The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-04-14
THADDEUS KOSCiUSKO, TIE PATRI
OTTO POLANDER,

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The annexed remarks, the following resolution
How futile appear the epithets Of "inhcciy'
sold granny" &c. applied TO the gallant HARRI
son by the Tories, while there exists on record
such memorials of his talents ard elonuence as
the following:
"hfsofUed That committee be appointed
'Joihtiy WHh such committee as NAV be appOut.
'ed on the part of the Senate 10 consider and
"repori what measures it may he proper to u.
"dopt to manifest the public respect for the ulem
story of General THADDEus KoscIusKo. former.
"ly an officer IN the service Of the United States
"and the uniform and distinguished friend OF
"Lber,y and The Rights of Man"
In This proposition the ruling passion of tic
mover, his enthusiastic admiration of the princi
pies of the Revolution, and his zeal in behalf OF
liberty in general, and of the rights Of man, nre
plainly developed.
But it is 10 the following Speech delivered on
that occasion, extracted from he file of,he Ma.
tionnI lnlellgencer, thai we hespeak The partcu-
lar attention Of our readers:
On presenting the above resolution, Gen. HAIR
RIsoN addressed the House us follows:
"The public papers have announced an event
which is well calculated to excite HE sympathy
of every American bosom. KusCIUsK0, the
I ,
ed ,!lat he died al Socure, in France, some time
in October last.
"ln tracing the events of this great mans life,
we find IN him that consistency OF conduct
which IS more to be admired as it is so rarely to
he met with. He was not at one. time the friend
OF mankind and ut another the instrument Of
their oppression but he preserved through his
whole career those noble principles which dis.
tluguished him in its CONNIE ncemcnt-which
influenced him, at an early pnron OF his i(e to
euve his country and his friends, and in another
hemisphere fight for the rights OF humanity.
"Kosciusko was horn and educated in Poland,
OF a noble and distinguished innily---a country
where the distinctions in society perhaps
red to greater lengths than in any other. His
capabf6 6rrlStnG 0D0oe md" it,ttdtd fcjtda,Hs'ol
n cast, aud breaking the shackes which vicious
education had imposed on his mud.
"Whcu very young, he was informed by the
voice of Fame that the standard Of liberty had
been erected IN Auprca-that an insulted and
oppressrd people had determined TO I've free, or
perish in the attempt. His ardent and generous
mind caught, with enthusiasm, the holy flame,
and from that moment he became the devoted
soldier Of liberty
His rauk in the American army afforded him
no opportunity greatly TO distinguish himself.
But he was remarked throughout his service for
all the qualities which adorn the human charac.
ter. HIS heroic vaIor in the field could only he
equnlled by his moderation and af!ahl'y in the
soldiers for his bravery, and beloved and respec
ted by the officers tor The goodness OF his heart
add the greatqtIali,ics othis mind.
"Contributng greatly, by his exerons, to the
establishment of the Independence of America,
he might have remained, and shared the b'es
sings it dispensed. under the protection OF n
chief who loved and honored him, and in the
bosom of grateful ana afleconate people.
"Koscilsko had, however, other views. IL is
not known that until the period am speaking
of, he had formed my distinct idea OF what
could, or indeed what ought to be done for his
own country. But in the Revolutionary war ne
drandkeeply of the principles which produced 1t.
In his conversations with the inteIligen, men
of our country, he acquired new views OF
the science of government and OF the rights OF
man. He had seen, too, that, to be tree, IL was
only necessary that nation should viii 1t; ana,
to be happy, it was only necessary that nation
should be free. And was it not possible 70 pro-
cure these blessings for Polani the country OF
his birth which had claim to all his efforts, 10
all his services? That unhappy nation groaned
under complication of evils which has schlreiy
n parallel in history. The mass OF the people
were abject slaves Of the mobiles, the mobiles, torn
into factions, were alternately the instruments
and victims of their powerful and ambitions
neighbors. BY intrigue, corruption, ana force,
some of its lairest provinces had been separated
from the Republic, and the people, IKE o;astS'
| transferred to foreign despCts, VINO were aSa'',
| watching tor n laVOrnDie moment WI 'SNo ''''
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. To regenerate people thus
delnsc,i to obtain for IL country thus citc'iH'
staucet The blessings of liberty and independence,
was n work of as much difficulty AS nnngtr b'''
TO mind like kosci,!sko's the difhc"'ty ana
danger of an enterprise served as sl'nuants to
| undertake it.
"The annals of these times give us no detailed
account oflhe progress Of kosc"SNo VI accom-
pIshing his great work, iron the pefiod OF las
! return from America to the adoption 81 tne new
CONSTITUTION of Poland, in l79l. This ln'efynl'
however, of apparent inaction, was 'i"Si "5sIl !,
! y, i'!t., H. rnun,rvnen. To smn.
late the ignorant and bigotted ieasanify WIKI '''e
nope of future cnancipntion-to teach 'fe proud I'D
but gallant nobility thar true glory Is "niy 10 10
e,.u the most opposed, preudices the most
stubborn, and habits the most nve1ernie; "er"
reconeied, dissipa,ed, and broken ny me ascem
dency of his virtues and example "e S'o'''