After Waterloo: Reminiscences Of European Travel 1815-1819, By Major W. E Frye













































































































 -  A chief was alone wanting to give the impulse; he was soon
found; the business was settled in forty-eight - Page 186
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A Chief Was Alone Wanting To Give The Impulse; He Was Soon Found; The Business Was Settled In Forty-Eight Hours; And By The Mediation Of The French Government, Vaud Was Declared And Acknowledged An Independent State And For Ever Released From The Dominion Of Bern.

The federative constitution was then abolished throughout the union, and a general Government, called the Helvetic Republic, substituted in

Its place; but this constitution not suiting the genius and habits of the people, nor the locality of the country, was not of long duration; troubles broke out and insurrections, which were fomented and encouraged by the adherents of the old regime. But Napoleon, by a wise and salutary mediation, stepped in between them, and prevented the effusion of blood, by restoring the old confederation, modified by a variety of ameliorations. In the act of mediation, Napoleon contented himself with separating the Valais entirely from the confederation, and shortly after annexing it to France, on account of the high road into Italy across the Simplon running thro' that territory, and which it became of the utmost importance to him to be master of. The new Helvetic Confederation was inviolably respected and protected by Napoleon; for never after the act of mediation did any French troops enter in the Canton de Vaud, or any part of the Union to pass into Italy. They always moved on the Savoy side of the Lake to enter into the Valais. This act of mediation saved probably a good deal of bloodshed and in a very short time gave such general satisfaction, and was in every respect so useful and beneficial to the Helvetic Union, that in spite of the intrigues of the Senate of Bern, who have never been able to digest the loss of Vaud, the Allied Powers in the year 1814 solemnly guaranteed the Helvetic Confederation as established by the Act of Mediation, merely restoring the Valais to its independence and aggregating it as an independent Canton to the general Union.

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