Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-26
Grand Admiral Of Russia.
RICHMOND, VlseNIA,
2sih October, 1851.

| 18th October, 4s61.
| ApkIakL.-Your letter reached me only q
| few days ago. Il fills me With emotions.
! Init / am offered the inequalities OF great
and powerful Empire, with the Grand Adult
raj Of its fleets for patron and friend. Induce
| merts sre held out such as none bat she most
msgnaninous Of Princes could offer, and such
as nothing but stern sense Of daty nay
withstand.
A home in The bosom of ny family on the
banks Of the Neva, where, IN The midst of
books, and surrounded by friends, an. with
/ on: care for the morrow, to have the most
| prin3ely means and facilities for prosecuting
those studies end continuing those phiioso-
| phioal labore IA which take most delight
| All the advantages that enjoyed In Wash
| ington, are, with a larger discretion, 10 be
offered me n Russia.
Surely more fattering invitation could
not De n!teredl Certainly il could not reach
more grateful heart. have slept upon it,.
I: ie becoming that shoald be candid, and,
| in a Few Torde, frankly state the eircun-
stances by which find myself surrounded.
The State OF Virginia gave me birth within
her borders; among many friends, the nearest
of Kin, and troops Of excellent neighbors, my
children are planting the: vine and fig tree;
II her green bosom are the graves Of my
fathers; the political Whirlpool from which
your kind forethought sought 20 rescue me
hes already drawn hsr into fierce and
bloody war.
N I77e, when this State accepted the Fede.
raj Constitution and entered the American
Union, she did 80 With the formal declaration
that she reserved to bstselt ihe rigb: 70 with
draw rom 1t Tor cause, and resume those pow
ers and attributes. o. sovereignty which she
had nsvsE ceGeG ds7Gy, but only "3sIeqGtsd,o
for certain definite and specified purposes.
When the President elect commenced to set
az naught the very objects Of the Constitu.
ton, and without authority Of law, proceeded
ID Issue his proclamation OF 18th April last,
Virginia II Ire exercise CT tha. reserved right
decided that the time had come when her
safety, her dignity and honor required her to
resume those delegated" powers and with
draw from The Union. She cid so. She then
stra ightEay called Upon her sons in the Fed
ersl serVi58 10 ssGire :tsreftom and come to
her relief.
This call s32n5 ne Il The midst OF those
quiet philosophical researches at Observatory
i Washington, Thieh am row, with so much
deli3sey o. 5hoa ghs and goodness of heart,
invited /. resume n 24ssia. Having been
brought Up II the school, OF State Rights.
where Ne had ior masters ne greatest states
nsn D America, ana among them Ar. Madi-
soG. chs 4issst o. them all, 7 could not, aud
die o77 hesitate. ] recognized this call, con
sid5Fa3 II mandatory, and formally renounc-
l1S 7t4 arrogance 20 TIE BROKEN Union, has
tened oVas % me so-tasi5a OF the Potomac:
there u renew % 1st5erla1d thoge VOWS of
faslty. s3ETi3e, s12- devotion which the State
ofFirginia rad permitted ne 70 pledge 10 the
Federal Union, 81 long only as by serving it,
! uigbt serve her.
Thus mJ sTor2 las been rendered in her
cause, aud t1e tender las been accepted. Her
SOL is invaded, fhe enemy is actually at her
gates, and here an, contending as the faith
ers of the Replblic did, for the right of self
government and those very principles for the
nainteEa1ce o. which Washington fought
when this, his native State, was colony of
Great Britain.
The path q daIy and of honor is therefore
plain. By following i with the devotion and
loyalty Of 2 iEue sailor, shall, am persuad-
ed, have the glorious aud proud recompsnse
that il contained il the "welEdone'' Of the
Grand Admiral Of Russia and his noble t.com-
panionE N arms;
When the invader is expelled. and as soon
thereafter as the State viii gFant.me leave.
promise myself the pleasure OF trip across
the Atlantic, and shall hasten to Russia, that
/ nay there II person, on the banks of the
Nsva, have tbs honor and tn pleasure of ex-
pressing % Der Grand admiral the sentiments
OF respect and esteem with which his oft re-
peated acts o kindness and the generous en-
coursgsu9nts ihat be has afforded ms in the
pursuits 81 science has Inspired his
0Dedient servant.
II. f. MAURY.
Commander e. 8 Navy.
To II. l. II. The Strand Duke Constantine.
Grand admiral q Russia. st. Petersburg