STATE PAPERS. 



701 



Proclamation of Prince Gallatzin, 

 who has the cummand of the 

 Bussian Army ivhich has pene- 

 trated Gallicia, addressed to the 

 InfiabittttUs^Jn the Russian and 

 Polish Languages, dated May 

 11, 1809. 



Russia could not behold with in- 

 difference, the war that has broken 

 out between France and Austria. 



Russia did every thing to pre- 

 vent the commencement of these 

 hostile operations. She declar- 

 ed even to the court of Austria, 

 that, pursuant to articles of treaty 

 between the emperors of Russia 

 and France, and to the close alli- 

 ance entered into by those two pow- 

 ers, she should be obliged to act in 

 concert with France. Austria lis- 

 tened to none of these remon- 

 strances ; but long endeavoured to 

 conceal her warlike preparations 

 under pretence that she was obliged 

 to adopt necessary measures for her 

 security and defence, till she at last 

 by open hostilities, betrayed her de- 

 signs, and kindled the flames of war. 



Russia has no longer hesitated to 

 take a part in a war in which she is 

 bound to engage by the most so- 

 lemn treaties. As soon as she learn- 

 ed that hostilities had commenced, 

 she broke off all relations of friend- 

 ship which had subsisted between 

 her and Austria, and gave orders to 

 her army to advance into Gallicia. 

 The commander in chief of the 

 army entering that province to op- 

 pose the views of Austria, and to 

 resist force by force, has received 

 from his majesty the emperor, ex- 

 press orders solemnly to assure the 

 peaceable inhabitants of Gallicia 

 that the views of Russia are not 

 hostile; that amid all military ope- 

 rations, the security and safety of 



persons and property shall be most 

 strictly respected. 



The commander in chief shall 

 prove, by his conduct, that the prin- 

 ciples recommended by his sove- 

 reign are also consonant to his own 

 inclinations and feelings. 



Prince Gallatzin, 

 Commander in Chief. 



Imperial Decree, dated Viena, 17th 

 May, 1809, proclaimed in all the 

 public squares and market-places 

 of the city. 



Napoleon, emperor of the French, 

 &c. taking into consideration that 

 when Charlemagne, emperor of the 

 French, and our sublime predeces- 

 sor, endowed the bishops of Rome 

 with various lands, they were given 

 as fiefs to maintain the peace of his 

 subjects, and that Rome did not 

 therefore cease to form a part of his 

 empire : 



Considering further, that since 

 that time the union of spiritual and 

 temporal power has been and still 

 is, the source of dissention ; that the 

 popes have but too frequently avail- 

 ed themselves of the one, to support 

 their pretensions to the other ; and 

 that spiritual concerns, which are in 

 their nature immutable, have been 

 confounded with worldly affairs, 

 which change with the circum- 

 stances and politics of the times : 



Considering finally, that it is in 

 vain to attempt to reconcile with the 

 temporal pretensions of the pope, 

 all that we have concerted for the 

 security of our army, the repose 

 and prosperity of the nations over 

 which we reign, and the dignity and 

 inviolability of our empire, 



We have decreed, and do decree 

 as follow : 



Art. 



