STATE PAPERS. 



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ly governments have been respect- 

 ed ; and such of their shij)s as have 

 touched upon our coasts, have 

 been at liberty to continue their 

 voyage, whatever might be their 

 destination. 



About 50 American ships driven 

 upon our coasts by successive tem- 

 pests, have deen released. This 

 act of justice, founded upon the 

 rights of nations, has been appre- 

 ciated by tlie United States : and 

 appearances promise us, that bet- 

 ter understood relations with their 

 government will facilitate the ex- 

 portation of the numerous piles of 

 iron with which our public places 

 are now filled. 



Political considerations join with 

 the family connection which unites 

 your Majesty and the King of 

 Prussia, to consolidate the relations 

 of friendship that subsist between 

 the two powers. 



The peace with Russia will not 

 be troubled ; the treaties by which 

 it is cemented are executed on 

 both sides with frankness and 

 good faith. 



Our relations with the Austrian 

 empire are upon a most amicable 

 foolins^ ; the remembrance of glo- 

 ry brings the two nations nearer 

 to each other ; and your Majesty 

 will neglect nothing which can 

 coutribute to maintain the reci- 

 procity of confidence and esteem 

 it causes. 



If Spain and Portugal should 

 assume a tranquil posture, these 

 countries will offer to Swedish 

 commerce, advantages which would 

 guarantee the perfection of the 

 plans she has commenced for im- 

 proving her iron mines. 



Our intercourse with Southern 

 America h;i» entirely eeased ; civil 

 war ravages these fine and unfor- 



tunate countries. When they 

 have a regular administration, the 

 produce of the kingdom will find 

 an advantageous vent there. 



The maritime war has interrupt- 

 ed our commercial relations witli 

 Turkey ; but nothing which inte- 

 rests that ancient friend of Sweden 

 can be indifferent to your Majesty. 



Such, Sire I are the exterior re- 

 lations of Sweden; — ^justice and 

 loyalty towards all nations have 

 been the political guides of your 

 Majesty. 



'J'he army and the finances,— 

 those two principal guarantees of a 

 state,— have, above all, been the 

 objects of my constant solicitude. 



A wise economy has governed 

 the expenditure of the funds des- 

 tined for the armaments which the 

 state of war rendered necessary. 

 This war having great influence 

 upon the exportation of Swedish 

 productions, upon the general pro- 

 ceedings of trade, and the imagi- 

 nations of merchants, had caused 

 the course of exchange to rise to 

 an exorbitant height. I particu- 

 larly directed my attention to stop 

 this scourge of states ; which hav- 

 ing once broken its dykes, no 

 bounds can be placed to its 

 ravages ; by repressing on the one 

 side, stock jobbing ; by carrying 

 into execution the ancient laws 

 against the unlawful exportation 

 of gold and silver; by imposing 

 a duty of transit upon the convey- 

 ance of ingots from foreign coun- 

 tries, passiug through Sweden ; by 

 endeavouring to bring back the 

 nation to the principles of econo- 

 my which distinguished their an- 

 cestors. On the other side, I have 

 endeavoured to give activity to the 

 interior industry and lawful com- 

 merce of Sweden. 



I have 



