The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-20 00:00:00

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POLAND.

WARSAW, 11th SEPT., 1861.

A few details respecting the tour lately made by

General Nazimow, Governor of Wilno, with a view
to harangue the peasants and to incite them against
their masters, have reached me from a most
credible source, and give another evidence of the
systematic policy of Russia towards the Poles,
In July last General Nazimow having leftWilno,
proceeded by Slonim to Bozese Litewaki, and, after
visiting numerous localities returned by Wysokie,
Bialystok, and Grodno. Wherever he passed
crowds of people were waiting for him, headed by
the local authorities and marshals of the nobility,
who were specially summoned to appear on this
occasion, On arriving at the first station, Sedlina,
the worthy representative of the Czar thus ad.
dressed the peasants :—" You know that you are
free men, and that no one has right to punish you.
You have no more masters ; their authority over
you is at an end. Never forget the injuries they
have done you. Now it is different. You are free,
and it is I who obtained the freedom for you from
the Emperor. Pray then to God for the Emperor ;
and think what has been effected for you within
these few years. Whoever has heard, for instance,
that no recruits should have been furnished from
among you for five years, and was it so formerly ?
It w©s your masters. Yes ; your masters, who
always endeavoured to flatter you for their own
purposes. (Here the General squeezed his fist with
great rage.) The Government has for a long time
displayed towards you its paternal care ; but your
masters, your masters, however, their tyranny is
over. They possess no more power; therefore,
they are enraged. They sing, they pray God that
the corvee might be restored, and that they may
again oppress you. Fools that you are to sing
with them. Do you know what they sing ?"
In a village belonging to fir. Otton Pilecki, one
of the peasants observed to the General :—" Though
your Excellency says that we were oppressed by
our landlords, yet you should not forget that they
are our brothers and best friends, and helped us
whenever we wanted anything." The General
called him a fool and bid him be silent.
In another place the following conversation took
place between the General and a peasant born in
the 1, Horodenki :
General—Are you aware that
you are now free
and that you cannot be punished ?
Peasant—What a fine freedom it is, when the
Cossacks beat us and compel us to do what they
like.

General—But it is forbidden to baat. I gave
orders to that effect

Peasant—lVhat's of that ; but in Twin (estates
bolougi:e, tbo amily .;.f; P:0,411;1) 7ilfila $4,1

Muscovites came, they trod down the people with
their horses, and murdered them to death.
General—Yes ;it was by my directions that they
were beaten, and well beaten too. But never mind.
You are now free. Go away. Then turning to his
aide-de-camp, he said, "Now you have heard boss
I explained to the man his position. If every one
took the trouble to do as much, the peasants would
soon understand what is freedom, and order would
be established."

On reaching Slonim General Nazimow pursued
his eloquent addresses, and, pointing to the star on
his uniform, said that it was given him by the
Emperor for releasing the peasants from the yoke
of their masters. Then turning to the assembled
proprietors, he said, " I know perfectly well that it
is your wives who sing and are the promoters of
those songs; but you should, in the interests of
public order, turn them out of doors, and the public
take care of them."

One of the proprietors, Mr. B , having complained
to General Nazimow that, in spite of the regula-
tions, peasants on his estate refuse to work, the
General sent for them and said, "No one, even
myself, has any right to punish you, but you must
perform your duties ;" to which one of them replied,
" How can we perform the corvee when we were
publicly informed in the market-place of Slonim
that we are free, and have nothing to do for our
masters 9" To this remark the General, putting his
oratorical powers on one side, raised the cane he
held in his right hand, and began to operate upon
the poor peasant till he broke it, and blood began
to flow. Calling then to the burgomaster of the
place, he ordered fifty lashes to be administered to
the poor peasant, which order was carried into
effect on the very spot.
In taking his departure the General told the
officials, " Do not fail to explain to the peasants
how much they are indebted to the Emperor, and
that they should always be read• to obey his orders
whatever they may be, You understand that 9"
To those who know General Nazimow these last
words are awful ; they signify blood, and their
utterance can easily he gut ssed and foreseen.

On the 7th June, the anniversary of the taking
of Warsaw by the Russians, a solemn funeral ser-
vice to commemorate this sad event was celebrated
in all the churches of the kingdom. More than
100,000 peasants attended the service in Warsaw,
and the most excellent order prevailed throughout.
The troops were not to be seen, and all passed in a
most satisfactory manner. The attitude of the
people is that of dignified calm, and perseverance
in their loyal efforts.