Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-04-18
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~ trusting to hear the proclamation OF peace They ar.
uiir perhaps, the superficial belief that al Enrou. will
rejoice at the healing OF wound that once thrr,ten. tn
vr'a'e aud infect every member of the brotherhood Of
"'tip"> Should any obstacle start up or .honLi
any cause be pressed against the immediate
conclusion ct eare. will be the cost of that
IL all incur 10 little risk at bing regarded a. an o-re.
u"'' and hui-t1cc.-hk- the old woman who i. .ue to
'e ~ the =" VIXEN peOpe ia n hurry aud ~ho will
persist ~ stopping ADJUST her air- be they eve.
~ tniing Ii l., them real kuiue,- but simply A
sot oi oheiouSncs-, to urge the Congress at P.r.
~hat are called the elin' u Poland; ami are showing
TO want OF historical interest ia tlt people when de
c'he ASKING Lord Clarendon to attempt what Lord Castle
Agh attempted IN vain more than urty wears ago In our
pu-itinn afford be ~ai,ting what influence,
We possess ~ dryOtug selves ~on. one of the hun
dfrd impossible cru-ar- that have been preached in our
time Or might be preached with much reason A. An,
o''er, Have no, other races aud citrs, and conmun
ties their wrongss There the wrong. of th. Anyo-
SaNon-. who have by means survived the Norman
conquest or become entirely mixed up ~ith their proud
eoiquetnrs There the previous wrongs Of the British
race Nhch Is stih chensAng ndg gnant natioralit,
ia Wales. There are the wrongs Of scotland
aud oi Ireland, both of them very respectable aud
interesting nations, and by favorable stat
Tor political agitation since their union with this very dull
e"u"try. There aIe the wrongs Of ABD-EL-KADsR and
lis gallant tribes that might take the opportunity of
pressing upon the consideration of France and even
from the King Of SARDINIA might ask IN.
81 the Genoese Republic. The correspondent Who COM
-l' us To this reply himself adds Hungary aud Italy to
Poland which Is very good beginning to start with wh.
the serious rally Is infinite. But why not 20 further back
There the scattered house Of lSrea which has
ITS nationality nov ter two thousand years We might
insist upon Turkey giving up Jerusalem the Jews hut
10y the time had got far iha it not certain that
Oe other race would not put Ia is claim for the soil OF
Poland. Hungary last, would stand but "A very moor
chance III any reckoning that wen. back thousand year
There have been right, recovering in England and doc
neis rendered ia English law courts aud received a.
good evidence, that II admitted the Hungarian u,,,s
on would hav" sent every blessed member OF the race
"ith his hands tied behind his back here into Cen
iral Asia Once b~gnnng where end l. there
no Statute Of Limitations national cau-csy If any rnc,
hnds itself l-usei, and believes slf stroug enough To
Nlndicate It's Independence it, equality that its own
aiiaii But this l. the suppu>on ON which the Bt
-h public appealed TO- l is called help those who
cannot help themselves
1t is particularly hard the British people to be con-
stantly put under tile hpuation being deaf t., nation
al appeals There Is hardly ol here Who los not
represent IN his personal merged national
NY or some prrsecutrd cause. The blood of Brton Gael
And Cet,-Oi Hugucust and of other outca,t p.ones -
hows in the veins oi English families Even in the
reign OF W iAin and Mary DE Foe poem TO -hos
tat the existing Brito" was very mongre parsonage
ami SIX generations have since added the medley We
are simply crowd ot people who find ourselves on these
ISLANDS with no other rights privileges but those We en-
JOY 10y the political constitution which bind, our uumer.
Gus races together. In the metropolis itself there are
hundred thousand ScOtchmrn of religion and twic.
that number OF lshmen OF another all content with such
no'lOn a. they can attain by in ividua exertion Th.
rope las more subjects in London than he has i'm hi,
Own city-genefal hewers OF woOd and drawers of
waller To Their more successful Protestant fellow subjects
Our Universities are the Resort uf students FROM all parts of
these Isles each OF them renouncng his nationality his
province, and his county and having other privileges
out hose Ol our common rights. Take chance COM
pany This man bears the OF distinguished High.
and clam that man Is descended from Irish Kings;
another bears and arms that testify his
ancestors noble in France; another from Al,
old border family the have lost sight of their
ongand are oniy members OF the great struggling
ny are they to be summoned arms be denied the
oPPoftu ol honorable peace TO be taxed deeper and
de-Per. and 10 be iRsovs endless quarels with DOW
eTfu empires merely TO give more chance-a yery
small one indeed-to people who really quite as well
on as We are ourselves and whose only hardship that
they cannot do what longer wish to do for our.
