686 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



ordered under arrest, as was the 

 burgomaster ; and the troops forci- 

 bly obtained what their leader had 

 demanded. Colonel d'Addesparre, 

 at the head of 2,000 regular troops, 

 and about the same number of pea- 

 santry, is now on his march to 

 Stockholm, to demand of the king 

 to call a diet of the states, as well 

 as to obtain payment of the troops 

 under his command. 



Proclamation of the Commander of 

 the Troops stationed in Weim- 

 land. 



A considerable number of sol- 

 diers have taken up arms, in order 

 to march to the capital, and relieve 

 our common, now unfortunate, and 

 dismembered native country. 



As all our fellow-citizens must be 

 sensible that our views are such as 

 public spirit and honour dictate to 

 virtuous minds, we cannot be mis- 

 taken in our implicit confidence, 

 that our brethren in arms and our 

 unarmed fellow-citizens, will not 

 form any incorrect opinion of our 

 sentiments and views. They are 

 merely these, that the states of the 

 realm and our legislators shall be 

 at liberty to assemble and deliberate 

 uncontrolled on the means of re- 

 storing the prosperity of our suffer- 

 ing country. 



We have solemnly contracted the 

 engagement to lay at their feet the 

 arms which we have taken up to 

 procure them freedom. We will 

 form a wall round the hall where 

 Swedish legislatorF hold their deli- 

 beration, which no power upon 

 earth shall be able to beat down. 

 We have solemnly contracted the 

 engagement to destroy all such as 



still endeavour to prefer forefgn 

 connections to the internal welfare 

 and tranquility of Sweden. 



Sweden's German dominions are 

 delivered up to the enemy, and Fin- 

 land, the native soil of a noble and 

 gallant people, is lost. We have 

 solemnly contracted the engage- 

 ment, that not a single inch more of 

 the Swedish territory shall be given 

 up to the enemj'. Sweden's trade 

 and mines are ruined and deserted; 

 Sweden'syouth are taken from agri- 

 cultural pursuits, in order to be de- 

 stroyed by sickness and the sword, 

 The burthens laid on agriculture 

 are such that they cannot be borne 

 any longer. Grinding taxesareex- 

 acted without mercy; desolation 

 and misery are spreading wide and 

 far, and threaten universal ruin. 



We have contracted the solemn 

 engagement, that the fathers of the 

 country shall enjoy full liberty to 

 restore the welfare and prosperity 

 of the country. 



May the higher and lower states 

 of the commonweal also join heart 

 and hand to assert the freedom of 

 the country, and thus, by harmony 

 and well-concerted efforts, ensure 

 success to our enterprize and views. 



May the fathers of the country 

 offer peace and amity to our neigh- 

 bours, but accompany this^offer with 

 the assurance that every Swedish 

 hero will rather be buried under the 

 ruins of his country, than suffer a 

 single inch of Swedish ground to be 

 taken by our enemies, or transfer- 

 red to them. 



Our ally. Great Britain, shall 

 learn to appreciate and value a na- 

 tion, which knows how to break its 

 fetters, and rescue liberty from its 

 chains; France shall learn to respect 

 a people, anxious to rival her mili- 

 tary prowess ; the rulers of Russia, 



and 



