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Proclamation of the King 
Prussia to the Inhabitants of 
Prussian Saxony. 
By the patent which I have this 
day signed, I have united you, 
inhabitants. of Saxony, with my 
subjects, your neighbours and 
German countrymen. The gene- 
ral agreement of the powers here 
assembled at the Congress has 
assigned to me your country, 
subjected by the fate of war, by 
way of indemnity, for the loss 
which has on one side diminished 
the circuit of the states guaran- 
teed'to me. Now separated, by 
the course of events, from a house 
of Princes with whom you have 
been faithfully connected for cen- 
turies, you pass over to another, 
which is allied to you by the 
friendly ties of neighbourhood, 
language, manners, and religion. 
When you beheld with pain your 
old connections dissolved, I re- 
spected that grief as furnishing 
an earnest of the German cha- 
racter, and a pledge that you and 
your children will obey me and 
my House with equal fidelity. 
You must be convinced of the 
necessity of your separation. My 
old subjects have made great and 
severe sacrifices, They have gained 
before the world and posterity a 
elaim that the dangers of the days 
of Gros Beeren and Dennewitz 
should ever be far from them in 
future. They have given proof, 
that by their valour and fidelity 
to their King, Germany also has 
been delivered from the disgrace of 
servitude. Butthatthey maymain- 
tain their own jndependence and 
the freedom of Germany, that the 
fruits of severe toils and bloody 
victories may not be lost, the duty 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1815. 
of looking to their own independ- 
ent existence, and that of care for 
the common weal of Germany; 
equally require that your provinces 
should be united to my States, and 
yourselves with my people. Ger- 
many has only won what Prussia 
has earned. This you must be 
convinced of; and I place con- 
fidence in your German and honest 
minds, that the oath of your fide- 
lity will proceed equally from the 
feelings of the heart, as when I 
take you for my people. Through 
your union. with my States, rich 
resources are opened to your in-~ 
dustry. The wounds of war will 
be healed, when the present dan- 
ger and the necessity for new ef- 
forts in defence of our indepen- 
dence are over. My cares for 
your welfare shall anxiously meet. 
your ownexertions. A beneficent 
constitution equally dividing the. 
burthens of the State, a moderate 
government, well weighed laws, 
a correct and punctual distribu- 
tion of justice, shall promote 
your domestic prosperity. Your 
military youth will faithfully join 
their brethren in arms. The mi- 
nisters of religion will in future 
be the venerable instructors in the 
religion of your ancestors. Upon 
your literary establishments, for 
many years the nurseries of Ger- 
man science and learning, I will 
bestow especial attention; and 
when the Prussian throne, after 
the lapse of a century, has been 
firmly fonnded on the virtues of 
peace and war, and the freedom 
of our native Germany guarded, 
then you will participate in the 
distinguished rank» which — the 
Prussian name will hold, and his- 
tory will also write your names, 
