Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-02-20
SIX HUNDRED WOMEN SEIZED AND
Married BY FORCE.

Emperor of Russia. had ordered six hun
dfcd Of the best booking Of the Polish peas
mt maldens to bc seized aud married 10 his
soldiers We find the following particulars
of the attroclous and bafbarous act IN n
late English paper No one can read u,
without thrill Of Indignation.
.fids pour ToigE6 We had Thought
that the miscries Of unhappy Poland were
incapable Of augmentation. Nc had i'm
agincd that the tyranny Of the monster
Nicholas could not extend beyond the mas
sacrc the eNpatfatiou, and The condcmna.
ton 10 perpetual slavery Of thousands Of
the gallant defenders Of the Liberties of that
still chVaroUs and once mighty nation -
When informed of the bu,chery of several
hundred infants on tlcir way ~ >lhcria--of
the mock TRIALS got up for the judicial muir
der of even Polish matrons. Tor the purpose
of deprivlng them at their propctly--of
the mad attempt OF the Cur to erase the
very name of Poland from tho list of ma.
tons. We came 10 tic conclusion that the
worst had happcncd--,ha no Greater out
rage could be committed against Poland
and her eallan, population. Bat We were
mistaken. In outrage upon Pollnd--upon
humanily--a thousand tines more attio-
cious, has since been committed by the en-
press command of the Gar. of which we
suh,oin an account, furnished by an eye
witness II will be read with disgust and
horror AMI if there be virtue and honor
rnai,nJ will cali forth manifestation
of pnhGc opinion tina, viii make the despot
trrmhIe on his throne Talk of the horrors
of popular revolution. Republican France
never pcrpclraicd an cnormlty halt so beast
" o. the imperial rape, OF which the Emp
T..i'... IC,y;, 'Sant lO--l hesitate
-, ,1,,, 49,. n,,ra,;on rocollcctinr the
c,.;.,,,'o,,,,L. 60 which your ncc,un, of
,E, a. oc..,ncn,lr ,ui,;ecled Won. and
c,ariu, Nm, tho matter OF this lottcr may
ocras,on renewal of them. The facts,
bo,,o,cr ore of so grave character, that
-, ,,,.. tbon over IN silence. and from
,hnrn ,o,, may In some lcrrcc appreciate
,Lo nrorrcs. of Russian ciy,la7atjon the pa
,ar,,l ,on1c,coss cbaractcrlzlnr which is
o., mncl Wanted in some ct the French
,,.ur,,ls
w., t,,o,,. thu, ,ho c,mn of Woznescnsk
fcayc,n,na,t Of F,aterinoslafl has been
scIoctaJ ,l.is wear ior the grand manpuyres
&c the Russian cavalry. About this camp
,bo G,yrrnmcnt has established military
ll,,n,.s e., Che nurno.c of br;npiny mi,
cultivation
,ono,nr TO the Crown. and IT was wished
,h,t these colonies should lie ~ full activity
on the arrival Of the German Princes wh,
u.e,, .xncctcJ at Woznc.cash.
Those colonies. however, consisted o
soldier. ONLY. they having among thcm bu
,.,y C.,y women. I'm consequence of whicI
an ,mpor,al order was issued cnloiung ia,
dir,rqnt authorities of Volh,nia Podola
and Ukraine. tocall upon the administrator
of the cnnGscatcd property of the re,olu
uon,ry polcsor $50. and TO obtain by then
= lew of COO Young women Tor the ser'lc
or the oamp of " ozncsonsk, According
10 ,hl, order the Young women were to b
between the aye, o. l6 and 90, and a GOO
hooking and we'll formed as possible
The adm nl~,ralors SGT abou, exccutn
this order. but on the report getting abroa
IN some of the villages, the women an