New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-30

"a, lew which have taken pace were accom- ,lishei
alter victory over III oppressor,. Thus. sscn At
the lstkmian cares, the ROuAn Consul FlAninu,
proclaimed the sham Independence Of Greece.
Reman Iegi0us bad siresd y destroyed the klRg lon
of Nacedon Whta Napoleon stirred uD Iay
sud created the CisaiPas Republic, he had prs.
viousiy routed the AustrSns beyond the Alp,.
When. few yesrs ai'erwsrd, be formed tho
DuAedom Of Warsaw Out Of some parcels OF
Polsuc, the late pOssessOr thereof, the King vi
Prussia, lay with the Prussian kingdom PROSTATE
at his feet All these 50 styled RESERVATIONS gere
made on the spot, ana not from countries siar;
from victorious battle fields, aud not from distant
palaces, or parliAmt n.ary halls. Aud not one Of
these, II should be remembered, assured to tts
restored nation stability or independence.
The reconstruction OF Poland, il il should &C.
quire sDy political significance, cannot be partial
that Is, not limited TO those four million iohsb.
itants W DO. by the treaty of Vienna. were bap.
tied into mock Kingdom. The idea presdius
over the scheme Of reconstruction is to form
so.called vanguard. or wall for Europe, sgsinst
the encroachment Of Russia Bat how such
parcel Of Poland, an inland country. shut cut
from any direct communication with her distant
western allies could be sble to Withstand the
continual ard hostile presence Of Russia, cannot
be inns gined. Ii would have no condition OF sta.
bility, and therefore none Of durable peace, be-
ing obliged to appeal habitually to the West for
assistance against an unrelenting foe. The dad
between Russia and Poland was fought with va
rious fortunes for nearly four hundred years; aud
finally Poland fell Even if Russia should b.
obliged to dsgorge all her conquests-a suppos
ton utterly improbsble--the question stiu is
open with Austria and Prussia neither OF which
will condescend Willingly to give back what shey
seized half century ago. Prussia-possessins
thus the mouth of the Nistaa and the shores Of
the Baltic, shutting out Poland from all free sud
direct communication with the worid-wili not
give back PoseD. Thorn, BFomberg. Dautzic and
the surrounding territories. Still less will Aus
trs be ready 10 restore Gallicia and the lucrative
salt mines Of Wielisitscbka. Austria, possessing
Hungary, will not allow at her door such pro.
cess Of restoration, which must naturally become
contagious She could not do it, even if compen-
stated by slice of the Principaities OF Wsllschia
and Moldayia. But Poland, to be powerful, must
have restitution Of her members now cut OF;
and for this end, the allies would be obliged to
fight Austria, Prussia and the whole Of Germany.
Or if the yiennese kingdom of Pollard should
be torn from Russia by confederacy Of western
powers, it would undoubtedly be annexed either
TO Prussia or Austria So said the Chart Of Es-
rops,-of which notorious pamphlet, issued at the
beginning of this year-Louis Bonaparte gess the
credit as author-imperial authorship being an
easy trade with "pens" at command.
Before, however, all this can take place. Rus
STA must be oyerpowered and beaten. She must
be attacked in her possessions by allied armies;
the French Germans and English must appear %
the banks Of the Vistua. But this region Is q
mighty strategstical point for Russia, and tho
defenses with which she has strengthened it are
gigantic and formidable beyond any other system
Of forts in the world. The fortresses Of War.
saw, Modng and Iyangorod overtop wholly aad
mournfuly the inextensiye country around them
Hundreds Of thousands Of men would be required
to besiege them. The struggle would be q life.
and.death one. Poland would be its theater, and
chiefly the left bank Of the yistula. This river
divides the sO-called kingdom Of Poland into two
nearly equal parts; the left extending along tho
current Of the river about $50 miles, and from tho
Prussian and Austrian frontier about $50 miles
deep This strip Of land would be filled with
hundreds Of thousands Of troops, and war would
rage therein with fury almost unparalleled in
history The belgerents, friendly or hostile.
would Immediately destroy the scanty resources
of the inhabitants. Should the Russians BE-
obliged to retire before the invading allies, they
will burn and destroy every wretched town.
borough, village and hamlet leaving ruin and
deselation in their track. But few days would
be required to transform Poland into desert.
The loss and calamity would fall chiefly, If oct
exclusively, on the mass Of the people or On tho
peasaDtry.
In fact Poland is already one Of the poorest
countries of the globe. II is really much more
wretched than Ireland, being almost exclusively
agricultural, with very small trade, and veg
Insignificant industry. As we have already nor
toned, it is an inland country, deprived Of eTtsu
sive communications The products Of il labor
are nearly all exported to Russia, its western
neighbors, the Germans, being superior 10 eysp
respect, and receiving from Poland only raw ms
terals, chiefly WOOL corn and hogs. Poland hm
no great industrial marts or cities, being 30 poor
in Capital and enterprise; and the poorest among
the poor is the peasant. Though not sens tho
immense majority of the agricultural pessaasT
are not land owners. Neither the land whicAn
tills nor the wretched hovel where he sieepsh =
longs to the peasant. All this is the noblemns
leased 10 the peasant for 80 much statute lsbefs