The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-03-11
Another Crime Asainm Poland.

1ur R1ssAn Government IL pursuing m re- |
isatlsss severity - long csr1fh.i design NJ * !
tiugulstlns tie nationality q P'lsnd. An I'm
veiIl odic' Ia. teen plsus-ei WI. Cd seems Only
10 vel ADAPTED 10 ach,eye This object The anal.
r.-rauon = Poland with EuIsA - of-c.a.ly de-
creed. Al the provincial governments are sls-
rendod. and divided into tvsni-.scven districts,
,srh und,r the eon'ro = projects or military -otn.
rln1erS who are TO r. Responsible only W tue
p.puInsnu Al st. Petersburg. Ths Office Of
Governor Of P,and. heretofore usually hold ~
nsar relative Of tie Gar, Is suppressed, and tho
Funouons exercised by him are div dod between
,he cN.l simi1'strAt on snl the military com.
rnsnder n TIE rye Of Tie Russian law there are
'hsre'ore no more Poles. The race that has bsticd
- hsroc,llv Tor freedom arc heuccfr.H g. b. desg.
ns,od In oGicia. rASssco'og' as members OF the
departments q WARSAW and LIlha. The very
name n ? lan1 IS .t.c,t It will become 10.
Jartneni Il Russia. Rf-actory Po.cs vii te tur-
rei "a to cIps.e 70 the drsary wlis q Siberia
ths unrar .onsbio offence Of devotion 20 Ne ns-
tonsl traditions u tier country. OF course, al
te local and educational institutions n this un-
happy country will be slaptrd W tho new d.sI en-
sauoa of Affairs In place Of TIE history Of TIE
Polish Kings, AMI voc ills,rous deeds Of KosEEri-
tEI, The rising generation Of Poles vii be instruct
ed concerning the gores - the Russ m Emperors,
and the magssnta.,ty Of 1he Emperor ALaxANpEn.
THIS 10 terrible snd crushing blow To Poland,
but it's not necessarily t-tsl enc History Is
full Of examples of tie vitality Of naton.l,ios, o,
which Il is " be hopcd that PolAnd will afford an
o,ter illustration. In cases Of the snilFsmauon
81 nations and peoples there are arc usually
rome points Of attraction, ia the case Of the Ill
tmste absorption and Development Of the british
and Gal.ic tril ~ into the English and French era
rire. rut there nre NJ such points Of agreement
tetEeen RUSSIA and Poland They are div,re in
tnruasc creed, race, and political sud social con,
cuoas. Hundreds OF years Of Danish rule did no,
convert the people NJ the little Duchy o.
S'LIeswi1 MO Danes. After centuries NJ fight
lng and n Rriush Russian legislation ,h,
people n Ireland are An'matel by
do'p'r hatred against England than sver and
70 : tor nothing more than ~ turn and crush her
II r. 10. likely h. thc Poles will prove moro
ant They sre auim,ted by traditional hatre 1
oicvcrythins Russian, and she new system vii
tend 70 stimulate this feeling, by bringing them
into more intimate contact with Russian laws
customs bayonets snd prisons
lhla reHh ctlne against Poland u In direct VIC
f,to0 Of tho l,v Of Europe, which guarantees to
mat country An,tonal form Of government. Tn,
treaty Of Vienna secured tho autonomy or sell
government, nj Poland. According W strict equity
The authority of Russia ceased when she broke tn
compact by which Aiouo rhe derived any 1--we
~ authority in that Kingdom. We hav
no idea that tho Governments Of Euror
"hi,h FIRST placed Poland in q condition
- ~ despoed by Russia will now interfere OF
t'r behalf England, more than any other nation
Sc ,sponsibo for the blood Of Poland. Sh. ".
,c duet actor in tho infamous tro~.y Of Venn.
"a en- delivered over Poland. aud other rrugslip
'.tonalres Of Europe, 70 tho tender msrcies
'cr orproosorA Russia, too, was . oonsennn
r'tr. hut II IL evident that the hope Of Polan
'. ~ ne vsor of her own sons, and IN tho syn
j.'oy of the down.trudden masses Of Europe Al
American people; and not in ,he deccith
"nosaiP II crowned heads, who arc likely
usse common cAuse with the Czsr .gainst her.