The North-German Parliament replied to this speech by an unanimous
address declaring that, "as in the time of the War of Liberation, a Napoleon forces upon us a sacred struggle," A "hard and violent contest is before us. We rely upon the valour of our brothers in arms, who will not bend the knee before a foreign invader. We place our trust in our old and heroic King, to whom Providence has granted that be should in the eve of his life bring to a close the war that he fought in his youth." "Friendly nations see in our triumphs a prospect of deliverance from the Bonapartes' lust for pewer," and "the German people will attain its unity on the field of battle." The Parliament then voted 248,000,000 sterling for the war, in addition to the Reserve treasure always kept in the Berlin Schloss for such a contingency —amounting, we believe, to 27,000,000—and dispersed, not to meet till after the war.
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