The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-25 00:00:00

Or 711 POLISH 11110/LATIOIf.

By a meat alum of the Emperor of Ramis, which was
repeated is a circuit:from the Roman MI aisle: of Foreigo
Affairs, dated May 15-27, 1566, the Emperor's favour
towards Polish smignuate was anbouoced, and permission
to ratans to their county granted to thOOO who would sek
Posit, repeating of their errors. St11121t1O•,12117 w.th this
ukase we recasard the apeechis of Use Emperor of Rollie
pramosaced la Warsaw.

Rich of us wIA easily epprociate the true wort► of this
act. We, the endenigneo, therefore, not ietending to in-
fluent* any one's determination or to bias say awes
opissioae, wish merely, by a clear aid open statement, to
eatiahten the governante and 'actions which have granted
us their hoeri.elly es to the restores which induce ne still,
with patinae* sad submission to the discuss cf Providing*,
to remain in the petition which the will of Almighty Ood
has marked out for us.

Doabtless the Emperor of Russia would have acted better,
and would h Iv* gained more opinions to his aide, if, instead
of threatening said warning the Poles that he wishes to
keep up the state of dings introduced by has father,"* he
had rather acted up to the designs of ha. uncle, Alexander
1,„ as explained in the following words, addmeed by hiss to
the Poles : " Russia gives you her hued like a brother, sad
from the many benefits which corgoest (now peace) assures
her, she selects hat this—the glory of recanstruttiag a brave
and aoblenatioa."t
The Poles whom political offences have driven from their
country slould be looked upon in two different lights. Each
of us Mid_ vidually is bet a more or kap suffering eareilim to
as enfortunate war,—• sphoter from the wreck east hither
sad thither at the merry of the storm. They have tors as
hoe our poeseresioes, they have condensed se is our
absence; our return to sew economy, thee, mast weer
sadly depend os perusal goaarderattoas of safety and of
fusty affairs, of which soh must judge for himself aid
decide asordiog to his own views. la this light, such as
insist, as this, which speaks of " mistakes," of " tardy
repentaas," of " irreeoseiSable hatred ;" whisk stumble
Fos to return to sour satin hearth, but dies set reaStelit
to its rightful owner ; which lalliets epos we. in the de-
cline of life, as • ;manatee of " pardoa," three years of
mistrust end probation in a difficult and hopeless reedits;
an woe sty which secludes our fellow-countermen who are
condemned to green in the depths of Siberia beams they
loved their country ; nab an amnesty petters differs from
similar favours aanonsced from has to time sins 1892,
only is this, that it fres those who return from a judicial
trial ; sot, homer, I. the least degree guaraateitiag
them ;saint the velsatery sad intolerable perused=
which may fall epos them at say moment, mad mdse the
slighted ;resat, frees the Raisin polio*, who are a MO.
Sous as they are igeorset. We have read aad hued la
modern history of rube% mewl.* distinguished by gess.
nett, and nobleness of mind. Them Imposed no *therms-
&Um upon the pardoned than that of sckeowledgiai the
sista, goverment. Yu claims, is the sanest, recently
published ; gad, therefore, whatever trust we say patio the
character sad natimeata of the 3 oung Bassin monarch, It
will sot be etrecgthened by the aboysnamed ukase, so lon
as the mete. cf governmett which is to catty oat the
latter, end which, to our Wastage, we know cf old, shall
cooties to inlet.
lhe monad distinguishiag characteristic of the peddle of
the Polish emigreste, and which is too often krgellen ti
!emigres's, it, that collectively we minimal out sassed
saw; that we bring before the ootiee of Europe the els.
rows, the waste, aad the inalienable rights of Poland, whka
tilted! compelled to silence. This 'mission, exclusively pill
sod imposed upon as by the misfortunes of our Sow
try, has crested duties whin the unplowed termleatist of
the war has indeed for the present suspended, bat the Mad-
be form el which is not caccelled by the resent womb aid
deeds of the Emperor of Russia.
Compared with Ilse promised beset. and improsemats
which were to to granted to Poland with the pease mad a
sew goreramsat, private interests, which IPis Silage might
be espected to farther, were to the Palish *signals the
Mast coneldentroo. Ws breed our minds with hops to
reforms and iairovesents, both moral sad material, to be
Stroisced la our country; for although these *weld sot
Wilms h.r foe her loot hopes, they would at least permit
her to live. Aai sow, if we set aside re ports, perhspi pur-
posely spread—if we set aside the statscesots of newspapers
—have we set teases to think that three reforms, If they
are such, have nafortunately retber the eppearence aid
Stinnes of %knowing dust in the eyes of Europa than of
eowritatiap omissive*. satisfactory to the jut wishee of
?eked What have been hitherto the opportunities
Wowed fortis inculcation of our relies an I not Savage,
it for the 'dentin of oat inflates ? Where is tte
probehility rf an intents' and sore or less asthma] ad-
milaistraties ? What hope is then of reemastreeting
the Universities of Warsaw end Vilna? Have we sot
sees bow the eemi-offietal Rueful organs c mended from
the Wyse of the Paris solemner* that their menerek was
freed from all compacts respecting Poland?; Have we
sees not only our aspirations as a satiric to a free and
indepeadert glistens, but eves the stipulatioas of the
Treaty of Vienna, tensed by Estop* and evepted by
Burn herself, treated as "day drew?" We are Polies,
eindrieg the racons•ractioa of our country ; and we cannot
stigmatise as as error that which was an set of duty coo-
seientiously performed. We has of ered defeats, but our
soosaleacts ars clear. We has so hatred towards ROWS;
I. the present state of thiep silence and mei/mattes sloes
blame us; but sail justice is done to oar ernstry shall
me net off • duty which has descended to us from our
gathers? Were th re but one free emigrant remaining on
the who's earth, he would sot cease to say to nations sad
geve notate la the same of religion, and of history,
Poked has a right to a national sad iadependest existing*.
he founts is God, and steads In the demands of your own
Interests and in the consaiesee of the impartial men of all
sosatrise!"
Paris, Jam 3,1856.

• epoch el the bower et Rank ht Warsaw. in Mee, 11.41.
* Swett nt the Ls oerce ehisader L. In Wane', ISIS.
g Le Nerd at Meld Jest Ille. No. Is 4.

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