Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-05-20

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sword o. dagger hung al his side
ard Ia jcwellcd hill showed ~ q
glance that The owner was no com'
mon ndycnturcr. In his cap were long
plumcs Of sable hue, which waved
gracefully in The night breeze. IIi'
p,oud and lofty men seemed 10 wear
an expression Of melancholy. llislore'
head was high and pale, though il had
evidently undergone much exposure to
the raysola scorchingsun his hair was
dark as the ravens wing, il was short,
and thick, and hung in u thousand
curls around his brow, and his eyes,
which were deep-set, black ard pier
cling, as he gazed around, flushed like
a tigers.
As the warrior entered the tent, he
bowed slightly to Gen. Washington,
but said not word.
who are you, stranger? your name
and busineSsP was Washington's first
salutation TO the stranger.
i am a Polander,' replied the un-
known warrior, 'and am come to join
the American army-to enlist under
the star-spangled banner and light The
battles of freedom
sEh! an adventurcr? murmured the
General, surveying him with "a look
ofdistrust. The noble looking warrior
ouailed not before the whitening look
of the General.
Il am an exilefrom my native land,
said the Polander, "my country has
been overrun by fierce barbarIans.-
Many OF my countrymen and kindred
have been slain, contending in battle
tor their rights and the rest, who were
too proud and fearless TO bow to the
powerofthe naughty conqueror, have
been banished to gloomy Siberia, to
toll under Russian tyrants, and drag
out a miserable existence. more dread
full than death itself, in the horrid
minee.
Il fought long TO free my country,
| and rescue her from the grasp OF her
ruthless invaders. i and my comrades
contendcd for freedom I'LL the last. but
the foe triumphed. We were defeat
decentralization countryruIned,
our cities'and villages,ackedand burnt
our temples desecrated by the feet OF
heather and in6dels, our soil pollu-
ted, our liberty and government sub
yerled by strangers, and our nation
blotted from the annals of the world;
and now, leone with patriots heart
and sword, to offer my services, my
all, my life, lift shall ever be requIs,
lie. in the cause American freedom, ]
have left a land which was once dear
TO me, and it is no less so now, though
it is lorded over by Russian despots
with the most cursed tyranny, though
its soil has been dyed, and It's rivers
crimsoned with the blood OF my friends
and relatives, degraded as il IS, still It
dear 10 me because it is my own, my
native land. We battled for freedom
and a name so long as there was nope.
We called upon the nations OF the
earth for help in the day OF our lrou-
bic, in the hour of battle we cried a.
loud for succour. When the Russian
Autocrat with his marshalled serls y
and servile minions, Plaitoff with his
wild Cossacks, and Suwarrow with his
fiery legions were swarmed upon the
banks Of the Prague and the Vistula,
and were closing around Warsaw to
crush us, we called upon Europe and
the world, in the sacred name OF Lib
| erty, in the name of God, TO assist us,
to hello us throw off the yoke OF the
tyrapt. achieve ourindependence, ana
reuel the foe; but we called and en-
trta,ed in vain. The inhabitants q
tbe earth turned deaf ear to all our
applications, and permitted the Rus
sian with his countless host to over
run the fairest and the lovliest land
beneath the sun, and humble, and
conquer. and trample upon q brave .
gallant nation. Now, ] have no coun'
try, no home. ! am compelled to seek
an asylum from the rage OF tyrants II
a foreigc land. Icame here because
i i is the only spot on earth where
j could hope to enjoy that freedom
which i denied me in my own coun
try. and here ! thought should hn'
home upon the sacred soil Of Amer
Iica the patriots own land, where u,
Goddess of Liberty delights to dwell
to hove. over its hallowed domain
and protect its own brave and mag ls;
/ unanimous sons, and shelter them VIII