The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-07 00:00:00

POLAND. •
The Polish Literary Society at Paris, of which
on
g° e
Czartoryski is President, held its annual meeting on the
29th of November, to commemorate the anniversary,:
the Polish revolution. The speech delivered hi WI
Prince on the occasion was listened to with the del.
interest by a numerous auditory. We quote from
11,
following extracts aultne°
" Evils of the most dreadful nature, formerlf `,..,,,1
to Poland, and the development of which bits ur-_,„fle•
rapid as alarming, weigh, and will yet long weigpe
our unfortunate country. It is the duty of ever)! h
interrogate his conscience that'he may ascertai° °cot*
he may not hare to reproach himself with hafing„ to to
buted to them. It is true that to myself, as rifu__,,,,eo,
many of my countrymen here present, the last 10,a7fira
tion was an unforeseen event. If, therefore, at 'Lilo 0
moment believing that it could be no other it
cto
national movement, we interested ourselves 1,001 to
conduct was only that of every good soldierythe sr
first report of the cannon desires only t° are the
sistance of his brethren, without asking wiut:',,, aireel
chances of the struggle, or who are the chiefs t7thogif
it. Ido not repent of my conduct at that tie
recto
it has been taxed by some with imprudence an°lB ef 0
tation, whilst others have continued to sccuse.:l.ooo
constant opposition to every decisive measure j 00100
of my country. I obeyed a sincere, upright, an 0, tholo
feeling. The thought which governed me de,ri,jerbel
days of irresistible emotion was the thought °iiiell,
life—my words were the repetition of these_
go irons"
have so often uttered in your presence. Th' A,otiod'
too soon appeared to change the nature of our ti
No sooner did it transpire than it con inc
eve it P
who were the least disposed to recognise ito.,Theer„
not by such insurrections that our country e"-4pin
e,. te cow' a 0
cued, and proved to me that I was rig"' - ,;„fis 011 JO
pointing out and advising other conibille"-idett ''',,,
wholly different view in order to render t" cc of Fr,,
national movement compatible with an ehellofeb
cess. I refrain from recalling here the ealleesboiliti le
prived the movement in February of all Pr°soesblea
duration or success. From the moment it havewas
peeial
inspire the nation with confidence, it could friglil;
result than to devote numerous victims %lc eriense
death, or to the rigours of ano less forinida which 0
On witnessing these unheard-of disaster3feed,..o
darkest anticipations could never hare..,,i13300L1 1;11
were constrained to admit that the collo", eekleytae
severe judgment on th. se who had so ineloedn
_t,
excited such commotions. It is painful t`c) the 0170
Lure of the actual situation of Poland frertateles*,,lte
furnished by terror or malevolence. l'ie"V„Atior'sge
that a rigorous duty imposes on me
producing here some portions of it. If ego shetlifee
rendered apparent by it, it is desirable that r tee po 0.
known; and no one, neither the prejudiced 11°040)10
ful, will have cause to resent them. 'rite tifiotol9,/lere
the obbyttoodbo
trophes in a Polish province, and the eel 'Ol ref
accompanied them, so far from avrakening ctepoe-tte
sity in our adversaries, have been the alettiejtecliner.etyr
over the whole extent of Poland an 01,1 le isll at,
of insulting severity. Everywhere the -ear:, of
suspended or unjustly enforced, neither agetniesSoviiiir
virtue prove a shield against the merciless of te,i'ecoi
our triumphant enemies, who, to crown,ebc. paw jr
affect to repeat that certain Poles, blindeleiloeheeitil
doctrines, have by their fatal lessons, fOOO. bee.
cited furious bands to prey upon their le'ece he 10
but too true that in our villages hostile vce
ricrifeveoe
heard to proclaim that our ancient polish topterlai%
fraternal and so Christian, are no longer leh shr, per;
sacred, thus exciting the evil passions
the heart of man. n truth, there are oubfie-o, tl
suaded themselves that impious doctrines' 001 'OF
°Poles '‘,..j"at el
every social tie, could be momentarily ft object etelti
cause of liberty, and who thought that tmitt tbe I'oo
justify the means, they committed a ftli„,,o subsist
of bits
of which ought to penetrate them with deep l'ib"; ttsr
repentance. We ought to pity OW prep Wig,
condemn them. It is our enemies wheal work et ebela
consciously served ; our enemies, whee° denist e Ise
ralisation and destruction undertaken efilild foree'dest
nation, they have supported, and the berd itsciLitigealli/
pelled in various directions, has tuned
sod '-eo'polr
the quarter where the hope of revven't 001; et,
seemed most secure. Let us never force of 1 000
tion can only be animated to the deLejleolnelesalsll.:
try by the idea of duty—the appeal .'"totert act ow
sentiment—and not by mere aviditY!bir rice. A etill°
tages, or the acquisition of such V Il°,,esboald e°lo2le.
