The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-09-13
From the New-York Daily Advertiser
Russia


RUSSL4.
The Philadelphia Gazette contains
the :" Report Of the Commission of I,aqui
ry established at ST. Petersburgh, IN conse
quence Of the euents Of TIE Goth of Decem
Der, 1925. This document is of extreme
length. filling more than seven closely
printed columns 10 the paper just men
toned.
| 1t is stated, that, as early as 1916
some young men returned from abroad
after the campaigns of 1914 and 1915,
and having iearaed the character o.
certain secret societies in Germany,
conceived The idea of establishing SINH
lar ones 10 Russia. Their views are
stated 10 have been crude. and i'll under
stood, even by themselves, though they
now confess that their criminal tendescy
is very apparent. In 1917, the first So
ciety was formed, called /" The Uninn of
Safety, or the True and Faithful Sons Of
the Country" The society included
( three classes, Brethren, Men, and Boyars.
The last was The superior, AID from it
the elders and directors were chosen
every month Their object was a
change in the existing institutions of the
Empire. A Colonel Pestel appears TO
have made a principal figure in this as
ISOLATION, and in these subsequently
formed. The members, as is usual,
began 10 disagree, and eventually to
! quit the society. AT this time, the as
sassination of the sovereign was one
measure contemplated by some of the
conspirators. One man volunteered his
services to perform this service, declaT-
ing, at the same time, that as soon as il
stated to have been mad; and some
time afterwards he came to his senses.
and left the society.
! 1t was then organized anew, and a.
dopted new regulations The mem
bers declared they had no intention a.
gainst the government. Their objects
we're benevolence, education, the estab-
! lishmen: of schools, &c. sc. They
had their officers, sc. and took the
name OF s Central Direction" compos-
ed of the founders, who in fact posses
sed the powers Of the society.-The
names of members of merit were en-
tered in book of honor, and those who
had been expelled in a book OF igno-
miny.-They had the right of leaving
the Union, but were bound TO secresy
on every thing they had learned IN it.
When they left it, they made written
declaration TO that effect, which was az
forwards burned without their knowl-
edge. These societies were scattered
extensively through the empire, and
, contained many persons Of distinction.
In the course of the time the idea o
: estaE fishing Republic was suggested
and upon stating the question, il was a
dopted in these terms" II Pres'den
zYithom phrase"
At length these associations began t.
, wear out and TO show symptoms 0
: GOODNESS and disunion. TO prevent dis
! putes, Pestel proposed Temporal
nv dictatorship. This was reject
: ed; but it was agreed that deputie
should meet at St. PetersbuTgh, 10 de
fine more precisely the objects OF tn
socieiy.-At this meeting, II was agree
to divide the society into three classes
q The first the "mknozCn," the secon
> I" AGENTS" and the third NO0iciates."
Soon after this, General Orioff de
. cla4ed that he would no longer belon
, TO the society, and left it; aud in Eel
ruary, 1921, it was declared to be dis
= solved, and the rules and document
burnt. 1t seems, however, that this wa
:, leint. TO enable the leaders to form
;, new one, better defined, and divided IL
/, TO two classes; the members OF the hr
y only to know its real objects. Dispute
= arising whether the former society Ina
3 been actually dissolved, part OF n
members claimed it was sui IN exis
-, ence. until, in 1922, the Society OF u
: North'' was forned, and divided 10
of E" believers" OF adherenis." The
!, now existed Societies of the North al
n South, whose intercourse was trequei
=, They differed 10 some things, but DO
y had the same object in view, the owe
- throw Of the present order OF things,
70 which they meant to employ the arm
a, Accordingly, measures were pursued
no prepare the troops for revolt.
:. question arose, .chGt zcas to be done ~
= the royal family? PesleI and Others we
. for ex,erminatipg them. There wa
n. difference Of opinion, but even'ua
he Pestel's proposition was adopted.
nm In 1924, letter was sent TO the SC
his ety at Warsaw, requiring. them to
the Grand Duke Constantine 10 des