Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-12-14

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not dead. l.ogd and enthusiastic cheer
ing Matte seldom die You may route
their armiesbanish their people, deyastate
their fields, i'm their cities
ssge tho ROOT TO the flame,
AnLhb flesh 70 the eagle"
perseeu,e ,h- religion, declare the utterance
Of their ano language treason, and punish
the enioyme Of their national music as q
crime stilfe know, that, while on the noun
tain or in loly dell, one fragment of the an
cient race realms while even on the poor
est and lowht hearth one spark Of the an
cient Gre Remembering, il will break out
again in far, aud revolt, and eternal protest
against oppssion, until in Gods good time,
Justice shaloe done between the wrOnger
aud wrongei and the right shall have its own
again, GreApplause. And woe to the nation,
no matter R strong, or rich, or proud 1t be
that covets 3 dangerous inheritance of tri-
umphsnt wing The assassin may think he
has quench the immortal spark, when the
body he hastabbed lies cold and motionless
before him he soul still lives and tracks the
guilty 7retc,his ever present, though unseen
avenger, do his footsteps, sits by him at
the board, a turns his merriment TO horror.
SO with theations that live and thrive upon
lhe plundernd destruction Of their neigh
bors. Theyln never rest secure never lay
down the s'rd never look to future that
is not blackith plotting conspiracy, rebell-
ion and bloshed, and tortured by the dread
of final def and retribution.
aForeedom's battle, once begun,
Deqpthed by bleeding sre to son,
ThGh baffled o n, is ever won"
Renewed applause.
Poland dausted with its struggles, slept!
| till soon, in'rance, a sudden portent arose.
A people, most patient, forbearing and
/ submissive Europe, all at once grew sensi-
/ tive The tiers had been worn so long that
| they had Bted and fallen off, and then at
last the gia arose from his den, in all the
horror Of merry, and squalor, and grim des
pair, and skiing blindIy in his fury-strik
ing at the rome and the altar-dragging to
and fro the,ilaIs of society-brought down
on his heache whole superstructure, and lay
wounded al raging among the ruins. You
know how lrope, from end to end tremblet
at the shoe how its armies cast themselves
upon Fran and strovs to chain her dowr
again hodfranre flung them off and grow
ing calm aberl increased, set at her heat
the greatestatesman and soldier Of moderI
times, andDllowing his guidance, set he
eagles abovhalf the thrones of Europe, ant
taught the ,rld what people that trust thei
leader, and leader that trusts his people
can do lud cheers All this is com
mon history In that hour, with the tocsin o
freedom pling all around, the people Q
Poland aga arose, and ranged themselve
under the huer of Napoleon They hopet
: in France I'D loved France and her grea
chieftain wh all the warmth and chvalry 0
peoples he. ! believe he meant well b.
| Poland ad would if time had been allowe
him, haye hised her again to her ancier
l dignity IL it was not to be, The grir
destiny of g North looked on the invader
e from out otis wrappings of clouds, and ser
/ the winterhd snow to fight for their chose
home. Fhee was defeated Napoleon
n prisoner I'd the enemies OF France gathe
= ed togetheto undo all that France had don't
: 1t was in'ienna they assembled. Their
: where JohSobieski entered in triumph, th
b savoir ofAustria and Europe--there Ii
r great po,rs of Europe assembled. Fc
. what purpe2 To right the wrongs of nj
n tons 7 Traise the humble and weak, an
i punish an disarm the guilty strong2 M
q SO, not SO They met in order to rivet chain
( not to osehem. They met in order to give Il
a sanction oEuropean and Christian civiliz
= ton to cries that barbarism and paganis
g would be hamed to commit to put back Il
y hand on Il dial oftime; to violate the Law
g of natureand, in spite of differences of rae
5 climate, lnguage, habits, traditions al
d hopes--inpite Of incongruities which, mo
y than mouains and rivers, from the tri
e boundarieof nations, to force and bind
!. gether unnatural union, the most discor
d ant peeps of Europe. Cheers Th
l. Poland WI given to Russia to be in its thr'
IT forever ince that time, the life of Euro
1t has been Ient in efforts to annul that trea
r. of Vienna-to cancel that bond of infan
st and fraudLiuk by link, nation by nation b
cut throug the chain. In 1890, Poland stru
e gled hard % shake it of. Now, again S
m has unsheihed the sword Of Kosciuska, a
O. is shatterig her letters at last. Enthusias
n cheers hall she be seized again and mt
c. acled Frbid it heaven. Loud cheer
f. All homes men, lift your voices in prot
IN against it. Not Poland alone, but the civii
rs ton Of thi nineteenth century is on ri
la Now is thdime to test its value. Before
III bar Of pubic opinion, of pnblie law, OF Chi
e. tian mora, comes the wronged and
b. wronger We shall see whether public OF
ty ion is not. coward and a braggRrt-"F
# tunes chAIpion ever strong upon the stro
o, er side" Ye shall see whether public laV
4 ,ohIa la ln the daaiinuo of N al