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and guiding star Of al the oppressed They formed,
therefore, egons. and headed by their hong tried lead
er Henry Dombroysk placed themselves under tho or

er Henry DOmbroysk placed themselves under tho or
deD OF the young hero of Lodi
| Napoleon at that time still "Citzen General
Liberty Equality still doa;ed his victorious stand
ards Could the homeless exiles adopt more hDuors-
bic course than give the OF their vsor 10 sscr
fee their lives for the cause Of French liberty and
tusly to the restoration of their beloved father
hand, BY the powerful of the grateful hero, who
ceased not to euosze their gasntry and them
that the REORGANIZATION OF Poland would be the first OBJ
jecr OF his attention
But gratitude, that weakness Of little minds, be-
meath the thoughts of this Robespierre on horseback
and the only blame Justly attributable 10 the Poles Is
their Unborn and ipcurabe faith in promises
Surprising no Seyer, that Napoleon hsd been victor.
Gus In his Russian campaign IL ia than probable
that he would have considered it his ia,srcttre only
motive, of course, on which suppOsiou must DO
founded-to restore Poland TO her rights a nsron So
that, fir m whatever point OF view lobk the sub
jet must acknowledge that Polish patriots and the
Polish army adopted the only their disposal,
seized the only tender thread of hope of recovering
then t-therland, and therefore acted in the spirit OF
pure patriotism
After the retrbutive Justice of Heaven had 0vertskea
the arch yrant and overturned the throne OF the ruth
less slayer OF millions, the speadi demon uncle Of the
present imp phew. IN Poles again sold at the
slsvemarket of Vienna the Russian Gar the hand
soonest and the most cunning among the Greeks Alex.
snder the First And as the terms OF this infamous bar
gain are net universally known in this country itmy
not be out Of place 10 give here sketch Of the circum
stances attending il,
Metsrnich, shrewd dplomatist the first 10 per
ceve the scheme OF Russia for the extension OF s in
uence beyond even Its gigantic ronters he therefore,
proposed the restoration OF Poland buwark against
these expressions offering, the part OF his sovereign,
the surrender OF Gaica and the City of Cracow. Tai
eyrard the English plenipotentisry Lord Castle
reagh, entered warmly ntons views nor was Prussia
in condition to offer any available resistance so that
Alexander with horror the prospect OF losing his
Polish Provinces without which his empire must have
sunk into comparative iusinifcance Feeling bis i'm
poience TO re'an then by force Ia had recourse -
straagem Which, owing 10 the natural crsdulty OF the
Poles succeeded to hi hearts, content
Alexander sent H. Warsswhis brother Constantine,
who issued procaTna ion couched most aiulAtory
terms, the pIrDort of whch oweyer, was that the
contracting parties ia Vienna opposed 70 the resto
rattan Of Poland and that the Emperor Alexander was
ready TO all his powers la order To renstate the
Poles in theirn onaliy provided the latter Empowered
him 10 act on their behalf" These proclaim tons had
the desired effect Petitions. uumerously ssnet, and
soliciting the Czsrs good offices, forwarded 10
Vienna and thus armed, Alexander was enabled to
make the French and English ENJOYS believe that the
Poles actually wished TO be placed under his sway, as If
four thousand men, for such the number of sigma
lures, formed nation, had right to express the
will of fifteen millions
All opposition was therefore sencei and Poland, or
rather small portion OF the once immense Empire an
Umpire extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea- was
erected into a constitutional king ION of Poland its
crown being declared hereditary Ia the Russian reign
ing family
But in very short time to the language ofthe
manifesto OF the Polish revolutionary Diet OF $780, In
short time the Car discovered that the Of a
constitutional King and absolute monarch, placed on
the same head, formed political monster which could
exist long; ne discovered that either the liberal in
situations OF Poland be embryo of similar in
situations his hereditary Empire, or that tine Polish
Constitution must remain a dead letter" That her
guaranteed liberty of the press must be crushedher
freedom OF speech suppressed by instant transportation
to SHE ria-her Senate filled with tratorsher elections
