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ANNUAL REGISTER, ISU. 



people; filled with confidence in 

 the justice and magnanimity of the 

 Allied So\ereigns, and intending 

 to join their alliance as soon as we 

 had the means of doing so, we de- 

 termined, after the battle of Leip- 

 sic, there to await the conquerors. 

 But the Sovereigns refused to hear 

 us. We were compelled to de- 

 part from our States, and pro- 

 ceed to Berlin. His Majesty the 

 Emperor of Russia nevertheless 

 made known to us, that our re- 

 moval from Saxony was dictated 

 only by military interests, and his 

 Majesty at the same time invited 

 us to repose in him entire con- 

 fidence. We also received from 

 their Majesties the Emperor of 

 Austria, and the King of Prussia, 

 affecting proofs of interest and 

 sensibility. We were in conse- 

 quence enabled to cherish the 

 hope, that as soon as these mili- 

 tary considerations ceaseil to ope- 

 rate, we should be reinstated in 

 our rights and restored to our dear 

 subjects. We were the more en- 

 titled to expect a speedy and happy 

 change in our situation, inasmuch 

 as we had made known to the 

 coalesced sovereigns our sincere 

 desire to co-operate in the re-esta- 

 blishment of repose and liberty, 

 and had manifested in every way 

 which the power was left us of 

 doing, our real devotedness to 

 their persons, and to the cavise 

 which was the object of their 

 efforts. 



On the conclusion of peace with 

 France, it was infinitely painful to 

 us to learn, that our reiterated in- 

 stances for our speedy reinstate- 

 ment had not been attended to ; 

 that our just hopes were still de- 

 ceived ; and that the decision of 

 our dearest interests, and those of 



our people, had been adjourned to 

 the Congress of Vienna. Far, 

 however, from crediting the reports 

 circulated with regard to the fate 

 of our States since the epoch of 

 the peace of Paris, we place en- 

 tire confidence in the justice of 

 the allied Monarchs, though it be 

 impossible to penetrate the motives 

 of the proceedings which they 

 have pursued towards us. 



The conversation and consoli- 

 dation of legitimate dynasties was 

 the grand object of the war which 

 has been so happily terminated : the 

 coalesced powers accordingly re- 

 peatedly proclaimed, in the most 

 solemn manner, that, far removed 

 from every plan of conquest and 

 aggrandisement, they had only in 

 view the restoration of the rights 

 and liberties of Europe. Saxony, 

 in particular, received the most 

 positive assurances, that her in- 

 tegrity would be maintained. That 

 integrity essentially includes the 

 conservation of the dynasty for 

 which the nation has publicly ma- 

 nifested its constant attachment, 

 and the unanimous wish to be 

 re-united to its Sovereign. 



We have communicted to the 

 pricipal powers of Europe a frank 

 and full expositioi of the motives 

 which guided our political con- 

 duct during these latter times; 

 and from the unshaken confidence 

 which we place in ther intelli- 

 gence and justice, we feel per- 

 suaded that they have recognised 

 not only the purity of our inten- 

 tions, but also the absolute neces- 

 sity, resulting from the particular 

 position of our States, and the 

 empire of circumstances, which 

 prevented us from taking part in 

 the struggle for Germany. 



The inviolability of our rights, 



