This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 Excerpt: ... his love for his children. Soldiers, I repeat to you, that there will be no repose for us, until the Scandinavian Peninsula is united and free. PROCLAMATION OF THE CROWN-PRINCE TO THE NORWEGIANS. Head-quarters at Wennersborg, July 17, 1814. Norwegians, Destined by Nature to be united with the Swedish nation, your ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 Excerpt: ... his love for his children. Soldiers, I repeat to you, that there will be no repose for us, until the Scandinavian Peninsula is united and free. PROCLAMATION OF THE CROWN-PRINCE TO THE NORWEGIANS. Head-quarters at Wennersborg, July 17, 1814. Norwegians, Destined by Nature to be united with the Swedish nation, your destiny was accomplished when the King of Denmark ceded to Sweden, by the peace of Kiel, his rights over Norway. He obtained, immediately after his signing of the treaty, the evacuation of the Duchies of Schleswic and Holstein, the surrender of the fortresses of Gluckstadt and Fredericsort, the recognition of the Sound dues, the abandonment of more than 12,000,000 of contributions imposed on the Duchies, the renunciation of a like sum due to the Swedish Government for captures made by Danish vessels during the peace, a considerable sum in money, part of which has been paid; and lastly, the promise of Swedish Pomerania, to be ceded immediately after the surrender and occupation by the Swedish troops of the fortresses of Kongsvinger, Fredericshall, Fredericstadt, and Aggershus. These great sacrifices were only made to Denmark in consideration of a promise that you should recognize peaceably and without opposition the authority of the King of Sweden; and you will appreciate them when you read the treaties which had united Sweden, Russia, England, Prussia, and Austria, against the common enemy. If in this age these treaties could be eluded by civilized nations, good faith would no longer exist on the earth. At the period when your Government furnished France with many thousand sailors to equip their ships of war, Sweden acknowledged the indispensable necessity of rendering herself independent of the Continent. She refused to humble herself before the ...
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