The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-06-08 00:00:00

Ilehetie Co:lfeclerati on, guided by its ati rieti t inte-
• grit% , 4:as ini.4l of it,v;l' the system of Europe, and
4.::thrated the can,c Nl)Cial order, 811(1 of the safety
It ha.; felt the con%iction that SO long
&I, the vo!c•ino, telsitnlletl in Fiance, should threaten
to influence and convulse the world, the inestimable

advantages which the high Allied Powers take a
'pleasure in seeing enjoyed by S 4 itzerland, its wel-
fare, its independence, its neutrality, would be
always exposed to the encroachments of that illegal
and destroying power which no mural restraint is able
to check.
United by the same wish, of annihilating this
power, the Sovereigns assembled at the Congress of
Vienna have proclaimed their principles in the Treaty
of the 25th of March, as well as the engagements
they contracted to maintain them.
All the other States of Europe bare been invited
to accede to it, and they have readily answered this
invitation. 'thus, the moment is arrived, when t!.e
august Sovereigns, whose orders the undersigned are
commissioned to execut, here, expect that the Diet,
on receipt of the present official communications,
Mill, by a formal and authentic declaration, adopt
the same principles, and in concert with the under-
Ostler' resoleb on the measures which may become
necessary to oppose the common danger. -
But at the same that the Powers expect. without

any doubt, that Switzerland, agreed with them on
the principal object, will make no difficulty in de.
Oaring that it is armed to attain it, and that it has
placed itself in the same line of policy, they are very
far from proposing to it to display any other force
than such as is proportioned to the resources and the

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usages of its people. They respect the military sys-
tem of a nation which, remote from all ambition,
pitts forces on foot only to defend its liberty and its
independence; they know the value which Switzer-
land attaches to the principle of neutrality ; it is not
to infringe upon it, but solely to accelerate the pp.
nod when this principle may he applied in an ad.
vantageous and permanent manner, that they propose
to the confederation to assume an energetic attitude,
and adopt vigorous measures commensurate to the
extraordinary circumstances of the times, but without
forming a precedent for the future.
It is conformably with these principles that the
undersigned have received from their respective
Courts, the necessary instructions to regulate by a
Convection which cannot but be agreeable to Suit-
•zerland, the footing upon which its adhesion is to
subsist to the sacred cause which it has already em-
braced. They have, therefore, the honour to invite'
the Diet without delay, to name Plenipotentiaries
to enter into a negociation eith them upon this sub-
ject. •
The Allied Monarchs impose upon themselves
the greatest sacrifices; nevertheless they require from
Switzerl?nd, only those from which it cannot pes-.
sibly withdraw itself in a crisis in which its dearest
interests are at stake; and to alleviate the burden of
putting on foot the forces necessary for the vigorous
defence of their frontiers, as well as to insure its
success, they propose to keep at the dispogil of
Switzerland all the assistance which the general ope.
rations of the war shall permit them to dedicate to
this object.
The Monarchs desire in this manner among this
nation (the oLject of their particular regard and
esteem) those sentiments of attachment, confidence,
and gratitude to which they believe themselves so
justly entitled, sentiments which they would have at
heart still to increase and strengthen at the time of a
general peace, by payir, particular attention to the
interests and the safety of Switzerland.
The undersigned renew to his Excellency the Pre-
sident, and to Messrs. the Deputies to the Diet, the
assurance of their distinguished consideration.
Zotith, May 6, 1313. STRATI:OILn CANN LNG,
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