Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-04-15


Duke Constantine, dated l4th January,
1922, addressed to His Majesty, the de-
ceased Emperor, by virtue OF which his
Imperial Highness renounces the sue
cession to the throne, belonging TO him
by primogeniture.
IA Manifesto, dated August l6, 1928,
bearing the autograph signature OF his
Imperial Majesty, whereby His Majesty
after the ratification of the deed OF abdi-
cation of the Cezarowitsch Grand Duke
Constantine, establishes that we, the next
in age, are heir TO the crown, according
to the fundamental laws Of the Empire.
We were further informed, that docu-
menls Of the same tenor had been depo-
siled with the directing Senate with tho
Holy Synod, and in the Cathedral
Church of the Ascension at Moscow.
These intormations could not alter our
resolution once taken. We observed in
these documents only remuneration OF
his Imperial Hiehness during the life Of
the Emperor, and confirmed by the con-
sent Of his Imperial Majesty; but We
had neither the wish nor the right TO COM
slider this abdication, which when j, took
place, was not proclaimed publicly. and
had not received the power OF law as
irrevocable. We would manifest by
this our veneration of the frs, fundamen-
tai law Of our country, and Of the unal-
lerable order of succession, and faithful
to the oath we had taken, we insisted
that the whole Empire should follow our
example. Under these momentous Cir
cumstances, it was not our intention 10
dispute the validity Of the resolution pro-
nounced by his Imperial Highness,
much less was it our intention to bring
ourselves in opposition to the will OF the
deceased Emperor, our common father
and beDefactor, which will always re-
main sacred to US. We endeavored
solely to protect the law, regulating the
succession 10 the throne, from every in
irlngemeDt, to show the purity oil our
sentiments, and not 10 leave our beloved
country one single moment in uncertain
ty respecting its legitimate sovereign.
This resolution, taken with pure
conscience, and before God the A lmigh-
ty, was blessed and approved by her Ma
jes,y the Empress Maria, our much be-
loved mother.
Meanwhile, The mournful account OF
the decease had reached Warsaw, di-
rect from Taganrock on the 25th Mo-
vember, and consequently TWO days prior
10 its being received here. Firm in his
resolution, the Cezarowitsch Grand
Duke Constantine confirmed the same
on the following day, by two acts, dated
26th November, and commissioned to
our beloved brother, the Grind Duke
Michael, 10 carry them TO US. These
acts consisted in
|. A letter to her Majesty the En-
press, our much beloved mother, 10
which his Imperial Highness renews
his former resolution, supports it by the
copy Of q rescript of the deceased En-
peror, dated the I'd February, 1922,
serving as an answer to the Act OF Alb
dica,ion, and finally renounces solemnly
all his claims to the throne, and recognize
ed the same as transferred to US and our
successors, according TO the sppoint-
menls contained in the fundamental law
OF the succession.
Q. A letter directed to us, wherein his
Imperial Highness, anew, declares lis
former resolution, gives US the title Of
Imperial Majesty, and reserves for him.
self, only, the former one oil Cezarowi,sch,
and calls himself the most faithful Of our
sub ec,s.
/ However decisive these acts were,
and although they proved to ocular de-
| mOnstraI i'm tina The reSplutiOn Of his I'm.
perial Highness was irrevocably fixed,
yet our own sentiments, and the siuation
OF affairs, induced US 10 defer the publ
cation OF the aforesaid acts, until the will
Of his Imperial Highness, with reference
to The oath taken by US and the whole
Empire, should be declared.
| Whereas, we have now also received
on the part of his Imperial Highness,
this last declaration Of bis will, we COM
municale the same to our subjects, &C.
companying it by the following docu-
ments
|. The letter of his Imperial High
ness the Cezarowitsch Grand Duke
Constantine to the deceased Emperor
| Alexander.
.. The answer Of his Imperial Ma
jes,y.
5. The manifesto Of the deceased EN-
peror, which confirms the abdication of
his Imperial Hiehness, and recognizes
us as successor TO the throne.
a. The letter Of his Imperial High
ness TO her Majesty the Empress, our
much beloved mother.