Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1863-03-25 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE PROCLAMATION OF LANGIFIVICZ. - Langiewiez has issued the following manifesto " Fellow-citizens !—The most devoted children or Poland have commenced, in the name of God, the combat provoked by the violence and oppression exercised by the Muscovite domination—they have commenced it against the eternal eneiny of liberty and civilisation against the Muscovite intruder, the oppressor of our nation—they have commenced it for the liberty and independence of our country. In the unfavourable circumstances in the midst of which our enemy has provoked the explosion of the insurrection, by the excess of oppression, the contest, begun with empty hands against the armed multitudes of Russia, has continued not only for nearly two months in a great portion of our country, but increases and spreads further and further, thanks to the activity and devotion of the whole people, who are resolved to become free or perish. Polish blood flows in torrents upon many fields of battle; it flows in the streets of our towns and villages which the Asiatic enemy is utterly destroying, massacring inoffensive inhabitants, and abandoning to pillage the remains of their possessions. In view of this life and death struggle in view of the murders, pillage, and flames with which our enemy marks his route—Poland sees with grief, by the side of the grandest devotion and enthusiasm of her children, the want of a military and avowed leadership, capable of preventing the scattering of the forces which have been called forth, and of arousing those who still slumber. It follows from the general situation of affairs, as well as from the nature of the struggle which is proceeding, that outside the camp of the insurgents tiere is not to be found throughout the whole territory of the country a spot where a central power publicly avowed could establish itself; and this is the reason why the secret Provisional Governmert, which emanated from the former secret central committee, has not been able to present itself in open day before the nation and thewhole world. Although there are in the country men who are far above myself in capacity and merit— although 1 appreciate the extent and gravity of the duties which in a psition so difficult weigh on the supreme national power—l assume, nevertheless, with the consent of the Provisional National Government, the supreme dictatorship, prepared to deposit it, when we shall have shaken off the Muscovite yoke, in the hands of the representatives of the people. I assume it in consideration of the urgency of the circumstances, which imperatively demand a prompt remedy—in consideration of the necessity of increasing the forces of the nation by the concentration of the civil and military powers in one hand in this murderous contest against hostile troops directed by one sole will In reserving to myself the immediate direction of military operations, or in claiming the power of transferring, if necessary, the military command in chief to other chiefs in provinces which will be named, I deem it useful at present to confide all the civil administration of the insurrection, as well as that of the freed territory, to a .private civil Government, which will act under my inspiration and control. The powers and the organisepublication., In ut tang the fithneishditehteat worosrhki polm me tomniomedenbeye organisation of this Government will be indicated in a special nothing