Democratic banner., 1846-04-25
POLAND.

A revolution is now raging in Poland-she has
dctenninedto make one mighty effort to throw oil
the yoke Of the tyrarts, which weighs her down.
The standard of revolt has been raised in three
different provinces on the same day, and hailed
by tho acclamations of thousands. The spirit Of
rebellion is spreading far and wide among her
|down-trodlcn millions; and God grant that the
day of her liberation may soon dawn upon her!
Once a mighty nation among the great powers
of the earth, she now lies disInembcrcd, and
bleeding, at the feet Of her naughty oppressors.
Austria, Russia, and Prussia have all conspired
70 blot ont her existence from among the nations
Of the earth. Her Government broken up, her
Language forbidden, her Baronial halls deserted.
her twenty millions of people ground down TO
the dustby the iron heel of oppression-thc elo-
Try of her name lives only in the history Of the
past. Crushed by the tyrant's power, she lies
bleeding on The thorny bcdof inglorious opprcs-
sion. But she lies not easy there! The spirit
of resistance still stirs within her; she sees tie
blood of her patriots smoke from every plain.
and hears the wall of her daughters in every
breeze. The groans of her noble sons come
yelling up from the deep dungeons of Austria,
and are borne by the bleak winds from the fro
zen regions Of Siberia. The memory Of her
once honored name, the spirits of the brave who
bled in Freedoms holy cause, the widows o(mar-
tyrcd heroes, now toiling in penury and want,
and millions Of helpless, untaught children,
clothed in misery and rags, all call upon her to
rouse herself for the action. Poland, brave and
.chivalrous Poland hears the call-hcr heart throbs
wildly-shc springs from the thorny bed of her
oppression, and dashcs madly on TO the contest!
Swearing resistance, she filings to the breeze the
standard of rebellion, and calls upon the friends
of freedom to rally round it. Let her arm! and
success TO her brow-bcaten. down-trOdden yco-
Imanry. The heart that does not feel for her in
this struggle for freedom is not Americanized---
the man who feels no sympathy for her is a cow
ard; and would hug the chains that bound him to
a despot's throne.
The recent news from England is Of a more
threatening character than any which we have
received from the other side of the ocean for the
last three months. The tone of the Times, the
Morning Chriniclc and the Liverpool Courier is
particularly hostile. They say that England has
done all that she could honorably dc to avert o
war. That she can offer nothing further by way
of negotiation or compromise. That our demands
are unreasonable, our language i%nsolcnt, and that
our naughty rejection of the offer of arbitration
clearly shows a disposition to rely not upon our
title, but upon an overwenning confidence in our
strength. They talk of Brother Jonathan as Of
a spoiled child disposed to claim everything; a
boy that had grown entirely too bigfor his breeches
and deserved a boxing. Thetimes draws a COM
parison between our strength and thinks old
mother England can iog us easily and will have
it to do. She is disposed to act the part of a
cross step-mother; but if she undertakes to whip
Brother Johnathan she will find him no child,
but a we'll grown lad and u rough "cv'tOmcr" to
deal with.