Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-10-01
coNrRIRuT1ONs FoR THE POLES.

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE POLES. A meeting of American citizens was held in the Rue Richelieu, Paris on Satnhday, July y, l9Si;-l MrJ. Fenimore Cooper, ofNewYOrk, was called to the chair; and MT J. A. Washington, of North Ca rolina, appointed secretary.
 The Chairman briefly stated the objects of the meetng when the following resolutions were pro posed by MT A. Stewart, ofNew-York, the Char man of Committee appointed for that purpose at previous meeting held at the same place, aiier the festivities of the 4th of July last All the resolutions were adOpted Resoired, That we sympathize with he Polish na- on in their suerings, and that admire their he- roc courage and the constancy with which they maintain their natural and sacred rights against 'ie vast power of their enemies. Rcsoiued, That subscription shall be made among the Americans now in Paris, for the beneht oi this gallant people.
 Resoloed. That the chairman be requested respect fully to invite General Lafayette to become the agent of remitting the money collected at Paris, and m America in consequence oi fhis meeting 10 ule pro- per Polish Authorities.
 Resotced, That address in behalf oi the Poles be made to the American people, in the name of this meeting; that it be authenticated by the signatures ofthe Chairman and Secretary that on' thousand copies be printed and circulated at home ResolUed, That the proceedings of thB meeting, the answer of Gen. Lafayette, and listof the con tributions with the total received al Paris, be P6e6Xed the aforesaid Address, and circulated ac-
 Resolued, That MT Washington, of NoD c.rol;- na, Mir Claibourne, of Louisiana, and Mr HAiowel of Pennsylvania, be Committee to receive our own contributions and to remit them to Gen Lafayette. ReSotUed, That this meeting admire and comments the zeal of Dr Paul F. Eve of Georgia, in devoting his person, his requirements and his time to the Po- fish cause.
 A few ordinary resolutions, including votes off thanks to the officers of the Meeting, passed, when the meeting adjourned sine die.
 Letter of the Chairman to Gen Lafapte, ,1ith tract from the Journal enclosed.
 PARIS, July 10, 1S31
 My DEAR SRA Meeting of Americans, on the subject of the Poles, was held last evening in the Rue Richelieu and haste to send you an account of the proceedings. You will had the honor to preside; and that it has become my duty the or gan of the meeting to request that you will consent to receive, not only contributions, but any others that may be the consequence of our efforts, and remit them 10 the fine people for whom they are intended It was decided that an appeal should be made to the American people, in this cause, and we have dared to hope you will give the whole proceed ings the high sanction of your name
 am, dear sir very faithfully and sincerely yours, J. KENMORE COOPER
 General LAFAYETTE, La Grange
 Ans,ccr of General Lefayette. LA GRANGE, July II, 1881. My DEAR SIR,-I have had the pleasure to re-
 
 solutions adopted at the meeting in behalfof admira- be Poland. Permit me, although did not attend it, to proclaim my right of citizenship, and to become one of the subscribers.
 It is to me of patriotic enjoyment to see the sympathies of the United States mingle with those which the cause and heroism of the Poles have excited in Europe, particularly throughout France. Instances of American feelingon the subject we may already record Whatever is collected in Paris other parts of Europe, from the United States, shall be happy and proud to transmit to the Polish authorities With the highest regard, 1 am, my dear sir, your affectonate friend, LAFAYETTE. To Mir J. KENMORE COOPER, Rue St. Dominique, | Paris. The total amount received is 6,300 francs. To the .f,ncrcan PcObie: Your coun,rynen at Paris address you of republic of Poland Their position, comps ratyely the scene of disastrous war; eir means of intelligence and desire to be neutral form their chief t attention: they however, the advocates of humanity, they forget the smaness of their numer and urge ther requests with the confidence of men familiar with
 The necessity oforder and ofdefence given birth ons In te ofages, families swell into communities, and from the intimate relations of origin, language and usage derived the feelings and interests which bind people together Next the tie of blood, that which unes man to his country is the strongest The sentiment of pa rotsm among the that adorns human nature and bringing with its loss moral debasement that qualities subjects for all aspiring and noble enterprises In every in which distinctive character and habits have been turmed by social organization, national existence nearly sary national virtue. Conquest falls upon people like
  therng its hopes for ages, We find extensive ory which has been brought, by violence from the high condition ofa Stae the dependent lot Province, which does ot furnish manifest proofs of it's bad adminsration- The restraints that are necessary secure an ill gained tendency and the imposition which the weak sustain from the strong among the obvious evils of the calamity To these must be added the downward tendencies personal humiaO and pes0na corrections with their train of depressing consequences Such fate befang the small community would be entitled and certain would awaken-your pity but when Poland the fifth ill Chrst ndOm trOdden There are crcum stances of unngated wrong Of peculiar nggravaloi that
 
 much liberty her independent existence in the vicinity of to be endured Fellow-czens, neither the ancient insu- ons the ancient practices in Poland have been under stood The former had in with all Europe, the herted defects offnda practices, but still they among the freest of this hemisphere The latter has will be the case until shall generally enter into the possession of those rights of which he has long been deprived by political combinations and lettered monopoIies, were calunniad and distorted to serve the ends of the few who desire to live the to of the many. Poland cusd of faction and anarchy The fte transmit their and thelr virtues 10 postey as the companions oi their greatness while the sluggish vices of the slave sleep the eternity of the obscure We hear of the factions of Gree republics while wt search in vain for even the has of most of their contemporary despotsms But we need not of the eaines, or investigate htr motve People oi America You too accused of living in the midst of an y-you re'ed as forgetting God-you quoted pin ing for monarchy What know to be false, respects to Poland With the liberty of Poland fell the sovereignty of transtrred but it divided Pole bc summoned, the word of master contend with Pole and ill this every
 
 past liable to be violated uphold the detrsed and nicious sway of strangers.
 There wanting but single aggravatins circumstance render the partition of this fine country ndous unhappily, this be enumerated among suargs When Poland subdued by far the larger portion of her territory became subject people less advanced in yi cation that her citizens She thus excluded the only soaee of defeat, and doomed gra dual decay of those and opinions which form the of national prosperity
 Against the injustice of their lot, and the accum,i laon of their manifold wrongs, ,h Poles have before God adnan They have proclaimed leir suierings they have asserted their rights and nob have every worldly interest the issue. Under the adverse dhearteng circumstances, they have shown tn nselyes worthy of their hgh deseent Cut of from he seaeviro