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ported upon good testimony as at qualification for their
admission. It was in their first meetings, likewise, that
a resolution was formed to invite Yakouchkine and Major..
General Michel Orloff to. join them. The former had.
just left Petersburgh, and the latter was employed at the
same time along with Count Mamonoff, and the Counsel-
lor of State, Nicolas. Tourgtteueff, in the formation of an-
other society,: .which was to bear the title. of the
Russian Knights.—Major- General Michel Orloff, and
Alexander Mouravieff, invited a mutual junction of their
respective societies, but they could not agree upon- the
terms of the union. These plans had no result, and an

association of which the General had conceived an idea,'
namely, to prevent the erection of a kingdom in Poland,
was nOt formed. That which had already existed made
no progress. Some of its members, and particularly Pes-
tel, left Petersburgh. Others discovered an inconsistency
in its views, and mconveniencies in its ,laws. Others
still, and especially those who had simply received the
propositions to fraternize with the union of safety, required
that the Society should limit itself to act slowly on the
public mind, that it should change its statutes, which had
for their basis the principle of a blind' obedience, and the,
employment of violent means, and that it should adopt, in
place of them others, the principal provisions of which
should be drawn from the presumed code of the Tugund-

Rued (Society of Virtue). The primitive members of
the Union, who, were then at Choscone, with a division of
the Guards, opposed for a long time this proposition, and
it deserves remark, that it was during these discussions,
and at a sitting which Alexander Nikita, Serg, and Mat-
thew Mouravieff, Yakouchkine, Von-Viesen, Lounine, and
Prince Theodore Schakooskoy, attended, that the first
mention was made of the frightful idea of regicide.
" One of the members, Alexander Mouravieff, had re-
ceived a letter from Prince Trotibetsky, which announced
that the Emperor had the intention of restoring to Poland
all the provinces conquered by Russia, and that foreseeing
on the part of the Russians discontent, and even opposi-
sition, he thought of retiring to Warsaw with all his
Court, and leaving the country a prey to troubles and
anarchy. This intelligence, of which the conspirators
themselves acknowledged the absurdity, produced, never-
theless, upon them an effect scarcely credible. They cried
out that an attempt upon the life of the Emperor had be-
come an object of urgent necessity. Prince Theodore
Schakouskoy, according to the deposition of Matthew
Mouravieff, proposed not to delay,the execution of it
longer than the day on which his regiments should mount
guard. They even wished to draw lots who should be
the assassin, when, after the torture of an unhappy passion
which caused him to hate existence, excited by the agita-
tion of his companions, and inflamed by their discourses,
Yakouchkine offered his arm for regicide. He appeared
nevertheless, even in his madness, to feel the enormity of
the crime which he meditated—" Fate," said he, " has
marked me for its victim. Having become a criminal, I
shall no longer be able to live—l shall strike the blow
first, and then I shall kill myself." All the rest were ter-
rified, their fury was reduced, and they stopped in their
career.

" General Von Viescns exerted himself to prove to
them that the news was devoid of foundation. Sergius
Mouravieff-Apostol showed them that the projected crime
would be useless, because they were not yet in a situation
to take advantage of it. Yakouchkine came to his senses,
and broke off all connection with the society, which then
changeclits organisation, and adopted new regulations,
drawn up by Alexander and Michael Mouravieff, by Prince
Sergius Troubetsky and Peter Holoschins. - The first part
of these, regulations was in imitation of a similar society in
Germany. The members declared that they had no in-
tentions against the Government, and that they pursued
their labours in secret only to avoid the perverted instruc-
tions of malevolence and hatred. The members divided

themselves into four branches; the first had for its object
philanthropy and beneficence, public and.private. The se-
cond had for its object intellectual and moral education—
the eatitAishment of schools, particularly on the Lancaster
,iYin,ein, anti in 'iverneral -',a-nperation- .in the it-lett-action
of youth.‘ ,J 174): 4.hai rposnhere,nf this section was, con-
tided the inspection' of all schools. The third had
for its- object to watch over the proceedings of the tribu-..
nals. Its members engaged themselves not to refuse any
judicial appointment that should be offered, to fulfil their
duties with zeal and exactness, to encourage persons of
integrity employed about the tribunals, antl,to, denounce to
the Government those who_ betrayed their trust. The
members of the: ((nigh elaikwere to devote themselves to
political econonty,, o.eneeursge! industry,. to. conselidate
public credit, aolt,te opportvnionopolies, :The interior
organization .of,t.be society walstis folltnye;rrlta. founders
were to form the union. ~:Ftem this: union Was to
be drawn the,oentral council, composed of a President and
four assessors, • When the members of the central union
joined this Council, the Assembly took the name of the
Central Directicm. The . Central Council exercised the
executive power, and the. Central Direction the legislative
power in the union. The Direction had besides the power
of nominating a temporary Chamber of Legislation to ex-
amine, to explain, and to complete the laws of the union
without changing their objects.
" It is evident from this statement, that the authority
in this secret association, and the power of directing it to
any object, resided in the founders or primitive members.
It belonged to them to receive new members, by establish-
ing each a direction. These directions were called effec-
tive, secondary, and principal. They took the title of ef-
fective directors as soon as they were composed of ten
members. Every effective direction could establish a se-
condary one, which had no relation but with it; but if the
secondary direction established in its turn another com-
posed of 10 inembers,it became independent of its founder
The title of principal 'direction was given to those which
had established three free societies.
" The principal direction had the prerogative of receiv-
ing the second part of the regulations. In every direction
there was elected a council, composed of an overseer or
two chiefs, according as the direction consisted of ten or
twenty members. All affairs, both in the, directions and
central union, were decided by a plurality of votes. The
names of the members, who had merited well of the
union, were inscribed in a book of honour, and those who
had been expelled, in a book of ignominy. They had the
right of leaving the union, but were bound to secrecy on
every thing which they id learned in it. There was no
particular ceremony of exception. The new member put
in a written declaration which was afterwards burned with-
out his knowledge. Every member was bound to give to
the common treasury the twenty-fifth part of his annual
income, but this regulation -was so little observed, that
only 5,000 roubles were collected in all, and these were
spent for purposes unconnected with the objects of the
society:'
(The remainder of this document is promised ina fol-
lowing Paper.)