Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-09-07
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GENERAL, N'''e' ''''
, The Poles. exiled from their unban
l. Ply country, which their efforts and the;
:. sacrifices were unayailing TO save from
5 the ianGS of treachery and the GiobtG,
/ consequences of conquest. the PoIas
p prosecuted by all the sworn enemies o
iioerly' bearing nothing from their ma.
1--WE country save hope and misfortune
confidently address the Government al
the happy people of America whose
power aud dignity the old hemisphere
delights contemplating, whose wise in
Shtutions have taken deep root in the
I ground, and sent forth vigorous sboots Of
freedom, and who he's realized the snb-
lime problem OF social welfare united n
( liberty.
Europe knows our rights and our Vi
cIssitudes. Her nations, in their pro.
greSs towards general emancipation. hail
Ell our successes with raptures and low
ana shed tears over our reverses. me
country of Washington, sill reverino
Ine memory OF the intrepid Pulaski, and
the vutuous Kosciusko, resounded with
unanimous acclamations atour last efforts
ana neither the immense space of the O.
cean, nor the charms of social con,Cort
winch they so plentilully enjoy, could
ae'er MS happy citizens from symDa.
lhisIng Tor our cause. These circnm- |
stance, together With the CONSCIOUS
ness OF having done our duty, induce US
10 make an appeal to popular feelings,
winch alone are capapIe Of ministering
to the prescribed of a once free and
great nation.
len months Of an independent exist
ence, of which the Instruction Of the
18th of November, 1880, was the sig.
nal were passed in a bloody contest
with powerful enemy, possessed of all
the advantages derived from material
.orce, aided By allies who shared in the
lmlnal dismcmberment of the Polish
republic, and assisted By secret agents y
\ theinterior. Poland fell victim I'll d
league 81 Kings. Her armies div /
q Tor tbe purpose Of facing the ne S
les on all SIDES, having to conten5with z
orwhelmIng forces Increasing every '
! mipent, and suffered to want Tor moth t
INDY i'll disposed neighbors were obli-, Il
Seto take refuge in country whj~
Dei'ged TO Poland before it becam'fhe
oooqofiuvaders. Meanwhile, rance Il
Femhed an Indifferent spectatfi oil the .
struggle. Lu!led with the v>n nope oil q
preserving peace, and lie astray BY a
mlste en- policy, founde@on moderation =
and cncession. her sJvernment disre- n
gardedt the old frie,Iship existing be- s.
tween 10Th natio.s, the brOtherly ties q
that one until them, and the fact Of +
Poland lavirs stopped the crusade Of s.
the nortiesl despots directed against the II
principls proclaimed Ly the revolution !
IF Jny Poland has undergone the
-oke she cannot longer boast OF politi- j
.al existence, being entirely ruled by 8
Jkases, in violation of the very treaties Il
md engagements which il had pleased b
Ter masters to impose on her fifteen a
ears before. The Poles, outlaWed in t
he Empires, Kingdoms, 81 Principalitics b
I the Holy Alliance, had to choose be- d
Veen chains, dungeons, death, or trans t
Iortation TO the icy deserts OF Siberia, !
I'D exile, and the confscation of their G
'roperties. The remains Of the army, I
fhom it was attempted, after they had I
the murder Of their disarmed I
fothers, to induce 70 accepta peTfidious t
Ipnesty, together with the members If {
Ne Diet aud the Revolutionary Cow
3rpment preferred going into exile, there (
10 5eyise means of asserting. some day,
her country's rights, for be their losses
hdmisiortunes ever so great, the Poles
BAN never cease entertaining iD their
ears the secret assurance Of the tri-
mph Of their cause, and the re-estab-
shment Of free and independent Pos
nd. They sought secure asyldm,
here they might viDdicate their com.
Jpn interests, and support and preserve
teir nationality. a constant amity and
reollecdons of former glory and reyer-
S. shared and borne ct different periods
With the French people real and re-
pated services rendered by Poland TO
Fpnce; solemn assurances given at a
moment when other states remained ST.
IeE, by the chiefof the government and
th4representaiivcs Of The French people,
thf the Polish nationality should not
petsh, pointed out France as the only /
COZ htry in which the Poles could expect
to beet with hospitality and protection,
reiEiously preserve their nationality, s. |
prepare the way for the Regeneration Of
theIr country.
The dispersion ofthc members Of the /
last government, and Of the representa- /
tives Of the last Diet, left no hope oftheir /
hning able 10 muster on any Doint the |