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Erik Årup.
indtil det laae klarere for,
hvorledes Udlandet betragtede hans
factiske Tronbestigelse, eller
idetmindste indtil man fra
Hol-steen havde Underretning om,
hvad der rørte sig der i
Anledning af hans Succession.
Efter at have hørt opmærksom
paa mig, rakte Kongen mig
Haanden og sagde: »De vil
ikke bryde Staven over mig,
ifald jeg underskriver».
Det var mig fra dette
Øjeblik klart, at Kongen allerede
den næste Dag vilde stadfæste
Forfatningen, hvilket ogsaa
skete den næste Morgen
(Ons-d. 18). Imidlertid havde en
Ven af mig besøgt mig Tirsdag
Aften og fortalt mig, som
noget aldeles paalideligt, at
Paget havde betegnet det som et
høist farligt Skridt for Kongen
— at stadfæste Forfatningen
— Noget som Alle, der var
ham hengivne, maatte fraraade
H. M.
Endnu samme Aften skrev
jeg til Paget, at jeg ønskede at
tale med ham, og i en
Samtale, som vi havde sammen,
og hvori han bestandig
fastholdt, at han kun talede som
Privatmand, og hvori jeg flere
Gange fandt Anledning til at
bemærke, at jeg, aldeles
uopfordret af Kongen, søgte at
erfare hans Mening, ytrede han,
at han ikke kunde Andet end
at tilraade Kongen at
underskrive. Han frygtede, som jeg,
de nærmest liggende Følger af
en Vægring. Han gjentog endnu,
da jeg gik, at den af ham ud-
which ought to weigh in His
Majesty’s decision as to signing
the new constitution or
withholding his sanction, and, in
case I should not, to beg I
would communicate to him
what my own opinion was as
to the best course to be
pursued under the circumstances.
I replied that I had not as
yet received any instructions
from Her Majesty’s
Government upon the point in
question, — but that in consequence
of the despatch just
communicated by the Prussian Minister
I had sent a telegram the
evening before to your Lordship,
and that I should probably get
an answer in the course of the
day, in which case I would let
him knowT its purport. In the
absence of instructions I felt
great reluctance to expressing
any opinion whatever, but that
I had no objection to say, in
a general way, that as the only
object of Her Majesty’s
Government was an amicable
settlement, and the preservation of
peace, anything wrhich tended
to that end would be sure to
meet their approval, and have
their support. Consequently, as
it now appeared, from the
despatch sent in by Prussia, that
the constitution for Denmark
and Sleswig was considered by
Germany as calculated to
increase the existing difficulties,
if the promulgation of this
constitution could be for the time
suspended by reason of His
Danish Majesty with-holding
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