Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-03

sish,. his intrepid courage in battle, ms
manly perseverance in misfortune, his
Roman simplicity Of u anners and his
modesty, which is always the iusefara-
BILE Communion cf true merit.
Before history describes our mister
tunes, and portrays the transcende"t
merits Of the man, it may be allowed
his contemporaries to take brief view
Of his life and deeds. Thaddcus Kos.
c'u,ko sprung from an ancient family in
the Waywodship of Lithuanian Bresk,
received his first education in the NIL
tary school, founded at that time by Sta
nis'aus Augu>tu. The commandant OF
this school. Prince Adam Czar'ol yski,
observed in this youth an uncomm"n
talent and love for the military art, and
sent him at his own expence. to France,
there to be educated. To his last mo-
ment Knsciusco remembered with graft
tude his beneiactor. The state OF weak
ness and subsection under which Poland
then labored excited in the heart OF the
youth deep sorrow and despair. lie pro-
ceeded therefore TO foreign land to light
Tor Independence, as no opportunity OF
fered of struggling for it in hi. own native
soil. A companion III the IMMORTAL
WAsHISeToS, he boldly shared hi. dan
gers and his battles, from Hudson's ri.
yer to the Potomac, and from the allan
tic Ocean to the lakes Of Canada-he
endured incredible hardships, he gained
flattering renuwn, and what sas more
, than all this, he obtained the g attude
Of free people.
Already did the Flag of the United
! States float over the Anne lean fOrts-al
ready was the great work Of Liberation
completed, before Kosciusco returned to
his native land
/ Just then the Polish nation aroused
, from its fata lethargy-alas too late
had obta.1ed the ren kable constitution
proclaimed on the Sd of May. and de-.
clared its determination to submit to no
laws but its own. Thence hostile at
. tacks-thence the war that ensued. Say
! ye imperishable witnesses say, We plains
of Dubinki-say, if Kosciusco 4 his PO-
Ii: b bands did no, fight became the Po-
lish name = 1t was not the overpower-
ing Of our feeble means, but the crafty
plots OF our enemies, which wrrsted the
| weapons from our hands. and guenched
our burning ardour for the contest. But
SO it happe"ed-we were paraiysed-we
felt so, when in short time the in,ulied
dignity of our nation, and the per6di
Gus ACKNOWLEDGMENT of our provinces. a.
gain stirred up oui bitterest Indignation
The excess of our misfortunes reused
! the nation to noble desPair-our ago
nized country again seized the sword
! and put il into the hands of ko.clu'ko.
The ties which unite US with fraler-
niZed nation, the possession Of COM
mon Sovereign, and our gratitude to ME
emperor Alexander, forbid ne 10 enlarge
on the events Of this celebrated war
Kosciusco led against disciplined nations,
not bodies Of troops distinguished Tor
their regular array and military splender
but bands of peasants armed with the
implements of husbandry. Ye, in how
many battles, how many seiges, how ma
nv trightful nightly attacks, how many
skirmishes, did he not lead them on to
glory! our soil was Redeemed with the
blood Of our champions before it be-
came our tomb. The results of so ma
ny sacrifices were cruel letters. We
wore them for Swo years-they would
even have continued longer-and thou
KusciuscO, wouldst not have ended thy
lamented days IN thy free residence of
Soleure. nor would Thy thousand compa-
Mons have ended their wret. he'd exis-
tehce on their own soil, bat would have
died in foreign chains had it not been
FIR the msgnanimous Emperor Paul L.
The first act of his sovereie ntv wa. the
breaking Of the chains Of 10000 Poles
Thanks to thy reversd shade ! Poland
will always pronounce the name of Paul
with gratitude.
When kosciusk0 was liberated, he
never more returned to his mourning
country, to land which had now become
foreign land to him. He directed his
view to a distal, region, where, when a
youth he had fought for freedom. and
which as it was free, he adopted as his
second country. Although lame and CO.
vered with wounds, he did not permit
himself to be deferred from hi. purpose
by the hardshirs or the dangers Of sea
voyage, On this passage the depth Of
the ocean had nearly became the grave
of our champion. In the darkness of
night ship belonging to feet Of n.er-
chantmen ruturning from Jamaica, having
parted from the rest, and sailing with iD-
credible speed, ran foul of the American
vessel in which we were. Masts, rigging
and sails, became en,angled, ard these