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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Emperor Joseph II of Austria responds humbly to Buda magistrates' request for his statue, deferring it until greater prosperity and enlightenment benefit the monarchy, as detailed in a Vienna letter dated June 23, 1784.
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Extract of a letter from Vienna, July 12.
The Magistrates of Buda, in Hungary, having asked leave of the Emperor to erect a statue to him, the following is the answer he wrote to them with his own hand; an answer which does him more honor, than all the monuments in the universe do to those sovereigns in whose honor they have been erected.
"When prejudices shall have given place to sounder notions, respecting a sincere love for the country and welfare of the monarchy; when every individual shall contribute with pleasure to the necessities of the State, and to the general safety and prosperity; when the people's minds shall have been enlightened; and simplified studies shall have diffused a knowledge of religious truths, and of the civil laws; when the progress of agriculture shall have brought a very numerous population; when emulation shall have given life to every class of citizens; when the manufacturers shall flourish; when all the products shall circulate freely through the whole extent of the monarchy and disseminate riches therein: then let the statue be raised to me; but not now, the city of Buda has yet only obtained from me a greater consumption of its wines, and, by the removal of the Tribunals of Presburgh, now transplanted within its walls, a higher price for their houses."
(Signed) JOSEPH.
Vienna, June 23, 1784.
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Buda, Hungary
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June 23, 1784
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emperor declines statue request, citing insufficient progress in monarchy's welfare and enlightenment; notes buda's gains limited to increased wine consumption and higher house prices from tribunal relocation.
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Magistrates of Buda request permission to erect statue to Emperor Joseph. He responds personally, refusing until the monarchy achieves greater enlightenment, agricultural progress, economic flourishing, and public welfare, as only minor benefits have reached Buda so far.