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APPEAL OF THE STATES OF WURTEMBERG.

TO TIM
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COURTS 'a
GREAT BRrrAIti,PRUSSIA,and DENMARK.

AUGSBURG, SEPTEMBER 16.

.A North Germ:m pper has the following from
Siuttgart,lt, dated July 28 ;
" The States of the Kingdom of Wurtemberg have
reVegtfully called, in the following Document, upon
tie Ministers of the three powers, Great Britain,
Hanover, flussia, and Denmark, as gtfarantees of
the Constitution of the country, for titer powerful
support.in•the demand to have the state of things re-
stored as it was before the changes caused by Napo-
kon's system,

4` .Your ExCellency is acquainted with the happy
relations that existed for three centuries between the
Sovereigns of Wurtemberg and the people, and Which
were founded upon solemn conventions, sworn to by
all the Sovereigns. These conventions fixed the duties
of the people to the head. as well as the conditions
of their. submission to him, and consequently the re-
lations, which uniting both, tended to the, common
good of the.whole. Several events indeed bad, at an
earlier period, had the effect of producing a tempo-
rary stop in the motion of this well contrived political
Machine, but justice always got the better, and at
length the uninterrupted enjoyment of the. sacred
rights was insured to the people by the guarantee
which was solemnly taken upon themselves by the.
Courts of Great Britain, Prussia, and Denmark. To.
these Governments Wurtemberg is indebted, first,
for the mahnenance of its Constitution in 1760, and
for the conclusion of what is called the hereditary
compact, which was effected by die mediation cif
Royal krebassadors seat to stuttgardt exprsisly for
this purpose.
" The Autograph letter of his Majesty, the late,
King Frederic the Great (hereunto annexed), to the
Emperor Joseph the 2d, dated July 30, 1764, for the
attainment of this end, and the act of guarantee of
May 10, 1771, are held 'by the people of Wurtem-.
berg in grateful remembrance tO this,day.
The Hereditary Compact, of 1770, concluded in
so solemn a manner, was punctually observed and
maintained during the rest of the Government of the
late Duke Charles, as well as that of the Dukes Louis
and Eugene of Wurtemberg ; his present Majesty
also, upon his accession, recognised the whole of the.
existing Conventions as the bond between the Sm.:
reign and the people. He swore to these Conventions
under the above-meutioned guarantee ; and as it is
therein prescribed, did not receive the homage of the
subjects till this oath had been taken in the usual
fcrm. His . Majesty the King of. Wuriemberg has
since that time ceded Montbelliard to the French,
and for this as well as for the military burdens
borne by the country, has obtained important.
indeinnifications and increase of territory of the EleC:,
triial, and at last the Royal dignity, has subjected tos,
his sovereignty by the greater part of the Princes,
Counts, and Knights, of the dissolved German Em-
pire, residing in Suabia, and made at a later period
considerable acquisitions in consequence of military'
events. But with the attainment of the Royal
_dig-
nity, and of a Sovereignty, such as of the King of
Prussia and of the Emperor of Austria, in respect
to his German. dminions, his Majesty the King of
Wurtemberg united a total abolition of the constitu-
tion of the country, the dissolution of-all representa-
tion, and an absolute Government.

Es The subjects were deprived of every means of
prytecting their tights, founded on such solemn con-
ventions. • Far as they were from consenting to this
change, by word er deed, they however. submitted
to the law of necessity with the hope of happier times,
and with the certainty that their native or nee; So-
vereign, as he should' fend himself in a condition,
would not withhold from them advantages and rights
which constitute the condition of the entire existence
of the State, and belong to the hereditary State by
the Conventions; and have been secured to the
rev ly acquired provinces, either expressly • by
Treaties of Peace, as to the Mediatized Imperial
Cities, by the 27th sec. of the Recess ot the Deputa-
ti',n of the Empire to the *l-Ijther Austrian provinces,
by the Treaty of Presburg, on which•thenew pro-
vinces have a right to, as- an. indemnity for the pro-
vincial Constitution which has been taken from them..
It under these eircumstanc.es the-people lived in the
pleasing expectation that •wnly transitory relations
kid of ,their hereditary, as well as
acquired, srights, nothing happened on • their side
which ineddijuitify.:. permanent deptivation of. that
which is instil ancient Wiwi constituted their happi-
tOisi4thititant of-thifir Sovereigns.-- • •
Wiittelltteaffir called upon to make the greatest
sacrifices, has performed what exceeded the highest
expectation, and almost its hist :strength, and, it has'
-never murniured ; but the hope of the fattifir,t4good
old times has constantly lightened the sacrifices oldie
present melancholy, almost comfortless, conjecturel-
At lengtb, by the pninipotence of Goo, and theme-
tiros oi the nigh. Ail:es, this hope of the.people was
justified. The union called the Rhenish Confedera-
tiroi vanished, and the nation with the same tranquil-
lity as it had borne the most affecting situation could
look to the realizing the Proclamation Kalish and
the reinstatement in the ancient rights, of which it had
been deprived.
44 His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg, by a
manifesto of i7th January this year, hastened, hi tact,
to shew that this expectation of the people was well
founded; in it he expressly confirmed, that only im-
perious ciacurnstances had been able to weaken the
efficacy of the constito.ion of the hereditary Stains
nd that the head of•the State, now that tiles* aver-
t al circumstances- were done away, did not hesitate
tr, give the p. ogle a Constitution which should eatisfy
;11 parties. •
4' The people, confiding in the actions of their So.
• ceign, hereupon chose their Representatives, and
ltepresentacives*Of the poi* sib Chosen met.
,to,