late deplorable experience, no Pole?: sanely
to promote the application of :"„--;, sod mole'''-
could plead any excuse for his collo- itt the
would have a right to inelleli Vyery if, oil
tions she bestowed on her.7cioe-i''''t, ~, riiltah:i°3;S: 1 01°
at the risk of being drawn into us is bound by his duty
to"lifity'tl" west crime 110
site
el these esegf hid
against our unhappy country' to I:ePA. end truth ° f get
doctrines, in which the realm eaninbd ireplos ° / 5
disappears beneath the vagueness and imp but
ralities. Doctrines everywhere "" „hicll gele
Poland, fatal The Powell-1 ass0 jOO
wledgeo or ,t 1
Poland amongst themselves, aeku° •• 0 0 911
before assembled Europe that this partitio .TOP 7
tits noble P , . p .
which demanded reparation. nut t-i co el 'troll
not save them from the usual
executedconsequen ;be 00
fault. They have not faithfully vote' toil
they signed ; they have violated it, autti`'loninl ,
signed it with them, has not resented the 'e oic9'tl,l"
have been drawn into a series of unjust sett.' Olio?
to say, have ended in seriously shaking, °I.; ri wile
country abandoned to their dominion, the .e. PC, r
plea of property and the moral cousequencesh-t er is
it, as well as the religious principles *Ole" lf vied
The Governments to °till:0:1;10
gsulobri
willolan dsOme day have to repent the,,,ord 111_.
Lot submitted
cation of a praiseworthy idea—that of asswals 0,
property to the peasants—they did n°V-111,1501.
equitable form of voluntary agreement, ''", ottour,
proprietors would spontaneously and gellje ear," 14
made the sacrifices required for the P. poll'sho'
They preferred to exercise their arbitrsi4 to o°ooo
taking forcibly from some in order to, g:of 0:0001;:
The effect of this violent measure, as °;5,`,, betic" for i
which followed it, was to loosen themorm 12" 10 Iry
IMO a 101,„10,
various classes of society, end to 5-- ep pe
the germs of perpetual distrust, disunil,ressitt 11
In that part of Poland which is under the red Ire peel'
where the peasants have already, for 6°1,17,. tog, el'
ceived territorial possessions in this ruallsbe 11`yereeci
piers of the cottages, the labourers Plin, tbeYl,;gicl;
preparing to exact similar gifts as se,„ fed to of by
a favourable opportunity. If, say truerje estil-inA.ll,OO
the Government took a portion oi ; sot ee-ify 142
landowners to give to the farmers
.1,,r to grseteee.,oP.if
should they not take more now in °'"- by • - t VW.
who have Thtle' dob- '
as yet no possessions? dno meets,,,
consequence of causes and effects, en Goferltrel bevneli
the will and anticipations of thestehe eeltieeent",
sanctity of the right of propertit'it.- WOK.: pPea,boo
all human society, which, with°e" Was beeP "es r" tO
scenes of confusion and robbery' -- pgro-then ,
th very ton AOO
weakened 'in our country by --.ec rebel-A 0,0.,1
duty and
self-interest made i,,,t I,,fleu the r",e, lishT„tioo
protect it most efficaciously. Pe,—,,n, re-65-Abee•bfr
quillity which they pretend to Pe,thle nn-tio KO
Poland are but in semblance; tines of/feestodi
reign in fact in the ideas and eeesc'ejoient 1;" 0 IP tit,
tants. Poland, placed between tvv° ' bebOlusoo,,tio if
the soil trembles beneath her fene nt'es oa f 0101;0
sword raised over her head- Does e' 0 nei- elort
of things, in such flagrant contre"ti Surer-60e1recv
they may be remembered, and of in cot
and formidable also to civil societYloode et for
mand the attention of all the G°Ter boated.,"
in them, as well as of all eatione,tito tre, pee rot
the progress of civilisation, and noel' A• 0 of pee
, Aga „JO
ivbe I.
