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Doc. 195.) 537
MEMORIAL OF COUNT HÖPKEN.
learned, that he was in favour of sending out only 6000 men;
but that subsequently, in conjunction with the remainingsenators,
he provided for the welfare of the army. With regard to
the first point, that he was in favour of only 6000 men being
sent out, the Honourable Houses of the Diet will find that
this was in accordance with our alliances, and further that if
we had limited ourselves to this, the subsidies that had been
offered and received would have been sufficient for their
maintenance, and the country would not have been burdened
with such great expenses and costs, as has now been the case.
If therefore His Excellency’s proposition had been accepted
by the majority of the Council, only that would have been
done which ought to have been done, and the country would
not have experienced any inconvenience from it. With regard
to the other point, that he subsequently together with the
remaining senators provided for the welfare of the army, in
this he merely did his duty : for had he refused to do so, he
would have refused to follow good advice, since that bade
him care for the welfare of the army and of the country;
moreover, it would have been inexcusable in him not to have
done so, and great blame would have been incurred by him.
It was impossible for him , as Prime Minister, to make the
opinions of all agree with his own ; it was sufficient for bim
to have set them a good example. I cannot help being
convinced that, in every thing which he did, he was actuated
by an honest purpose of doing the best for his country; for
I am specially acquainted with his good intentions. I hope
therefore that the Honourable Houses of the Realm will
continue to honour him with their confidence.
EM . SWEDENBORG.
[Stockholm, March 1st or 2nd, 1761.] *
* Count von Höpken left the Senate, together with Barons Palmstjerna
and Scheffer, on February 28, 1761. See “Svenske Biografiskt Lexicon,"
Vol XI, p. 67.
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