The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-05-28

PoLITIcAL MATTERs. The Paris papears
are much occupied with the affairs Of Po-
land, and many Of them have articles on the
Oregon question. The following melancholy
picture appears 10 The French Constitutional |
After adyerting to the fiuitless attempts Of
The oppressed Poles TO recover their inde-
pendence, that journal adds:
Europe presents sad spectacle. From
the extremity Of Italy 10 Warsaw oppressed
nations are in movement through despair;
and the old governments employ no other
means Of imposing obedience than muske,
shots, Imprisonment and the execuiioner.-
The kingdom of Naples and the Roman
States have lately Witnessed sanguinary exc
cutions. Lucerne is vast prison, after
having been field ofbTaf. Russia, Aus
.ria, and Prussia advahcs 1leir Soldiers TO
envelope the Polish fnsefection, and 10
sprinkle with generous blood The divided
provinces. Such are the results Of the pre-
tended Conservative policy which prevails in
Europe. The governments, moment
frightened by the popular movements pro-
duced by the revolution of 1880, soon re-
covered their peace Of mind when The revolt
was put down.
They forgot that intestine wars arc never
terminated by force, and that in this sense
there never are decisive victories. Arrange
ments alone reconcile nations that have ri-
sen, even with triumphant power To
; govern is TO enter iato arrangements. But
the European Government, with the excep-
ton perhaps Of Prussia, appear more opposed
than ever to all arrangem nt Everywhere
despo,ism has become more oppressive and
more in,olerant. Rome, far from keeping
her promises, still recent, demands the ex-
tradition Of those unfortunate men that
aimed al obtaining moderate liberty; the
Jesuits divide Swiizerlsnd; Austria sends to
: the Ponti6cal Government connsels Of des-
potism, und the ultra uienlane party Of Swift
+ zerland counsels of reaction; the Emperor
u Of Russia has waged war, not only on the
/ remnants Of the Polish nation, but on family
I affections, remembrances, creeds and con-
. sciences. The French Government, which
: represented on the Continent liberal and
. moderate ideas, and which ought 10 defend
J them, has completely abandoned its mission
II has become conservative, ultra montane
reactive, as il is possible to be in France
; II makes common cause with the European
u conservatives, who refuse all arrangements
and struggle against all progress.
:, II is surprising that under the influence oi
this policy, often oppressive, always unintelli
, gent, several states Of Germany are in move
ment for religious or political forms: that the
= Italians and the Poles encounter death to es
u cape from an insupportable tyranny; ane
y that Switzerland is perpetually torn by civi
u war? In Poland much blood is about to b.
shed. Do the old Governments, which arr
g about TO spill il, believe that they will thcr'
g drown liberty, and that they will be dispensed
:, . with entering some day into arrangement
70 with heri
a Whatever may be the result Of this insur
~ rection (says the Na,ional) all Europe vii
y deem it holy; heroic, sublime. Martyr
10 may be made, but there will be no crimna
'e All those who do honor to devoted love @
y country--all those who bear hatred to savag
g despoiism--will grant their warmest sympr
's w lhies to those noble struggles Of peopl
y whom overpowcring numbers may crus!
= whom violence may decimate, but who wi
:. = ever continue 10 protest against the wrong
~ , done to them; who, though beaten down all
~ bleeding, will still look in proud disdain upo
~ those pretended free governments who COW
'n ardly look ON and see noble nation massr
- cred.