Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-05

and con- prehcnsive institutions viii have been
established; and the facts alone viii remain that
while some Improvement was checting in the ma.
tional representation of Great Britain, vet the
very Minister who suggested the plan; refused to
plead the cause Of Poland; refused to recognize
the independence Of the Poles; refused to oppose
the efforts made by the Austrian Government Tor
crushing liberty in Italy; and settled the affairs
of Belgium withou, consulting the wishes. inter-
ests or wants Of the millions. Those shallow
aud scarcely plausible pleas of, "we are atraid
Of disturbing the peace Of Europe; we wish TO
preserve the principle of non-intesyention ''-and
- we hope to secure the Continent from war,
will then be ridicued and scoffed at as they de-
serve to be by the lovers OF human nature anu the
promoters of civilization and human happiness.
The influence of peace purchased at any rate,
and at the sacrifice Of every principle, on the
French Five per cents, and on the En- fish Con-
sols.' on {" Manchester Ginghams' and 8 Ly-
ons Sarsenets," will then be scofed at or unheed-
ed by our descendants; whilst the one vast TACT
will remain, that Warsaw was sacrificed to En-
slsh fears, and to English manufacturers-Po-
land sacrificed to French Commercial system
and to French Government cowardlce-and LII
berty offered up as victim on the blooty altar
of unfeeling renters and cold hearted spec
an historical fact to denote the want OF
feeling, of sense, of law, of justice, "t
courage, of patriotism, of the love OF freedom
and civilization, as well in France as in Great
Britain, in the nineteenth century, and when
some icnornnt or half-reading apoloslst tor these
times shall venture in succeeding ages 10 point
to the revolution of July and the Reform bill OF
Eop,an,l az the facts Of 1880 and 1884, the calm
and sober historian will read from the pages OF
the Moniteur of the 10th of September.
Unc depeche telegraphiqe dc Strasbourg a
apris, ce soi:, au Government que FarsoVle
await capilule lie s. apres deux Jours nc combat.
L'armee Russo pris possession de la vile
L'armee Polanaise s'est retire. dams lie ralatnat
de Flock ct sc porte sur Modiin."
Not a word of sympathy! not line OF sorrow!
not tear of regret! not syllable of encourage
ment. for the brave and the noble heroes Of the
are in which we live; and the historian will then
examine the columns of the Moniteur for the
succeeding dav, and will thus read the announce
ment of the event made by the Minister OF Fo-
reign Affairs to the Chamber of Deputies:
s.Messieurs lie Governement communiquc
tous les renseigpemens qul lui ct aient parvenus
sur les cvenments de Ia Poogne. IL appris
nu'une capiulation await mis- au pouvolr DIES Russes
la place ct la vile de VarsoVie; que Farmee
Polonase s'etait retiree dams les environs de
Modlin; que $4,000 Polouais settlement SO trou-
vaiert Vars6vie, auand ellie etc attaquee, ct
Que SO. 900 hommes Sc trouva:ent en- Podlanchle.
4 Ia date dc iadepeebe, L'oRpRE REeNAIT- VAR
sovIE!!"
This will be sufficient s.Order reigus at
WaSaw!" These were the words OF the Minis
ter of Louis Philip. when he announced the sad
dest news which ever broke on the ear OF dis
graced and humiliated people! :"Order reigns
at Warsawe. Yes, the order OF the tomb. the
order OF the funeral pile! the order OF the dun
geon, the rack, the maniac, the IDIOT and the dy-
ing! s.Order reigns at Warsaw" That's, Rus
STA is triumphant-the bloody standard is once
more unfured, the Diet, is driven from the walls
of the city. the orphan and the widow alone &c
main 10 gaze with vacant eye on their oppressors,
or to die the victims of the lust and the blood
thirsty appetites of their tyfants and masters -
:, Order regns at Warsaw" Then it Is that 'Or
der" which precedes the last cunvulsve throes OF
the dying martyr; when, engaged in an act OF
devotion aud of reflection, he first commends his
soul to his God, and then surrenders his body to
his merciess eXecutiOner. Oh! how my soul
loa,hes this wretched, wretched system, which
! has brought France to anarchy, the Throne OF
the Barricades u pity and contempt, and the Re
volution of July to be the subject of mockery
and scoffiDg by every dryeller on the Change,
and by every pulling politician in the Salons OF
| this vast metropolis. But it is the same system
in London. You have done no more in England
than we have done in France. The same system
of delusion has been carried on, the same system
of subserviency 10 Prussia, Russia, and Austria;
the same determination to adopt in 1881 the
bloody and cruel treaties Of 1914 and 1915; and
the same indifference has been Manifested BY both
the Governments for the rights of men. tn inte-
rests Of liberty, and the happiness of the world
The scenery of this tragedy am not about To
attempt to describe. am not about lending my
pen to pander the taste for mere news, whe-
Their that news be serviceable or I'M furious 70 bu
man natures; nor am about to dwell with savage
curiosity on scenes which would madden BY their
interest, or should disgust by their atrocity You
may take, however, If you will, the following
sketch:-It is accurate and brief. 1t will show
you that Poland is entitled to your honor as well
as your love. But neither honor nor love will
avail her, without an expedition be sent to the Bal
tic, and a squadron to the Black Sea. IL the
British Government will not make this sacrifice
for Polish independence, and the cause of liber-