Imperial Majesty

Alexander and Napoleon, the people of Finland were told, were allied in the sacred task of securing to Europe that peace which was menaced by Sweden and England.

For, says this interesting document, his present Swedish Majesty, so far from joining his Imperial Majesty in his exertions to restore the tranquillity of Europe, which alone can be affected by the coalition which so fortunately has been formed by the most powerful states, has on the contrary formed a closer alliance with the enemy of tranquillity and peace, whose oppressive system and unwarrantable conduct towards his Imperial Majesty and his nearest ally, his Imperial Majesty cannot by any means look upon with indifference.

Nor was the constitutional point forgotten, for should circumstances arise to require an amicable discussion and deliberation, in that case you are requested to send your deputies, chosen in the usual manner, to Orboa, in order to deliberate upon the subject, and adopt such measures as the welfare of the country shall require.

It is not suggested, of course, that the attempts of Elizabeth and Catherine to seduce the Finnish people from their ancient allegiance to Sweden, offers made and not accepted, or even General Buxhoeveden's proclamation issued on the eve of the final campaign are of any validity in the argument now going on between Helsingfors and St. Petersburg as to the strict constitutional meaning and effect of the compact between the Tsar and the estates at Borg.

And when Alexander made his solemn and repeated pledges in 1809, what fundamental statutes could he possibly have referred to but those of 1772 and 1789, as well known and as familiar to statesmen of the time as was the Reform Bill of 1830 to the politicians of the last generation? The minutes of the proceedings of the Estates at the Diet of Borgo teem with references to these statutes which, naturally, formed the starting-point of the whole discussion, and Finnish writers have collected a continuous series of references to them in the official documents of the reigns of Alexander I, Nicholas, Alexander II, and Alexander III.

Of these it will only be necessary to refer to one from each of the first three reigns by way of illustration.

In 1811 Alexander I issued certain instructions to the Governor-General which, when examined, were found to be irregular in one of their sections, which section the Emperor at once withdrew when it was pointed out to him that it was Contrary to Section 8 of the Form and Government of 1772 and to Section 2 of the Act of Union and Security of 1789 respectively, which statutes are numbered among the fundamental laws which His Imperial Majesty, by his assurance to all the inhabitants of Finland

Finlandwas on the 15th, 27th March 1809 most graciously pleased to confirm and ratify

I'm a Christian from Iran.

When I was 11 years old, the Islamic Revolution took place and the moderate, progressive, pro-Western, wonderful government of His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, was overthrown by this repressive, theocratic, murderous regime of the mullahs.

There were literally at that time gun battles going on in the streets near my home.

My mom and dad were freaked out and they were thinking, "This ain't gonna be a great place to raise a Christian family." And one thing happened that solidified that way of thinking for them.

Very well.

On behalf of His Imperial Majesty the Empire, long may he reign, we hereby draft you as our traveling

smith.

Say your goodbyes, but be expedient about it.