Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-20
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The LastO of POIAnd-Russian Barbarisr
Ernn the PalI Mall Gazette. Iuly lO.l

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From the Pail Mall Gazette, July lOl
The brief telegram from Darmstadt
the other day. announcing that the em-
peror of Russia had signed an akuSe
abolishing the administrative council OF
the kingdom of Poland, brought piece
of news which has hardly received IN
England the attention IL deserves. The
news is simply that Of the complete IN
corporation Of the kingdom with the
Russian empire. The last of the Few
institutions which still maintained the
distinction between the Kingdom anu
the empire, and gave Poiitleai form 70
that Polish nationality, which it was the
object Of the treaty Of Vienna 10 pre-
serve. has now disappeared, and the
treaty.. 80 far at least as Poland is con-
cerned. has become a dead letter. This
may appear to many rather desirable
contamination than otherwise, and
perhaps even congratulations TO the
Poles, on their being admitted 70
the same privileges as the nus
slams are enjoying under the rule
of q benevolent emperor, will not be
wanting. And, indeed, II the incorpora-
ton of Poland with Russia meant only
the abolition of few institutions which
had dwindled into mere forms, those VINO
look upOn the restoration of Poland to
independence as an impossible dream,
might be justified in considering that the
sooner ali that reminded her of her ma
tiopal rights and sufferings were oolite-
rated the better for herself But the
Russian government knows only too well
that the abolition Of political forms would
rather stimulate than suppress Polish
patriotisrn and the destruction one by
one, Of the institutions OF the Kingdom
of Poland has accordingly Proceeded
simultaneously with systematic pefse-
eutiOn of the inhabitants IN tnelr lah-
guage, religion and attachment to the
soil Russian is now the only author
lied language in the schoolsi the H.
treatment of the Roman Catholic clergy
has been such as to produce rup--
ture between st. Petersburg ana
Rome and societies nave Oeen
formed already by the government
with the object of assisting Russians TO
become possesors of landed property in
Poland. Numbers Of officials have been
removed from their posts because they
were Roman Catholics, or did not possess
a sufficient knowledge Of Russian; and
il has become a recognized principle with
the Russian authorities that any Pole
who declines to accept the Russian Ian
guage AID faith shall be compelled, by
sny one of the numerous means at the
disposal of the government, to leave the
country. What we have said of the
attempted exclusion OF Poles from the
possession of land may seem to be at
variance with the amnesty granted Dy
the icZar on his return from Paris. But
this amnesty is as worthless and illUsOry
as its predecessors. Is processes to restore
all the property that had been contisca-
ted or was in course of conhscation on ac-
count of the partieiDation of its overs in
the late insurrectian, provided that 1t has
not already passed into the possession OF
the state Such a measure, If honestly
and thoroughly carried out, would un-
doubtedIy be a great benefit to Poland,
for many thousands of families lost their
property in consequence of the insurree-
tion. Nearly all these families, however,
belong, not to the kingdom of Poland,
but to the other Polish possessions Of
Russia lEithuania and Ruthenia) and
the, amnesty applies to the kingdom
only, And even in the kingdom justice
has not been done for the palace of
Count Zamoyski at Warsaw, which
was sacked by the troops in 1861, and
sfterward turned into a baTrseki
still remains in the possession of the
government, and was the scene OF Rus.
sian banquet to the emperor several
weeks after the amnesty was published.
The truth is that these acts of imperial
clemency, which to Europe appear so
magnanimous and important, are felt In
Poland to he mockery Of the national
misfortunes, and are resented accord
ingly. 1t is not by such acts, and still
less by attacking the national language
and religion, that the emperor can hope
to conciiiate the Poles. Even his greatest
admirers in Western Europe must ac-
knowledge that it is sheer barOarism in q
government to attempt to secure the obe-
dienee of its subjects by forcing on them
the alternative of banishment or a re-
nunciation of their national faith and
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