Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-08-20

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| bp thousands To siberia tie last accounts whitn
hal hecn received pictured these brave Poles az
MAJ mug IN columns UPWARDS their place Of exIle
they Wcre mel, day b. 10y, IN parties of 10, LUX.
cd together by the wrists TO bar Of iron, and ts
W, the mode n v heb the Emperor Nicholas full.
Gled Inc amnesty under which they had surrender
I'd The NollIes OF Poland were treated in the
4aue way One anecdoio had como to his know
Ledge. ,ylileh he would state. The Prince Smos-
Ia VINO was arayed nihe ranks Of his country
l.et against The dtspots power, was scnenccdto
PUNISHMENT INTO Siberia. The sentence was ca
forced on The day ofbis SAINTS festival, and tie
Emperor Nicholas wrote on the sentence in ia
own hand the aggr@a,iug puhslnncn, iha, he
must be scht into Siberia on foot ehained.oihe har
ofthe common soldiers. II this was doubted Il
could be proved Tor the document was ilexiss
tence. The pr,neess his mother, urged Wy her
uatual feelings sought TO moderate tie rigdr of
his sentence. The Emperor 50 FAR relented ne to
allow the sabstitution OF milder puni5hmcnt ON
condition that the Noblemnn would acknowledges
he had been driven into the rebellion by the loss OF
reason, which had beien him in consequence OF
allietion at the death Of bis wife. The alferna.
tive was proposed 10 him He nobly refused ft,s
comply with the tyrnnnical and base suggestion.
ur2ing as reason ior his roftlsal tho feelings
which must agitatc the minds ofhis eellow-coun. ?
tlynlon on seeing him dsayow tho part he had Ia
ken IN their common cause On his refusal 10
father application ON his behalf would be Il tened
To- and lac was at that moment Ia exile his mother
dseonsoln,e and wreichcd, i,norant Of what corner
II Siberia his footsteps were directed 70 Rlif this
was not all lie len daughter behind him, eiehr
years old The order of the Russian Government,
was, that female infants Of the Nobility should DO
taken awny from Poland and carried INTO Russu.
Her only rolecior was al oldsoldier or70 whohad
becu the companion IN arm of Kosensko.. Whtn
the Russian soldiers were about 70 entorts their
orders 10 convey the inian, away he seized her in
his arms and declared he would not give her up
l,ut with his e. HI noble dlsd,ln ffiie so ter
rliied the kussinnq tint thy retired, and lei himr
in possession ofhis infant charge.
| The Hon. aud learned Memuer then proceeded
10 observe upon that atele Of the uhasc which re-.
lated to the abstraction Of the children Of Poles
aud contcnded that II was with a vioW towards f.
nuy rendering that nation more complete slaves
thnn they had over yet been and also that IL was
in complete accordance with the proceedings OF Tho
| old Muscoy lie rulers who stopp,. at n,thlb tn
consolidate their power, aud who ce,nented the
| component paris Of rhelr empire with blood All
tho European overs who were parties to tho trea-
~ Of Vienna, a0 right ezelaim against tho
proceedings Of ltussiu. The object of lhose pro-
eoediugs was To denationaIize aud esermnate po-
land, md tins formed only part ofihc ultimate
views of universal monmehy ~ Europe which
Russin, he WINS convinced, secretly cherished.
Ills learned ircnd might SMILE and urge mentally
MS FOR dscredltlng thni assertion, tic fact
that The Russlan empire was already large that
II might ia TO pieces of It's own weglt but les
hun recall TO recollection the immense size Of the
Roman empire. which had gone on in an uninler-
1oP'ed careet of foreign conquest to which eyrn
l5rnin had sueeumbcd; and the analogy wheh
| had existed bctN cen the two cases. wns quite sui
fclnnl 10 warrant him IN entertaining belief thar
many Of the European States might fall victim, t.
tue insatablo thirst Of segrahdlNmoni by which
Russia was ociaated, ete that empire utterly fen
inio ruinsi lie hoped 'ha, ENGLAND would never
suffer All tempt 10 dena.onalize Poland, wiihou
interfering, with the other European s,atos, To pr
vent II and the first step io@ntds hls was 10 pn5
forth solennproleM against an mel so atroe.nng
~ lts nhln,e He wouIl not occupy the tine of
the House any loneer-i lear hoai 4 he felt a.
ware thai he had very lm3criectly argcd the claims
! ihear) which Poland bad 10 The ntcloroueo Of
| England, and he should therefore conclude Ly mo-
wing that an humble address be presented 10 his
| Majesty, praying TINT he would be pleased to or
der 10 be laid The table copca of n. manifrsloof
! tic Emperor Of Russin Of the 10Th February Last
and OF tdc ofga,i statute to which il refers am
also FOR copy extract from the despatch effha
British Am bassalor at Pcersburgh conaluni
eating tho same to his Mnesty goycnrntat
| LoRD SsspoS seconded the motion, and sad thas
not a member of that house who had heard tho
speccbof the Ion member for KireudbrebG hat
would RAISE his yoirc against the utter vioat on by
Russia Of all the treaties wilh The European Pow
ers ou tho subject OF Poland and more particularly
Of tho treaty OF Vienna which was then B. fore hen
1t was totally impossible ior Poland to DO amelga-
mated with Russia as a slagish dependency which
was the condition TO ~h,ch Russia had now reduce
/ ed her; ona The only coutJlmg consideration
throughout this melancholy sceup o. bloodshtd and
/ oppression, was, that the conduct Of Russia had
completely freed not only Poland but all the other
| European, powers from he slipulatons contained
IN the treaty of Vionna ana sci them AZ liberty 10
take tlIoseseps which after unnecessary discussion,
1t might be deemed advisable 10 adopt Poland
might probably be established as a frarate king
dom, 10 be placed as a couaterposc IN the north Of
Europe 10 the Russian power, and then securcr
state might be Ultimately attained for Europe, by
admitting her amongst the family OF nations, 10
maintain the general balance There was one re-
rliabe feature IN this question: thotneher in nor
our Of the house was there 10 be found one per-
son who took any other thai, that viewof il, which
had been ably exposed on the other side Of the
! House.
Lord PALMrRsTos said he should ber the House
To excuse hinIiIom entering upon the discussion Of
the transactions to which the Hon, and Learned
MeDbcs had ably referred, o. the same time, he
begged than the House wond MOI suppose the Gov
ctument tote blind, as not 10 have perceived that
tins country bad right, by the Treaty of Vienna,
10 cIaim on thepart OF Poland observance Of the
conditions Ut her union with Ru ,sia
Lord NiscouIt MoRpErm said i. had leen his for
tame to receive much kindness aud hospitality in
Russia, and he WAS not without some personal pre-