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Chapter 9

           

           ThemenofthispartysaidandthoughtthatwhatwaswrongresultedchieflyfromtheEmperor’spresenceinthearmywithhismilitarycourtandfromtheconsequentpresencethereofanindefinite,conditional,andunsteadyfluctuationofrelations,whichisinplaceatcourtbutharmfulinanarmy;thatasovereignshouldreignbutnotcommandthearmy,andthattheonlywayoutofthepositionwouldbefortheEmperorandhiscourttoleavethearmy;thatthemerepresenceoftheEmperorparalyzedtheactionoffiftythousandmenrequiredtosecurehispersonalsafety,andthattheworstcommanderinchief,ifindependent,wouldbebetterthantheverybestonetrammeledbythepresenceandauthorityofthemonarch.

           JustatthetimePrinceAndrewwaslivingunoccupiedatDrissa,Shishkóv,theSecretaryofStateandoneofthechiefrepresentativesofthisparty,wrotealettertotheEmperorwhichArakchéevandBalashëvagreedtosign.Inthisletter,availinghimselfofpermissiongivenhimbytheEmperortodiscussthegeneralcourseofaffairs,herespectfullysuggested—onthepleathatitwasnecessaryforthesovereigntoarouseawarlikespiritinthepeopleofthecapital—thattheEmperorshouldleavethearmy.

           Thatarousingofthepeoplebytheirsovereignandhiscalltothemtodefendtheircountry—theveryincitementwhichwasthechiefcauseofRussia’striumphinsofarasitwasproducedbytheTsar’spersonalpresenceinMoscow—wassuggestedtotheEmperor,andacceptedbyhim,asapretextforquittingthearmy.

           

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