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NEW ADDRESS TO THE KING.

AUGSBURG.

The Algenteine Zeitutez contains in three Supple.
ments to the 4th, 7th, and 9th of November, the
new Address of the States of Wurtemberg to the
Ring, resolved upon in their sittings of the 20th,
23d, 24th, and 26th of October, and delivered to the
Ministry an the '2Bth. This piece is extremely long,
but the following abstract will give a general idea of
its principal contents. (N.B. The passages given in
'nil Are marked by clitramions).
They begin by thanking his Majesty for the re-
a(serii.oling of the States ;_they had deliberated upon
liis Rescript /4 the 16th October, with the attention
due to the importance of the subject, which had de.,
Lied their declaration. This Rescript has excited
very mixed sensations in them. They obierve, that
his Majesty acknowledges that only a common and
tree agreement can fix the relations between the So-
vereign am; the Country ; that the rights of the dif.
ferent Provinces shall be respected as far as is con.
sistent with their union with Wurtemberg. His Ma.
josty, indeed, does not give the old Constitution of
Wuriemberg such a tavourable testimony as in for.
sner times ; but his Majesty's declaration, that if the
question concerned only Old Wurtemberg, he would
r..sidily consent to the re-establishment of the former
Constitution, with some modifications proceeding
Inn) the States themselves, is an acknowledgment
that it can have nothing contrary to the principles of
a wise Government nay, his Majesty even says,
th it in the Constitution now to be formed for the
whole kitiolotn, every thing shall be retained from
the old Constitution, which can be adapted to present
circumstances.

Though all this would incline them to hope, that I
tl;y were approaching the attainment of their wishes,
and to indulge in feelings of the protoundest Pratt.
tude to his Majesty, yet. on the other hand, they
find many things winch almost destroy their hopes,
and render it impossible for them immediately to
consent to the reopening of the Negotiations for an
an 1 angement.
They then proceed to analyze the Reseripts. They
quote, first, the passage which says—" You seem to
think that the principle of the legal claims of Old
and New Wurtemberg to the ancient Constitution
must be first acknowledged when an agreement is in
question ; the establishment of this principle would
render an agreement impossible, since what was to
be settled by negociations would be granted without
discussion, and we should declare ourself bound to
apply to New Wurtemberg, what we consider as un-
suitable for Old Wurtemberg."
Upon this they make several observations. Ist. A
people cannot be deprived, against its will, of a Con-
stitution inherited from its ancestors, and sworn to
by all its Soveieigns, (the Sta:es here and elsewhere
unitornsly employ the word Regent, or person go.
teaming, Sovereign being in German expressive of
too much power to be applied to the former Princes
of Wuttemherg ; Sovereign is therefore to be under.
stood in ails restricted sense).
2d. The recognition elf this principle is sn far from
making an agreement impossible, that none cap be
made without it, or at leait no success coold be ex-
pected from the negociations.
An arrangement or compromise (in German
Vergleich) is a convention of (Venus) by which
the differences upon an uncertain right are removed
by mutual concession. Such an indisputable claim
as that of a nation to its Constitution, can never be
the subject of an arrangement. Such is not the com-
mission which the undersigned have received from
the people, to introduce a new system of rights by
mutual concession, in the way of compromise, but
to restore to life the Constitution which has been de
facto destroyed, but never legally abolished, and to
adapt it to the altered situation of things. How the
Constitution is to be restored, what changes it most
undergo—this is the sole object rf the commission
they have received Irani the people, and can alone be
the subject of common negociations."
The States acknowledge that this is a most im-
portant subject, but think they ought to be agreed
upon the first principles. In the preceding negocia.'
:ions, the Commissioners from the States declared
tie principle on winch they went ; the Royal Com-
mission, rs tried to evade it, and turned the negocia.
lions upon single points. They hope no better result
knits succeeding negociationsi• till b-alt panties are
:greed upon the principles. His Majesty, they say,
knows the melancholy situation of the whok king.
goal ; tie knows that a great part of his subjects ate
struggling with despair. Nothing can be more
urgent than spfedily to restore to the subjects the en-
joyment of their ancient rights, to tranquillize their
ponds, re-establish the credit of the State, which is
most necessary, on account of the mai 'inability of
many to pay their lazes.
Tliey observe, that a new onstitution, however
go-id, cannot afford any speetly ; that the un-
happy trials of new Constitutions within these '4.5
years, and the misery they Piave
Weed over Eurupe,
excite just mistrust of Oral new. atteiapt.: and be.
Sies, a new agreement ilia pave nevbeitir guarantee
th-4,41 the plea= observance 'Of the =saw ow. it

