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ened for a moment to oppose the 

 execution of the measures ordained. 

 Already did our enemies, or such as 

 are envious of our repose, begin to 

 rejoice at our intestine disseutions ; 

 but these were soon suppressed by 

 the united force of the army and 

 the laws ; and were succeeded by 

 the return of national sentiment 

 and obedience to their duty. The 

 vacancies in the new enrolment, 

 and in the national armament, are 

 almost entirely filled up; and 

 every measure has been taken to 

 render them useful in this em- 

 ploy. The regular army has been 

 recruited, as is also the whole of 

 the reserve new clothed, and sup- 

 plied with well conditioned arms, 

 of which sufficient quantities are 

 found in the magazines ; and the 

 founderies for arms have obtained 

 a renewed activity, the making 

 of gunpowder and saltpetre has 

 been extended and improved, and 

 the artillery put into a respectable 

 condition. 



The pensions granted to officers 

 and soldiers wounded during the 

 war have been either confirmed or 

 augmented. The accounts of the 

 expenses of the late war have been 

 accelerated ; and such measures as 

 have been successively adopted, 

 had no other object in view than to 

 render the troops serviceable, and 

 to supply them with the necessa- 

 ries requisite. 



Your Majesty will deign to per- 

 ceive by this statement that not- 

 withstanding all that the detractors 

 of Sweden have insinuated on this 

 head, as that it would take sixty 

 years to organize an army of 

 60,000 men; yet the effect- 

 ing of this will be apparent in 

 ^he month of April next, both 



to the friends and enemies of 

 your Majesty. The intent of 

 this augmentation of our military 

 force is merely defensive. With- 

 out any other ambition than that 

 of preserving her liberty and laws, 

 Sweden will have the means of de- 

 fending herself, and she can do it. 

 Bounded by the sea on one side, 

 and on the other by inaccessible 

 mountains, it is not solely on the 

 courage of her inhabitants, nor in 

 the remembrance of her former 

 glory, that she has to seek for 

 the security of her independence ; 

 it is rather to be found in her local 

 situation, in her mountains, her 

 forests, in her lakes, and in her 

 frosts. Let her therefore profit by 

 these united advantages ; and let 

 her inhabitants be thoroughly per- 

 suaded of this truth, that if iron, 

 the produce of their mountains, 

 cultivates their farms, by plough- 

 ing up their fields, that it is 

 likewise iron alone, and the firm 

 determination of making use of it, 

 that can defend tliem. 



I have been seconded in my ef- 

 forts by the good spirit prevalent 

 in the army, and by the zeal and 

 abilities of the public function- 

 aries. 



The Magistracy has maintained 

 its ancient reputation ; it has pain- 

 ful duties to fulfil, but this has 

 procured it a fresh claim to the 

 general esteem. 



The different departments of the 

 Chancery of State have rivalled 

 each other in giving the quickest 

 dispatch, compatible with the for- 

 malities required by our laws and 

 customs, to all business which has 

 come under their cognizance. 



The Secretary of State's depart- 

 ment for Church affairs, has, since 



the 