gether with those qualified as such, either by the birth
as former States of the 4mpive, or by the choice of
the King,. iii order to restore the old form of Govern:
ment, add to deliberate in a cdnstitutional manner
`with the Sovereign, concerning the modifie:ations
which the spirit of the tunes and the change of cir 7
camstances -made necessary. But on calling toge-
ther the States, on the 15th March, his Majesty the
King expressed. his intentions very differently. The
ancient Constitution was passed over in- silence ; and
the Act of an entirely new Constitution, in the forma-
tion of which the States had no share, was laid before
them-as an organic law of 'tkeSrate—as the only one,
and as sanctioned by his Majesty the King. • Your
• Excellency knows this new Constitution, and we (all
to whom by birth or the confidence of the people en-
trusted their rights, the combined interest of the na-
tion and the Sovereign) may rejoice an the consoling
conviction, that the acceptanie of this Constitution;
instead of the one which is supported by the experience
of three centuries and the welfare of many gencca-
tions, and which has been rendered sacred by an oath,
would have been considered as an act of treachery.
66 If •the Assembly pronounced loudly and deck-
sive!), the restoration of this hereditary Constitution,
declaring however, at the same time, for the necessity
of several important modifications which are suitable
to the spirit of the times, and to the altered situation
of the country, this was done upan the express in-
structions received from all the chief districts, and in
conformity with the justly-founded demands olthe
whole people.
66 That, therefore, which wauthe internal,
fable conviction of the individuals, was consecrated
as the will of- the people and the power ;of rifaht,
clearly spoke their instwctions to the representatives
of the people. The more sacred the affair they had
to manage was, 'the More pure-their views are in re-
spect to both the King and the country, the more
deeply must they be afflicted at seeing that ar the
very beginning the demands of the people made
throegh them were unattended to, and that nn p&O•
of thd good old Constitution should be given to the
States in consequence of a right, but only as much
as hit Majesty the King might he pleased to pant
upon petitions of the Assembly of the State, or as
matter of favour. Alter the exchinge of some notes
and resolutions, a royal declaration indeed follcivred,
that the decision should be deferred to-the return of
his Royal Highness the Crown Prince. All beans
looked with confidence to that moment. And though
the negociations which took place between his Ma-
jesty the King and his Royal Highness the Crown
Prince have not come officially to the knowledge of
the Assembly, it is iso secret in what spirit this high-
minded Prince declared his sentiments to his august
lather.

44 If by this the hope of the Assembly was encou-
raged, that by a negociation between the Royal Corn.
missioners and sonic Deputies of the States, founded
upon the hereditary Constitution as a basis, the de-
mands of justice would be recognised, this brave
people distinguished by. a rare fidelity, • made easy,
.and the good of the ,Sovereign and subjects perma-
nently confirmed. The Royal Commissioners upon-
the opening of the negociatious, declared to the Ple-
nipotentiaries of the States, that they are in fact
merely authorised to hear the proposals of the States,
respecting the modifications of the new Cimstitution,l
to be drawn from the ancient one. The States, far,
as they necessarily must be, from renouncing a Con.'
stitutims which is the Mnlienable property of the M.
tin% and the fairest possessinit of every individual'
Wurtetnburgher, found.themselves in the most pain-
ful embarrassment.