placed under the control governmenther Universities
delivered to the ianshp of most serge creatures
OF the Court And to crown all, her gallant troops,
placed under the command Of the Grand Duke Contan
tine, monster of cruelty, and shame of humanity
All this done unhet,ingly done in the face oftrea-
ties, in spite othe oath OF the Gar to uphold defend
and protect the Constitution of lsl6-"So help him
GOO"
And Poland bore it aIl-not patiently but in silence
Shall then be able to prove that she, more than any
other European nation deserves the sympathy ot'the
American peoplei Yes II | rightly understand the
spirit which animates them ii am correct in my
reading OF their history the liberty they enjoy Is not
the fruit of ortuitous circumstances, but an heirloom
transmitted TO them by their ancestors these first go-
rious Europeans who Drawing ali the dangers aud nor
of life in the wilderness came hither to escape
from social political and religious tyranny, and to plant
the reed OF freedom on the virgin soil OF this New
World it, as believe with religious filth. these bene-
factors Of the human guided in their pill GRIM
age by the hand Of God If all this be true despair
! not of carrying out my assertion
Yes While the most free of all European people,
the Engh, were in all quarters of the world, strenu
ousy at work in suodung in stranglng all thoughts OF
liberty while France mistook the monstrons idol
Glory-for Freedom; while Germany pusillaninous
in her strvings after political reforms, and the degene
rated Italy made efforts at all while our gallant
Deighbors the ungarians for the last three hun
dred years foremost ia the Austrian ranks ling roughly
their prancng steeds the necks OF any patton that
dared to dream Of Iberty,-the Poles, and The Poles
alone, were always ready to throw themselves To the
assistance OF the oppressedto hy onward to the call
| OF freedom.
This is no empty defamation it ia a tr ith stern
iruih-a historical verify And this 1t was which called
| forth the Revolution OF 1880
II would be idle 10 suppose that after the violation OF
the Constitution the Poles likely 20 become recon-
cled to Muscovite rule They watched for An oppor-
uny the chains that bound them to the throne
of the Cars but would have waited for better one
than that which presented itse in 1890 had they not
perceived with horror that they were intended BY the
Russian Government to strike the blow at the liberties
OF the French people, recently emancpated from the
yoke of the degenerate OF the elder Bourbons.
In September, $780, the Polish Ministers of War and
| Finance received orders from St Petersburgh-the
former to place the Polish troops on warfooung, the
latter 10 supply necessary funds; while the Grand
Duke Constantine desired 10 keep himself ready 10
march with hi, Polish troops, vanguard OF the Rus
slams and Prussians toward the French ronner with
the avowed object of restoring Charles TO his throne
shall not attempt describe the feeling OF horror
with which the army and the nation received this IN
telligence lll-prepsred rs they were-wlthout any
preconcerted plan actuated by their duty alone ndig
the very thought OF becoming tools as they were
already victims Of desposm-they. expressed their
sentiments upon the subject BY rising like one man
against the giant that owned them This Is the whole
mystery OF the Polish Revolution Of 1890 which took
the world with SURPRISE and this Is our claim u the
sympathy of the American people.
And that Revolution accessul though Il was, has
disclosed to the world the spirit which aninates the
nation Its Representatives did not hesitate at their very
first sitting unanimously TO pass the "Declaration OF
Independence and the nation lid not hesitate nnanim-
ously indorse the act by laying their lives and their
fortunes on the altar of their fatheriand
Nor did the Representatives stop there. They felt
that the Revolution in order be successful must De
social az well poitical-and thence the act aboshng
serdom and the proposed (hough owing TO the suose
quent disasters never executed law granting landed
property to the peasants.
These were not oligarchical enactmenti, although
enacted by Noblesthese betrayed spirit OF caste
and although silly theorists and Ana maniacs de-
claimed the sweet fragrance OF tae bowers OF
Constitutional Monsrchy-though the nephew OF Earl
Grey, the then Premier Of England, Adam Gar.