The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-08-26
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u u r fsvoY.te dfssm with many OF our
contemporaries lhs' Tia time hiss como for
the reconstruction Of Poland In ,his
Qrin'0n $40 DO not coincide The resurfec
ton oi .ha, kingdom "a moral impossible,
i'y Il "a not only doad, h1, long since
decomf aed and though iis elemen'a may
eN'ef illo lho composition o. other ns'ious,
they car nugar reupi'a under their cid form
The thapsod.es Of roe's aad The dec.as
railona Of orators have LED to vas, dsa. Of
arror respecting poland. The poruls, cpin.
Ion IL that the leud Of pulesAi and Kcscilsko
!c.. a victim t. the ircacaervof Rassis. the
rafar = % Aas,iia, and the collision Of
Prassia Bet The original cause Of her ruin
was Aer own ireur0us /, was these
WHICH betrayed her into lhs hands of her
Zoe. rHi INSIDE her an easy vie.im when IN
The tolls. Asl Poland taer trus to her
self, she newer vau'd have be.n conquered.
Had ste really been fhe free government
sho assHaed to have been. she would s,ill
have been "a powerful es when she twice
conquered rs ,, a. when Sohisski beat
back tle Turks from the wa.is 81 Vienna,
a. when il vas tho proud boas, Of her al.
most couu.lrss cAgalrv. tina, .f tho sky
was TO G.ll they would support /, on the
pajat Of their lauces' Bat Poland il one
IT thp many proofs furnished. by history,
that nation which lives by conquest, aid
which consists OF dominen. cnste ruling
over seryile one, carries the seeds OF rapid
dissolution 81 ia heart Poland never en-.
joyod liberty in the true sense OF that woid.
The great body Of ~ inhabitants were
destitute, not only OF political rights, but
even ~ personal freedom, were, in fact
8 ~ Of the soil. When writer's speak Of
the Polish nation they mean few huns
lred thop-nnA nollemen, who monopolired
among themselves I'll tho lend, the Offices.
and the privilege OF the country Nor had
ven t..is upper class any proper respect for
law. A more turbulent set OF men never
took upon themselves the government OF
community, nor laid claim to the name OF
freemou. TIE great Diet, in which thew
discussed their national affairs, and Of
which every uohiynar, however poor, VIVA
= member, was continually the scene Of
blood, aai o,ien broke ~ IA angry eonfa
sion THO choice Of a Ming the men
afchy was elective Frequently led 10 civil
wars OF tbo most sangliaary character
The Polish mobility despising work ~
SIT mon p who i've oH slage.labor. devoted
themselves 10 afms, aud kept tho nation
continually enhroiled In wars ol conquest.
o. eontu.sea ~ antiques TO bring shou.
h wgrs Never was the great truth mere
iorcib,y oxorpl.1ed ,hai they who live
by iho svofd saall parish by the sword,
than II the tise aud Sail OF Poland She
aiiaiaed poTer 10y fraud ari CONQUEST,
she lost Il hy 'eachcry and invaaiou. Her
nobility relelileasly wfuug from the work.
ur e'nsses even personal es vel IS polit.>
cal f.ha anl GamjG1efed over them for
countries wi,h a tyranny worse Han dat
10 AHt. iespoUam. Bu' ihcy have ,heis
-swari, as al opprossofs have Mt las,, and
efuftf " fff'r Curuwy.' ~ .i.-is.------
lion 20 the caase Of htr fab demonstrates
also iha imposs.h.llty Of her reconstruction
Napoleon. within lsss than 20 years ol her
PARTITION. contemplated The 70 establishment
N Poland lat the ialpe iironis appeared
20 hlm 10 great tina. though 10 usually
Gp.lt. and destroyed hing ioma at a WORD,
he ,irauk from he task. The sixty years
chat have elapsed since her extinction Aase
greatly increased these dtheg,,ias. Llor
territories haye been consolidated wish those
- Ansua ana Prussia, as well as with
Chose of Russia; ht nobility have been
decinatsi araa aud agaia BY war exile
aud conacslon, aud the grea, body Of
rae people, lie lo-mer ser.s ~ the Polish
s.rf.t a~rnrc havo ht~snte afFrgtnu1aA 10