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tiers to aatiary ail 'parties, while at the same time
it is wished to retain four-fifths of Saxony, and to
leaee.only one part to Prussia.
The undersigned confuted himself on the 11th
e December to the making of some remarks on
011 this, adding, that he felt himself under the ne-
ces:itY of demanding front the King, his august
Master, precise instructions, before being able to
make any ulterior declaration.- In 'he interval,
Prince Metternich gave him to understand, that
what Was :Offered by him as to Saxony was not to
be considered as an ultimatum.
"It primarily necessaryao rectify the ta-
bles annexed to the note of. the 10th of Decem-
her. With this view a faithful statement was
given in No. 5, which proves completely that
PruSsia, instead of having, according to the said
table, a greatetapopulatiqn than in 1805, would
have a less by more dal' 1,200,000 souls.
Saxony herself is most materially interested.
in the decision. The most powerful reasons ope-
rate against her being frittered down,—the wel-
. fare and the wishes of the nation, the word of .the
a. Emperor Alexander, the interest of Prussia, as_
-
well as that of all Europe. Hithertis it has never
been denied, that in order to maintain a balance
of power and tranquility, Prussia must be strong.,
Tie wish is, that she should have such extent as
may give 'her the means of self-defence, and
Which may not send her in perpetual' search. of
aggrandisement to maintain the force indispensa-
ble to her defence.
" 'Treaties, also, give her assurance of the
number of inhabitants which she bad in 1805 ; it
is true they say nothing of the precise possessions;
but they secure to her at least a State geographi-
cally rounded in all respects. Justice clemands
that she should be reinforced in the same manner
' as all the Allies and so many other States have
&kn. 'Where is she to procure all this,- unless the
whole of Saxony is given to her ?
. "It would be expedient, iii every point of view,
to found another establishment for the King of
Saxony and his successors. His ulterior existence
in Saxony presents a situation which, far from
being satisfactory to himself, could, on the con
trary, only be borthenSome and precarious.
possessions would be always cramped by the two
bordering powers, Austria and Prussia: The
io-
habitants of the territory which he might retain
would necessarily be in constant relationship with
• those of -the ceded portions; which would occa-
sion disputes and discontents equally isreaudicial to
the Sovereigns and their subjects. It would be-
come the centre of intrigues and cabals, which
Would incessantly endanger the internal tran-
quility of the two States, and even the harmony
which should always reign between -Autria and
Prussia. -
" The King of Prussia has offered, under very
easy conditions, Monster, Paderborn, and Corvey,
with a population of• 310,000 souls, in order to
form the establishment required for the House of
Saxony. Should these offers appear insufficient,
the turolersiained is charged to propose possessions
elf twice their extent on the left bank of the Rhine,
and in which there is a city calculated to form a
very agreeable residence. Luxemburg would hu
that event become a fortress common to the whole
Germanic. Confederation.
"In the Note of 22d. of October, . Prince
- Metternich consented, in the name of . his Store-
reign, under certain conditions, that all Saxony
should be united to Prussia. He confined himself
to expressing a wish, that a, portion of Saxony
bordering on Bohemia should be retained to its
Sovereign. •Theinpossibility of acquiescing' in
this wish was set forth. The possession of a con-
siderable country, whose inhabitants profess the
,same
religion as the King, was offered as an al-
ternative, which, in point of power, would give
him rank immediately after Baden, as, well as a
vote in the first Council of the Confederation, it
being evident that the- situation of this district of
country is not of such a nature as to render it the
subject of continual jealousy between Prussia and
Austria ; it would thus be preferable, in every
view, to his retaining part of Saxony, which
would be less secure and independent.
May I now be permitted to examine the cOnal
-a ions on which Prince Metternich gave his con-
sent : •
" 1. That this object should remain eonrrected with the
other territorial arrangements of Germany ; that, in regard
to this connection, •his Imperial Majesty considers the most
Perfect egiailitiritim between Austria and Prussia in Germany
es its I,asis ; so that in the defensive system 'of Austria and
Prussia, rwither of these Powers may directly encroach on the
other. But should the equality of protection or of influence
of the' two German Powers cease to exist, his M'rjesr.: would
then consider the line
.upon the Mein, including Me.titz, as
necessary for the defence of Southern Germany, and the
security of his Monarchy; the course of the Nkin and that of
the Moselle would, in consequence, be considered
,as the
southern line of defence.: and the portions of territory (which
might serve as indemnities-or compensations to the Princes of
is7u.thcrn and Southern Germany would next fall to be rep-
, lated accordingly.
" 2. Under the express reservation of arrangements to be
_concluded between the two Powers, in regard to frontiers, to
the fortification of certain places, and to the commercial re-
' lations and free navigation of the Elbe.
" a. His Majesty reckons on the perfect agreement of the
two Courts, and their mutual support of each other as far as
fulate73 to the affairs of Poland.
" As to the first point, Prussia enters com-
pletely into all the views and prificiples' of hi;
Majesty the, Emperor. She is quite , disposed to
yield to Austria the influence and the arrange-
ments in question, both on the left hank of the
i\lcin and the right hank of the Mosella, without
entering into any innnediate discussiOn of the
uniastiou, whether the fortress of Mentz is more
necessary for. the defence of the north than the
swath of Germany. The necessity of preserving
it, for the benefit of the common country, . is so
evident, and so distinctly declared by the majority
of time German Princes, that Prussia, which has
never entertained the design of augmenting its
po::sessions by that fortress, has TM other wish
but to consider it as a common bulwark of the
'onfederation. This fortress would be guarded
by time troolis of the Germanic Body, and kept up
at the communion expellee.

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" In regard to the second point, an engage-
ment :-as been made not to fortify Dresden. Tbe
rinder•sitined knows not any other frontier point
Ware which can become the subject of dit•cas-
sion 011 this head ; but the arrangements to be
made, in regard to Dresden, to the relntions of

commerce and mutual benefit, and to the free iiti-
,...fitation of the Elbe, are nut liable to any

"lu ::tgitvd -to the third point, PrtFcia al-