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manded all those members who 

 were not domiciliated at Stutgard, 

 to repair to their respective habi- 

 tations. 



On the following day he pub- 

 lished an additional rescript, ad- 

 dressed to all the subjects of his 

 kingdom. 



" We William," &c. 



" Dear and faithful subjects! — 

 The address of the Assembly of 

 the States of the 4th of June, ac- 

 cording to which the majority has 

 rejected in an inexplicable manner 

 the definitive offers which we 

 made, in our rescript of the 26th 

 of May and its supplement, to 

 conclude a constitutional compact, 

 has brought the negotiation to 

 such a point, that we must re- 

 nounce all hope of attaining our 

 object by means of a convention 

 with this Assembly. 



" However painful it be to our 

 ])aternal heart to see the failure 

 of all our efforts for the establish- 

 ment of a constitution suited to 

 all the different relations, and 

 which might have consolidated 

 tranquillity and order, and cause 

 general satisfaction, our duties in 

 the quality of sovereign, and oiu' 

 relation with other states, do not 

 permit us to make to the demands 

 of the States further sacrifices, 

 which would cause the throne to 

 lose its dignity, the government 

 its force, and the peo]ile the in- 

 dependence of their representa- 

 tives. 



" In consequence, we have 

 found ourselves under the neces- 

 sity of dissolving our iissembly, 

 the operations of which could no 

 longer make us hope for a happy 

 issue. 



" The expose which we shall 

 lay before oui' j)eople, of the man- 



ner in which the work of the con- 

 stitution has been hitherto treated, 

 will convince every impartial ])er- 

 son, that we have done, to effect 

 so desirable an union, everything 

 that is compatible with the rights 

 of our crown, and the principles 

 of a good administration of the 

 state; and that the project of the 

 constitution, annexed to the re- 

 script of the 26"th of May, con- 

 tains every thing that could be 

 done to confirm the individual and 

 political fieedom of the peoj»lc of 

 Wurtemberg. 



" We may confidently hope, 

 that our cotemporaries and pos- 

 terity will do justice to our way of 

 acting, and that they will, with 

 us, recognize as real and prudent 

 friends to their country, the 42 

 members who have distinguished 

 themselves by their proper and 

 honourable conduct on this im- 

 portant occasion. 



" But to do still all that de- 

 pends upon us, that our faithful 

 ])eople may suffer as little as pos- 

 sible from the perverse conduct 

 of their representatives, we add 

 to what wc said in our rescript of 

 the 20"th of jMay, the declaration, 

 that if the majoiity of oui- peojde 

 signifies in the assemblies of the 

 bailliages, or by the organ of their 

 magistrates, that they accept the 

 project of the constitution, tmder 

 liie restrictions contained in the 

 said rcsciipt, we shall, on our 

 .'■ide, consider the constitutional 

 compact as concluded, and shaJl 

 put it in force. 



" We also leave to the members 

 who have virile votes, who have 

 not personally voted against the 

 acceptance of the constitution in 

 the asseml)ly of the States now 

 dissolved, the liberty of acceding 



to 



