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guarantees of our Imposingexistence ; the has .00-c
thing to fear from coalitions, the French revolution
is ii proof it, for when that monstrous anarchy over.
threw thrones and altars, social order could not en-
dure for the common salvation any two Powers to
act unanimously, and only against the monster which 1
each wished separately to do.
•• What then can Russia fear, whose own power
guarantees her, and serves as a bulwark to the North
and to all Germany ? •
46 I have viewed France as an ephemeral Govern.
ment. The mutual fear and jealousy of France and
MOSCOW, OC TOBF.R 17. I England lead these two Powers to seek new means
1 of destroying each other. The coalitions, the chances
The following is a copy of a Letter addressed by France. r, only served 'to unite the minds of men in
Count Rastopchin to Count Simon Woronzoff, en. i
tirely in the hand-writing of Count Rastopchin, The first campaign exposed the views of*
and ; the Cabinets, each of which wished to make the Ma.
found among his Papers : ' jesty of Bourbon pay dear. 7;'- • .
It bears as a title—" Rough draft of a Letter to 66 Remark, that this unfortunate and bloody war
Count Woronzoff, of June 30, 1801." • 4 has never had any other theatre than those of the
" I have received your letter, and I have no oc- :I countries subjugated by the French arms, without
casion to tell you how much pleasure it gave me— . their ever marching into France. The road was dif-
since the moment in which I left England, and till &tilt to clear. The late Generalissimo, who honou-
my death, I shall regard you as my benefactor— red me with his confidence, and who viewed things
happy if I shall be able to give you some proofs of my
justly, has frequently repeated to me, that a war car.
gratitude. 1 tied into the heart of France by foreign arms would
6. I ceased to write to you because I believed my I unite in its defence all the inhabitants, and that as
correspondence could not much interest you. The soon as an entire army, :oi-di:ant republican, should
late Emperor was wrong. respecting you, and I sup...
posed you might have thought me deficient in zeal declare itself openly for a Monarchical Government,
i the counter-revolution would only exist in the pro-
to serve you. I feces and words of emigrant adventurers, and polio-
••polio-
••Count Panin showed me a letter, in which you .cal dreamers. It is a question still to be resolved,
gave him the title of " Dear Friend," and from that if France, dismembered and forced to return to her
time, without importuning you with my letters, I ancient regime, would not furnish forces too impos.
confined myself to be devoted to you from the bot- ing for the Houses of Austria and Brandenburgh—
torn of my soul, and to nourish the sentiment which both our neighbours, and both jealous of our pre-
filled it with veneration for you. I could not con- ponderance ?
W
ceive how Count oionzoff, that respectable being,
66 The state of Europe last year was such, that
could give the flattering title of " his friend" to a much might have been done to lower the frightful '
personage strabject as Count Panin. How did he despotism of England. Now, the taking of Malta,
merit his esteem ? Was it by his talents ?They have
. with the conquest of Egypt, in rendering her mis-
been consecrated, to low• intrigue and personal m-
terest—but to cause the negociation of Berlin to fail, tress of the treasures of that country, will cause, in
unction with the Porte, all the trade of the Le-
because his uncle, late Prince Repnin, -was charged vent to pass under their yoke, and in repaying her-
with it—to break the negociation with France, which self with usury for former expences, gave herself.
might have been brought to a conclusion, and all this
greater means of fomenting new wars, and paying
because he viewed the French Revolution like an im- for the lives of men whom she employs, for her in-
becile French emigrant. terests was in the.confidence of the late Emperor,
66 He once wished to become Vice-Chancellor,
anterior to his mounting the throne; afterwards char-
form a new chimerical coalition, the second result of
ged with the Pertfeuille Militaire ; dismissed for not
- which could only have been the unproductive lass of
wishing to bend ; afterwards placed in the college bi
thousands of brave men to Russia, the aggrandise-
Foreign Affairs, because Prince Bezborodko, dis-
ment of the insatiable House of Austria, and the im- contented with the little worthless Abresko, wished
moveable establishment of the arrogant despotism of
to place me in his situation. Chance so ordered it,
England. that I saw myself at the head of Foreign Affairs : I
46 I do not speak any more of the Count Panin's
would have given much to have seen you or your
conduct since he lost his situation of Vice. Chancellor,
brother in it.
it has been such, that he merits the scaffold, the con-
-46 Your refusal, and the prejudice of the Emperor
tempt of honest men, and the admiration of beggars.
towards Count Alexander, induced me to take the
' He, and these like him, did me the hcriour of con-
part of not refusing to accede to the wishes of my
sidering me the only man who ought to be removed
master, persuaded that I should possess more means
—they have succeeded—they made use of the imbe-
than any other of preventing injury ; and I can
cite Kutusoff and his mistress. boldly say, that I have rendered essential services to
" I had uselessly submitted to the Emperor the
my country, in three times preventing declarations
depredations of that favourite, whom sonic wretches
of war against Prussia, and twice against the House
with the blue ribbon had made believe that he was,
of Austria, and in arranging the affair of the Sove-
by his talents, formed to eclipse Prince Menzikoff.—
reignty of Georgia, which may be considered as very
I, myself, had told Count Kutusoff, that it was time
; important in regard to the Turks, and by the time,
that in his ridiculous conduct the barber should give
on account of the entire dominion of the Caspian
;place to the Grand Equery. Sea in Asia, and the diawing of part of the Levant
" In regard to my political system, I could have
trade into our ports. I have also had frequent op.
