Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-04-14

all the plans OF the conspraors, their hes aon the
manner in which they themselves often SHRINK back
from their own projects, aud the inposSihity under
which they found themselves of extending their prrci
Piles and their ntrigues.
1.-The first idea of this conspiracy was conceived BY
young men of an ardent and wild imagination, who
led away by the perD;cous examples of the revolutions
of which Europe has been so years the theatre, and
seized with the blind desrc of overturn;ng every thing
which has sgnalized by many disasters the age in
which we ve forgot the noble traditions of patti
o,ism which were preserved IN the bosom of the Rus
sian nation, their most sacred duties the sovereign
aud the state the oahs they had taken and their place
society," To indulge in the of absolute re-
formation III Russia, and 10 combine i'm the dark the
means 10 accomplish It.
"lt results from what they have rev called
81. That for this purpose they lahored al the end OF
1915 and the beginning of 1916 to form secret asso
ciaon which TO be divided into numerous branch
es, the object of which twoold lis apparent OBJ
ect was benefcencc; lis real object, known 10 very
small number of persons initiated in the secret a pol-
cal reform in the empire.
40. That il is SO far back rs 1917, the latter as a
fresh proof of the sentiments which animated them
deberated the manner of ATTEMPTING the life of the
Emperor Alexander al the moment when lac came
with his SuGust family isit that capital which his ex
plots and his munificence had raised from its ruins
The life of adorcd Sovereign appeared to them an
invncibe obstacle TO the execution of their projects
They intended to draw lots which of them should be
the assassin, when offered himself vountariv But
whether at the decisive instant the voice of their
science struck them ith terror wheter they thought
it necessary TO mature their plans general subyerson
they resolved 10 defer this parrcidc.
Go That IN 1873 finding their association not suff-
ciently extended they again met at Moscow, and gave
1t a new organization, under the of the Society
OF Friends OF the public good, of the Green Book
all the members were not only to participate acts OF
charity; they were bound, at the time, to contr-
butte TO the progress OF knowledge and the improves
ments of morals. This political reform remained the
wi fo ,bo
minds OF others for it, and with this view 10 increase as
much as possible the number cf the adopts.
~. That III 1921 it discovered bv them that
these measures had not their expectations:
that they thented third meeting at Moscow at which
deputies from ali the sections Of the society were pre-
sent but where their opinions dFered and the leaders
having convinced themselves that the majority dsap-
proved of their political views proposed in order 10 re,
rid of them, 10 dissolve the sociev-a proposal which
was sincerely adopted by some and which others pre-
tended TO approve. From That time most of the persons
who belonged TO the society in question: in fact ceased
to make part OF it.
-. That however, the fragments of this society," like
true consprators, formed new ones, where some were
initiated, but with extreme precautions and the rccpro
cal relations of which were carefully involved in pro-
found secrecy.
sc. That from that time the principal associations
were formed those Of the North and the South the i-
recing committees of which sat at Petersburg and Tn,
iez'ii on which depended other committees which took
the title OF district jurisdictions but that in the SEQUEL
third society formed under the name of the Unit
ed Scavonians, with which the members of the associa-
ton of the South were intimately connected.
81 That the chiefs OF those associations, uniting their
efforts, conceived at the time the idea of elecne
revolution y Of the army and that with this
view they endcavored to engage commandauts of COM
panieS and of regiments
49, That in these associations various plans ofreform
were proposed according TO the views and personal in
tcrestS of the members; that some aed a government
IN which the supreme power to reside in riusue-
rate OF which they hoped TO make part; the others
thought OF dividing Russia into several independent 60
Vernnents, united by federal bond which would have
been called states, and of which they hoped TO be the
heads that others again thought of detachne several
provinces from the empire, either to give them com
plee independence, cede them to the neipboriDr
powers.
9. That in ts confusion of IDEAS, in this collision OF
insulated professions, equally blind and criminal no de-
hmyc plan had been adopted but that some of the prn-
cPal conspiTatoIs revived tie horrible project they lad
conceived IN 1917 to asassinae the Emperor Alexan
der of glorious memory.
80. That in 1923, of the members of these
secret associations resolved TO carry this dreadful pur
pose into eticcttat they went for that purpose b.
brouSk where the Emperor TO pass, but tic non
appearance OF their accomplices lndered them from
attempting the crime which they had rneditated.
Gil. That IN 1898, this same crime again rcsoy-
ed uPon-tha man loaded with favors by the Empe.
ror was the person who vehemeny expressed the de-
sire to assasslnate him. that he opposed all delay that
1t was then resolved that the rcgciLcs should be
sent TO Taganrog, where his Imperial Majesty was
society Of United SclayoDians; and that nevertheless
after further deliberations, it agreed that the En-
peror should not be assassinatcd till May 1926 when
tue conspiraors supposed that lie would review the
troops at Bela-TseIkuf.
hat lastly. another desperate villain, who had ar
rived at ST. Peesburgh from the extremites of Russia
in the autumn of 1925, and who had joined the associa
ton OF the North, offered his to assassnatc the En-
perOr.
''l3 That when short and cruel maady, fulfilling
the nscIutabe DEGREES OF Divine Providence deprived
Russia of Il Sovereign and Father, the consprators
conceived new plans OF subversiou that the persons de-
sgnated as the FIRST victims, all the members of the
Imperial Family; that they all be sacrificed
at the same tne and that Instructions should break
out a! once at St Peersburgh, at Moscow and in seve-
raj environments of the army. The men, unworthy
OF the of Russians who rnedatcd these de-
signs, strangely deceived themselves both with res
pect to the extent of their means which null and
to the possibility of the revolt which they thought they
had prepared. Their attempt at st. Petersburgh on
the Goth of December, and that of Murayioff Aposol
near kicf have proved that they could rely as
ssance from any class of the nation for the few SOL
dIers and even of the officers who followed iheD
pul. rnI al. 81.