Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1863-03-20
March II, 1868. FcRsASoo WooD.
The Polish Insured tiOn- Cause of the
Outbreak.

We have already published February 26)
the stirring appeal TO the patriotism of the ma
tion, which was issued by the Polish Provi-
sonal Government at Warsaw on the 22d Of
January last In that document the cause as
signed for the revolutionary movement is the
Russian CONSUMPTION. The vile usurping
Government" say the Polish leaders, " has
resolved to seize many of our bravest and most
ardent defenders to cothe them in the hated
Muscoyite Uniform, and 10 send them thou
sands Of miles away TO lasting misery and de-
stfuction - and it is added that " Poland is
mother able nor willing to submit uuresstng-
/ v to this crushing outrage" but that " an
energetic opposition to it is alone consOnaut
with her duty to gosterity." This is a suiii-
GENTLY explicit declaration as far as il goes
but in order to arrive at thorough under
standing Of the point at issue, it is necessary
10 90 back a few months. The handspring OF
the revolution lies in the deep feeling Of hale
and thirst for revenge which have been created
in the hearts Of the Poles by the cruelty re-
pressige policy Of the Russian Government.
The patriotic demonstrations which took
place ia Warsaw last year, were significant in
dcatiuns Of the popular discomfort with the
existing administration. The churches were
repeatedly filled with men and women, sing
ny patriotic hymns but absiaiuing from vio-
! lencc. The ferment continued and gathered
strength. The great landowners, determin-
ing to bring their grievances to the personal
attention Of she Emperor stroye to express
their wants ia a temperate and decoroas adj
dress, which was signed by Two hundred chief
propreiors. All they asked was an enlarge
ment Of the area Of Poland by the addition Of
certain provinces which were under the Rus
sian rule, but which had been separated from
Poland since the first partition Of l772 and
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ment.
Whcn this address was presented, the MOBILES
were told that they had committed grave
offence, and the agent Count Zamoyski) who
had been churged with its delivery was pun
ished by a decree Of punishment. This mis-
carriage Of the humble and thoroughly loyal
petition OF the mobiles WAS followed by series
Of secret movements among the fiery students
and .the no less impusve peasantry Of the ma
ton. Secre: revolutionary societies were or
eanized 10 Warsaw and all the large towns
the most solemn obligations were taken by the
members the smouldering enlbers OF the ma
tional heart sprang into blaze, and the ele-
ments Of a grand combination were joyfully
prepared.
The agents Of the Russian Government, not
slow to discover The increasing combustion,
made such representations 10 their supcrlors
AS 10 arouse the biiterest and hardest exercise
Of despotic authority. Under a law Of the
year $50 a system Of consumption had been
Introduced into the Russian military service,
By which il was provided that IA certain num-
Der of males should be drafted out Of every
hundred, or out Of every thousand, in the em-
p.re. The recusant Poles were punished ~
the rigid enforcement Of this law IN The toUna
only, and from Lists Furnished Jy The police -
Byths sweeping measure it was Intended 10
remove, at once, all the disaheeted, who were
to be seized by he Russian soldiery and con
veyed away without trial or examination, and
without an opportunity Of proving their claim
to exemption The deed was done in a single
night in January last, and on the next day the
Polish nation few 10 arms.--B1H. GGzate.