" But they thought that they ought rather to el-
pose themselves for a time to the reproaches of some
individuals who are not well informed, than to sacri-
fice the main object, the cOmmott good of the Sove-
reign and the people. They therefore made to the
just and good cause the sacrifice, that in 'the way of
compromise, departing for once from the formal re-
cognition of the principle of the uninterrupted exis-
tence of former rights, they pointed out the chief
fundamental lines, and thought they might (se easy
if the conventional relations between the King and
the people could be re-established upon these. - If
now ths expectation of the States, of a happy removal
of all difficulties, was fully justified, yet of the six
points extracted from the ancient Constitution, first
laid down as a basis, not a single one was grimed,
and the assembly, after six weeks' delay,. found itself
precisely where it bad begun, in entire contradiction
of the King to the pretensions of their constituents.
" Your Excellency will acknowledge the justice of
the afflicting sensations which this 'state of things
.must excite in the Asembly, and which are the more
painful, in as much , as the Assembly has obtained
and deserved thepublic testimemy, that it was impos-
sible in this situation to act with greater equanimity,
conscientiousness and respectfulncsi than it has done.
It felt the conviction that the respect for the dignity
of the throne must be intimately united with the sail?
ties of the Repieseotatives of the people', and it has
performed this task in these trying circumstances; In
this state of things they again unfolded all the hopes
and just expectations of their constituents, in an ad;
Mess to his Majesty.theiLing, accompanied bta 4e}
tailed" representation of the mournful :libation garw
coantty. In these paws they exhausted every ai
iminfnt that fidelity, patriotism and attachment w
the august family of the Sovereign, and thus the peo-
ple and, their Representatives looked forward with
the most anxious expectation to the resolution which
would be taken by the King, but instead of a resolu-
tion conformable to their wishes, his Majesty con-
tented himself with declaring to the States, that he'
would immediately cause the particular grievances to
be examined, as what most cnoferned him, but did
net regard the constitutional points as of such Mag-,
nitude, and therefore thought fit to adjourn the As-
sembly, who should leave some Deputies to carry on'
the negOciatiOnf who niust receive their instructions,
conformably to the views of the King.
" The Assembly, in an Address, expresstki the(
impossibility of giving its Deputies any other in-
'auctions than those which the people bad. given
themselves. but that they had proceeded to the choice
of such a Committee as bad-hitherto twisted for the
instruction of the four Deputies of the States, and
as thcConstitutiOn of the Hereditary States prescribes
the uninterrupted representation. Tbis Address,
drawn up in the language of.laithtul Representatives
of the People, received, however, a negative ausiwer
from his Majesty. The adjournment was periitte4
WI and 4 committee' beviug a reprelentatiVe d;..

rater, was disapproved, u Ineompadbfe.vhb the
idea of en.adjournment.
66 This Resolution •plled the Assembly wills pro-
found sorrow. It saw itself under the necetsity of
representing to his Majesty the impossibility of lea,-
ing behind four single Deputies, and of renewing its
first request of the confirmation of a Committee,
which should instruct the four Deputies, as the Royal
tornaiiisiiiiiers'were instructed by a Royil Commit-
tee. But the States, after what has passed, must re-
nounce the hope of a satisfactory resolution ; and thus
this Assembly, which had done every thing in its
power to defend the interest of its constituents, has
no prospect left than that the high Powers who. have
guaranteed the Constitution, will take upon them the
care of the rights of the people ; and no consolation,
but that it has only desired what is good and just,
that it did not ask what was obsolete or inapplicable;
and that it never violated the due forms, even in the
moments of its greatest embarrassments. In the
contemplation of its approaching dissolution, it re-
mains faithful to the firm resolution to exert its ut-
most endekvours to appease the minds of the subjects.
'1 At 'this decisive. moment it has still, however,
the last and most sacred duty to perform, and to
fulfil this it hastens to express to your Excellency its
firm hope, and the urgent prayer of the people of
Wurtemberg, that in this state of things the August
Sovereigns, who at a former period foun'd means to
maintain the Constitution; will advocate with firm.
ness and justice the cause of this good German nation.
Wurteraherg has never renounced the guarantee, and
never can renounce it ; Tte external change hai had
the power to dissolve this •intental relation j on the
contrary, the Acquisitions sine made with the strength
of -the Hereditary titan,' confirm tire claim of the
whole country to this guarantee, since by•the sworn
Convention, every part added to• the old territori has,
the same right and duties which it obtains and under-
takes is the same .manner. It is, therefore, beyond
all dm* that the guarantee of the Constitution still
exists for the whole country as a bulwark. If new,
the only, hope-of this country, that the rights which •
are confided to the Assembly will be advocated by
the high Guaranteeing Ccurts, is well founded, the
States can have no more sacred duty, than that of
humbly explaining to your Excellency these circum-
stances, and most solemnly to conjure you,, in the
name of the brave people who are represented by the
Assembly, by the importance of the matter to Wur-
temberg, and indeed to all Germany, to, have the
kindness to induce your most gracious Sovereign
powerfully to support this holy cause.
66 We beg your Excellency to excuse this request
on account of the importance of the ?object which we
are called upon by our duties to defend, to interest
yourself in the concerns of this nation, and to accept
the assurances of the most distinguished consideration
with which we have the honour to remain_ your Ex-
cellency's most obedient Servants,
" The Assembly of the States of the Kingdom of Wurtemborg,
'6 A utsurrus, Prince of Hoheidolte, Preside:in,
" J. J. Fasts, Vice. President.
" In the names of the Princes, Counts, and Barons, haring virile
Votes, " Gamma, Count aWaldeci, Pyrmoot sad Lemphers
" la the name of the Elected Deputies,
fI.2IIIRICK issmanuat.,
64 Kix MI. Fe BATUMI, Secretaries ad interim.
Stattgardi, 24th July."