August, 1814, as also on 

 the convention concluded on the 

 same daj', terminated the objects 

 of their mission, in the Sittin;^ of 

 the Gth of September, and having 

 endeavoured, in various private 

 conferences, to remove the diffi- 

 culties which stood in the way of 

 an absolute union, have attained 

 this day, the 8th of September, an 

 object so important to the safely 

 and the welfare of the country at 

 large : 



The Diet has in consequence 

 decreed — 



The Treaty of Alliance between 

 the 19 cantons of Switzerland, of 

 which the following is the tenor 

 and effect, shall be signed and 

 sealed as a true Federal Conven- 

 tion, in the forms heretofore used 

 'for the Acts of the Diet. 



Federal Compact. 



1. The 19 Sovereign Cantons of 

 Switzerland, viz. Zurich, Bern, 

 Lucern, Uri, Schweits, Claris, 

 Unterwalden, Zug, Friburg, So- 

 leure, Basle, SchatFhausen, Ap- 

 penzel, St. Gall, Grisons, Argo- 

 via, Turgovia, Tessin, and Vaud, 

 are united by the present treaty, 

 for the preservation of their liberty 

 and independence, and for their 

 common safety against any attack 

 from foreign Powers, as well as 

 for the maintenance of order and 

 public tranquillity in the interior. 

 They reciprocally guarantee their 

 constitutions, such as they have 

 been accepted by the Chief Autho- 

 rities of each canton, in confor- 

 mity to the principles of the 

 Treaty of Alliance. They reci- 

 {urocally guarantee their territory'. 



2. For the maintenance of this 



guaranty, and the neutrality of 

 Switzerland, there shall be raised 

 among the men of each canton, fit 

 to bear arms, a contingent upon 

 the calculation of two in each 

 hundred. The troops shall be 

 furnished by the cantons as fol- 

 lows :— Berne 4,184, Zurich 

 3,858, Vaud 2,964, St. Gall 2,6,'JO, 

 Argovia 2,416, Grisons 2,000, 

 Tessin 1,084, Lucerne, 1,764, 

 Tiirgovia 1,670, Friburg 1,240, 

 Appenzel972, Soleure904, Basle 

 816, Schweitz 602, Claris 482, 

 SchalFhausen 466, Unterwalden 

 282, Zug 250, Uri 236, making 

 a total of .30,000 men. 



This proportion is fixed for one 

 year, and shall be revised by the 

 Diet in 1815, in order to its being 

 corrected. 



3. The cantons, in order to fur- 

 nish the means for defraying the 

 expenses of war and of the Con- 

 federation, shall contribute in the 

 following proportions : — Bern 

 91,695 francs, Zurich 77,153, 

 Vaud 59,273, St. Gall 39,481, Ar- 

 govia 52,212, Grisons 12,000, 

 Tessin 18,039, Lucerne 26,016, 

 Turgovia 25,052, Friburg 13,59i, 

 Appenzel 9,728, Soleure 13,097, 

 Basle 20,450, Schweitz 3,012, 

 Claris 4,823, Schaffhausen 9,327, 

 Unterwalden 1,907, Zug 1,497, 

 Uri 1,184, — making a total of 

 490,507 francs. 



These contributions are in like 

 manner 1o continue in force for 

 one Year, and the Diet shall de- 

 cide anew, in 1815, on this sub- 

 ject, and on the appeals which 

 each canton may find it expedient 

 to make on the subject. A similar 

 revision shall take place every 20 

 years, as well for the adjustment 

 of the contributions as for the 

 contingents of men. 



