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SPEECH OF NIS IieIIESIE 11101,11CSS THE tt.ecrag
OP WIRTEMBIRO, TO Till DEPUT:ES OF THE

1r ATES, Al STI:TGAIMOT, OCTODIR 5, ISM

" During the eight years of my government, A
think I have given se many praof; of my paternal
attent'ol to the welfare of my subjeas, to which
consc'ente bears witness, that I Am convinced I
ju.tly claims the confidence of my %tees, and
of my subjeas. Some time ag, I communicated
to the Deputies, through my Privy Conned, srh.-..h
is the connening link between me and my COll-!:y,
and has equal duties to perform towards both, the
perilous situation in w:.ich my native land, .tad my
Llectoral House were placed, as well as the urgent
necessity of devising mean. to avezt the imp eating
danger.

.4 The answers which I received on this subject
were replete was mistrust. My Privy Council, by
my command, repeated ch. same sentiments ; but
with as little effea. Of the mmy dtsrespealitl ex-
pressions, intersperse! in these an,wers, I took no
notice whatever. I returned ; still I could obtain
no decisive declaration, and my good intentions
were misconstrued. Nevertheless, I did not suffzr
myself to be diverted Ir.mi my exertiow for the
benefit of my country.
I sought to obtain an armed, or a sinvle, neu-
trality fur my dominions ; but neither the Emistrar
of the Frenci, nor the Emperor of Russia, would
comply with that desire. Bath were equally soli-
citous to attain me to their C.CISC, and even a pow-
erful German Court, in which I was justified in
placing the greatest hope, came to no determination.
All my endeavours were ineffeßuaL Circumstances
turned out as I had foreseen.

" Tae French armies inundated my dominions ;
my very residences were not spa-ed ; the one was
partly taken by storm, and the other was threaten-
ed with it. I rem tined firm ; I despised the dan-
ger which menaced my pers.'s, my dignity, and
th ise who are united to me by the most sacred ties
of blond, my wife, ray children, in a word, all that
is dear to my heart. I hod pledged nos-self not to
abandon my subjects—l remained. The French
Emperor came in persnn to me ; I intreated h:m
to gra:,t me a neutrality. " He that is not with
me, is against me," was his answer.
" At that moment the fate of Wirtenaberg was in
my hands. Had I made opposition, my dominions
s-could have been i 'volved in ruin. My Elrloral
House was exposed to the dan t". of ineurrin; the
melancholy fate of so many other s.:vereign falai-
; lies, who are reduced to the neceacity of living upon
the charity of other COlllll, and who receive, by
I way of alms, the sum assigned tor maintenance.

My country would have been treated by the victo
riuus French army as a conquered proriace; it wow,
have been compelled to litriush a cuturtou:loa
eight millions, ST3O horse:, and As many n:ei as
were required fur cuoveying the artillery, And ter
other imrposes.
The terms offerel to me were, that Wirtemberg
should join to the French army a force of 10,000
men, inclading 1,000 cavalry. I answered, that th
exceeded the limits of my ability ; th at the resources
for the maintenance of my cyan!), were insuffi.:ien.,
without discharging a consideiaSle p ntion of them
in the course of the year. "If you cannot mAint..i.
them, your country tan,' said Napoleon. *.
states will not consent," replied I. .6 Against them
I will support you," rejoined the French Emper,r.
.6 1 h,ad no choice left; I stVi-cribed. .ir•
titles of the treaty which I have concluded, 1 +el
cow read to yoti.
[ilzre follow the articles of the tre.e.y,
have already been given.]
" l'his treaty L have signed : I will, I most Leon
it. 'But I cannot fulfil it, unless yo., pr9vide
with the means. I request yoar cone nt to the refit
hag of 2300 men, and desire von to tarnish me
with a surw of ready money. For the present oc-
casion, at least, half a million will he required. Flat
1 pleated, I should not have had occasion for thi
formality; the Emperor, who signed this treaty
would have advanced me a still greater sum h:•1

wished it ; but I would n it accept his of&r.
•• fhe kronen Emperor set off this afternoon. in.
conSiso:•ly tru ts, that every thing will b^ m
punau illy performed Should we fail in the loa.t
to cimply, disagreeable consequences for the viol:.
try wiii inevitably enioe.

4. You are the representatives of the country ;
your hands is now placed the fate of your native
land ; on your resolve depends its salvation or it
misery. Weigh the subjea maturely, I intreat you.
as a father. Mistake me not ; it is not my de-
mand, it is the demand of th- French Emperor,
Mistake me not—a third tine I repeat, Afis•.ake
me not. I implore you duly to consider, are
calmly to refit& what a heavy account you will
have to render to God, to your own consciences,
and to posterity, if in this per 1, us situation of your
country, ycu leave it on the very brink of the Pit
:11Id suffer it to be parcelled cut and divided.
I will c!, my duty.
" No, 1 swear I will not permit my hone,
faultily, to be plunged int, wretchedness. I submit
this matter to your tranquil consideration ; but,
&ere is na time to be lost, and I have therefore di.
relied an apartment to he prepared for you in ml
palace, where you may hold your deliherazions un-
m Anted. I will remain with my Privy Courici
assembled, and when you have finished ynos con-
sultation, inform me, th it I may main grant you
access to me. All of you will then appear befc;
pte ; n•ine shall remain beLini, none shall be ac.
quitted of that responsibility you would incur, by
' which, however, I hope not to receive."
DEC!. ARATI.PI OT THE DEPUTATION Of TO4I ST ATI
TO Ills SLREWS HlglillESS Tilt aLacron OF Wl'
TENIIIESU, OCT. 5, 1805.

The c Immunication so graciously made to the
Deputation of the States, by your kletetoral.Hig)
nets is person, concerning the peril ,us and unfor•
tunate state of the country, could not fail to place
!.e•ore their eyes, that highest of duties which out-
wei.;hs every other consideration, however import-
ant. to preserve the menaced integrity And consti-
tution of the country, and to excite them to prat
their eve:-Jevoted and unshaken achment to your
Elenoral House in this estraorchni• v ct isle.
While the Deputation submit to the smart:side,
pressure of circun.stances, and to the rigid laws
necessity, and coincide, in general in tne sci ti
of the supreme power, filk I with perks o
in the truth and paternal aid and so:.cetude of yo..
Eleaoral liighnest, arid ith tl e most
hope, that, exhausted as the country is. the leer-s-
-nary stuns of money may ' e borrowed on the gntar•
ral credit, they are, at the sa r.e tint*, obliged '
their duty, to give a resp-afts! aut on a„,ai-,st
participation in any designs contrary to the price,
pies of the constitu:ion, h may have been intro
duced into the coilveutioa recently concluded,
They likewise subjoin the humble request you
Electoral ll'shaels, to condescend to pacify yo:
un'iappy country, alarmed in these dangerous tim
for its constitution, by the consolatory asst.'s-au:
that it shall be maintained inviolate.

" With regerd t' the manner of raising
trlcps, the Deputies crnfidently true, that y 4
El: Ronal 1-femess will commit it in a coi.ti,
~...0:141 way. to the m inagement of a general gel
cation. They merely humbly claim the privilege
presenting to your Eleaoral Highness a farther
plicit declarotson s4l tLese subjeas, after rectiviv.,
written demand. Tne Deputils presem,recommei
the highly lauseratible situation cf the county
the paternal care and magnanimity of your I I
tonal Higbee-s, and themselves to a cootinesse4
y:iur favour."