Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-24

shnenis TIL then unknown; victims Of mis- saspiclops
but neither tried conycted and all this in order
that he might reign dcspotcaly. Our warriors are
returned from Turkey covered with new laurels:-
all urc not GENE back;--Inany are missing
Where they? They beyond the hal
kan; Their ashes ,cpnsc III foreign land II
at least tho Russians in ih,f tiCscry could
say they have pe.ished-but nave they persisted for
their country? But alas no, they sacrificed
offered up to pride, ind the barbarism of TWO des
pots. Where fathers, our brothers, out
cfhdren They will never rcturn-but IN their just
vengeance they send US the compunlons OF their
'omos--slckness and the plague, witch, auxilia-
RES WIN end IN giving the deathbow to those who
would obtain their liberty. Yun will ace the VEN
geance OF al offended and in u ed Cod these insults
increasing. in awful deeree even IN our.holy
Church, from the reign of Car Alexander FEEDER
owitZ.
ooh. Russians, fear that each minute will make
your tHuati"n more terrible; every ihirg proves
that The wisdom which is the dawn Of national ho.
pneS5 Is sinoi hered amongst us Commerce is e}r
without prott ct.ol, the merchants oppressed with
enormous taxes, the cuvator almost forced to pur
Chase his subsistence il the gift of the Czar
The ancient Russian citizens despsed aud strau
ters bill the principal places the State; it is not
therefore, astonishing that they Cypress and ~
IN u.s. for they are not our brethren. And what has
become OF our martial spirit? where are the ancient
Russian heroes? where those who armed them
selves in the of God, the nation and the CzaTs
They have al! persisted, and now we have been cho-
sen To oe the vile insI ruments of desposnI. Wo,
wo To Us! Ana arc we TO be biindy obeJient? We
all compliant we shed bitter tears in vair are these
thea, the arms the brave children of Russia ouaht 10
usr' Nos 1t is with sword in hand we mast go into
the centre of the capital the midst of tho fc1l
of battle; ought to demand our national liberty.
What can oppose courage. The idols of despot-
ism Will fall before U.s. the Gear will become father
ana we snail cease to be orphan. we shall again find
country and Ike brethren in Jesus Christ tIu,
GREEKS, we shall become free and ,nmorfaIize orr
selves Nations less warli,e and less popuous ma We,
risen VITA success, although surrounded by empires
~ esteu IN 'neir destruction. The hour has struck.
God, who has in his hands the fnte of Kings and oe
the people, vii protect also. Tear csuuder q
my countrynen, he bonds of fanaticisn, You have
sworn to be faithful, but the Gar has he not also
sworn TO be your father? He has broken his oath
we are freefrom ours Let US, Notwithstanding res
peCt our Czar az the representative of God as the
hlghes authority Change only the form of Govern
men, and dsm1n-a Constitution
"Russians, let all those who desire their happness
ana that OF their descendants profit by the
ment and haseh to the banks of the Wolaa there the
flag OF liberty already ioats-there the work has COM
menced Citizens and warriors have taken the oath I'm
the face of the whole world to die be free. Those
whom distance prevents from joining us, have only to
rouse their sleeping souls and sword in hand demand
on the spot which they inhabt, liberty and consu.
ton But 1T is principally to you, Russian warriors
that address myself and it is towards you that the
country holds out its arms is from you that expects
dclverance do not allow that will be any longer the
play thing of savage despotism. The throne has no
other defenders than the slaves that surround it. They
Will beray for money the field of battle as thew hay
done in the council. We must be free; rise and the
throne will tremble but if the despot will arrest our en-
terprlze and that by the aid of those accompices on
whom he bestows all vours, in forgetting that he Is
our mo9arch and not theirsn forgetting that he ia tina
father OF all the Russians-then the whole world will
see that the Russians made for slaverythat they
must have their liberty they be free, and they will
be free. "Cien JER MOI OFF,
PohSh Observation-Disclosures, of the richest proprie.
tors IN the Duchy of Posen had enlisted as cannoner
IN brigade OF artillery In the heat of the ate glor
GUS action he dangerously wounded. The Com
manding officer seeing him full, ordered him to be car
red out of the ranks but the brave soldier perceived
ding from head to foot, and pointing to the cannon,
Friends" cried he, ITO the work. am not dead, o
hodonski has received from the generassimo the mi
tory cross.
o. From PernamJueo.-The schr- Trio, of New York,
Capt Landon, 20 days from Pernambuco bound to Bal.
.inoTgwas spoken on Thursday, by the Revenue Gut