The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-05
Rifbmunn pispatfh.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING. SEPT. s, 1860
he WILL OF PETER THE GREAT.
PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS


PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
In the name OF the Most Holy and In6iyisi-
bile Trinity, we, Peter the First Emperor aud
scendants and successors TO the throne and
government of the Russian nation:
God, from whom we derive our existence,
aud to whom we ~e our crown, having con-
staatly enlightened us By His Spirit, and sus.
,aiaed as ~ His divine help, allows me 10
look on the Russian people as called upon
hereafter to Acid sscay eev Earops' NY fea-
SON tor thus thlukaag IL. that the European
nations have mostly reached a state Of old age
borden e GA imoeeility, or they are rapidly
approaching 10: naturally, then, they Will be
sasasy aad saaa5sta5lg conquered by peopie
ssroag la youth aad ytger, especially woea
this latter saaii have attained It's futi sSreh&tn
and power. look on the future INVASION %
the eas tern and western countries Wy ee
north. as Il periodical moSemeat, oFoa'hea %
Providence, W no IN like manner seSens,a'e3
ina Roman istiou by barbarian inNasions.-
Vnese emlxrasioas OF inca from sae hoFta are
as the relax of The Nile. wnieh, at eefsin
periods. comes 10 ieruiize the impoNefisseo
lands OF r,syps BY its deposit 1 found Rus
sis as "A gseafsl, leave tta farer my success
sore will make OF 1T Il large sea, destined 10
fert.fiae The Impoverished lands OF Europe;
and ats waters Will overflow, ia spite OF OPP
pS.Iag dams, erected oy Weak hands, II our
descendants only know how 10 direct its
course. This is the reason / leave them the
following ins fractions. give these countries
10 the.r watehfalness anu care, as Moses gave
The Tables OF The Law 10 the jewish people.
L. Keep ihe Russian nation in a state of
Continual MAR, SD as 10 have the soldier al
ways under arms, aaa reaoy for aetisn, ex-
cepting hen the finances OF the State Will not
allow Of It. Keep up the forces; choose the
RES moment tor attack. BY these means you
Will be ready for war even III the tine OF peace.
: his Tor The Interest Of The future asgraa-
diksaaeGt OF RUSSIA.
IL Eaaeagor, ss every possible means, TO
br4ug in, from the aeighbsrlus civilized coun-
tr.rs o. Europe, officers Ia times OF war, and
Learn ed n "a III times OF peace, thus giving The
kassiaa people tue advantages euj3yed By
other couAtrie>, wltnoatatIoWing them 90 lose
any OF thei. own Seif-res peet.
III. Ga every OCCASION take+ a part in the
affSiss aud quarrels of Europe; above all, IN
those of Germany, which country being the
nearest IN are Immediately concerns Es.
". Divide Poland. by exciting civil dis
cord there; win over the nobility by bribery J
corrupt The dss1S. SO as 10 nave lahaehce IN tue
election OF kings; get paruZaas INTO once
project them orins 10 soJourn there the
MusSosile troops, untii such tine as they caa
be permanently established there Ii the
ueisaooring powers start difficulties, appease
them, Tor time, by p.rceiIing out tne coun-
try, aasii yol eaa Tstaks Ia dsfail al! hat AdS
oeya ceisd.
V Take as much as goa ean from Strsdsa );
and cause yourselves To be attacked by her, 50
as 10 dlce a preis2f for snodatHg "er. 10 ac-
complish this, sever Denmark from Sweden
ana S~ede i ffom Denmark, carefully Keeping
up tneir r4yaiTieS.
VI. akic44s eaoose as wives for the Rus
sian prinees, German pfincesses, so as to In
crease family alliances, 10 ara~ mutual In
terssts Closer, and BY Fropas dftag oar pTtacf-
gLss I'D Germaay, TO enlist her III our cause.
VII. EagIL-d requiring us !cr her navy,
AID she being the only power that can AID IN
the development OF ours, seek commercial
alliance wii,i her, 10 preference 10 any other.
