The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-03-22

OdSu VI uuclll1 10 our CluSt DiOlueTs Inc OF
sarowitsch Grand Duke Constantine as legit
mate Heir to the Russian throne in virtue {
primogeniture. Scarcely had we discharged
this sacred duty, when we were apprised b
the Senate that there had been deposited
their hands, on the 18th October, 1928, le-
ter, with the seal of the deceased Emperc,
and with the superscription in the own ham,
writing of his Imperial Majesty; to be pre-
served by the Senate until my further com
mands; in case of my death, however, th
packet is to be opened in an extraordinar,
Sitting, before any other act is proceeded ir;
that this most gracious command had ben
complied with, and that the following dooa-
ments were contained in the packet -
"1. A letter of the Cesarow;tsch Grad
Duke Constantine, dated 14th January, 1872,
addressed to his Majesty *he deceased Eme-
ror, by virtue of which his Imperial Highrss
renounces the succession to the Throne, pc
longing 10 him by prinogeniture.
$50. A Manifesto, dated August Is, 1893,
bearing the autograph signature of his IDe-
rial Majesty, whereby his Majesty, after he
ratification Of the Deed of Abdicaton ofhe
Cesarowitsch Grand Duke Constantine, eslb-
fishes, that we, the next in age, are heir tohe
Crown, according to the fundamental lap of
the Empire.
:" We were further informed, tat docu-
ments of the same tenor had been deposited
with the directing Senate, with he Holy
Synod, and in the Cathedral Chuh of the
Ascension at Moscow. These inrmations
could not alter our resolution one taken
We observed in these documents My re-
nunciation of his Imperial Highrss during
the life of the Emperor, and colrmed by
the consent Of his Imperial Maiest; but we
had neither the wish nor the righto consider
this abdicatlon, which, when il tooplace, was
not proclaimed publicly, and Id not re-
ceIVed the power of a law, as Tevocable.
We would manifest by this our yneration of
the first fundamental law of our ountry, and
ofthe unalterable order ofsuccessiol and, faith
tul to the oath we had taken, we Insisted that
the whole empire should follow our e;ample.
Under these momentous circumstances, 1t was
not our intention to dispute the validity of the
resolution pronounced by his Impeial High
ness, much less was it our intentin 10 bring
ourselves in opposition to the viii of the de-
ceased Emperor, our Common father and ben
etactor, which will always rem,in sacred TO
US. We endeavored solely TO protect the
law, regulating the succession 10 tie throne
from every infringement, to shew tie purity
of our sentiments, and not TO leave or below
ed country one single moment in uncertainty
respecting its legitimate sovereign.
This resolution, taken with pre- con-
science, and before God the Almighty, was
blessed and approved by her Majestythe En-
press Maria. our much beloved mothe.
Meanwhile, the mournful accout of the
decease of his Majesty had reached Warsaw,
direct from Tanganroc, on the 25d of No
vember, and consequently two DAYS prior to
its being received here. Firm in hs resolu-
ton, the Cessrowitsch Grand Duke tonstap-
tine confirmed the same on the following dav.
by two Acts, dated Goth November. and
commissioned TO our beloved broter. the
Grand Duke Michael, to carry then to us.
These acts consisted in:-
81. A letter to her Majesty the rmnress.
our much beloved mother, in which his Impe,
rial Highness renews his former resolution.
ceased EmP Pc 81 dated the I'd February 1922
and serving as answer to the Act of Abdca-
ton, and finally renounces solemriy all HE
claims to the Throne, and recognizes the same
as transferred to US and our Successors, &C
cordins TO the appointments Contained in the
fundamental Law OF the Succession.
80. letter directed 10 US, wherein his
Imperial Highness, anew declares his former
resolution, gives us the title of Imperial Males.
ty, and reserves for himself, only, the former
one of Cesarowitsch, and calls himself the
most faithful of our subjects.
However decisive these acts were, and
although they provide TO ocular demonstration,
that the resolution of his Imperial Highness
was irrevocably fixed, yet our own senti-
ments, and the situation of affairs, induced US
10 defer the publication 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. 20
Whereas we have now also received on
he part of his Imperial Highness this last
declaration of his will, we communicate the
same to our subjects, accompanying il by the
following documents -
P" !. The letter of his Imperial Highness the
Cesarowitsch Grand Duke Constantine TO the
deceased Emperor Alexander.
2. The answer Of his Imperial Majesty.
3. The manifesto ofthe deceased Empe-
or, which confirms the abdicatio1 of his i'm
oerlal Highness, and recognizes us as success
'or to the throne.
"a. The letter of his Imperial Highness to
1er Majesty the Empress, our much beloved
mother.
IS. The letter of his Imperial Highuess
directed to us.
y In conformity with all these documents.
and with the fundamental law of the Empire
-egsrding the order Of succession-full of ven
GRAFTON for the impenetrable DEGREES of guild.
ns Providence-we BOW ascend the throne of
,ur ancestors, the throne of the Empire of ALI
me huss'as, as well as the thrones insepara
pie thereirom-that of the kingdom of Poland.
ana the GTand Duchy of Finland-and COM
nand 1. Tnat the uatlI or ou--;anoc be 70,
Tered to us and to the heir of our throne. the
Grand Duke Alexander, Imperial Highness.
our much beloved son. 2. That the period of
bur ascension to the throne be calculated
rom the 10Th November, 1925.
Finally, we call upon our faithful subjects
TO join us in fervent prayers to the Almighty.
.hai he will grant No atra.aa.il. y -.