Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-06-02
KINGDOM OF TnE TWO sICuIE
Address Of the National Parliament to N
King.

iuufeSS " tUe NGtlOnGE Parliament to tie
King.
S're-Permit US TO express to vcur Ma.
Jes'y our profound sorrow produces nv cir
cu~s'ances o. which, at least, the principal
are known to you. We lived in peace q.
midst our household gods, and the Cd of july
aid not remove us from them Your Macs
ty thought we might be drawn aside and
through the medium of your august son Won
convoked the elective assemblies. and there.
oy Caused our nomination. Your Majesty
supplied the formula for our powers. and
mus prescribed the basis of our oaths. In
performing our duties we, therefore. never
con'o imagine that we were acting otherwise
than consistently with your wishes and the
oeslres oil the people Your Majesty depart
ed Tor the Congress of Laybach. HAVING
Voucnsafed to accept the mission Of preser
wing Tor us our existing state. But in the
documents that came from that quarter
your Majesty clearly expressed the painful 81.
tuatiou and the difficult circumstances in
which you were placed, when you found that
you were not able to al,er the resostioos of
your algh Allies. RecollectiDg the previous
assurances OF your Majesty, which we and
he Prince Regent had received from vonr
own lips, we were induced to believe that spy
declaration OF contrary nature must he
III.
Meanwhile a proclamation was circujatsd
IN your royal name, which held forth the IDEA
that your Majesty was at liberty, and vet tina,
you d'saPproyed the system which was found
ed bJ yourself. We likewise learned that
your Majesty is now in Florence, ard that
you intend to proceed 10 Rome. Contemvo.
raneonsly with these facts, we beheld great
army passing our frontiers and threatening
all that IS most dear to us.
Sire YonE MsJe,ty's wishes have alyaya
oeeo dear to the nation: but if yeor name
was pronounced with more particular yene.
ration ana affection, it was precisely at the
time when you were pleased 20 esIablish a
constitution for US. All our measures, all oar
acts, have, accordingly borne the impression
o. OF, the most ardent love for your Majesty.
we tav. exercised no privileges, except with
IN the limits, and according to the mndes
winch your Majesty prescribed.
II your majesty now thinks !, your dptv 70
depart IN any respect from the system, Won
once followed, be pleased TO re-sppear amidst
your peopie-to disclose your real in;enrion,
IN the bosom OF your famiiy-to hasten to de-
clsre with Pa'erDal kindness the meiioratious
which, IN the opinion Of your majesty, our
present situation may require. Your yeo.
PIC, u Sire, will be satisfied by maintaining
VITA your majesty that Just aud noble bar.
mony with which they have been constant
ho"ored, and which has by them always hesn
msde duty. Hut let not stranger, interpo,e
between the nation and its chief. Let il moi
De SAID that their presence is necessary to
enforce obedience, attach rDeni, and fidelity
towards a monarch from people who love
and resPec' him. Let not our laws be dis.
graced either with the blood of our enemie,
or OF oor brethren. In word, let your ma,
JTsty's throne, have with it the hearts Of vonr
own subjects, and not seek for support from
tie swords Of invaders.
We co"tlde, Sire, these loyal wishes 10
thst same COD who witnessed our reciprocal
engagements, who knows our pure intentions