Excnau;.e our wood and the produe lions OF
our land for her gold, and establish between
her merchants, her sailors, and ours, con-
tlaual IL tere ourse: this will aid in perfect
ing The Russian tieet for navigation and GEM
merce-
VIII Ex,snd your possessions towards the
north, along the Baltic and t0irardS ths south,
Ggt as BiGtk STA
TX. Approach as possible TO C0ns!aH-
.iaepis a IA IT'S outskirts. HRwHo SHALL REIGN
THERE WILL BE THE TRUE SOY ERElGN OF THK
WORLD. Consequently, be continually al war
sometimes Win the Turks, sometimes Win
Persia. Establish dockyards on the Black
Sea get entire possession OF 1t By degrees, also
OF BAitic Sea; thsS tstas Necessary TO ~ &C.
eomPiisanisa: Of tas plan Hasten the decline
U! Persia; penetrate ~ the Persian Gull re-
establish, IL possible, the ancient commerce of
the L-yaat through Syria, and make your scay
10 the Iadtss-rhey are the emporium Of The
world. Once there, sou can do without the
gold Of England.
\. Seek, and carefully keep mp an alliance
win Aus tria; aeQ uisee, apparently, IN her
ideas OF dominating over Germany; at he same
time ciaGdestinely exciting against her the
jealousy OF the nelgnporing provinces. Eli
ueay or THAI the aid of Russia should be called
for by one or the other. SO tnat, BY exercising
kind OF q aardians nip over the country, you
prepare way Ior governing hereafter.
SI. Gave thE House ot Austria All interest
for lJinIng in bauisning the Turks from Eu-
rope; dcfraud her OF her share ot The booty, at
Inc cong Uest OF ustantinopie, either by rails
ing "A war TOR her Win the ancient States of
Europe. or by giving her portion which you
VIII rake Ea x q future ueYtoi.
All. Attach 10 yourselves, and assemble
round yoH. ali the united Greeks, as also The
dIsuniGed or classmates, which are scattered
either III Hungary, Turkey, or the south OF
Poland. Make yourselves In cir centres, their
chief support, aud lay the foundation for uni
Eelsal supremacy by establishing kind OF
royalty or saceFdotat government; The Sia-
youic Greeks Will be many trienus That you
viii have scattered amongst your enemies
XIII. Sweden severed, Persia and Turkey
conquered, Poland subjpgated, our armies re-
uni cd, the Black and the Baltic Seas guard
by cur vessels, you must make PROPOSE
lions separately and discreetly-trst to The
court OF Versailles, then 10 that OF vienna, 10
share with them the empire OF the uni
verse.
Ii one Of them aecept-and it cannot be
otherwise so as you fatter their pride and
amnitior-make use OF il TO crush the other !;
then crush, in lis turn, the surviving one, by
engaging with it in & death-struggie, the Issue
OF which cannot be doubtful, Russia possess
EArOpei
XIV If-which is not Hkely-both refuse
the pyonostfIoa of Russia, you must manage 10
raise auarrels tor them. and make them ex-
haust one another then, proiitiag by Il decl-
sIy- moment, Russia viii bring down her
sem pied troops on Germany at The same time
TWO cons siderable fleets Will set out-the one
from the SEA- OF AZov, the other from the port
of Arehaugei-loaded with As!auc hord s,
uader the convoy OF The armed fleets from the
Black Sea and the Baltic. Advancing by the
Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean theg
wli invade France on one side, whilst Ger
many will already have been Invaded on the
Other. These COUNTRIES conquered, the rest of
Europe will easily pass under the YOKE, with
out striking single blow.
XIV. Thus Europeca and ought to be SUBJ
dued. PETERI,
Actocrat of all the Rnssias.
deposited IN the archives Of the palace OF Pc
tarhof. near Sc. petersburg.
THIS auJhent docp nebt the supreme found3-
tor and las Of Russian politics since the time OF
Feter H. was eOnfidentialiy deposited IN the aands
OF TIE Abee de Bsrnls, Minister OF Foreign AL
fairs. IN 1857 ano also In those OF Louis XIV See
the lfsi70tsS Of The Chsee.ier d Eon, T. p. 10
eli al the French Empire, and d transcript oil
TINS appears IN tte volume, P0tftqne dc Ia RHSSte
Z OFieat--par Psetof Morpugo, from which our
tfansla ion Is taken.
bert Russian writer. 'are the two auxiliary verbs
OF our language" Certainly Peter /. has made
coed US. OF them in HE wall. adding nov and then
The verbs, to exttnd 10 odrancs 10 to Srs,
To dall.liGts. TO SHtduf, 10 corrupt, &c.
SssnIsals PoniatoSski, lover OF CathArine l.,
and iast KING OF Poland. was elected by the iun
tors Sal, his parents bang declared parusans OF
Russia
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