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CISCO de Zea Bermudez, and his 

 Majesty the Emperor of all the 

 Russias, Count Nicholas de Ro- 

 manzoff; who having exchanged 

 their full powers, ascertained to be 

 in good and due form, have agreed 

 as follows : 



Art. 1. There shall be between 

 his Majesty the King of Spaiu 

 and the Indies, and his Majesty the 

 Emperor of all the Russias, their 

 heirs and successors, and between 

 their Monarchies, not only friend- 

 ship, but also sincere union and 

 alliance. 



Art. 2. The two high contract- 

 ing parties, in consequence of this 

 Resolution, will come to an under- 

 standing without delay on the sti- 

 pulations of this alliance, and agree 

 on every thing which may have 

 connection with their respective 

 interests, and with the firm inten- 

 tion to prosecute a vigorous war 

 against the Emperor of the French, 

 their common enemy; and engage, 

 from this time, to concur sincerely 

 in every thing which may be ad- 

 vantageous to the one or the other 

 party. 



Art. 3. His Majesty the Empe- 

 ror of all the Russias acknowledges 

 for legitimate the General and Ex- 

 traordinary Cortes assembled in 

 Cadiz, as also the Constitution 

 which they have decreed and sanc- 

 tioned. 

 . Art. 4. The commercial relations 

 shall be re-established from this 

 time, and reciprocally favoured. 

 The two high contracting parties 

 will provide the means of giving 

 them still greater extension. 



Art. 5. The present treaty shall 

 be ratified, and the ratifications ex- 

 changed within three months, rec- 

 koning from the day of their signa- 

 ture, or sooner if possible : in faitli 



of which, we, the undersigned, 

 have signed the present treaty, and 

 have affixed to it the seals of our 

 arms. 



Done at Weliki Louky, July 8, 

 (20) 1812. 



Francisco de zea Bermudez. 



The Count N. de Romanzoff. 



Proclamation of (he Emperor 

 Alexander. 



[Published in General Orders, by 

 the Commander-in-chief, Gene- 

 ral Bennigsen.] 



Russians ! — The enemy has 

 quitted the Dwina, and has pro- 

 claimed his intention of offering 

 battle. He accuses you of timidity, 

 because he mistakes, or affects to 

 mistake, the policy of your system. 

 Can he, then, have forgotten the 

 chastisement which your valour 

 inflicted at Dunaberg and Mihr ; 

 wherever, in short, it has been 

 deemed proper to oppose him ? 

 Desperate counsels are alone com- 

 patible with the enterprise he has 

 undertaken and the dangers of his 

 situation ; but shall we, therefore, 

 be imprudent, and forego the ad- 

 vantages of our own } He would 

 march to Moscow, — let him. But 

 can he, by the temporary possession 

 of that cit\', conquer the empire of 

 Russia, and subjugate a population 

 of thirty millions? Distant from 

 his resources near 800 miles, he 

 would,'even if victorious, not escape 

 the fate of the warrior Charles XII. 

 When, pressed on every side by 

 hostile armies, with a peasantry 

 sworn to his destruction, rendered 

 furious by his excesses, and irre- 

 concileable by differenceof religion, 

 of customs, of lansuaije, how 

 would he retreat ? 



Russians ! 