'el'ess We have long given up all nation aes all
provincial privileges ything whatever that stands i'm
the way OF imperial govennen and perfect fusion of
races For ourselves We satisfied that il is the best
course, though It las sacrifices Why then
are We to be called on To du for Others what have long
ago resolved not 10 do for ourselves. We cannot spare
time and opportunity tor tie vain attempt rrcty history
That ground must be given up the annast TO the e
sANIst tn the philosopher-ln word the man of the
PEN 1t is lost to the OF action. He has his own
work 10 do, which presses hard enough and leaves no
room Tor antiquarian enterprises.
We instanced the lost sleep OF the house of Israel
having somewhat parallel claims assistance Thers
Nould oe no insuperabe lculIy collecting Je
III Europe, aud placing hun IN Palestine, 10 live as well
as he could the glorious recolecous of the past but
would De almost Impossible TO collect the Poles
ll
dyidua Pole and every hall lole-for like ourselves they
have undeTgOue some inter ure-irom tue powerful
giPe OF Russian Austrian, aud Prussan empire These
are no ineonsderable powers tor challenge at time
when France would certainly be tor US and very likely
against W, and when ~ have OF most scrons d.
mensons looming upon in another part vi the world
There Is homeiy proven in the north about extracting
pound oi butter from the mouth Of dog and which
warns Us OF the certain and small result that would
attend the experiment. That We should get well bitten
IN the attempt 10 make Russa Austria and Prussia sur
a IL "a a.f III
Tor the formation OF a State that should keep them In per
Petua alarm is certain tina. il will not be denied That
the object OF our "hcous interference would almost dsap-
pear IA the struggle H. perhaps, equally certain But
will anybody define the enterprise Land on our con-
seiencef What are To doy We wish TO know exact
the people We are to take up the geographical district
IN which We tn locate them aud the Government un
der which they to live. Then there comes the great
question OF We forbear to ask what art rsisc
tacd Poland i g. play in European politics versatile
and ingenious race with ali the splendid qualities that
stimulate ambition, and every weakness that can give
scope tor is exercise would u take the usual ad
vantage OF boz Ter state, and play into the hands hrt
q" one neighbour then o another suited the purposes
o national agraudikemeut OF personal ambition Po-
land would not be Poland it did resume this polio v
But when We have ay actual plan Tor the restoration
OF Poland. II will be umr criticize in detail The Oh
eeton At present H. that nobody has the courage pro-
preliminary step OF wal With Russia Iu&" & "SSdpi SSp ihe
sia
An equally chiyalrous but more modest protector pro
poses public subscription soften aud aiorn W. hos
suth exile. It Oi course, Is the affair of those who
encourage him in bis unfortunate enterprise For our
part We never gave any couutcnoucc the man whom W.
simply regarded Is the Daniel OCOnnel uf Hungary
rather more Of gentleman in his Language but even
un-crupul his actions. NolOdy coul desire "a
Oi grt genius aud the chosen representative
Of noble ruec living ia that poverty which falls th,
lOt Of mere vulgar adventures But is Ouf affair
The British people have bong agreed act ON total,
different principles FROM those which w. Kussuth scduced
the llungaais 10 follow TO their That gentleman
may be hero and al but martyr IN his way aud for
cause Which always thought hopeless aud inmora bat
private life ia this country bOunds IN heroes and
H. as Ne believe, much better All around
Of considerable talents aud without the STRINGS Of
generous ambition lerng Obscury aud want an,
leaving that uhciitarre their children because the,
will not supp their political religious convictions
because they viii not 10 homage petty tyrant
to somc local olgtrcly When call men Engshmen
that j. the moral significance attach to the word ~
hucal writers have developed this stubborn quality Of U
nation aud popular poo' have given It impcrisdabl
grace. Evru theOogau have gwen t formal charicc
under the name Oi passive obedience. TO our Engis
mind it deserves more sympathy an W. Kossuths ambi
uous aud ciimcfica eutcfprss. Why, then, u the Br
sh public To bc called to cudcr uiDuc qualitc
aud o career which, iu pOii ut Independence, onl
those OF ordinary Eugshmer aud iu other respects