Sweden.
The Times, 1824-01-08T00:00:00

AllOilgi iwoaincrutai compDIC ipeciiIs on:y iourpoinO a scr. our being a~ssmbh4 Ihave thoaghtif y .duty to yiedo yorwiKS, and .tn p~ern'.it -the continuanc eof your tngs:-for enanth or. -VYiewed politically, num surpsernight-perhes, be on fis aigh,expressd at the 1 Ang thohsesiQio butex*enctc offfacts, and-the habit of consideing Ie&t affiirY4 are- fregWently wanting, amidst the vgrious htt icb belong to the soca state of man. Conjuures a.lsus exercse a particulsarminfuence beyozrd-everyvcal- cuIr,tien andcominbmtion, and events, which are ometimes the're. sultof accident or of certain unforeseen causes, deeivc th ef ortosof thbembstotniutmniate pTudence. If youa hvenot:on thisoccasion satisned all hopes,. you hgva prepared for the ensaing Diethemheancs of eatabuishing afin,ncigamelioration, cl4imed byallhlasses.- Libcrty,.in tbrziiting-tinman the-&nowvledge of0&thc-di.nity of his being has-confer.red on. him thestrength and theres=gnation which are nissary- for SupportiDg -tvith patience the. v.icisitudes. of life. But liberty aon dienppesra wvhen OoNeu.ment is not ilivssted- with an suthority of aufficfebt magnitude to reserve for thp people that which the people have acquired. You have Wield tlfeevtnts by which the mostfiourlshins coun- tries of Europe havebeen afihicted. When states are convulsed, the people re-i- the.end-the greatest saffrert.-- This conviction ought to iniduce us never to lose sigh of the public -welfare and tranquilityr.-T-hefiog .benefi-vwbiicht the people..avea-right to re. quire of us is internal repose,.to obtain which the public olice casll upon-usnto execitt withoutdistinction, the laws whch formnthesafe- gariof-tltenation. : -. We experiecce the-happy-lnfluncse of ian-almost insularposition. -If,-however tlielcawhwickgnvern us lrafeot zcquired al the per- Aection whicoldbedesiredi the. tanges to be iade..Mnustbe the workof.time; Toendeavour to, .atoDplisb those-chag. hastily, would be-toput to hzard all. psesadvntages, And the.finest hoves-for the future. T4 ptecpitate the vatnrsl.progress which bel6ogsto the genius of our inD itutions; would be t6 expose them to thosectronhes. of which the pesentatge bufurndisheattiing examples. ' - -. - I havefollored-theesme cidrnspectisy4tem ln.zieapplicaffon of ourredprocal duties; and I hateconsidered-nmyself bund.t refusc all partil-interpretatton of our-fundanental- laws.- Wishing onlv to fetan my legaspowera without any eneroachment-on-yorsa- Ishan be-saYsTeady to.enter.intoconcerTtwith you on every thLb' caps. .bleof giving greatefe,z-ness-to our comnavct -and.ius leadmp, no successifedy to xvgmcnt, the publie -propentty in a perfectly umtrd and- ohidrnanner. -.-Dr exporation lis:been very active, and the balance of com- -rceforthitnd the-precedingyears was to.oradv tagei- The harvektgala - beei abundaut, and- yet the agnicu1uisf - embarraise.--He *I1U continue 5o -to be until-a new.- system t)F landed; aecutities shall- plc6 hinin a har E uation ti:tbt in whi&iRfh--liaiw- ztands.- -If the -hope which Ie-ertal itg hlis- situation improved bDe not realized, I shall aJain :atmble *srodsne theStatsGtnes-ine i t -rXpoaBeto .OZiXUCsueis,a the:eficacy of -whfrh -can.t -v doubLlfil' etept srith- >ett persons whose reffeF is not within the coinpass ot ourinfiduent . hNe (30 teappointed to~draw up theoClvll'Code.'haveitbrml. nated their labours; That code is submeitted -to me.amiimr co. n- cues' examiniti6n. kwillbe prtented to you next session, tdth the ameioratiois or- modifiions -which- l. may considerpwert. be introduced into the- OLAu 'The code- of critnesand puitishmenta' is also thesubject of my solicitude. 'ts v,ill 'bechatized by a regard ta individual asesrityand publiaafety. The sunis-which-o uhaveplaced at mylsposalfcetbewmple_ ton ofthegresat worof the Canal of Gotha, and for otherenter_- prises of general interest, appear ctc..be sufflr.ent, and 1 hbpe to be able to falfil your exation and roine. Theimprovement ofte.adniinistmatinn showa itself in-s.evident amnanneri that it is impossible for theobserver, of even theleast:- penetration, tiot to recognize its pHogress. Happy, the nations -whicht are-thus enabled, in theb osom of public peace, to advance their wehll being and ismplify their-institutions. ' The system of neoteality wbich my Goveuntnentliased-out-fur itself, with rcspece to all afthii which. do -not iminediately and is- sentia)ly afect the existence of thetwo kigdonis, fissure uis that our ncutralty wilw continue to be rteccteb.- Nothirgtsbll-be nglectea on our part to vrolong its duration. The-relations of amit'hich existwith all-thePowersof Europe ar-the mgu`ry o?tlihat durzble peacewhich forms the objectof our wishe. . I thank 'you, gentlemenf for the -numerous proofs of aecction nnd'devotion.which you have-given-to me, andto allthe-rnsemVrs of' my.fhtnii. I zenrettldat the breakingup vf-the-Dietj joinediothe bad season, should have presented an ohstade, to, tbe execution of the wish .yout msnifested for the -coronation cf the Qsieen, my apouse. That wisl 8hsllU .be -satisfied on. th. eiaxt meeting of the StatesAGeneral. - On your re?t to'you7 bo16McaO d u;the bosoms of your fadnlier endeavour to strengthexn public peace and union. Be friends, be Swedes. - Let that- proud name remind. you that constancy is the greateat of all powers; but that weakmess and disetdd, by destroyin- states, undermniriete freedbm of mankind.: -- I repeatto you, gentacuen, the assurantceof my good wishes and Royal sentimeAts. ' 9w.aDEKt . 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