The mountain Democrat., 1865-05-06
rae MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
POLAND.

Such is the substance Of telegram. which
reached US yesterday from ST. Peters.
burg, and which, cannot fail to awaken
sad "reminiscences OF the past and curious
anticipations of the future. For upwards
Of half century Russia has been expert.
mcnting in the art Of government at the
expense Of her Polish subjects, and the
results, ~ manifested during the past two
years, can certainly not be considered
encouraging. But the Emperor Of all the
&uSsiAS Is not TO be disheartcRed, and
once more a scheme has been devised by
which, as il is fondly hoped, Poland NAV
be retained in a state OF seeming tranquil.
ity. But although the experiment is new
in its details, it is in principle very old. -
The machinery Of the government it 10 be
changed, but the basis upon which it
rests remains the same. Poland will
henceforth be ruled after different fash.
ion, but she will still b. ruled by heS.
pot, she will still pine in vain for that
COnStitut. on which she has so long and
so vainly demanded. and (N whose &C.
Quisitinn the hl0Sd Of her children has
- iNeeRso freely shed. The rescript Of the
- Cars abolishing the new fegine is ab
sOlutcly silent on those very subjects on
which not only Poland, but all Europe.
had right to expect that il would be
most explicit The Governoship Of Po-
land is to be abolished, and the functions
Of that office will hcnccrorward be dis.
charged j. ntly by Civil Administrator
and the Commander inChiu The I'm.
perial Commissions aud the Provincial
Governments, created but few months
since. are now swept away, and their
places supplied by official drpat'Ia
which will be mere branches Of the cen
trail administration Of 81. Pvtcrsburg.-
Poland itself will be divided into n nun.
ter OF departments. each Of which will he
placed under the supervision Of a project,
the limits OF whose jurisdiction have not,
however, been accurately dctincl. In a
word, the government Of Pnand i, virtual
~ t0 he transferred to the Russian capital,
and from this time forward the Poles are
to he as completely under tn" control Of
the bureaucracy which al ST. Petersburg
administers the affairs Of tie Russian
empire, as the inhabitants If Siberia or
k1m>chaika. II is f"r this. then, that p"-
laRd has Struggled, and these are the friitS
tf the "Reminiscences TT iudi:nant Eu-
rope. We attached but little weight IL the
promises Oi the Russian Government, and
awaited in spirit Of pure curiosity the
rei"rmS which We were assured the Gar
would introduce a. soon as lie had re.
'luccd his rrbrilnuS subjects t. SublnS
sion hat we canildlv ayoV we never an
udpa;ri programme such as thai sci
forth in the rc>crpt ju>t issued. THAT
Potanl would not receive 1 cdG>N;ut.t'a.
government, We feared, bat thnt She
woAfd ne coui1tcJ' " ah>nr'ciio isTS>a,
AID the di>ii ctive nationality Il hey pea.
pc en;rely igs"'el. W: fra hly admit
takes u hy >urlIi>'.
1t i nov III Z % iuqIir whether Rns.
il hnd> l'o,and by virtue al tue l'crty
"f Nlcn:a 0r ty conquest; bat i; j. in
Pp>>i5ir 10 av"i contrasting the " >cnt
coniI,i"n of the Polish nation with that
~hich i; was gcnrra''y supposed was
ErarAntccl u it in The wear lolJ by thc
principal i'"w.r> If Enro!e. Bt the
terms 1T the constitutional chatter given
hy Acxtnd.r the cx'cl.i,c vas Vested
- ths Car. ~ Kr, T r,iInt, whist
TIE legislative powers were Starred be-
tween him anl the rrt. The latter con
SISTED of two Cuamb,r>- ,ht senate. com.
IrscI of ,hi',y members nominated b.
;Ie EhHe'or; anil he t<hcr # Drpu.
ties, Numbering ore hGHdrrd aud twenty
eight. at wh".n three lihh> were elected
hy tie mobiles and tw" ttrnS by tie COM
annual assemblies. The Dit N once
IN two years. a'd sat for month, tl"'!a.
which time. ~i,h an expedition which
might prufitab,v b Initiated in other