New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-07

Gus bad faith was brought % bear
Gen WiIAsen himself deceived vas dispatched q
form convention by which the Poles were allowed 70
retain oul 5stisinns Of 60 men each and four squad
r0ns Of I'D horses each ali 10 be armed and equipped
By the Prlssns and to BE- restricted q certain limits
AL this was sssented TO Il wss drawn up by Royal
Plenipoieu,isry agreed 10 by both armies and nnaly
signed by the King One would think i strong enough
and yet how vas IL kept We vii proceed % show.
According % agreement the 5000 Polish soldiers
then organized. we're disbanded and only some 00o
retained awaiting the arms promised them by Prussia
The Prussian army Nas 1000 strong ready Il hand
the object was compshed-treschery had done lie
work Without shadow Of pretext Posen was de
csred 10 state Of siege, and annihsaon VS. decTeed
10 IT. little army and the liberal party
We pass over the Isolated arrests outrsges and as
sassnaions committed By the Jews and the foreigners
to the actous ofthe Prssan army As body under the
order Of lie officers The Polish detachment stationed
at Odoanow. 10, even dreaming oftrcachery vas sar
prised and cut pieces by the Prtsssn troops under
Col Bonn.n Then followed the attack on Rsszkov.-
Until nov resistance had been scarcely made. AZ
Ieng,h, however, Meroslawsk took measures to
eaiorce the treaty Of april II but ere he could
carry bis purposes into eject the battalion a, Xionz
hand. or were taken prisoners covered with wounds
The war went on il may call that war. wherein
thousand. Of disciplined thoroughly ACQUIRED soldiers
murder handful Of hafsrmei patriots Meroslawski
had drawn round him little army upon the banks Of
Wasla and there awaited the coming OF the Toe. The
Generals Biumer and wede attacked him in this his
last retreat and furious combat ensued The contest
lasted I'VE hours and then so fuseers, 300 sncers
N L.fF Cd Of ia IL
bravest troop. Victory rested on the Polish banners
and for once favored the oppressed. Now Nerosa"sd
took the offensive having before acted merely on the
defensive and we think he bad sufficient excuse
Again. our acute candid Charge dAaaires writes
M7y -Merosawsk j. endesvoring TO create an
insurrecton IN Berlin, in which be will not succeed
but be above al upon armed interference on
the part OF France in the affairs Of Poland.
Of whs, greater absurdiiy could Mr. Circouri have
been guilty than writing the above prescribed man
carrying on partisan warfare in the mountains Of Po
land with scarcely two thousand troops under him. and
no means Of communicating through hostile army
with place hundreds Of miles distant where he il not
acquainted with forty persons suspected Of being at
the bottom Of great nsurrecuon that's TO wrsp Berlin
in flames
Thus says our Little book, for we have translated
mostly from one the other serving but 10 confirm it,
And here have example Of the liberty OF the press
being turned against the OF Freedom. Through
out Germany is impossible to get pieces favorable to
Poland inserted in the newspapers. even by paying
double II It had been otherwise this tyrenny had not
gone so long unexposed Our other book informs US
that ENJOYS from Frankfort to inquire into the real
condition Of Poland beaten aud driven out of the
country by the German population while the Prussian
soldiers stood by refusing 10 interfere That on cleo
ton days Poles are arrested without pretext and cast
into prison for any length OF time That Poles often
murdered By the very guard given them as proiec
ton and that the Prussian Government doing all II
can to excite animoty between the Polish peasants
and their lords We have room TO quote farther At
length.
We have stated these matters we have found them
in our authorities which firmly believe are reliable
and now we ask the World. we ask France, We ask
America whether this is to continue Is Tyranny and
Oppression 10 flourish while Republics. making II their
boast that they free viii not lend hand to loose
the chains from others II America Is distant from the
scene Of action. she not still more distant from
Greece fit is her policy not 70 NEEDLE with the at
fairs of Europe il her duty 10 interfere IN the cause
of Humanity Often have We heard Il said that Poland
did no, deserve Liberty that when she was free she
disgraced the name OF Freedom. This may have been
a. once but is il now For a long time when the name
OF Patriot was needed whose example all should copy
it has been the custom 10 look 10 Poland aud point out
one from her bloody list Of martyrs. But We viii not
argue the point let only quote the words Of Polish
peasant who having been taken and freed, was
asked whether he would DIN the army sgsin-being told
that if he did he would be put to death He replied
We are all bound 10 sacrihce ourselves for our
country and not sufficient have yet been oheIed up
or Heaven would have taken pity upon us FOR know
that when the young ngnt and the old and nnrm pray
God will aid their cause, they have sunicenty -hO"n
that they are worthy Of His grace. VI