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Doc. 196.] 541
HIS ADDRESS TO THE DIET.
respecting the partition of lands and provinces, can look upon
the increasing wealth, industry, and prosperity of Sweden
without jealousy. This cannot be expected from England;
for since that country and Hanover have been united under
one sovereign, and since he as elector of Hanover has come
into the possession of lands which formerly belonged to
Sweden, his interests are turned against us, and ours against
him — and it is impossible that this can be overlooked or
forgotten by either party; yet until this takes place, our
respective interests must remain constantly irreconcilable.
It follows, therefore, that as long as England and Hanover
are united under one sovereign, agreeably to the natural
interests which bind one country to another, we can form
no such alliance with England as may be concluded with
France.
From these grounds, therefore, the above two fundamental
objects, our excellent government and our alliance with France,
have, since the commencement of our good form of government
which dates back now forty years and upwards, engaged the
particular attention of the Houses of the Diet, who have
maintained and protected both through the Private Committee
and its considerate care, and by other arrangements; they
have also, at the same time, confided the execution of such
arrangements to the Senate, as the executive officers of the
Diet. Now as three Senators, namely Baron von Höpken ,
Baron Palmstjerna,135 and Baron Scheffer136 have furnished
proof of their care for our excellent form of government at
home, and for our chief alliance abroad, and as they have
accordingly, together with the other members of the Senate,
supported the two fundamental pillars upon which the welfare
and safety of the country depend ; and as they are now missed
from the Senate, I therefore hope that you will not take it
amiss, that I venture in good faith to submit to you the
propriety of recalling these three gentlemen to the Senate,
and especially Baron von Höpken :28 for justice has lately
declared in their favour, and since all the other senators who
have taken part in the war have been retained, equity demands
this course. I have not the least doubt that the six newly
appointed members of the Senate are as zealous and anxious
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