\"TheseLands—Eldestundertake,inamildlyresignedorevenhopefulhumor。Theywillmanageasrequired,intheirownCircles;willcommunicatewiththeCirclesfartheron;andeverywherethedueproviants,prestations,furtherances,shallbegottogetherbyfairapportionmentontheSilesianCommunity,andbepunctuallyreadya,stheArmyadvances。Book—keepingthereistobe,legiblerecordofeverything;onallhands’quittance’foreverythingfurnished;
andatimeiscoming,whensuchquittance,presentedbyanySilesianman,willbecountedmoneypaidbyhim,andremittedatthenexttax—day,orotherwisemadegood。Whichpromisealsowasaccuratelykept,thehoped—fortimehavingcome。ItmustbeownedthePrussianArmyunderstandsbusiness;and,withbrevity,reducestoaminimumitsowntrouble,andthatofotherpeople,non—
fighters,whohavetodowithit。Non—fighters,Isay;tofighterswehopeitwillgivearespectablemaximumoftroublewhenappliedto!\"[Helden—Geschichte,i。492—499。]
TheGotterNegotiationatVienna,whichwesawbegintherethatwetSunday,isnowfastending,asgoodasended;withoutresultexceptofanegativekind。Gotter’sProposals,——wouldthereaderwishtoheartheseProposals,whichweresointenselyinterestingatonetime?Theyarefivefold;givenwithgreatbrevitybyFriedrich,byuswithstillgreater:——
1。\"WillflingmyselfheartilyintotheAustrianscale,andendeavorfortheinterestofAustriainthisPragmaticmatter,withmywholestrengthagainsteverycomer。