Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-03
I.LANo.


In Ea,ops al eyes are How turned +, tie
removed struggle OF Pala.:I sssinst Russian
dominion. I.e. W. s.;e ut: l.iie to the slate
of the ctss.
Poland, in its ancient integrity, was
country somewhat larger thaa France; and
the present population within those limits is
estimated ut shon. tw,n:y millions. Zee
nsjoyity Of Polass 81 Of tho S:a7onia Eaee;
"a Arc slRo the Russisns. Bat tas Poles s!c
Catholics, ard tho Russians bo'ong to the
Greek Church, Of which TIE Ca. is spiritual
- well as temparA head. Poland, during
,ha MI5dIe Ages, and down /" the la.ts. half
OF tho eighteenth Century, wss great and
celebrated Kingdon.-nn elective DcnHcby,
with 9 vast body Of ncbles, ~bu wore tie
solo electors. The structure e scci,ty was
essentially seudal, ike thst of III, Wssta.a
nations Ct Eerope; and the lns,iiu ns o.
ohivs!,y were highly cessiortd snd g est'y
respected. Tbs pol-a were acsaAw!rdg d a.
sm.pg.s the foremost soldiers Uf EurGp-. the
bulwxSk OF Weston civilization .s.i:.-t tao
ke,:.s CT Turks ard Tsrts.t; nnd coe ~ I's
ssvss glowing pages Of history j. III :rscus
Of Vieun. ffon vas. bssssue: Jig turkish
Amy by ths sses. King AID gco4 Knight.
JetT s.hi.ski of ecaJ.,.
Yst stsre vss sou.e Inherent wcatr..% n
Pollard. Her re'stirs pcTer, smirgst th~
El:"pean nations. doel me-; and At length
in 1878 tho hrss Dsgh5orine Powe!s-Ru-ss,
Prussia, and Austria-se z,t AMI d,-idea g
tr el them about ons third OF tho kinsicm
4 State which has once 10 enbnii. :. dam m
10 III, n, !s almost LOST. Twenty years after
tho hsst disment ermsnt came tho second;
whom Russia and Prussia ssiz:d en- half tie
portion that remained. The third partition
:ook piiss in 1795. add that wss tPpa. Gritty
the end Of Poland. The whole wasld il 10
nibar with The noble struggle Of the Poiss
zince that day. The nstionhocd Of a great
yaos Of the highss. breed of msr, seems to be
indsstrnc;ibi.; .housaaGs or tbnus"nds Of the
bat and nob.sst Palas have been bnthed {.
tLs sno1Saf sihe.is; OH rs have o,.n A>sg d
What il known Is III, P.:ii=h E'aigra-
tion," consists not. # ,"ege ho,ue!css Jes-
sanss fjing to ths eods If ;hs cath to
esosps hunger aud bar sip, hu: Of the
p,oudsst familss ao& most llirs!ricus ,itera.
tsurs who sdotn the Fn;isa n.mc; consisting,
indssd, of several political rsy,;e,, but oil
un led in eommon love Of Pai-..d ard hrpo
Of drying hes tears sad ets- th:"s her wounis
spd svsegiDy her on her ;scn opprcssor.-
Poles always live and die Pcloj. They Esve-
"rnnonncs their allegiance" to Polnnt, nor
'ds late their Intentions to be citz .ps Of
other countries. "NIy religion" sail old
BAN. when he took reiuss in Tu,k=g, Is
hatred to Russia" Wherever the Polish
family may be thrown by fate, its little c7es
are tonight to pray for the uprising OF Tho
glorious land CT tie Jsgsl!ens, sni TO 'curse
upon th cir knees the two. headed Vu!turs.
TIE g,sster part ef tAs "Pvlish Euis:s
ton" bas setti, 4 i;aelf at Paris, ';hs via
csutre'o European BE, whs:o it csu At oacs
catch tie inspiration CT every aovslasnt Of
ns,icna. i.y. whether il I:sly or Hungary OF
Germany; ami ~hess7s. hope daH,s, ali
txiled Ps!and thrills a. The esre moment
with one passion, the heats ccs;I hest fas:
to the same tme and :ure. TnssS exi.es SIC
Of al r.ske, from toe priacs!J Po;pckis End
Ozarsoryskis 10 Kiliiuski, The I>:.!:Gc shce-
maker. Tbs p.essn! emigration n!sios evesy
kiad Ct ILLUSTRATION. Tia F-;e;aIsr Ga.s-
chowsa,, ard the vsnereb.s Nc:r ca. IL z, friend
and companion Ct K5sc!u5ko, ~ hu recently
did, like him, in strange and, gave it the
sancsoa If their historic names Niemcew iez.
tn most celebrated Polish poet Of the clasSio
school, Miekiewicz, the greatest OF the mod
orn, and L.iewe', the Fl st of Polish hissoti-
AM, besides many other distinguished w,i-
ters-so brilliantly represent ise intellect shat
tioaal literature are owing to men in the
ranks Of tho present emigration. Abstrss,ed
and industrious ansquayi,ns jAin il it With
veteran commandare-o]d lDea nveise 10
ohsugs With the young ard Tho hot-boodsd
The sustsre Lslewsl, tbs mode! If repubii-
can simplicity, is Involved in > comm N exile
with Adam Czartoryski, TIE iu.inA.e friend
Of princes, tho muai6oen: pstrcn Of Learning,
allied by blood with royal and :signips
hsuses.'
This account Of tho Polish em'gratca /. qua'ei
from "a excellent and most iusrss.iux wo-k ia three
votumas sncaed Eastern Eu!opH and iha Smperr
NiehosA" written By disuns uirh.a officer o.. re, n
In Richmond. and COW or late In the service Il The
Oorhdssste B.stes-
Since this enumeration was written
the illst1ious poet M,ckis~icz is dead;
bot b. has iefs for his country's seq
vice two gallsn: sons to carry on the great
tradition of his nAnc, All enc day svonge
tho wrongs of his race. The aged Prince
Czsr:oyski, too, is :allen; and about two
years ago, at tho Church CT st. Louis do lIsle,
in P.de, was assembled mourning multi
tude, the very cream and fewer of the Pc
l.sh nation-high DANES ard tall cavaliers,
with the proud eye and psoa'e of cid sarm.-
tia, AID beautiful chi dren bora Oh the banks
of tho Seine, but calling themselves VaIsov
isns--su listening with stern sorsoW to Ito
rsqai.m mass for ihe soul of the mobiles. of
Poland, dsscsndsn. Of tie Jagell, rs, ard
king siecs Of millions Of hosts.
Such, and 90 high and resoluts AID ul,dying
IS tho spirit Of Polish nationality. Ii it is
asked, why cannot Poland fuse with tho ether
great branch Of the Sclavonic race, aud frank
~ accept tho rule Of Prussia the answer is, !
Polish nationality is rot only tradition, or
souvenir; it is st tbs day as living and Wig. |
oroua, and Is deeply divided ffcs, ,is Ras-
s;Aa n it wss two hundred ye.:s ago. The
Ioles are not only tbs highest ard lnoas civil |