STATE PAPERS. 
Imperial Courts of Austria and 
Russia, and to the Minister of 
his Prussian Majesty, to accept 
of this Note on the exchange of 
the ratifications of the treaty in 
question. 
In order to be assured that I 
have advanced nothing in this 
dispatch which does not accord 
with the views of the Cabinets of 
the Allied Sovereigns, I have ac- 
quainted the Plenipotentiaries of 
the High Allied Powers with the 
contents thereof, and have the 
honour to inform you, that the 
sentiments contained in it entire- 
ly coincide with those of their re- 
spective Courts. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed) 
CLANCARTY. 
Proclamation of the King of 
Prussia. 
“ When, in the time of danger, 
I called my people to arms to 
combat for the freedom and in- 
dependence of the country, the 
whole mass of the youth, glowing 
with emulation, thronged round 
the standards, to bear with joyful 
self-denial unusual hardships, and 
resolyed to brave death itself. 
Then the best strength of the 
people intrepidly joined the ranks 
of my brave soldiers, and my ge- 
nerals led with me into battle a 
host of heroes, who have shewn 
‘themselves worthy of the name of 
their fathers, and heirs of their 
glory. Thus we and our allies, 
attended by victory, conquered 
the capital of our enemy. Our 
banners waved in Paris.—Napo- 
leon abdicated his authority— 
liberty was restored to Germany, 
security to thrones, and to the 
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world the hope of a durable 
peace. 
“ This hope is vanished: we 
must again march to the combat. 
A perfidious conspiracy has 
brought back to France the man 
who for ten years together brought 
down upon the world unutterable 
miseries. The people, confounded, 
have not been able to oppose his 
armed adherents; though he him- 
self, while still at the head of a 
considerable armed force, declar- 
ed his abdication to be a volun- 
tary sacrifice to the happiness and 
repose of France, he now regards 
this, like every other convention, 
as nothing; he is at the head of 
perjured soldiers, who desire to 
render war eternal; Europe is 
again threatened ; it cannot suffer 
the man to remain on the throne 
of France, who loudly proclaimed 
universal empire to be the object 
of his continually-renewed wars; 
who confounded all moral princi- 
ple by his continued breach of 
faith ; and who can, therefore, 
give the world no security for his 
peaceable intentions. ’ 
“« Again, therefore, arise to the 
combat! France itself wants our 
aid, and all Europe is allied with 
us. United with your ancient 
companions in victory, reinforced 
by the accession of new brethren 
in arms, you, brave Prussians, 
go toa just war, with me, with 
the Princes of my family, with the 
generals who have led you to yic- 
tory. The justice of the cause 
we defend will ensure us the vic- 
tory. 
“JT have ordered a general 
arming, according to my Decree 
of September 3, 1814, which will 
be executed in all my dominions. 
The army will be completed ; the 
