Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-03-17

| From the London Courier, Jan. IA.
| The important Russian State Papers, which
we publish, will be read with deep interest,"
For long series Of years, there have NOT been
| State Papers communicated 10 the world oil
greater interest, or Of more Importance. Still
however, they leave chasm, which may not
be very speedily supplied. We yet remain un-
acquainted with the causes which originally In
duced Constantine to rcnounce his rights OF
primopeniture. This proceeding we are hard
iy disposed 10 regard as voluntary one TWAS,
doubtless. the result Of circumstances which
made il imperative upon him at that time to
take such step; and the diplomatic form OF
completing the business followed as mere mat
ter OF course The subsequent determination
of Constantine to adhere 10 the remuneration he
had declared, appears, from the documents re-
ferred to, to have been perfectly spontaneous
Altogether, the transaction is singuarly curl
Gus in every point of view. 1t remains to be
seen, whether private family arrangement of
this kind, altering the succession to the throne
| by setting aside the rightful claimant, will be
acquiesced in by the Russians themselves,
| without any further statement than what they
now have, as to its real causes. One im2ortsnt
point, meanwhile, is solemnly established In
these official papers, that the crown OF Poland
remains incorporated with the Imperial one
Constantine claims nothing in exchange for
what he has surrendered, bu; 10 remain as he
is an exit aordinary instance Of moderation, il
| il be moderation, or of submission, ii necessl-
ty dictated the course he has pursued
MANIFESTO OF THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS 1.
Imperial correspondence, &c.
| The Imperial Russian Field wager, Ensign
WINNER, who arrived at Berlin on the 4th inst
from St. Petersburgh, brought with him the
following important intelligence:
"Peiers5wgh, Dec. 26.-Whereas, his Impe-
rial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine has
declared that he will resolutely adhere to his
former abdication of the Imperial Crown, the
Grand Duke Nicholas has, today, assembled
the Throne Of the Russian Empire, and all the
proper authorities and the different divisions
of the army, have taken the Oath OF Fidelity
to his Imperial Majesty. In reference to this
important event. the following Imperial Mani
festo has appeared
MANIFESTO.
By the Grace Of God, Nicholas /. Emperor
and Autocrat Of all the Russias-
In the grief Of our heart, amidst the general
pain which Expresses us, our Imperial House,
and our beloved country, we Can only bend be-
fore the impenetrabe DEGREES OF the Almighty,
and we can only seek for strength and consola-
ton with him. Ii has pleased him to call before
him the Emperor Alexander l of glorious me-
mory. and we all have lost father, ruler,
who, during Is years, was the happiness Of
Russia and of US.
When, on the 9th November, the informa-
ton of this disastrous event reached US, we has
tened. even i'm this moment of the most acute
grief, to fulfil sacred duty, and, listening only
TO the dictates Of our hearts, we rendered the
oath of fidelity to our elder brother, the Cesa-
rowitch Grand Duke Constantine, as legitimate
heir to the Russian Throne, in virtue OF primo
geniture.
Scarcely had we discharged this sacred duty
when we were appraised by the Senate, that
there had been deposited in their hands, on the
5th October, 1928, letter, with the seal Of
the deceased Emperor, and with the superscrip-
ton in the own hand writing of his Imperial
Majesty: "To be preserved by the Senate until
nv further commands; in case Of my death,
however, this package is to be opened, in an
Extraordinary Sitting, before any other act IS
proceeded in;'' that this most gracious COM
mand has been complied with, and that the fol-
towing documents were contained In the pack
et:-
L. A letter of the Cesarowitch Grand Duke
Constantine, dated 18th Jan 1922, addressed to
his Majesty the deceased Emperor, by virtue OF
which his Imperial Highness renounces his
succession to the Throne, belonging to him by
primogeniture.
.. A manifesto, dated Aug. Is, 1928, bearing
the autograph signature of his Imperial Males-
ty, whereby his Majesty, after the ratification
of the Deed of Abdication of the Cesarowitch
Grand Duke Constantine, establishes that we
the next in age, are Heir to the Crown, accord
| ing to the fundamental laws of the Empire.
We were further informed that documents OF
the same tenor had been deposited with the d.
recting Senate, with the Holy Synod; and in the
| Cathedral Church of the Ascension at Moscow.
These iniormations could not alter our reso-
lutions once taken We observed in these Do
cuments only remuneration Of his Imperial
Highness during the life Of the Emperor, and
confirmed bv the consent of his Imperial Ma
ies,y; but we had neither the wish nor the right,
TO consider this abdication, which, when it took
place, was not proclaimed publicly, and had not
| received the power OF a law, as irrevocab!e.-
We would manifest by this, our veneration OF
the first fundamental Law of our Country, and
of the un. l,erabe order of succession, and faith
| full to the oath we had taken, we insisted that
the whole Empire should follow our example.
Under tn Sc momentous circumstances 1t was
II AHA