none with a Sovereign who wished to do every thing
the
of gratifying my own heart, in sacrificing ;
by himself, and who could not bear any delay in exe-
the self-love of making myself known as the author
curing his orders, nor any contradiction to tht m. The
of good ; I found myself sufficiently satisfied by its
greatest management, the most favourable moments,
success, and I feared giving offence to a master
and a happy disposition on his part, were requisite to
who was jealous of doing' good by a spontaneous
have his orders revoked—make him change his opi-
movement.
nion, or lead him to adopt that which are considered
6‘ It was me who caused the subjections of Live-
the best. nia, Esthonia, Finland, and the Polish provinces, to
" I know, that tome is attributed all that has passed the general law of all the remainder of the Empire,
with England. I begin my accounts to you of the
of furnishing recruits. I obtained permission to es-,
events, by assuring you, that I love and esteem the.
tablish-Commanderies for the Officers'who in war'
English nation and Government, as much as I detest
distinguished themselves—of pensions for the widows
the policy of their Ministry. It was the Emperor and orphans of officers killed. I suppressed the plan
himself who had the idea of re-establishing• the ma-
which the intriguing Pestel, previous to his dismis-
ritime coalition in favour of neutrals. The first em-
sion, had caused to be adopted, under the pretext of
bargo was decided, in spite of my representations,
augmenting the revenues of the Porte, of fothidding
by Prince Gagarin, who only in it considered his in-
all persons to take charge of letters, and 'givng the
terest. It was me who afterward; caused it to be
Governors and Commandants of towns leave to search
raised. The second wis the consequence of the con-
all travellers and peasants; I obtained from the Em-'
duct of the English at the Island of Malta. I believed
- peror the establishment of a new State Collegt for*
and I still believe, that the moment was very favour
Foreign Affairs, and the return of the excluded into
rn
able for having the most just right, that of tree co-
the service. I remitted 2,400,000 rubles into the
merce, sheltered from the injustice of that Power,
post-Office Treasury, the revenues of which I dots.'
who gave law upon the seas, acknowledged. If the
I bled, by preventing fraud and robbery. 1 saved the
late Emperor had lived four months loeger, England
Crown nearly 30,000 rubles in the appointments of
would have found herself in a grand crisis—she had ;
,my person, for I never had any others than thote'l
to dread France—she sew herself deprived of all re.
sources of support—the ports on all the coasts of En-
lof a Member of College ; whilst I occupied the
rope.were shut against her, with the exception of the post of Chancellor, was Director-General of the'
Adriatic. Know this system would not have ended Ports (10,000 rubles), and might have occupied a
. &c.
in nothing—to make it succeed, it was necessary the house, &c
66 Wom en had no credit with me ; I loved mile
Emperor should not be precipitate in his measures ; ;
i too much ; my stomach refused the allurement Cl
that he should not hold the chimerical wish of pos-
i good cheer ; adulation, baseness, and intrigue could
sessing Malta With the title of Grand Master—an
-1 i not reach me, because I have studied men. I have
idea that Princt Bezborodko gave him, without fore
ained such as I was—l have preserved my anr
dent seeing the unfortunate consequences which have se- rem
; friendships, and my heart and my honour went'
salted from it, only to amuse and induce hitn•tojoip
out untouched from that gulph in which all virtues
with Austria' and England, by establishing the Both-
are swallowed up.
bons upon the throne of France.
6f/ ~ For two years I enjoyed unlimited credit ;and I
6 This right of neutrals finds convincing „pro
have done injury to no one ; calumny has pursued
of its utility in the firm conduct which the Courts- of I
without reaching me—it had sold me to the French
Stockholm and Copenhagen have evinced, hint of ;
—it said, I received plate from Bonaparte ; forged
Berlin has been much more so than could have been ;
letters co ruin Count Panin, &c: 1 leave it to time
expected, notwithstanding those who favoured Eng-
! to do me justice, and in the mean time I eoy the
land had prejudiced the Emperor against the King
greatest benefit of Divine justice—the tasting pure
of Sweden, during his last journey to St. Peters-
burgh • had induced him to send back M. de Rosen- ..P3PPiness. % •
cranz;the most loyal and brave of men, and finally, " In.a retreat which I have chgen myself, I reckon
after my departure co make demands upon the King , upon remaining ten years in it, and afterwards of
of Prussia, which were followed by a declaration- of 'finishing my children's education in a foreign. coun-
war. I believed that one could not sufficiently die- try—l have a fortune of 50,000 rubles rent, 260,000
of debts. I have said nothing fro you in this long let-
trust the systematic conduct of a Cabinet as that of
St. James's, which, fur half a century has spared no- ter of the late Emperor; thirty benefits bestowed upon
the seas, and sue, during a reign of four years, close my mouth,
1
thing to arrogate the sovereignty of
and fill my soul with'
lw hi& has now arrived at the epoch, in which a wareternal gratitude'; besides, my
ruinous (in all other times) and even continued eulogiums upon his good qualities mighthe suspected.
The only thing .I can attest is,. that this Sovereign,
against the wish of the nation, under a pretext ho-
aest in appearance, serves to enrich her by captures With all the means of reigning gloriously, and making
iiiid conquests, and make her arrive at the comple- films& 'adored; never enjoyed a moment's happiness,
.Lion of her projects, which is the ruin of France. I and died as unhappy as he had lived.
never believed that Russia was in a .situation to fear " The expos/ will not displease a man whose soul
the French Government, of whatever form it might is so elevated as your's • it will serve to make it bet.
be s the distance of the country, the gigantic forces ter known, and consolidate that esteem which you
of our Empire, its physical posltion, and the shield have grantedi failings
judged wrong, but the iiiteu me. Every man has his faili •
tso4 .via. per;
which it presents to other Sovereigns, are so many hays

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