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V MILTOX, N. C. MAItCi 6, 1831. PlllKTED BY M. C. PENDLETON.'' v 6. 38. II. "5 j : t- V .TERMS.) c5!lLTOfi Gaze'tIx UofKO I ADTERTM r.iJP.rr Wednesday 1 yableon 1 , t of the first number;. No. - : ... .' . ' rabscnpUon we f a leS5 term onefvear. LAT FOEfclGN INTELLIGENCE. cretioa oft aryl tentl "1 iwe arage OTV ri venjthera to an uiipeal and"; pTmvinrr . laofiiaif. rt a n arpneat Vilt be beard and ielt through- except Btaae ois- i.w l.o 1 - tuww . w jwu iiu ? -Izl?' I trt arms, in Kti4ri rted in the Gazette three lines of OueTThe - Dollar; and Twenty-Five Cent' for very subse-1 out Europe. " tuent tnitrtjotti those exceeding urteen hues, yrotn nAilnnP Mr MANIFESTO OF THE POLISH ftA- fWhen a nation,-formerJy free and power of ivhich ellreceivdkhedt- f"1 fin,d$ itself fonellcd by the excess ot its i ! ! I I to tue richt ot repelling oppression by force VEEKLY ATLMANAC Jtoues h to itself, arid lo the rest of the world,' to, divulge the motives; which.' Ive,n- ,4 cbaeed in proportion, The usual allowance will be'mn&e to those who Advertise bvthe year. I j N. B. AU those who possess, the leisure, &c. are t specially invited to favour the Gazette wiUi their . COUiDTanications; ail X leniion due-then. 1 MOON'S PHASER T,ast Ndw First Full n. "7s . i a Quarter, daarter. D 4 12 St h 3 0 10 It duced it toinainlain bv arms the most liolv of causes. " The Chambers of the Diet have felt this necessity, aud, following the spirit o Day of the Wcik. Fridr Saturady, Sunday, , . 21? Monday, Bsday, lay, Sun. Uise Sun Sets, Moon rises. 6 G 16- 34 5 315 29i5 .24 11 5C 25 morn. 26 0 bit fi 1 57 ' 2 GO 30 3 56 311 4 52 the Vse olution of the 29th oflVoveinber, and acknowledging it to he pational, they have j I he mfdious machinations, the vile:: cV Commander-in-Chief, by .liia f arbitrary con But these conditions, though arbitra'nlv impose -;weiii liot fulfilled i the Polesj'were not long before they became convinced that the nationality and the little kingdom;gtYen to Poland by the Emperor ; of Ktissux were but a lure to their brethren subject to other Statesbut a weapon against - those same States-iand put a .mere chimera to! those to whom they bad been guarantied. ' TKey be come convinced that, ; under the shelter of these' sacred fames, 4't ra ..intendeiJvio re duce them to a servile degradation,' arid weigh them down by all the inflictions of a continued despptismi and the loss of the dig- Pity appenai wng 10 man. vx ne. nieasureia- Ren against ne army nrsi arew asiue tne Veil that cohered this mysterious jari. The most cruet outrage? tne mostimamons pun ishmentsthe most refined persecutions or dered by lht Commander-in-Chief,; under the pretence of maintaining discipline, but the rear object of which was to destroy that (beling of honour, that riatiojjii( dignity, which characterized our troops, were .inven ted and enforced. Faults the most, trifling were deemed and treated as: most serious of fences the slightest suspicion couertcd in to proofs of brech ; of , discipline aKd the -Making. We Jm gSlSMOn'.iatvltf Greens .nroents his comnwmenisio ice in lun nnd iti viwnitv. and would m- jhn has openeda yop, nearly oppo- Yl4"d yustn.Jvyie, in wincii lumnies. the open violence, and tne secret treacherj' which accompanied the three dis member'monts of ancient Poland,' are but 4bo well Uiiown history has already branded them as a political crime. 'The deep and awful mourning which this violation spread throughout the, country has never been laid aside, but. has been reliioustly preserved e- ven until iiow, the unspotted standard has never ceased to wave at the head of our va- Iiant armv ; ana, in an nia military n;na- tious, the roies; carrying from country: to country his household Gods, lias criedpt lor; reuceancs ior tno outrares com2rt-j;i " -i ... . . . J crninsJ lhfn. ; Villftrishinff tlnt nnhl B which, liki? every oilier grand de VC1 lttlieU III M-11U VUIA U UE 'Qte n, ties. He will conctantly' keep onliicves thai, v$6ever he fo 'j5SortmeritofailkiAdsof , inf IJhfrtv ha utos fiphtintr Tie order, to suit cuilotners, and war f the best materials and workman, s all kinds of repairs; alsoaIl s irol over the.. Courts . Martial, rendered Sty1 and offices created solely with the view, of augmenting the numbeor the Government satraps. -N' ;f;-.