North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-09-04

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AT a meeting Of the friends Of Poland re.
sentIv held in London, the following re-
solves were introduced, and severaIy adj
vocaled 10 an animated style by lord c,
| FitZroy, lord London, and several mem
bers Of Parliament, among whom was
Mr.. O'Connell.
/. That it is the duty Of the friends OF
Poland, under present circumstances, To
declare their strong & unfinished sympa-
thy for the wrongs and suiierings Of the
Polish nation.
2. That the gallantry displayed by the
Poles 10 their last effort To shake of for
eign woke entities them to the admiration
of men of every nation and party, as also
to our sipcereSt hopes that they may yet
attain that national independence for which
they have so CALAMITY fought.
8. That the restoration Of Poland will,
in the opinion Of this meeting, be the sur
est guarantee for the preservation of the
liberties Of Europe and the promotion OF
the general peace and welfare Of mankind
From the eloquent speech OF Mr. O'Con-
mel we make the following thrilling ex-
tract:
con the l7th of May, 1882, the minions
OF Russia entered the streets OF Warsaw
1t was the cool Of the evening, at the sha
DIV hour when mothers delight TO send out
their little ones 10 gladden. with their
cheerful sports the mothers heart. Chill
dren went out as usual that evening in
Warsaw, but they never came hack. The
Russian miscreants swept The streets, and
tore away 400 children: one escaped to its
mothers arms, and she was killed n the
effort to keep her child. loud cheers. ]
They were taken to a Russian fort 400
miles off. And how many Of the children
swept from the streets of Warsaw arrived
wels 155. But $50 children were de-
Iivered at the fort, because as fast as two
or three children died Of fatigue or cruelty,
their ruAian captors swept the ad jacent
country TO make up the number. Was
this crednable! 1t was true. 1t might be
doubted for its enormity, but it was I'M
doubleday fact. Two years ago there
was another scene: a conscription was Or
dered Of 500 unmarried iemaIes.-It was
carried into execution. And how did we
know it.? BY one Of the fathers having
been sentenced to six months imprison-
ment lo. resisting the attempt TO tear a.
way his daugh [cheers. These young
women were taken away from fathers
sisters, brothers and all that they held
most dear, and borne off to the Russian
camp. He (Mr. O'Connel) dared not
look farther. Yet this had happened, and
was likely to happen again. The Russian
monster was rioting in the face of Europe
in such barbarities, and we were scarcely
men, to live and endure such things"
[louG cheers.
After Mr. O'Connel had concluded, the
French Count Montalem bert, at the request
Of Lord Bailey Stewart, addressed the
meeting in patriotic speech, highly COM
plmentary to the Poles, from which we
extract the following:
"Both England and France have been
guilty towards Poland, and both must re-
deem their fault. We have been saved by
her not only at the sege of Vienna, as has
been Just now mentioned, but in 1881,
when her invincible spirit kept back, as it
does now also, the torrent Of Russian
power from Overwhelming western Europe.
She has long fought our battles-now we
must fight hers. We owe her a debt
pay it we must and shall [cheer~ In a
few DAYS | shall return to my country, and
be proud to tell my iellow-countrymen Of
the noble and persevering attachment 10
the Polish cause that meeting so numer-
Gus and so respectable as this testI6es.'l
At the close of the meeting large sub
scrption was taken up for the support Of
the cause.