Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-08-27
APPEAL OF TIE POLISH COMMlTTl,
IOTIlE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

Annexed Is "A communication from the Polish
National COMMITTEE 10 the President Of thr United
states, soliciting for Themselves and then fellow
ettIzsn, IN exile an sy!um on orr shores. The
alp.leation addresses Itself SO ,ioqucnily 10 the
hospitality OF our country, ii appeals SO earnestly
10 the best feelings OF our natutr,--lt accords SO
perfectly with the sentiments Il thousand nmcs cx.
pr,ssei an every part nj the nation, go that 1t must
and w.lIrccclyc Il favorable response.
Paris, 81 lAiy, 1882.
NATIONAL POLISH COMMITTEE,
To his Exscllency GssFaAl JACKSON, President of
The United States OF America.
GENERAL,
The Poles, eyiled ttom their unhappy country,
which Their etlofts and their sacrifices were nnavall
able 10 save from the llngs of trcachtv aud the
iflshttul conse llcuees uf conquest the Poles, per
secuted 10y all the sworn enemies of liberty, bearing
nothing tom their native country saving hopr
and mitortunci confidently address the Government
ol the happy people of America, whose power and
dignity the ud hemisphere deli lights contemplating ;
whose wise institutions have taken deep root IN tn,
sod, aud sent tolth vigorous shoots of freedom, and
who has rcAItaed the sublime problem Of social wei
fare united 10 liberty.
Europe knows our rights and our yieissitudcs.
licr nations, IN their progress towards general
emancipation, hated our successes with raplureS
and Joy, ind shed tears over our reverscs. The
county of Washington, sill revcrine the memory
Of the intrepid pulaski, and the |virtuous Koscinsko,
rcsouudcd wlth unanimous acclamations at Our last
%ciiJrts, and neither the i%uancnse space OF the ocean,
nor the charms Of social comfort which thew so
plentliuliy enjoy, could deter lis happy citizens
from sympatllslns for opr eausr. These circum-
stances, together with the consciousness of hayinc
DINE our duty, induce us To make an appeal to pop-
ular feelings, which umue are capable OF minister.
ing ID the s%uticrings o: the prescribed of a once free
and great nation.
Lon months of IN irdcpen lent existence, o.
Which the lnsrrrectiou of tie 29th of November
1850, was the signal, were passed in a bloody con.
ties, with a powerful enemy possessed of all the nd.
~vantascs derived fnm material force aided by allies
who shared III the criminal ACKNOWLEDGMENT of The
Polish Republic, and assisted by secret agents
IN The interior. Poland fell a victim to the LEAGUE
of Kings. Her armies divided Cor the purpose o
lsclhS the enemy on all Sides having 10 contcn,
with overwhelming forces increasing every mo.
ment and suffered TO want for nothing by ill-dispos
Ell nelShtA1rsi were obliged TO take refuge in a coun
Try which belonged In Poland before il become IN,
booty OF invaders. Meanwhile, France RENAME,
IN indifferent spectator Of their struggle. I.ule,
with the VAN hope Of preserving peace, and lie,
asiray by a mistaken policy founded on moderation
ana concesson, her government disregarled tn,
OLD friendship existing between both nations, III,
bfotherly lies that once united them, and the fact o
Poland hrving stopped the crusade of the norther,
aespots directed against the principles proclaimed
ny the revolution Of July. Poland has undergon,
tie yoke; she cannot longer boast ola political ex
is.ence, being entirely ruled by Ukases, in violation
OF the very treaties and engagements which it ha,
pleased her masters to impose on her fifteen year
before. The Poles, outla wed in the empires, king
JOINS and principalities of the Holy Alliance, ha,
to choose between chains, dungeons, death, or trans