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London, England, 1813-07-24 00:00:00

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OWILDIfH VINDICATION, • •
- The Reply to the Article contained hi the C 101111•
hap" Gowns of the 4th of June, 1819, respecting the
tomplaints made by Sweden and Great Britain against
Denmark, ingested in the Sa4a of the 29d June
ig No. 1. Denmark cannot justly conceive herself
entitled to ridicule the moderation and disinterested-.
ness of the• Swedish Government, in demanding only
the alienation of the Province of Drontheim, as, ever
since the peace of Jonlcoping, Sweden 'has unceas-
ingly afforded proofs of her forbearance. With re-
spect to the violent acts committed by Danish priva-
teers against her navigation, could it possibly be sup-
posed that Sweden should patiently suffer for a con-
tinuance, that a State stepping' forward as a guaran- '
tee of the Continental System, deprived, as she is, of
her navy, and employing marauders in its stead—a
State' without money, and without credit, and em-
barrassed by bankruptciei accumulating upon bank.
ruptcies, should, without controul, •lord it over the
-commercial intercourse •and coasting trade of Swig,.
. den ; yet, it was, not till above one hundred Swedish'
vessels had been captured, that. our cruizers were or-
dered to-drive Away the marauders that disturbed our
coasts:

!. . M All claims ofiltially made through our Anabii7
ardor had. proved fruitless; ordinances, interpreted
6y motives of gain, wereoquoted, and for the same
object chi" Were employed. The Swedes,. who. had
confidently relied on the peace between the two coun-
tries, lifted up, for a-considerable time, the voice of
complaint to their King, against this conduct dis-
played by Denmark, before he used force against acts
of violence thdt had been carried to such an extent
only from his incredulity its' to 'their existence.. It;
Denmark conceived herttlf.for a Moment entitled to
lord it imperiously over the Swedish commerce—if
the Prize Court in Zealand (so.well known lot Itt
' rapacity) took*upon itself to explain treaties bet
Sweden, Russia, and'France, and presumed to de-
fine the rights of Swedish navigation, it is more than
probable that these pretensions would, even without
our resistance, and from their own futility, have fallen
to the ground, had the Danish Cabinet for a momen
considered its own situation.
~ But what moderation, therefore, has Denmark
to expect ? Let us examine her conduct towards
Sweden for the last twenty-five years.--What was
her conduct in the year 1788 ? Weak and irresolute
did her Government totter to a war, at a time when
the whole western frontiers were without troops-for
their protection. It thus proceeded until stopt by
uur heralds, and thus they shrunk back at the ap-
proach of those valiant and brave Dalecarlians.who
still bore in mind the heroic exploits of their ances-,
tors, the contemporaries of Gustavus Vasa. Did,
Sweden give the least cause for war in the year.
1808 ? Has a more crooked declaration of war ever
been produced? or was any declaration of war more
ridiculous than the one which was then issued forth
with a view of justifying that unjust war ? Wai not.
.t.he object then to regain the provinces conquered by
Charles X. ? Why did the King of Denmark stamp
with the name of rebel the first Swedeakvho, after the
Revolution on the 13th of March, 1809, was sent to
him with overtures of peace ? Rejecting with !laugh.
emess the ft iendly representations made on the part
of Sweden, yet how soou did Denmark lower her
tone, when she was at length convinced that this irn-
i perious,conduct could produce not the least inipees-
[ sion in Sweden.

" The death of the Cro*n Prince Charles Augus-
tus afterwards gave a more extensive field for lope.
The privateering system was discontinued for a while,
in order by that means to acquire the good will of
the Swedish nation'; but this was merely an armis-
tice with CorsAirs. The King of Denmark then dareelio
propose himreff a: the heir to the Swedish Throne ! His
agent at Orebro condescended to the most ridiculous
flattery, with the hope of getting a few voices. He
soon, however, discovered that he was preaching in
a ivilderness. The election of Charles Augustus
made all these airy imaginations vanish ; and the pri-
vateers, as might be expected, renewed their depre-
dations. At length, having for a considerable time
in vain opposed this violence by diplomatic remon-
strances, the Swedes at length employed force against
these marauders, and their mischievous activity ceased.
44 No. '2. After all these irritating acts, and the
scandalous and oppressive demands on the part of
Denmark, and which we have now shortly recapitu-
lated, is it to be wondered at if Sweden, even at the
expense of Denmark, endeavours to procure herself
a situation that may, for the future, protect her from
the possibility of aggression by a kingdom which has
ever been ready, tp use its power for her destruction?
No. S.—Denmark speaks of the national feeling
which ought to render detestable the demand of Si
thousand Danish troops to be placed under the com-
mand of the Crown Prince of Sweden. But what
must become of this national sensibility, 'when the
Danes are informed, that after their governthentlad
prepared quarters for the French troops, to take pos-
session of Hamburgh and Lubeck, one of the adju-
tants of the Prince of Eckmuhl had the command of
the Danes in one of these cities. In a short time
ithese vicyinis will see she Danish fortresses garrisoleci
by French troops. Instead of this singular mode of
maintaining the national dignity, why did not the
King of Denmark come forward and command in
person his troops against the Emperor Napoleon ?
The Cabinet would then have acquired greater ho.
nour than by arming their coasts, and carrying on
hostilities, against the English ships of war, which
it is not in their power to destroy, and by loading the
inhabitants of their country with taxes, who are al-
ready too grievously oppressed.
" The Court of Copenhagen has always been in-
clined to accumulate every thing without doing any
thing. The time is now passed when such an experi-
ment can be successful. The military art has .now
extended itself beyond the parade: Politics haie also
taken a more active direction, incompatible with the,
tardiness of antiquated customs.
4{ No. 4.—Pains are taken to convince the
'tants of the two Kingdoms and the Duchies that the
King of Denmark was actually inclined to modera-
tion but what will they say when they ale informed
as 'a fact, that Count de Bernstorff, who, it is com-
plained, was not listened to by.the English Govern-
ment, mutt attribute the refusal-he encountered only
to the extravagante of his demands. Notwithstand-
ing the endeavours made by the Danish Cabinet to 1
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persuade Europe 2nd the* own subjects, that they
wished fora peace with England, that they would
unite themselves in the common- causes and that,
from ; noble impulse, they Would .c:+ntribute to the
defertite of Hamburgh, we need only for a moment
to examine into the condiict of that Cabinet to be
persuaded that they sought to gain time, to accom-
modate their actions to the change of events, and
thus pooled on during the winter, in order to be the
better able to unmask their views tfter hostilities had
commenced and the event of the war was ascertained.
On the one hand, Baron Alquier is detained, with
great assiduity, at Copenhagen, and Mr. Walters-
dorff at Paris. The English convoys that pass
through the Sound, and the Swedish gun-boats that
accompany- them, are fired upon. On the other
hand, the Cabinet of Denmark refuses the. French
Ambassador to cause re Dews to be sung for the
taking of Moskow, and states this circumstance to
the Russian Minister as an incontrovertible proof of
courage ; and at the same time they deniand an Ar-
mistice with England, and occasionally cease hostili-
, -tips in the Sound. They next.send, with great pub.-
l*ity, separate missions to the Emperor Alexander
and to En gland—they- contribute, for a few days;
towards the defence of Hamburgh against the French,
and -at last, after this chao's of contradictions and in-
consistencies, they adopt a system of unconditional
submission to the commands of the Emperor Na-
pnleon."-