STATE PAPERS. 
brave Saxons, in the annals of 
Prussian glory. 
(Signed) 
_ Freperick WILLIAM. 
Vienna, May 22, 1815. 
To the Inhabitants of the Ceded 
Parts of the Kingdom of Saxony. 
By the Treaty of Peace con- 
cluded on the 18th of this month, 
and ratified on the 21st, between 
me and the courts of Austria, 
Russia, and Prussia, I have con- 
sented to the cession of that part 
of my Hereditary States, of which 
the Congress at Vienna had dis- 
posed, which had at the same time 
added the clause, that the rest of 
my hereditary States would not 
be restored till I had consented 
to the cessions demanded. 
During my long government [ 
have been guided in all my ope- 
rations solely by my solicitude 
for the good of the subjects who 
were intrusted to me. The issue 
of all human enterprises is in the 
hand of God. All my efforts to 
avert so painfula sacrifice have 
been in vain. I must part from 
you, and the bonds which your 
fidelity and your attachment to 
my person rendered so dear to 
me, the bonds which have formed 
for ages the happiness of my 
House, and of your ancestors, 
must be broken. Conformably 
to the promise made to the Allied 
Powers, I release you, subjects 
and soldiers, of the provinces se- 
parated from my kingdom, from 
your oath to me and my House, 
and I recommend you to be 
faithful and obedient to your new: 
Sovereign. 
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My gratitude for your fidelity, 
my love and my ardent wishes for 
your welfare, will always attend 
you. 
FREDERICK AvuGuUSTUS.’ 
Saxenburg, May 22, 1815. 
Prussian Decree respecting the 
Representation of the People. 
We, Frederick William, by the 
Grace of God, King of Prussia, 
&e. 
By our decree of the 30th of 
last month, we have ordained a 
regular administration for our 
monarchy, taking into considera-" 
tion at the same time the former 
relations of the provinces. 
The history of the Prussiar 
States shows, indeed, that the 
happy state of civil liberty, and 
the duration of a just administra- 
tion founded upon order, has hi- 
therto found in the character of 
the Sovereigns, and in their union 
with their people, all that security 
which the imperfection and un- 
certainty of all human institutions 
would allow. 
In order, however, that these’ 
advantages may be built on astill 
firmer basis, and that we may 
give to the Prussian nation a 
pledge of our confidence, and to 
posterity an authentic document 
of the principles upon which our 
ancestors and ourself have con-' 
ducted the government of. our 
kingdom with constant regard to 
the happiness of our subjects ;: 
and that those principles may be 
durably. recorded by a written 
document, as the Constitution of 
the Prussian Monarchy, we have 
resolved as follows : ' 
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