The National Register.
London, England, 1812-10-25 00:00:00

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11;mstlf on the "flyer road, and to detach a regiment of Cossacks ont
that to prorlave, to protect thl: inhabitants• front being molested by
small h, dies of the enemy. lamat no great distance from • kfoscowli
an:l as son as I Lave collected my troops, I can with confidence awai
t Ito approach or the enemy. As long as the artny of your Imperial
Al.ljt•stv is eivire, and animated with its known courage and zeal, the
If)ss ct N-tosLow is not vet the loss vt the Empire. For the rest, youi
Majesty may h. ashiired that this event is the necessary consequenCet .
of the loss ut Smplensko." •

COPT' OF THE r*,(PF.ROR A LIAANDER.S ADDRESS TQ Hit
SUBJECTS, og THE CAP rt.RE OF MOSCOW.

" 10n T►lR TV rnnmATuiv or THE runt re.
order of h's linpe:ial Majesty.)
" It is with a heavy heart we are compelled to inforni every soA
of the country, that rho enemy entered Moscow on the 3d (15th) Sep..
tember. The glory of the I<ussian empire, however, is not thereby
tatnishecl. On the contrary, every individual is inspired with fresft
courage, firtime-s, an.l hope, that all the evils meditated against
ns by our eneMios will eventually fall on their own heads..? '•
Thq, enemy I:as yet become master of Moscow._ by overcomingii.
or weakening our fuces ; the Gommander-in-Chief, by the ad.
vice of a Council of War, has found it expedient to retire at a moment
of necessity, in order by the best and most effectual means to turn the
tran.,ient triumph of fhe enemy to his inevitable ruin. flowever
ful it may be to the Russians, to hear that the original capital' of the'
empire is in the hinds of the enemy of their country, yet it is console.
tot). to reflect that he is poFsessed merely of bare walls, containing
within their circuit Pei: her inhabitants nor provisions. The haughty
couqueror imagine-! that 011 his entrance into Moscow' he wottld he. •
Come the arbiter of the whole Russian empire, when he might pre.
•crihe to it. such a peace as he should think paper; but he his de-., •
solved in his expectations : he will neither have acquired the power of
ng, nor the means of subsistence. The assembled and daily in.
creasing forces of the divricrs of Moscow, will not neglect to blota
ito every avenue, and to destroy such parties as may be detached felt
the purpose .1 alecting provisions ; until the enemy shall Perceive
th it his hopes nt astonishing the work! by the capture of Moscow werer
van, anti he he compelled to-open a passage for himself by. force.
" His situat on is as foll-ws : —lle entered Russia 'with 300,001
men, the principal part consisting of natives of rent kingdords;
serving. and ()bet ine hi n, not from free will,—not in defence of their
r..spective couoir'es,—but solo'' trout tern*. The halt of this wild:,
farious army has been destroy.'!, partly by our brave troops, partly
by desertion; and partly by hunger and sickness ; with the remainder' •
he is come to Moscow. His audacious irruption, not only in the very
heart of Russia, but into its antient capital, will, without doubt, gra.r
tiny his ambition, and give Mtn cause of boasting; but the character
of that measure must be eetermined by its result. He has not entered
a country where every step he takes inspires all' with terror:, and
bends both the troops and the inhabitants to his feet —Russia is un.•
accustomed to subjection, and will not sutler her laws, religion, free-
dom. and property, to be trampled upon : the will defend them to'
the last droa of her blood. Hitherto the general zeal. against the*
e emy clearly evinces how power fully our empire is guarded by the'
undaunted spirit of its sons. Thus, no one despairs ; nor is this: uv '
time to despair, when every class of the empire is inspired With.
courage and firmness.—when the enemy, with the remainder of his.
daily decreasing forces, at a dist'ance ?ion) home, in the midst of a
numerous people, is :surrounded by our armies, one of which stands.
before him, and the other three are endeavouring to cut oft his retreat,
and to prevent him from receiving. any fresh renforcements,—when.
Spain has not only thrown off his yoke, but threatens to 'invade his
territories,—when the greatest part of Europe (exhausted and enslaved•
by him,) serving hint involuntarily, is anxiously and impatiently
awaiting the moment When she shall tear herself from his heavy and'
hemp p:rtable chains,—w hen his own country sees no end to tie tor-
rents of its blood shed for his ambition.--In the present' dist tie
state of human aiLtirs, will not rhat country acquire eternal tame.,
Which, after encountering all the inevitable desolations of war, shall
at last, by its patience and intrepidity, succeed iq procuring an equi.
table and permanent peace,
no. only fur itself, but also for other.
powers; nay, even for those who are unwillingly tiAhting against
?- It is gratifying and natural for a generous nation to render goud
fro evil.
" Almighty God ! turn tliy merciful-eye to thy suplicating Russian
church. Vouchsafe courage and patience to thy people strugt4ling in
a just cause, so that they may thereby overcome the enemy ! and in
saving themselves, mayalso defend the 1., eedoni•of King ar.d.ruktions."
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