The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-03-09

In consequence of reports, daily eorroborated
OF war against the liberty of nations, order
were given TO put upon the war establishment
the Polish army destined TO march and in il,
place the Russian armies were 10 occuuv tht
country. Considerable sums, proceeding from
the loan and the sale of the national domains
deposited at the bank, were to cover the ex
penses of this deadly war against liberty. Ar
rests again took place; every moment was pre-
clous. Our army--our treasure-our resources
our national honor; averse to rivet chains
upon the necks of other nations and to fight
against liberty and our former companions in
arms, were at stake. Every one shared this
feeling; but the heart of the nation-the focus
OF enthusiasm, the youth of the army and the
colleges, as well as a great part of the garrison
OF Warsaw, and of the citizens impressed with
this sentiment, resolved to give the signal for
the Instruction An electric spark in mo.
ment lnfiamed the army, the capital, and the
whole country. The night of Nov 90, was
| illuminated by the fire of liberty. In one day
the capital was delivered; in few days AL the
divisions of the army were united by the same
sentiment, the fortreSses occupied, the natives
armed the brother of the Emperor, with the
Russian troops relying upon the generosity Of
the Poles, and owing his safety to this STEP
alone. Such were the acts of this heroic, no.
BILE revolution-which is as pure as the snthu.
siasm of the youth whose offspring it is.
The Polish nation have risen from their
abasement and degradation, with the firm reso.
luton no longer to bend beneath the iron woke
which has just been broken, and not to lay
I down the arms of their ancestors, until they
have regained their independence and power,
the only guarantee of their liberties until after
having secured the enjoyment of these liberties
which they claim upon two-fold rigbt-name
Iy as the honorable heritage oftheir forefathcrs
rand as the urgent want OF the age; and finally
until after being reunited to their brethren
subject to the yoke of the Cabinet of St Pc
tersburg, and having delivered them: they shall
have made them sharers of their liberties and in.
dependence. We have not been influenced by
any national hatred against the Russians, with
whom we have a common origin on the con
| trary, at the first moment we felt pleasure
upon the loss Of our independence, in thinking
that, although our reunion under the same
sceptre was injurious to our interests, yet it
might cause a population of forty millions to
partake of the enjoyment of constitutional lib
critics, which in the whole civilized world, had
become equally necessary both to nations and
soveregns
Convinced that our liberty and independence
far from having been hostile to the neighboring
States, have, on the contrary, served, at all
tiHIOoi 40 all ana Slllblu TO
and may now become more useful than ever
we appear la the presence of sovereigns and
nations with the assurance that the voice of
policy and humanity will be equally heard in
! our favor
If even, in this struggle, the dangers Of
which we do not conceal from ourselves, we
were to fight alone for the interest of all, full oil
confidence in the sanctity of our cause, in our
! own yaor, and in the assistance of the Almigh-
IT, We will fight till our last gasp fer liberty; and
if Providence have destined this land to perpet
ual slavery if in this last struggle, the free.
dom Of Poland is to fall beneath the ruins of its
towns and the bodies of its defenders, our enc
mics shall only reign over deserts, ard every
/ good Pole, when dying, will carry with him
( the consolation, that if Heaven has not permit
ted him to save his own liberty and his own
country, he has at least, by this deadly combat
/ placed the liberties of threatened Europe un
I der shelter for moment.
Here follow the signatures of the person,
who drew up the Manifesto, the Committee o
4 the Diet appointed to give their opinions upon
4 it, the Marshal of the Diet and the Secretary
of the Chamber Of Nuncios.