-',v?y4Y;-- :fV.;.: . - ::": . GaluTuny. and -espionage were earned to tliesecret arcles of private farrifiies, and the freedom of private life infected with theii rjoisonthe ancient fcsplialhv'c of tntl - Poles oecame a snare lor tneir innocence. Indi vidual liberty, which had been solemnly guar- raniiBu, was Moiatea, ana inr prisoas ot tne ojaie Decame; crowned ; councils or War were authorized to pronounce judgment iu civil cases ; and citizens, whose only fault " i . . . . . i was a wisn to save, me spirtt j ana character of the nation from corruption, were . subjec ted infamouipunishments.1 It was in vain ningaom. ... . . '.5 '. that some of the authorities of the w hich prayed for tho restoration : uf our liber ties were rejected. - f ; . :l '. The' general indignation of the well dh posed inhabitants, and , the exasperation private larries, and, J the whole nation, fead long been .bringing c hie infected thDlhfir Ithestormithe approacu of h'ich begaa I appear wben the death of .AieXaDder, tl accession of IN ichors to tho throne, and tl oatn ne tooK to n'Aintain the Constitutio seemed to . promise, iis a cessation of...abus uiu iuo iciuiii vi uur: HDcrties. lots no soon Vanished, for nhfonly dkl things coo nue as they wer b.btthe revolution : Petersburg evenscrvpd ss a pretext to ji prison and briligto tna! the rnost distingjiis ed indiyidtAlg,of the Senate, the Chamber Nuncojsj pe army v end "the ciirt ', .V In short timfo the prisons of the,capfcirwero ed. Efery day fresh buildings were appi priated t o receive thtinds of victims si to Wars aw from every part of Old Polai and eve n from parts subject to foreign G' ernmenjs,; pon the native soil of libe wereitroduced tortures which cause hum ity fsT shu(Her. Death and suicide consta ly diminished the number of the unfortun people ' laid and the representatives of the before the king a faithful picture of the abu ses commuted in bis name, for not only were the abuseisfTered to remain- unsuppressed, but t respbnsibility of the ministers and the admutistrative authorities was paralysed by the iirimediate interference of the brother oi.ine ciiipror, ana oy tue exercise oi tnat ! . .' " ' 'l . 1 -I - aiscreuonary power witn which ne was in vested This monstrous authority, the source of the greatest abuses, and Which . might wound the personal dignity ofevery individ- - . . . uai, nau oecome so miatuated, tnat it eve dared to call before it citizens of ever fact tho sole arbiter of tie life jinhbnqar of) dan eacu individual soiaien lhe nafteii nSiheld fTr?W and mirHiiiftn. mprplv tn ImAtU&m ais vi i i' V tinis, who were sometimes ! left forgot with indignation the. decrees of these Courts repeatedly quashed, tintil at length their de cisions attained the f degree ."of severity -ihat was required from them. ' Manyi members, in consequence, aent iQi; their resignation, ; many, personally ursuiteir py inc. OiHmanu erfinrCtoelV purified by their own - blood the -outrages that jiad been committed upon them; and, attue same time, snowed .that it,r wase. not the want of true courage, l$in the fear of compromising the future fate of their coun- Vi insults, and at times to subject tiiem to graceful public labours, reserved for the vp. lehfconvicts j as if Providence,' byf permit ting them id carry their outrages adainst the pebplo Vto'the very utmost pitch,! hafl destin- eatneir inordinate auuses o auttiof ity to be me excuicft cause oi our insurrectictn. A fter so many affiroats, 1 afteri V that : withheld their arms fjwrj falling K a engean ce u no n their oppressorxi"1 t,f - On the pieettng'bf tb first Diet 1 of the soj ig'ot tu first Uiet ' kingdom, a renewal of thr oroises fighting for his country.! that the blessings of u Constitution should S? invite thenttention ofsacli Jfiy article in bis line otbusi JiSed to eietute his work ejual, inny in this llon of country; anil moderate terms la can be obtain- 1 - ys. , -. . (ariff of Prices, jiE TRADE.' ire fcookii igiJlasscs BAltltOW SSIVatcr-st.Nork the iareestand. tfost complete tsmnenicare, uiu8, KjHixm, mum or ?sci ifc. which tli Ne v Vi ! comprisiujg every style apd va t patterns. They return their tto their friends ia.ilie Southern ? vjpport in me persecuxiou now rOStuera for their refusal to join ion in uxmr me lariu ui prices mr v,roe- . it ismamiy aunouia Southefiririendi that we e thus far, in this most situations exposed to. the combined iufluency t A lie to the influence of our have been enabled to surviv iind ca or rura andexnuUion trota buaness. f wad capital of the hole t radii, endeavoring to effect 1 t- We pledge f ourselves to otrr'fncnds to jrive them cyery satis- ' faction ,n r-ur .k.r as regard jn e jiefUV f. our d "1 i 1 This countryu't Jengtli .re-established her ex istence ; anAalthougb restrained within nar row limits,oland received from the Great YYrrioVjiuie ageher native .... languae,-Jier liriRffifeS- hrorinn O'ifla acrrun una- V tji "grgatest -tf Jiojies. FroiiV that 'iis Cuse became burs our blood became liis right ; and; when his Allies , alid Heaven itseii abandoned him, , the ros, preservific their fidelity, participated nartTie disasters of the hero, and ihe'coniraonfall of lhe Great Slau'and. 5 au unfortunate nation drewnvotyntary idai hiirrsolfl . , ' '' ' - ' '''4" ' ' ; Tiiis sentimejit had jwro3ed; too strong an inipression. V ThSqreigns of Europe, ha- the niidofHjsMonjbat, had promised fill teo fituchv.'solejlinity ts vise durable eace-to the world'; to admit that the Con- gfossr ofyimta, upon their ngaifi dividing our counManionfrst them as