Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-03-21
SECOND SUPPLEMENT.

with all the attention which II demanded. have
found nothing in it which caused surprise, as al
ways knew how to estimate the sublime senti- |
ments Of your heart Ii has given me new proof
of your sincere attachment to the State, and your
care for the of undisturbed tranquility
ssI have In conformity with your wish, laid
your letter before our beloved Mother. She read
it with the same sentiments as did, and gratefully
acknow lodges the noble motives by which you
were guided.
e From the reasons which you state, we have
both of US only to leave you full liberty follow
your firm resolution, and to pray the Almighty to
grant the most benign consequences TO such pure
sentiments.
&c / remain, forever, you affcctionate Brother,
(Siyned1 Z" ALEXANDER.
(signed) CONSTANTINE.
Z" ST. Petersburgh, the I'd Feb 1922.
THIRD SUPPLEMENT-.
Manifesto of the Emperor alexander.
| We, by the Grace Of God, Alexander the first
Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russas, sc. Sc.
| Make known to our faithful subjects, tina, from
| the moment we assembled the Throne OF Russia,
we have invariably felt, that i, was our duty to-
wards Almighty God not only 10 maintain during
reign the happiness of our dear country and OF
our people, but also TO prepare and secure clear
and exact appointment OF our Successor, accor-
ding 70 the laws of our Imperial House, and rights
of the Empire.
We were not able to appoint him immediately,
according to the example of our predecessors, un-
| der the expectation in which we were, whether it
might not please Providence TO grant US an heir to
| the throne in direct line. Blu; the more in
crease in years, the more we think il necessary to
hasten in placing our throne in such state that
II cannot remain vacant for moment.
Whilst impressed with this anxiety,
our dearly Beloved brother the Cezarowsch and
Grand Duke Constantine in following his own in
clinaton, addressed to the request of transfer
ring his right to the dignity of the Throne to which
he might hereafter be raised by his birth, to such
person who may be entitled TO it in default of him.
He at the same time declared, by this means, his
consent to the Supplementary Act respecting the
Succession to the Throne, which was granted by
US in the year 1920, and acknowledged by him
voluntarily and soemnly, and gives new force to
10 II as far as the same concerns him.
We are deeply affected by this sacrifice which
our dearly beloved brother has resolved to make
with such great self-denal for the confirmation oil
the hereditary statutes OF our Imperial House. and
the mistaken tranquility Of the Russian Empire
A!;er having invoked the assistance of God, and
having duly and maturely considered AN object as
dear to our hef it is important, to the state and
finding that the statutes which related TO the order
OF succession to the thihne do not deprive those
who have right to 1t oil the power OF relnquishing
the same 1T no difficulty exists whrespect TO the line
OF succession, have, therefore, with the previous
| consent of our Ilusirous Mother, as well as the
| high power of the head of the Imperial Family
which came 10 US by inheritance; and mindful OF
the power granted US by God, have commanded as
| follows
i in the first place, the voluntary act by which
--- brother the Cesarowi,ch and Grand Duke
Constantine, renounced his rights 10 the Russian
| throne, shall remain firm and irrevocable. In or
der to secure the publicity of the said Act of Re-
nunciaion, 1t shall be deposxd in the grand cathe-
dral church of Ascension at Moscow, and with our
three higheS authorities, the Holy Synod, the SEN
ate, and the Directing Senate
| Secondly With respect 10 the arrangement, and
| in conformity with the exact tenor of the act OF
succession to the throne, we acknowledge, as our
successor, our second brother, the Grand Duke
Nicholas In this manner we reserve to ourselves
| the pleasing hope, that the day when it shall
please the King OF Kings according to the universal
law CT all mortsls, to call us from our temporal
government to eternity, the Chief State Officers of
the Empire, Ito whom our present and irrevocable
will, as also our present legal appointment, shall,
by our order, be communicated in due time will
use all diligence in swearing the Oath of Allegiance
to The hereditary Emperor, whom have Just now
appointed TO the throne of the Russian Empire, as
well as to the inseParable Throne of the kingdom
OF Poland and the Grand Duchy Of Finland.
With respect to ourselves, we request all our
love and affection which caused us to consider the
care for their constant happiness, as our greatest
blessing, upon earth direct their fervent prayers to
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, that in his in
finite mercy, he may receive our souls into his
everlasting Kingdom.
Done at Tzarsko-selo, the 10th August in the
year OF our Lord 1928, and 23d year OF our reign.
(SignefD ALEXANDER
FOURTH SUPPLEMENT.
Letter from MS Imperial Hishness the Cezaroyitcb
Grand Duke Constantine, to her Majesty the
Empress Mother
Z" Most Gracious Princess - Dearest Mother.
With the greatest anguish of heart, received last
evening, at seven o'clock, from Baron Won Die
tisch, Chief OF the General Staff of his Imperial
Majesty, and from the Adiutant. General Prince
'oikonsy, the accompanying original intelligence,
and act of the decease of our adored ruler, NV
benefactor, the Emperor Alexander Whilst /
participate with your Imperial Majesty in the
grief which succumbs us, pray 10 the Creator tha,
he may, In his Almighty mercfuness, keep our
strength, and give us power, TO support the aflic-
ticn which he has imposed upon US.
The situation in which this misfortune places
me, makes it my duty to pour into the bosom of
your imperial Majesty my real sentiments candid
ly and openly upon this important subject
Your Imperial Majesty knows, that following
my own inclination, requested of the Emperor
Alexander, OF glorious memory, the permission 10
feoounee the right of succession to the throne and
that, in consequence thereof received an Impe- |
rial Rescript, dated "a February, 1922, an attest
ed copy OF which is enclosed, whereby the EMPEROR
communicated his gracious consent to the reoest
with the observation, that your Imperial Majesty
had also given your consent, which YOU have
verbally confirmed to me. The commands of the
deceased Emperor, were, moreover, TO the effect.
that the said gracious rescrpt should remain in m
hands under the Seal Of Secrecy, until the death Of
his Maiesty