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fother, and who honoured xne 

 with the title of his son and 

 friend. His fine spirit will never 

 cease to inspire me ; it will serve 

 me as a guide in all my actions. 

 I shall think of what he did, and 

 of what he would have done, had 

 Providence prolonged his days. 

 His loss was followed by another, 

 which must be sensibly felt by 

 us. His spouse only survived 

 him for a few months. During 

 the whole period of their long 

 union she constantly endeavoured 

 to promote the happiness of her 

 august husband. On this ac- 

 count her memory ought to be 

 equally dear to us. There was 

 joined likewise a sentiment of 

 attachment and tenderness to- 

 wards me, which heightens my 



regrets. 



" Members of the Order of 

 Nobihty ; — Your titles will sug- 

 gest to you fine recollections and 

 brilliant examples. You will 

 march at the head of your fellow- 

 citizens for the defence of the 

 state, if it shall have need of your 

 courage and your patriotism ; 

 and if it requires your counsels, 

 3'ou will give them with frankness 

 and good faith. 



" (jentlemen of the Clerical 

 Order ; — You will guide your 

 i,rethren in the exercise of the 

 Christian virtues, the chief pro- 

 ductions of social order, and of 

 the happiness of all. God will 

 inspire you with the sentiments 

 which must secure the triumph 

 of your religious eftbrts. The 

 illumination of the age widens 

 more and more the empire of 

 toleration. The Scantlinavian 

 clergy have given one of the first 

 examples of it. 



" Members of the Order of 



Citizens, — The general peace 

 gives a new activity to j'our in- 

 dustrj' and to your commercial 

 relations ; it must increase the 

 resources of the state. In making 

 your operations always proceed 

 in concert with the national pros- 

 perity, you will procure for your 

 fortunes a permanent stability, 

 while by your patriotism you 

 will secure for yourselves the 

 finest recompense to which a 

 good citizen can aspire. 



" Good and honourable mem- 

 bers of the Order of Peasants ; — 

 May Heaven bless the patient 

 labours of the husbandman, and 

 may the order which you repre- 

 sent live independent and happy 

 under the shield of the laws. 

 Depend upon the tender and 

 paternal interest of your King. 

 Preserve the courage, the loyalty, 

 and the energy which distin- 

 guished your fathers, and Sweden 

 will never reckon within her 

 limits any subjects but men who 

 enjoy freedom, and who deserve 

 to enjoy it. 



" Adieu, gentlemen, return to 

 your families, and enjoy there all 

 the happiness which your King 

 can wish to good citizens. You 

 know my anxiety for the pros- 

 perity of our country, but this 

 prosperity cannot be durable till 

 our monetary circulation has 

 recovered its credit. This credit 

 is the principal prop of social 

 order. Wlien maintained with 

 discernment and wisdom, it en- 

 riches the state at the same time 

 that it betters the condition of 

 all classes of the citizens. You 

 know, then, all that your country 

 requires of us, and what are the 

 useful and important resolutions 

 which remain for us to take. No 



effort 



