The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-21 00:00:00

COUNT ZAMOYSKI,

The Mayor of Macclesfiel t has received the following
letter from General Count Zamoyski
Quai d'Orleans, C. 9th April, 1863.
Sir,.—Yon have done me the honour of inviting me to
att nd a public meeting on behalf of Poland at Macclesfield,
and I receive similar invitations from several towns in the
north. Though somewhat uneasy as to how I shall be able
to acquit myself of such an amount of duty, I can only say
I will do the utmost in my power. I have already engaged
to attend the meeting any day after the 19th. I therefore
beg that you will kindly arrange with the Mayor of Preston,
so that the two meetings may be held on consecutive days,
of which you will be good enough to give me timely notice.
You ask me to state beforehand what, in my opinion,
should be the sense and bearing of the resolutions which,
adopted by influential meetings in Great Britain, would be
best calculated to benefit my country in her present struggle
for independence.
I have, in answer to that question, no hesitation in say-
ing that the resolutions adopted at the Manchester public
meeting on the 24th ult. are upon the whole gratifying and
satisfactory. But I see that many, especially among the
members of both Houses of Parliament, express strong
doubts as to the expediency of " suspending diplomatic in-
tercourse with Russia," in consequence of her permanent
violation of treaties. In one respect, I might agree with
them as to its not being what is snore urgently required for
for the situation.
To denounce and suspend all diplomatic intercourse with
Russia would, undoubtedly, be inflicting on her Govern-
ment blame, and so far punishment. But it would hardly
alleviate the burden now weighing upon Poland. The sus-
pension by England of diplomatic intercourse with Russia
would prove satisfactory in as far as it might be adopted
by several other European Powers, thus placing Russia
beyond the pale of public law. But it would be only a
negative measure, and not amount to what I strongly be-
lieve to be the duty of lartb the, Government and the people
of England, as well ae of all other Powers which were par-
ties to the treaty of Vienna. Their bounden duty, I must
be permitted to say. their bounden duty it is, to keep
silence no longer in presence of what is passing in Poland ;
—for ' silence in presence of crime," as a great statesman
of yours (Lord Lyndhurst) said, "is participation in the
crime."

What, then, should England say ? simply this :—" What
I sanctioned, in 1815, upon conditions which, during a
period of nearly fifty years, have all been, as Lord Palmer-
ston stated it, 'systematically, scandalously, and barba-
rously violated,' I can and will asuction no more. I, there-
fore, solemnly withdraw that sanction. The Emperor of
Russia is henceforth, in my eyes, no longer King of
Poland. 1 acknowledged, in 1815, the part of Poland in
his possession to be lawfully placed under bis dominioa.
1 now declare that dominion extinct, that possession un-
lawful, and, as the consequence, I acknowledge as lawful
any am, unt of independence the Poles may succeed in
establishing by their national struggle. I do so without
further delay, because I wish the Poles success, and hope
they will find additional strength in the early recognition
of their tight, a right which could only cease to exist inas-
much as the Poles accepted the compensation offered them
for its forfeit, inasmuch as that compensation remained
sacred and inviolab e. But above all, I do so, because doing
what is right, I free my conscience from all further. soli-
darity a
in the unfair enforcing of certain provisions
set at
treaty while other and most essential provisions are
the con-
nouiht. Ido so, in my own name, wishing for
who were
currence, by a similar act., of all the powers Pc.not wait for that
parties to the Treaty of Vienna ; but I
concurrence, trues' iug that the mostm s_peoe.:,dy and certain
mode of obtaining it is to set the out pi
Such sentiments, publicly addressedn to all the Powers of
England free further to act
Europe, while they would leave
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abstain,norertvoerayi
as she would judge best, would in either mae
countrymen to make every effort n their power,
with fervent trust in God's mercy, and with the certainty,
at least, that our national independence will be recognised
in as far as we succeed in enforcing it upon our enemies.—
I have the honour to be, sir, your obliged and humble
servant, L. ZAMOYQRI
To the Worshipful the Mayor of Macclesfield,

In connexion with the proposed alteration in the
levying of duties on grain from measures to weight, a pub-
lic meeting is called for the 22d instant, at the Corn Ex-
change subscription room, Mr, W. 8, Lindsay, M.P.) will
preside,