Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-05-07

former insurgents: large amounts of
armSand munitions of war have been
continually introduced into the coun-
try, and securely stored; the Jews,
who hold the wealth, favor the move
ment, and even enter into it with zeal;
clubs have no privilege of formation
amongthe insurgents, and the provision
al government is prudenily composed.
Besides the acting government at Pa
ris, who will, if it does not already, d.
rect affairs,is composed ofmen of great
talent, wealth, and prudence. To say
nothing Of the. rest, his highness the
Prince Adam Czartoryski, lneal de-
scendent from the great Jagellon, the
head of the acting government and the
probable future monarch of Poland pos
sesses the active mind and undaunted
courage of his great ancestor. His
wisdom is undoubted, and his wealth,
great in despite of recent con6sca,ion,
gives vigor and confidence to
his adheren,s. The. Rothchilds
evidently favor the movement,
by Withholding the sinews of war from
the northern powers, who are reduced
to the necessity of exachng forced
loans from the smaller bankers
What the Poles can do in the
way of fighting superior num-
bers, we have evidence in the battle
of Giochow, and other well fought
fields.
1t is true, indeed, that the active
part OF the insurgents, the few who
have been forced to take arms perma-
nentIy, are driven into the mountains
of Galllcia. These mountains are
sure retreat, if necessary, for millions
of insurgent troops. They are natural
fortresses, from which the whole
strength of Europe could not jislodge
a garrison. They are and will contin-
TO be the strongholds of the
brave men, who are resolved on fa-
vorable result to the issue provoked BY
the barbarlty of Nicholas. These in
surgents are now engaged in. that spe-
cies of guerilla warfare which annoyed
Napoleon so much in the Peninsula. -
Their number will necessarily Increase
with success, and since those who Join
them compromise themselves too deep
~ to think ofreturning,their ranks were
not be materially thinned by repulses.
In such situation, with such cause,
and to such men, positive defeat is an
lmpractlcabIe result to hope for. Nor is
the action of the instruction confined
to these few.
Ukraine, Podolia, Lithuania and
Hungary are filled with smouldering
fire, ready to burst out at a moments
notice. Austria, Prussia and Russia
have combined; but their combination
is useless. When once the rising be-
comes general, as it will, the Austrian
and Pursian troops will be scattered
like chat before the wind, by the Poles.
Russia Is more to be feared, but she
will have enough to do in her own
immediate borders. They are in a
fever which will yet end in an erup-
ton. She has not resources enough,
nor sufficient power, to carry on the
war. When she quells one province,
another remains. When the last has
been overcome, the former will rise a.
gain. If she divide her armies for a
simultaneous movement, she will be
beaten in detail, by forces who will risk
all in a general battle. The Gar will
be obliged to succumb to force without,
anil rebellion within-to circumstances
which prudence could not have aver
ted, and absolute power cannot con
troll.
We venture to predict from all this,
a long war between the insurgents and
the forces of the three powers. The
result ofthis war will be the restored
nationality of Poland, the dismember.
ment of the Austrian and Russian ar
mics, and the formation of a Sclavonc
confederation, of which Hungary may
or may not be a part. Dantzic or Ko- f.,
nigsble, or perhaps both will be cedsd to {
the new power,in convention. From the /
of her case--the wantso of
her people, and their inability for years
to manufacture for themselves the /
great mineral and forest resources in
her midst, which she will be able to
barter for necessaries, nation oftwen-
four millions of consumers, will open a
market to the rivalry of England and
the u. States. Both countries have
therefore deep interest in the result,
of the sympathy felt by
every honest freeman for the Pole. Po-
land has been oppressed ,decimated and |
forced to struggle for national name.
Her alters have been oyerthrown, her
sons banished, her priests murdered.
The names of her ilustrious dead are
talismans in the mouths of all man.