The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-02

Only faint wall comes from Poland
now, as one after another of those consti-
tuting the late "National Government, "is
swung from the gibbet, is pierced with
Russian bullets, or is hurried off to the
wilds of Siberia. The London Times re-
views the events of the last few months in
Poland, and attempts to explain the appa-
rent Indifference Of Western Europe to
what has taken place there, the oppression
of Denmark having caused the agony of
Poland to be overlooked. After speaking
of the mysterious power welded for time
by the secret organizations at Warsaw, the
Times says:
In this Polish insurrection, although the
rising was almost spontaneous, the conduct
of affairs soon passed into the hands of
few men whom the whole band of patriots
obeyed. Although the accounts that
reached usl of the rebellion were obscure,
exaggerated and contradictory, so that we
have as yet had no certain knowledge of it's
course, yet the subsection of the principal
leaders to sort Of council at Warsaw was
beyond doubt. This supreme body ap-
pointed officers, and even a commander
in-chief; it issued prOclamations which
were obeyed; it was entrusted with the
duty of procuring arms it was supposed
to be in communication with the most inn
portant continental governments. It is
probable that at the height of the insur-
rectiOn the Russian authorities, though in
possession of Warsaw, and having every
house and every apartment under strict
watch, did not know the names of the men
who were the accepted leaders of the re-
belliOn. But after some months passed in
investigating the matter they appear to be
at length well informed Of the constitu-
ton Of this National Government. There
was special central organization at War
saw, and local administrations, to the num-
Der of eight, in the different provinces.
After the 10th of October, 1863,-that
is, when the insurrection was almost hope
less, "a change took place, and in place
Of the Council one chief was recognized as
the absolute leader of the whole revolution.
This was Romuald Tranquil, formerly q
colonel in the Russian service, and the
chief Of the five who suffered the other
day. For three months the government
carried on its operations by meeting at the
houses of one or two faithful friends but
after the apprehension of some of their
number in January last, they only CORES
ponded bymeans of women, some of whom
are among the condemned at the re-
cent trials. But, whatever the skill
or devotion of these patriots, both men
and women, defeat of the insurrection in
the field made all exertions useless. They
have been hunted out. tried, shot, hanged,
or banished. The people of Warsaw the
other day assembled in crowds to see the
last representatives of the revolution meet
their fate. But the spectacle was intend
ed for all Europe. Every Frenchman and
every Englishrnan may consider that the
crOwning act of the Russian vengeance
has been paraded before them.
The lesson is sad one for the philan-
thrOpists of the West, but it should not
be lost. We, in accordance with the set
tied policy, declined to make war against
the Russian Empire. France, who was on
the brink of declaration of hOstilities,
drew back, and allowed the nation which
had hoped go much from her, which had
risen in rebellion in reliance on her, whose
insurrection she had stimulated by money,
arms, and promises, to be crushed. In
revenge France refused to move in de-
fence of a nation in which the people of
this country took peculiar interest. Both
nations have seen their respective policies
disregarded by the three northern powers.
Yet at the present time there is a general
tendency to rail against England, forget
ting that France has suffered more severe
check, and has seen the nation, whose
champion she was, subjected to calamities
far greater than any that Denmark has had
to suffer.