Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-07

and king Of italy, at the general Die. OF
The Germanic empire, has received orders
from his majesty to make the following de-
clarati ons: -
i Their majesties the kings of Bavaria
and Nuremberg, the sovereign princes OF
Ratisbon, of Baden, of Hesse Darmstadt,
Of Nassau, and the other principal princes
of the south and west OF Germany, have
taken the resolution TO form among them
selves a confederation, which places them
ia safety from all the uncertainties OF the
future, and they have ceased to be states OF
tie empire.
"The situation in which the treaty OF
PresbuSg placed directly the courts allied
20 ifyaace, and indirectly the princes whom
hey surround, and who are theirneighbc rs,
being incompatible with the condition eta
state OF the empire, it became necessary
for those courts. and for the princess to
arrange ON new plan the syste m of their
relations, and to cause to disappear an IN
consistency which would have been aper.
anauent source OF agitation, OF inquiesude.
and Of danger.
J" On her side, France, SO essentially IN
iterested in maintaining the peace of the
south of Germany, and who could not
doubt, that the moment when she should
have caused her troops TO repass the Rhine,
an inevitable consequence of rela,.
tions contradictory or uncertaip, II defined
and i'll understood, would have exposed
TO new danger the repose of nations, and
again, perhaps, Lighted UP war ppoa he
continent bound. bes des, 10 promote the
welfare OF her allies, and 10 enable them to
enjoy all the advantages which the treaty
OF Presburg secured to them, and which
she has guaranteed. France could only
see IN the confederation which they have
formed ma ual consequence and necessa.
ny completion OF that treaty:
"For long time, successive charges,
whlch have gone on augmenting from age
to age, had reduced the Germaoic con.i:
,ation 10 be only shadow ofitself. Tine
had changed all the relations % grandeur
and OF strength which originally existed B.
nong the members Of the confederation,
and between each of them. ADD the whole,
Of which they made a part. he diet had
ceased to have awiIi that belonged to isef
Khe sentences Of the supreme tribunals
could not be put ~ execution. Every
thing attested an enfeebl@m meat so great,
that the federation tie 10 longer presented
any guarantee, aud among the powerful
Was only cause OF di,sention and discord
The evelts of the three coalitions carried
this enlightenment 20 its utmost isng H.
One electorate has been suppressed by the
unlon OF Hanover with Prussia nor
them power has intorporatedwith his other
states one of.tte p" o,inces ct he enoire;
the treaty OF Presauyg haS assigned 'othe
kings Of Bavaria @na Wirten,befg, and the
elector OF baden, The Flealude of sove-
reignty preroga;ive which the o her e.
Iectors would claim, and be en,i;isd to
claim, bat which could accord rel'h her with
the spirit nor the let,er of The constitution
Of the empire.
IS His majesty The emperor and king is
therefore obliged to declare, that nc &C.
kaowiedges no longer the ex:s;anee of the
Germanic constitution; AT the same time,
nevertheless, recoglizisg the enise aud alb,
so9ue Sovereignty Ok every one of the
princes Of whose states Germany at this
day consists, and preserving with them tue
same relations as with the other indep.nd.
ens powers of Europe.
His majes,y the emperor and king has
accep ed the title CT protector of he comic
deration Of the Rhine. He has done SO
only from pacific views, and tia, his me.
diaiion, constantly interposed between The
weak and the strong, may prevent every
kind OF dissention and disorder.
" Having thus done enough for the
dearest interest Of his people aud of his
MISUNDERSTANDING provided as much as
lay in his power for The future tranquility