Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-04-27

4 tive ? Shall YOU alone be blinded, as IN
the present state Of things to do moth
ing for yourselves
The enemy is at great distance
from his frontiers, in territories, and at
a season of the year, which not only
do not afford him sufficient means Of
supply, but also impede all his opera
tions-WiIl you voluntarily contribute
to his relief? Will you act against
your own interestes Forget not that
you have all possible aid to expect from
the brave army entrusted to my COM
mand. I trust that | shall yicteriously
drive back the common enemy of Eu-
rope, and convince him that there still
remains a people, who, faithful to their
country and their monarch, have both
the inclination and the power to resist
the imposition Of this iron yoke. But
however probable this success may be,
his Majesty will still regard it as in
complete, so long as the foe shall not
Be driven back beyond hisnatural boun.
daries and as this is the only means
of restoring the independence of our
country, and obtaining general peace
upon secure foundations, his Imperial
Majesty relies with the fullest conf
dence, that at this finally decisive crisis
the inhabitants of Germany will not
only lend no kind of support to the
common foe, but, on the contrary that
they will by general resistance, rem
der his further stay in Germany I'M
practicable, and throw every possible
difficulty in the way of his retreat to-
wards his own fronties. BY this inti-
mate union Of the whole Russian force
with all the means of the German En-
pire, the common object may be at
tanned, and peace, so anxiously desired,
be once more restored to suffering Eu-
rope.
Take courage, then, brave and virtu-
Gus Germans Reflect on the immor-
tai renown Of your ancestors, who in
former ages, maintained their indepen-
dence with the most signal bravery
Unite yourselves under the colors of
such of your Princes in whom the un-
fortunate events of your times have not
yet extinguished a sense Of honor and
of their own dignity. To this grand
and noble purpose Of delivering your
country from foreign yoke sacrifice
every private quarrel every considera-
ton Of internal discord, and then shall
YOU compose formidable whole oapa-
bic not only Of disputing every inch Of
ground with the common enemy, but
also of ultimately vanquishing and re-
polling him forever within his natural
frontier.
In your efforts to attain so glorious
an object, YOU may rely with the fullest
confidence on the powerful and cohtin-
ued assistance of the Emperor, my
most gracious Sovereign. The uni
versaIly acknowledged principles ofhis
Imperial Majesty afford you guaran-
tee, that not only viii his Majesty not
abandon you in the present struggle,
but that on the happy termination
thereof, he will particularly direct his
attention TO the restoration Of the ven
erabie constitution Of your country,
which for a succession Of centuries rem
dered your forefathers the happiest
people on the face of the earth, and
which could only be destroyed By the
domineering ambition of an enemy,
who makes no scruple Of treading UNI
der foot the most sacred treaties.
Givel at the Imperial Russian Head Quarters
Baron Won BENNTGSEN, General Of
CardLy, Military Goveraoy IF LithuInia, lg'c.