where retrograding towards barva",isl reels „out'
trayed in darkened colours the e"-these" iti. rdir
country, in order the better to indicate arid!. toid ere,
we may derive our means of supPor.4. . gror,o i 0 0,
of security and hope. The question Pio 101'4 ft?, 0
cult one. It has appeared to me thate't tellie.;too,7oo
fitably for us, it is necessary to abstrefutere 1110100' its
thought of the present, and like the,ect t°,oo
the agitations of a nation which seet`ith re'ropill'a 010;
approaching destruction, to deliver woo 9040000
aituation and its chances of regeneral 041 ed 0,..00,
free as may be possible from personeig'isolere_olol/:i
impressions of the moment. itt !hoe Jlijeg 'col, of
mind I proposed to myself to reyiew re elssß.:,,postdl
gre
and the antagonistic opinions whin
.d
the 1.7.;e, '701!
us, the opinions of the desperate aro - 0001'001e
to ($ llf 0
those whom discouragement seems A 00. boo ete,
those whose temerity rejects all Prtlieeronia tiell°000"
compared these different oinions, to recobot 00,'
ciated them, and have endeavoured he precut 1 tecrite
and to draw from the investigation t,OO. Po lets IYA
quences best adapted to our sitttl inert, 000 tri
bered how and by whom mf Tv (3,': 5 htlitiocel)4 ilidwi
cised; I feared that they mug"... net '''" oei'ver_A,
most noble as well as the ''"'" than itli ',
they might be injurious to wore ileot 1/oog 0 fir
vidual; and I preferred to remain 5,, bac°. ot aID
•03,, _n., A A
to the conclusions my meditations Dubow ote-oj e-tee-
I shall, therefore, restrict myself ° to gelsoforr,
turity, perhaps not far distant, th,litiee intlt cep flieq
hope befits every nation that has la that ," 0. too
and that it is on these conditions alone ,cret3o/ 0
reS' tiO '
the work of its regeneration and ,A 9000 it ,
were yet in that nation, it will l=ieuat;riets• PI,
and sincere hearts, and honest ag,"_. neopl,e't tlse, ele,
of the populace. did not constitute Ore fotern elose7
ence had just shown how true wag tu owerill, bto, roe!
felt for Poland by civilised nations,
_Pf its Ptft ail, eOl
quent voices were raised in favour V. with°
~.oge i.ero
proclaimed that Europe could no leePliwo ee,.iwg, 0: of
endure a state of things where ther% gaoltteythf'eevotir
security, where force might underta.e.“, to by, to
ermitieuecife' old
every kind of usurpation was
_to a, cl co ; ;
ambition. The oppressors 0f Polon 0000 ~.ac
eby yob rower
arrogance, had revived her caul __ooioo. lout ~ etitA
consummate her ruin by a final aggr_le, svit.'o Per .t)e:
thus un:nasked themselves, and bre° ~ersv doer Ao
for solemn treaties, and without costeat ill etey?,
States, the pact of Euroj e, God permito6oo; fol ',Per 0
et wore hi AO
their conduct might appear y. d rope Ic'i W'
Mt , SII 049 i b
re
examples of moderation, eq Y
- the 11"- ea
• gi/ I° re
and liberty should be given /3)'_..,d subje, 00 0
Christendom to Europe, rnovelia,n,",,t e pill pt, tb,
spectacle of so noble and ben uunrity vieo43o_,e,
calling all these circumstances, I).os,l_'_' dolurs;hielOl
that no Pole could be justito loruords afro i, 0
future fate of his country.e Pil
the its in,,,whoece, its re
addressed to that part of tu
ihn 'ts inteisge,,,,,, pot,to
concentrated its moral streng• , ;
_..,it,.. ".1.P4 is n,_
noble instincts, its most generou vteest,,:itelref
has had the mu t to suffer from oure._ 0_1°_;005
oi, i
. ev'' to n'' et vta
that will derive from them the mo - l'itte,a
.. e
_.
erils are ", of 01;000;o
Great misfortunes, great p no , 4
knees"' .4 ono -0 gofer
wea
our prejudices, of our
they dissipate the blindness o!..snrcejete t.a by o_oo
interests i they teach us to
I,o"Yer
ableeulightl` 10 prP iii
screel)o
*tion• May ,
wants and our posi • we wore oa to a
ing and cruel anxieties, e,
be:constanelt 10100 I°, colts
an h Ong° efel he
reciprocal charity,
union,
athers t e if
l
the holy faith of our aloe
_ aire. „cameo.,
strength which that
netiaouiebrobje. ap
ceskled from which
thQ IP
tit
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