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      to confirm his sincerity in the wish expressed for permanent peace . To these observations I have been led by the reply of Alexander , the Emperor of Russia , to the address of the Chairman of the Committee of the Peace Society : both appeared in

      the Times newspaper of February 8 , 1819- Conceiving that the sentiments they contain will be as gratifying to most of your readers as they are to myself , and thinking them worthy of being transmitted down

      to future generations , who , 1 hope , will know nothing of war , but from the instructive history of the follies of mankind , I h we transcribed them for insertion , if you approve , in your valuable Repository .

      THOMAS HOWE . " Our Correspondent at Aix-Ia-Chapelle noticed the application of an individual to the Emperor Alexander , as deputed by a society , formed , we believe , originally in America , but extending through this and other

      countries of Europe , for the preservation of universal peace , according to the principles of the gospel . A periodical publication emanates from the ^ Eng lish Society , entitled , The Herald of Peace . In the second nutnber of this work is to be found the Address

      to the Emperor of Russia , with his Imperial Majesty ' s Reply . They are interesting , and we insert them . u To His Imperial Majesty , Alexander , Jumper or of alt the Mussias ^ &c . ci May it please your Majesty . The world has lately seen great and singular events—the awful destruction of human

      life , and the wide diffusion of human blessing's . It has seen a Christian Empfror , in the hour of victory , proclaiming the principles of peace , a league of Christian monarchs united in the same views , and the establishment of societies in the old

      world and in the new ; each iu its humble antl limited sphere , aiming" to carry those principles into effect . u Penetrated with admiration , and with gratitude , to the Author of all good , for tins auspicious view of events , the Society etablisbt'd in London for the promotion of permanent and universal peace , naturally turns its attention to those human

      instruments to whom the Almighty has given the power , and whose will , we trust , he has fc ^ o influenced , to promote in their high stations his own cause in the earth . u are , therefore , emboldened to seek

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      the countenance and support of a monarch , whose professed opinions favour this glorious object , und whose actions happily confirm the sincerity of those professions . " Deign , therefore , Sire , to accept the heart-felt acknowledgments of this society , for the part your majesty has taken in the

      cause of suffering humanity ; and permit me to present to your majesty , in their name , a set of the tracts they have published , with a view to promote the object of permanent and universal peace . These will best explain the principles on which their exertions are founded , and the progress which they have already made .

      u Signed ( on behalf of the Committee ) , " ROBERT MARSDEN , Chairman . iC , JEarl Street , Blackfriars * London * September 17 , 1818 . " " Aix-la-Chayelle , the 6 th—18 M of Oct .

      1818 . " I received , Sir , with satisfaction , the communications of a society established upon principles conducive to permanent and universal peace . The mixture of good and evil , observable in recent events , has exemplified , in a signal manner , the discriminating dispensation of Divine Providence in mercy and judgment . 6 i

      As a Christian , I cannot but desire the establishment of peace on earth , by every lawful and practicable means . As a Christian sovereign , I must anticipate a time , when nation shall not lift up sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more . The unanimity of other

      Christian powers is yet uninterrupted , and , founded on the principles of our holy faith , has the fairest prospect of stability . " Permanent and universal peace is not altogether at man ' s disposal : it is encouraging to observe the growth of pacific dispositions in the world : and societies

      conducted 111 a temperate and Christian spirit , may contribute to their extension and maintenance . With tliese views , the object of your society cannot fail of my cordial approbation , without involving an implied concurrence in measures adopted for its attainment , over which 1 have no controul .

      " ALEXANDER . " To Robert Marsden > Esq . London . " " " The Rev . Lewis Way was the bearer of this important letter . The Emperor intrusted it to his care , with a request that he would himself deliver it into the hands of the

      Chairman . This commission he executed immediately 011 his return from the Continent , The letter is written iu English , and signed with the Emperor ' s own hand . "

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1819, page 305, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1772/page/25/