The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-09-14
E0relqu.
CONTINUATION OF FOREIGN EXTRACTS.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
The King Of Holland 10 the Legislafive
Body.

{" Gentlemen
g 1 charge the Ministers TO pre-.
sent to your asse mby. the resolution which I
find myself compelled to take in Consequence
OF the military occupation of my Capital
The brave French soldiers have no other
enemies than such as are enemies to the
common cause of Holland and myself.
They are and ought TO be received with air
the regard and ciyility possible but it is
not less true, that in the actual situation of
Holland, when an entire army, a crowd of
CuStom house Officers, and when even the
national army is taken from under the DOW
er oil government when every place, with
the exception of the Capital, was under the.
orders OF a Foreign officer, though, il r,eh;
to declare to Marshal the Duke Of Repg,o,
and the Charge d'Af,,ires from the Enlpc
ror, that II they occupied the capital and IT'S
vicinity, should consider that operation as
manifest violation of the rights of the y,eo-
PIE. ana the most sacred rights among men.
Z" IL was this which made me refuse Chs
tom house officers entrance into Meudon.
Naarden and Daman. / was right in doing
SO; because the treaty did not authorize the
presence OF Custom house Officers. bn, upon
the banks OF the sea and at the mouths of
the rivers.
On the 10Th of June received thro' the
Charge d'Affaires Of his Majesty, the Empe.
ror & king,an assurance that it was not his in
tention I" occupy Amsterdam that led me to
nope that he would abide strictly by trea-
ty, the conditions of which were drawn I'M
Iby his majesty the Emperor himself. Tn
fortunately my error was not OF long duia
ton, as received communication hat %
thousand French troops had united in ,hr
environs of Utrecht, continued. notw;,h.
standing the extreme scarcity, and embar
rassments OF our finances, to furnish them
with subsistence and other necessary THINGS
although the treaty precisely expressed that
there should be 5000 men only maintained
at the expence of the kingdom but lear
ed that this collecting of troops was done
with other views unfavorable to our govern
ment and late in the night of the 29th.
received official information that his males
" ehs emperor insisted upon the occupation
VI Amsterdam, and the establishment of the
frencR head quarters in that capital.
Under those circumstances, gentlemen.
you cannot doubt that was willing to suffe,
Tor my people any humiliations, If could
nave preserved the hope of being able 70
support SUCH state, anu above all 20 pre-
vent new evils, bur could not deceive nav
self any longer. have signed a treaty die
Itatcd by France, uadcr the Conviction that
measures the most disagreeabIe Tor the ma
ton, and tor myself would not be followed
up !; and that satisfied with INV voluntary
IaodiCauon which IS the consequence of said
treaty, every thing would 60 on smoothly
loe' ween France and Holland. The treaty
presents, indeed, great number of preten
ces and OF new grievances and accusations :
but can pretenceS be ever wanting | ought
then 10 have conf1ded in the explanations and
communications which have been made to
Vie Desides this treaty, aud in the formal
and clrcumstantiafdeclara which have
not failed to do--SuCh as that the Custom
house Officers would only interfere in the
measures relating to the blockade; that the
French troops should only remain on the
coast ; that the domains of the state, and
those OF the crown, should be respected ::
thae the debts OF the Countries which had
oeen ceded would be charged to France +;
| III word, that from the number of troops
which were to be furnished there should be
deducted those which, at this moment are
at the disposal of France in Spain and
ven that tor the maratime strength necessa
| ry, time should be allowed. / have ALWAYS
nattered myself that the treaty would be full
nilen 4 nave been mistaken and If the
entire devotion which have manifested for
my duly on the 1st April, mas only tended
to drag on and prolong the existence of the
country tor three months, have the cruelty
SrievouS satisfaction. yet the only one which
now can have, that l have (if [ am so Der
| mitted TO speak, sacrificed to the exis, ence
aud to the welfare of the couBtry all that
was possible but after the submission and
the resignation of the first April. 1910 |
should be much to- blame if Consented 10
retain the title of king being no longer but
an instrument, no longer Commanding. mot
only III the country, but even in my own ca
pltai and perhaps soon, not even in my Pa
lace.
should be, nevertheless, a witness of o
very thing that might be goings on, without
oe'ng able to 90 any thing tor my people,
| responsible toe all occurrences without the
power oprevent them or their influence. -
lsnould nave exposed myself to the com.
plants OF both sides ana perhaps have occa
stoned great miSfortuncs ;by doing which. |
Should have betrayed my conscience. nv
people, and my duty. l have for long
t'ae ioreseen he extremity to which am
now reduced, but could not have prevented
IL without sacrificing my most sacred duties.
without Ceasi"g lohaye at heart the inter
est of my people, and without ceasins to
connect my fate with that of the ,puntry.-
NOW that Holland is reduced to that cOnd
tion' nave, as KING of Holland. but one
course 10 TAKE, anu that is. 10 abdicaie the
throne ~ favor Of my children. Any other
Course would have only Augmented the mis-
fortunes OF my reign. 1 saould have per.
maps seen oiten, the peaceabie inhabitants
WCnms TO conteations OF governments des.
'royed a, once. How then could Az idea ~
resistance ever enter 10Y mind Ny chill