The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-03-19
The Polish Question.

| The Government of England has made
demonstration In favor of the Poles
| that cannot fail to excite for THEN cause
the warmest sympathy, and give strength
to the insurrectionary movement. The
Earl Of Eilenborough took occasion in the
House of Lords, on the, Goth of February,
to ask the Ministry for any papers it
possessed on the subject CT Poland, and in
! doing so commented with just severity
upon the tyrannies of Russia, and the
unhappy condition to which it had re-
duced the proud and gallant nation Of toe
Poles. This was responded to by Earl
RUSSELL in behalf of the Government
He did not think it expedient to produce
| Ellenborough, and could not without
mature reflection indicate the policy that
England. would pursue in dealing with
tht Polish question He was very decided
however, in thinking that Russia had
done wrong in her government of Poland
aud had told the Russian Minister that
the decree Of conscription "was the most
imprudcn: and unjust step the Russia
| Government could take" THIS senti-
ment, we are told, was received with loud
cheering, and when the poble Earl went
on to say that Prussia had made herself
partner in the wrong by entering into a
convention with Russia, the cheering was
renewed These in,ica tious OF dsappro-
baton showed how ari stocratic England
regarded the etyranpies of aristocratie Russ
la. We can well imagine that there must
be more than usual pathos in this national
| cry of Polish anguish to move the cold
and august nobiemen IN the House OF
Lords. This cry has hushed the strife Of
parties, for we hear that, Immediately upon
the conclusion of the Earl of Russell s
speech, the Earl OF Malmesbury, member
OF the Opposition, and follower OF Lord
Derry and his foreign secretary. arose,
and expressed his approval of the seni
ments of the Government expressed his
"sincere sorrow at what he had been told
was the attitude Of the Russian Govern
ment." This demonstration in the House
of Lords is everywhere sustained, and the
sentiment of England is decidedly in SYM
pathy with the Poles.
It may be said 10 be equally SO IN
| France. The Emperor Of deeds has said
nothing, and. as yet, done nothing bu:
French sentiment is decidedly in sym pa
thy with Poland The ominous mutter-
ings of muzzled press ); the gossip in
the saloons the debates in the national
assemblies all indicate coldness TO Rus
sia and kindness TO the suffering people
now being massacred by her armies. Aus
tria has taken nigh stano, and washes
her hands of a transaction which Is. at
best but little more than the natural effect
Of the peridy of a former Austrian minis
ter. Prussia has made herself virtually
an ally of Russia, by entering into a con-
vention for the purpose Of preventing
Polish rebels taking refuge III her domin-
ions, and agreeing to return them TO the
Russian authority. Whether Prussia
which, notwithstanding the vacillation
and obstinacy of her present ruler, is a
proud and just nation, and strongly oeyo-
ted to the liberal sentiment of Europe -
| will consent to become minion Of an
autocracy and the instrument of tyranny
(which the world cannot equal, remains TO
Ebe seen. The Kiug OF Prussiahas done
much to estrange his people, and many
wise men fear an outbreak against his
own authority, and we think it would be
we'll for him not to court additionalsodium
by his conduct In this unfortunate insur-
rection. Thus far, the instruction has
been little more THAI series Of outbreaks
and massacres, although some of the
writers Of European journals state that
the conduct of the Poles has been marked
by humanity and discretion that they
have organized armies, and, under the
leadership of distinguished Polish no
bIeman, are fast becoming proficient In
the art of war. If this contest should be
permitted to continue, We do not see
how anything can result but the utter
annihiatiQn of the Polish nationality. It
was, indeed, the attempt to carry out
this design, by forcing mercilcss and
unjust conscription, that LED to the pres
ent insurrection. Ii is possible that the
combined Powers Of Europe may present
to Russia such remonstrance that she
4 will desist from her present sad design,
= and it is by no means impossible that, out
of the revolution and excitement which
despairing Poland has created in her
effort to become free, the great crime
of its partition, which has been for gen.
alton the shame of Europe, will be re-
dressed. As friends Of liberty, we shall
4 look upon such q result as Que of the
most pleasant events of the age.