the Constitution, which Ms Majesty had solemnly-
sworn to, scold be abolished on the 30th of Decem•
ber, 1805, while the Constitution still existed, and
before the union of the different provinces, and if
this fact is to be a reason why Wurtemburg shall for-
feit its ancient rights, and at the most have no fur-
ther claim than a new Constitution, how could the
country believe this new Constitution inviolable ?
They would willingly convince themselves that fo-
reign force compelled the change, but this foreign
force is now vanished, and the dignity of the Throne
itself requires that the ancient sacred relations be-
tween Sovereign and People be re-established, and
on this ground also they cannot avoid requiting the
ncegnition of the principle of the old l'onstitution.
On his Majesty's remark that the principle would
bind him to apply to New Wurtemberg, what he
" considered as not suitable to Old Wurtemberg."
That this is denying the obligatory force of the posi-
tive constitutional law of the old territories, except
as far as it may riot be defective, in his Majesty's
opinion, a point on which they say his Majesty and
the States may very likely differ.
11. They adduce several arguments against the
assertion of the Rescript, that 66 the ancient Colo i•
tuition was intimately connected with tire Cins..itti-
don of the Empire, and was properly wooded upon
it." They ask, if in any of the dixtewnts,, even in
his Majesty's confirmation of the privileges of the
country, one syllable is said of the dependence of the
Sovereign on the Emperor and the Empire ? Or
that the conscientious observance of the laws of the
country is assured only as long as external relations
remain unchanged ? How can it be imagined for a
moment, that the ceasing of the obligations to the
Empire should be a reason for dissolving the whole
constitution of the country ?
111. They remark on that passage of the Rescript
which says, it cannot he expected that each of the
different provinces composing the kingdom, can have
an administration adapted to their several very diffe-
rent former Constitutions, &c. They observe the
Deputies from Old Wurtemberg, have as much re-
spect for the rights of the new provinces, as the Re-
presentatives of those Provinces themselves ; they
are convinced that there only is and can be one Wur-
temburg, but neither of them can allow the inference
which seems to be deduced from these premises, that
the rights of the old country are at an end, and that a
new Constitution must be made for the whole king-
dom. They proceed then to shew, that these rew
acquisitions were made by the King, not as a private
person, but as head of the State ; and with the
means furnished by the Old States of Wurtem-
berg ; they are conquests made by Wurtemberg ;
when can they merely demand their incorporation
with itself ? They adduce the examples of territo-
ries of Germany destined for indemnities in 1809,
which all shared the same fate as the country with
which they were united, if the Prussian acquisitions
which were assimilated to the Prussian States, not
only in equality of duties but equality of rights, and
even of the countries forcibly incorporated with
France, which obtained all the rights which were
partly of great consideration enjoyed by that coun-
try. What can be more just, than- that a people
which is joined to another, obeys the same Ruler,
and bears the same buidens, should also participate
in the same rights? Tiie question, however, is nut
whether the different Provinces shall be incorporated;
this is already (Pule. His Majesty declared such to
be his intention in his speech from the throne on t!.O
15th of March ; and in the Rescript of October 16,
he declares it absolutely necessary for the geed of
the whole. The question is, whet influence cen this
union have on the state of the rights of the different
provinces ? After numerous arguments they observe,
that supposing the newly-acquired provinces to have
had originally more limited rights than the old dorn;-
nions, this can be no reason for depriving the latter of
their inherent privileges. But they observe, it may Le
proved, that these Piovinces could not recover t:;eir
former happy situation even by being fully adMitted
to the old Constitution ; they would not think then).
selves fully indemnified, and shall they by a new
constitution see their rights still more limited ? This
would be unjust, and still more unjust towards the
old country. " Does it not consent to every thing
that the change of circumstances demands? Is its
situation Lettered in any one respect ? Has it fewer
burdens to bear than formerly ? Has it not bled al-
most to death fur these new conquests ? And is it
not sinking under the weight of the burdens which
are imposed on it ? It is strange, at a time the ne-
cessity of continued intolerable burdens is represented
as a consequence of the political changes of their
country, to demand, at the same time, on account of
the advantages resulting from this change, the sacri-
fice of a part of their rights, in which alone they can
hope for welfare and deliverance. They give up
what is inconsistent with the union of all the parts of
the kingdom, but no more.
His Majesty,' when these new acquisitions were
declared subject to Wurtemberg, immediately de-
prived them of all their peculiar rights, and subjected
them unconditionally to every, burden and obliga-
tion to which the mother country was liable, de-
claring this to be a consequence of the incorporation;
unless this incorporation is to consist in a mere vio-
lent deprivation of hereditary rights without indem-
nity, it must necessarily include a participation in the
rights as well as the duties of the old States. They
further observe, that every increase of territory, every
exchange, must render it necessary to give the mother
country a new Constitution ; such a principle must
endanger the love of the people for their country,
arid all public virtues.
'6 The people of Wurtemberg have done themselves
by nothing so.much honour, as by their love to the
Constitution, and by their grief at its loss. This
Constitution consecrates the rights, not of individuals,
but of the people ; hence the people are so fondly
attached to it ; hence even the mention of its name
has for them a magic charm. May your Majesty
not destroy the love of the Constitution 1 At the
sane time with that must be destroyed the love of
the Country, the noblest seeds of all public virtues ;
nay, even the fidelity to the august reigning family,
for whose leippine.,s they never yet found any sacri-
fice too great."
Proceeding then to various other arguments in sup-
port of what they have adduced, referring to the - joy
of the nation et the first convoking of ;he States, to
their disappointment at the result, and to, the danger
of penevering in the present system, they conclude,
by requesting his Majesty to declare--Al tat hbe ni;
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knowledge. the old Constitutios land for the whole 1
kingdom. with the reierve of such modifications as
both parties shall judge necessary or proper. When
they have received this declaration, they will do every
thing to bring the negociation to a happy conclusion,
to tranquillize the people, and re►tore the good un-
derstanding between King and People."
Dated Stuttgardt, Oct. 56, 1515.

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