The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-27

30, over forever BY mat
'at' u 0' w., wore placed as to civil rights, 8
, 49,. footino of perfect equality the hoef'S OF
,p'" ,,os recopnized; the shbject WAS exempt
n' ,rrest prior to judicial conviction; all pub
' I. 49, was to be transacted in the Polish
, ~ S all officers, civil or military
hold by natives alone; the no.
was vested in two" :, were 10 be
and dep"' "i iePieseh'"'ioh
~hambers, composed of Senators
les; the judges were 10 be nominated in
part by the Car and the rest were TO be elected bv
the palatinates, the former being irremoyabe: and
the class of electors was made to include all land
hoiuerS, all manufacturers or shop keepers pos.
SeSSing capital of ten thousand forms, all rec
tors and Wears, all professors and teachers, and
all artists or mechanics distinguished for talent
such were some of the provisions of this famous
char'er and it was thought that so liberal a sys-
tenn especially when backed by the overwhelming
power of Russia would suffice 10 quiet thenceforth
the discontened Poles. For some years after this
there was peace. A friendly historian writing of
the period Immediately succeeding the inaugura-
ton OF this charter, speakes in enthusiastic terms
OF the prosperous and improving condition Of the
country. But the old national feeling was too strong
to be repressed and the inveterate hatreds of cen
ries were ranking in the breasts ofthe people We
need not show how the desire for independence
grew stronger throughout the land, and how the
hostility of the people towards their conquerors be-
came fiercer as time rolled on, until the smonlder-
ing fire burst forth. The struggle took place,
as we all know, in 1880, and was short and
bloody. The Russian legions swarmed across the
frontier and the CAR was soon al lie to announce
that 'oEder reigned in Warsaw
Thirty years have gone by, and anoth-
er generation occupies the place of that
which then succumbed to NICHOLAS, and no
one has lately dreamed that the Poles were
likely to reassert their claims to Independence
But the outbreak at Warsaw on the 9th of last
month reminded Europe that there once was ma
ton called Poland, and that it is not altogether
impossible it may again demand recognition as
an organized power. How the trouble began it
Is dlfhcult to say but the circumstances surround
ing the affair give 10 it peculiar significance.
The excitement which prevailed prior to the ac.
tual outbreak, the disposition which the
people manifested to rise in Instruction,
and the magnitude of the demonstration
on the day the obsequies of the slain were cele-
brated, all these things give an unusual import
ance TO the affair, and show that it was not merely
chance collision between the military and mob
This view of the matter is also confirmed by the
language of the various proclamations and memo
rails which were subsequently addressed TO The
public or forwarded to the Gar by many of The
leading citizens. One petition to the Car had
been extensively signed, in which the restitution
the Charter of 1881 was demanded: and in a me
mortal from the City of Warsaw appeared the fol-
lowing paragraphs:
"These events the heartrending details Of which W.
abstain from describing, by called forth b,
me subverslve passions of particular class of pop
uaton; on the contrary. they the unanimous anC
eloquent manifestation of sentiments discarded
EVERY inhabitant of this unfortunate country enter
ains in his heart deeprooted sentiment of nationality
quite distinct from that of the other peoples Europe
This sentiment rests the effects of time and of events
misfortune, instead of weakening it, has strengthened
Confidence canpo be restored Violent and
measures will be reSorted to without effect This coun
try, formerly on the level of civilization with other Flu
ropean States cannot receive apy moral mr. material do
veopment long its church. its legislature its pubic
instruction, and its whole social organization are de
pved OF the stamp of its national genius and historical
traditions"
The language of the above extracts furnishes
sufficiently explicit information concerning Tho
views and feelings of the Polish people 1t j.
pretty certain, however, that the late outbreal
will lead to no further revolutionary consequence:
at present. 1t is safe TO predict that long before
the news reached this side OF the Atlantic til,
Gar had been able to announce, as his father die
on previous occasion, that "order reigued il
WARSAW" But the late occurrences there ar,
nevertheless significant, and should Hungary ant
the Venetian provinces again essay to win, b,
arms, from Austria the rights they have so lon.
battled for, it is not improbable that the Polisl
e2iles may then be summoned from earths re
motest corners to make one more gallant struggl