Berkeley And Jefferson Intelligencer

IMPERIAL UKASE

Alexander, Emperor of all the Russias, &c. &c. &c. hereby makes known:

Our manifesto of the 30th of August declared the situation of our affairs with the French government.

At that period of our hostile situation, Prussia still formed a barrier between us and the French, who tyrannised over various parts of Germany. But soon after, the fire of war blazed out in Prussia also; after various disasters, and important losses on her part, our own dominions on the frontiers are now threatened by the flame.

To the Russians, accustomed to love the glory of their country, and to sacrifice every thing to it, it is unnecessary to explain how unavoidable these events have made the present war.

Honor unsheathed our sword for the protection of our allies; how much more justly must it be drawn for the defence of our own safety? Before these events could approach our frontiers, we took, at an early period, every measure to be ready to meet them. Having, in good time, ordered our army to move beyond the frontier, we have now commissioned our general, field marshal Kamenskoy, to command it, and to act against the enemy with all the force entrusted to him.

We are assured, that our faithful subjects will join us in fervent prayers to the almighty, who directs the fate of states, and the issue of battles, that he may take our righteous cause under his all powerful protection, that his victorious strength and blessing may direct the Russian armies employed for repelling the general foe of Europe.

We are confident, that our faithful subjects of the government on the frontier will, in the present circumstances particularly, redouble the proofs of their attachment and their zeal for the common good; and that, unshaken by fear or delusive promises, they will tread with firmness the same path in which under the protection of the laws, and of a mild government, they have hitherto enjoyed tranquility and universal prosperity of the whole empire.

Lastly, we are confident, that all the children of the land, relying on the help of God, on the valor of troops, and on the known experience of their leader, will spare no sacrifice, no efforts which patriotism and the safety of our country may demand.

St. Petersburg, Nov. 28, 1806.