The Portland daily press., 1863-03-09

ers, your betrothed, your families, subjects of
the knout, ill-treated, badly fed, condemned
for long years and an indefinite term to mill
tary service, more severe in Russia than the
hulks in other countries; if you, who are vic
Tins take a part against the victims; il, at this
holy hour, when venerable Poland rises, at
this supreme hour, when the choice is given
you between Petersburg, where the tyrant is,
and Warsaw, where liberty is; II, in this deci-
sive conflict, you are unmindful of your duty
your only duty, fraternity; if you join
against the Poles, with the Gar, their execu-
toner and yours; ifbeing oppressed, you have
learned from oppression no other lesson than
that of supporting the oppressor; If, from your
own misiortunes, you work out your shame;
fyou, when armed with the sword, place your
blind and deluded strength in the service of
despotsm, an unwieldy and weak monster
that crushes you down, both Russians and
Poles; II, instead of turning round and facing
the butcher of nations, you cowardly over
whelm by the superiority of your arms and
your numbers those heroic and despairing
populations, claiming the first of all rights, the
right TO their country; If, in this nineteenth
century, you consummate the assassination of
Poland; If you do these things, know ye, men
OF the Russian army, that you will fall, which
appears impossible, even lower than the gangs
OF the southern States of America, and raise
against you the execration of the whole civil
lied world. Crimes committed by might re-
main crimes; public horror is penalty.
Russian soldiers, let the Poles inspire you:
fight not against them. What you have before
you in Poland is not the enemy; it is exam
pie. VIcroR HUGo.
Hautvile House, February, 1868.
Garibaldi has sent to the Italian journals an
address, which is thus translated:
TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
CABRERA, Feb. 4, 1858.
In your meetngs-free expressions of liber-
ty, protected by great civil institutions
among your good wishes for the triumph of
justice, for the fraternity of all men, my name
also was pronounced. am proud of it as of
the highest honor. The light of liberty makes
the English nation powerful and generous.
Whilst il Is bitterly suffering from the misery
caused by the want of labor, it is not discour-
aged, nor forgets its duties-the duties of hu-
manity: no, you show a glorious example of
charity to Europe in your own country, and
aid the slave by your powerful voice and NOR
al support to cheer those who redeem him to
liberty.
Engshmen! the sons Of noble Poland, too,
require your aid and support. They have
long been protected by you; do not let them
perish under the knout-under the barbarous
lance OF the Cossack. They fight for the nde-
pendence of their country and for liberty, for
which you already have fought and have tri-
umphed.
ProfTer your hand unto them: you will end
an oppression protested against so long-you
will resuscitate a nation.
The insurrection was premature; it was by
no means spontaneous however. A, letter In
the London Times thus explains its character:
The time for general uprising having been
originally fixed upon for the summer, the
laa adars nf f1,a naffa al A.
deavored TO repress the passions of the people
and defer rebellion to a season more oppor-
tune in itself, and distant enough to allow of
their preparations being completed. But the
rage and despair Of those marked. out for en-
listment would hear of no delay. Step by step
the leaders, who for couple of years had
stimulated rebellion, were dragged into pre-
mature outburst by their too docile disciples.
As the masses congregated In the forests, It
appeared unadvisable to leave them to be
slaughtered by the foe. The destruction of
couple Of hundred would have hardly changed
the original intentions of the committee al the
the head, it may perhaps be said, OF the na-
tion; but the loss OF considerable number
of ardent patriots might have gone far to
serve the Russians turn and deter the people
from engaging in another campaign soon after
the failure Of the first. Gradually though not
willingly, the leaders Of the secret organiza-
t'on were constrained TO countenance what at
first was to be regarded as an exodus rather
than an insurrection. Arms began to be dis
tributed among the patriots, and leaders
skilled in military science were placed at the
head of their rowing columns. By the good
services OF the committees agents, they are
kept informed of what is going on in the
neighborhood; the peasants supply them with
provisions, the priests lend them their aid, and
the multifarious resources of the decade sys-
tenn are turned to account in their behalf.
In troops varying from 200 to 1000 men, they
sconr the country with a view to encourage
the formation of other bands, to fatigue the
enemy, and to prolong. If possible, the guer-
rilla war until the spring, and the expected
commotion in Russia proper.