The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-24 00:00:00

ti at hot t4.llbit tlltt he could ever be tqable,

his own authority, of sacrificing the rights at that
people, who) with a firm confidence in his inte-
grity, delivered to him the Crown. It is only tilt
people tl,4toselves that; theomgh their representa,•
tives, can undertake to alter the Constitution, or
allow of, the union of NcirMly with any other
kingdom,: -(Vide Constitution 14 (fad 110.)
Every Ninwegian, and every Englishalan, as
well asevery one who feels properly for human
worth and ha4iness, must regret that at this pe.7
riad, when the Powers of Europe hare conquered
a Continental peace, and restored national liberty,
that at „this very time the sinte Powers should
unite in acting iteopposition to principles that hi-
therto have been their guide, by at the
suggestion of Swedeu, a free and respectable people.
liat as yet, the sword is only half drawn, and the
voice of humanity ntteried by truth, which may
still,;= be beard by Great .Britain, and the other
Powers, will; it is hoped, cause them to reflect_on
the undeserved conihict they are about to adopt
toWarticthe people of Norway.
It_ must also be acknowledged,'that true policy,
and even.the welfare of the j‘vedish Nation, urgeS
the preference of a reasonable ,n'tangeinent between •
Sweden and Norway, Whereby liberty and honour
would not be' compromised', to the renewal of a
shedding of blood in the North,;
_tud,'irt the per=
suasion t hat the Prince Regina of "England .s psis-
sessed, of nit*,
.just, and benevolent
,principles;
his Majesty, with the fullest comidenec, applies to
hint to grant his mediation between Norway and
Sweden ,on a basis—whereby the AtappineSs
liberty of the Norwegians would be
the Norwegian people • ayd their King, &Brand'
only tit?. principles of the :iglrts'of nations to be
acknoidedged; and require that the 'events that'
have taper place in Norway should be properly-
known to be justly. judged. It is certainly rot'
the attacked, but those that unjustly attack whorl,
urg ea wiir.
conclusion, permit me, by his-Majesty's ex
press cons'uantl, to add, that if the expected me-
diation of 'England is not direetly'in opposition
to the constitution of the kingdom, or the decla•
ration of the Diet of, the 19th of. May, which for
the present are his Majesty's undeviating guides, he
will _Poole upon it as his duty to lay before au assem-'
blage (Attie States the progress of such medi:otinn ;
but as three or four months would be required for
the assembling of the Diet, it would he necessary,
to 'prevent in the mean time all blood-shed, and
which in all- proleibility taust he ' useless, that
Great Britain should 'use her influence with Swe-
den, to pi oeure for Norway, what site has indeed a
right to expect from an impartial mediator-,--a per-
feet neutrality, free import and expOrt from and
to England, which all Norwegians, accustomed
to view the English as their greateSt friendS„ look
upon as their.highest advantage. flow happy am
I in having
.this opportunity of applying to a man
who -is a lover of truth, anti whom it is my ditty
to address with thatsincerity, which is also ex-
pressed in the assurance of esteem . with which
I rethain,
Your most obedient servant,
Christiana, June, 8, 1614.- ' V. IIOLTEN.
To J. P. Muriel., Esq.

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