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Many entertain the belief that the first
condition of such a disarmament must be to absolve
the rulers themselves from the dangerous power
they possess in being able at their discretion to
declare war, conclude peace, and make alliances
one with another for warlike aims.
In our country many propositions have been
brought forward for limiting this power
especially with regard to the concluding of treaties
without so much as consulting the whole
Swedish Cabinet.
As is well known, even in the time of
Gustavus Adolphus, the royal power did not
extend beyond the king having to consult the
Riksdag, and to obtain its consent, whether he
were engaging in a war or entering into an
alliance with foreign powers. The absolute
monarchs seized upon greater power, and the
law-makers of 1809 simply ratified this
dangerous extension of it.
Now we are unceasingly told, when the
subject of defence is on, about sacrifices. They
declare to us that no sacrifice should be
esteemed too great. The State has the right of
enlisting soldiers by compulsion, fathers,
husbands and sons, for the defence of the country;
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