The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-11-08

muse Of llbcriy tnTouKHout tnc No'io' uo
iay will come when Great Britain ss vel as
France will repent OF her cowurdice aud av.
aricc with tears Of blood.
"Ac, ording 10 reports IN circulation. Pas
kew,isch offered the Poles, on The 9Th Sep
Iember, bumil,aiing conditions, which they
could not accept without dlshonorlng them
selves they preferred to die with arms in
their hands. The fighting continued for two
days ;ihe carnage wns irighlful. On the 9th.
Paskewi,sch renewed his propositions on a
soil smoking with The blood of the brave. lfI
on the 5lh the muscoviic yoke was rejected.
j, may be supposed that II would be rejected
with horror after the massacre of two days
II they could not prevent the victor, bathed
in the blood Of the Patriots, f0m enieriDg
at least the defenders VI theircoun.
try have mol TO blush at having yielded II To
hun. The Russian Government is, in fact, IN
possession Of Warsaw, aud that ~ all; as to
the right, IL has less than ever no free no.
tion will ever recognize it," B" .l-s. i.
Blu, have we no hopes for Poland .jpdspen
dent of those we would desire 10 derive from
The still clinging fondncss for ovr country's
honor, and our anxiety TO rein0ve our'csuD
trys shaInep II neither Frapce nor Englsnd
shall demand the Independence OF Poland as
a separate aud distinct kingdom, will she,
from bencefoth, become the slave Of Russian
aubiiion and the victim OF Russian tyranny ?
| do not believe this. Our excellen, and nd
mirable friends Of the Polish Committee DO
not paftake this opinion. The brave. tho gall
la0t, the patriotic, the intrepid, undying hero
of two revolutions. and of Liberty both IN
France and in Americs. the immortal Lafsy.
ette has still not merely hopes for Poland,
but the strongest and .iveliesi hopes. Evcn
from that Prince Of Iesuits, NJ. Horace Sc
basiiani, we learn that there were 36 1000 Pol
ish troops in Podlachia, " ho had not surren.
dcred, as well as 24,000 at Warsaw, who had
retired upon Modlin. Sill, then, we have
some grounds for hope; for although the
Lithuanian revolution is not prosperous, yet il
Is not extinct and though IN Volhyns tho
insurrectlon has no. been successful. yet "or.
der" had not been IRE established !" and in
the Russian provinces, though at Novogorod
the military iumulis had been for the moueut
appeased, yet dissatisfaction and disorder
universally prevail. This band of 60 600 men
may yet be nb'c To preserve The a, k Of safety
from becoming the prey Of tyrnnts; and wc
may yet hsar 0ftrinnphs aud victories which
shall restore US to warmth and unnitpatIon,
for at present we are frozen, torpid and dead.
The Renters, the Bankers, tie Bank aud
East India Directors, aud the pursy, sleepy,
gold loving men of London will hope for
other results. They will hope The Elm.
peror will manifest his "clemency." prove
his "forbearance," publish an amnesty ap.
point Polish VIceroy! grant q Consinu
tlon," retain his sovereignty |" but "pardon
his offending children" and thus restore
"peace and order !" They will cxclaim
" Brave polesm Mngnanilnous heroes 7"
Wonderful people, ~ But lf you look for
their names amongst the holders Of Polish
subsidies, you " i'll discover not even one of
them. though, af,er.ihis signal success they
Will purchase Russian boads at a rise of ave
or ten per cent. But the friends Of freedom,
Of civil aud religious liberty all the world
over, aud Of the greatest happiness princi
Pile will not thus feel or thus hope. No,
M; the Poles must come 10 No terms /; must
listen 10 no pr0posals must carry the war
INTO the enemy's country must Keep the
Russian forces from obtaining either pro
visions or forage must proceed to Volhy
ma, Llihunnia, and the Russian provinces,
and excite all the empire to revolt and iusur.
rection. Thoy must taLe the cholera to one
province, and The pest 10 another, and war
and famine everywhere; and compel the
f. nperor Nicholas 10 evacuatc Pnland, or 10
establish naional and representative gov.
cInments where now 10 law is known but
~ will, aud where no rights are enjoyed bnt
those held by virtue Of royal decree. -
The Poles mnst not. and believe will not.
lay down their arms. They inest not. and |
believe viii not. ever recognize tho Emperor
ut Russia as their sovereign. But the bat-
lie must be- foughi inch by inch with des
putlsm, While a swo ord and a soldier remain
on the held. Hungary may rise, Posen may
rise, Prussia may rise, the snAAil German
States may rise The cause Of Poland js
everywhere felt TO be European but in
France and Great Britain nnd though
Warsaw has fallen, ] am not reduced Ia
despair. t<
The impression produced by this news at
Paris has been marked. decided, profound.-
u has not been confined toa pnriy--nor to
the students, or the journalists. or the
Deputies, or the m,ddling or lower classes.
The funds have falirn-even the public
funds, ciucl and cold rs they are have felt
this triumph Of desnol isin7to be a vast evil ;
the Theatres are closed-they streets aro the
scenes OF agitation the residepcc of Sebas-
tinn has been attacked by the people - some
citizcns have sought for arms as in July,
ls3O--ihe Marseillaise has been sung under
the windows Of Puzzo di Borgos--,he Depu
ties expressed ,hejr.Irgrf,s, hei3ihsrs and
their disgrace in no messutsd langsagc, aud
with no act phrases or terms Of ofutorya-ihe
Journals are full Of bitterness snd invcctive,
and the rhost moderate. men hang down
their heads and mutter, [" We are certainly
for peace bu, not for peace and dishonor,
disgrace and shame" :,r:a: VI,
Al tho Pslais Royal mobs assemble; the
Journals are read aloud; bursts nf indigna.
,ion are heard from all parts. and there is
but one cry--"Yivs la Polcgne !" and "a
bns les Ministries" The black flag has been