spoil, should ot in sWne" degree soften the fresh outrages commuted against tho Poles; A nationality reciprocal freedom of commorce was guaranteed to every part of ancient 1 Poland ; and that which the great Earopeau ronflict had found independent, parcelled out on three sidG received tho title of kingdom, and was placed urider the immediate domin ion of the Empeior Alexander, with a' sepa rate Charter, and the power of being enlarg ed. 1 . .". J v :' . ' ' ;-. . ' : In executioo of those stipulations, he gran ted a free Constitution to the Kingdom, and gave .to the Pole, subject to the domination of IVttSsia, a gleam of hope that they might sljoaiy be united to ilieir pretliren.t j hese it4 however, were not gretnitous, he had previously contracted obligations towards us, and we, on our part, had made sacrifices Mn return. xJelore and dunmr the decisive o CvStruggre,- the brilliant promises inade ta the -7T roles who were subject to the ; sceptre of Alexander, and the suspicions raised, with respect to the inteiilirvs of Napoleon, pre vented more than one Pole from dcclffting in his favour." Tho Emperor of Russia was only faithful to his promises in , proclaiming himself Kiug of Polaud, but as to that na tionalitythose liberties which were te be come the guarafftees of the peace of Europe in umm firicn ti t mirrhAci 1 iinm ut in laid e j . .1 .t . r. . j: price oi our inuepeuuencc, yiai tirst conui- I lion Oluio jiwuuL.il ca jieute wi uuiiuus, e Vc a uraKlo rtonn miit1 Ko fKtahli.lirw4 unnn be extended to oufr brethren, w"hcTwgrc to De re-uiuieu w us, s revivta extinguished ?ViU thenlinto arri - i . . mi i '.. i-' . .f" Thar manifest a violation of the guarantees sworRi a vio- latiOn which o legUimate; Government in any civilised country, would hate fallowed ii- elf!with impumtyj and which, hforttort, may justify opr insurrection against n au tbority imposed by force who Iill not con sider that thisVauthority has : brMeri off all alliance! with tjie nation, that it jtes oppress ed it beneath Ahe yoke of slaverl that it has Kivni wiv, i liL'Hi oi UTcry HlMaill yr, muiM J15 som their said, the Irds prices. toes will bnf we ince we - ere we present no may ?r are e enslavement of 16 OOOiOOO of people -as .'"'tals of the' world had not taught' us jsCa subjection did not alwavs er that sPende nee which had been inea ior mem oy tne vtcaiui uviu uw ning of time, by having separated tiiem ither nations in UnffUase and costoms ill this lesson was forgotten by govern s, that people oppressed ever become ural allies of whoever may baPPen to p against their oppressor y ATI and objecti The freedom of: he P loss, and Uietmblicity of the proceedings of the Diet, .were only tolerated in. so far as they gave Vent to the liymns and praises of, subjuga ted people in henour of their all voweiful conqueror ; hilt when afier that ot3t was closed, thq public journals continued td dis cuss public, affairs, a severe censorship twas introduced ; and on the meeting of the fol lowing Diet,'" which.1 proposed to itsnf V?t same object as the farmer, the Represerika- ' a l '.""if' tives ot the people were persecuted tor tneko pinions they delivered in the Chambers The Constitutional States of Europe will be astonished when they learn what has been so carefully concealed from them ; when, on the one hand, they hehold the wise and mod erate use the Poles fiave made of their lib erty, the veneratiJi they i have shown! for , their Sovereign, h religion and on theiier the had faith with Which . power has been used, hot content with despoiling an unhap py people of their rights but imputing the horror of these violations to the unbridled ex ercise of their freedom. . The placing in union upon one head the Crowns of an Antocrat and of a Constitution al King was one of those political monstrosi ties which are never of long duratiou. Eve ry man foresaw that the kingdom of Poland must become either the nursery of liberal in stitution tj Russia, ct: alok under the . iron hand of its despotism. 1 ms question was soon resolied. It appears that a one mo ment the Emperor Alexander conceived he might conselidale his arbitrary power with our liberal laws, and thereby secure for him self anew influence over the affairs of Eu rope. . : But he was soon convinced that lib erty could never become so debased as to be the blind instrument of despotism ; and from that time, instead of her defender, he be came her persecutor.--Russia lost all hope o ever seeing tne yo&e uy wuicii sue was op pressed taken off by the hand of her- Sover eign, and Poland saw herseli successively de prived of all her privileges. INO time was WTti in carrying this design into execution Public education wai corrupted, a system of concealment and mystery was adopted, lhe people were left without means o instruction a whole Paiantinate wai deprived of its rep- resentatiohJand the ChDbers no fenge al lowed thefactilty of vctinV th stipplies- New,burdeh3 were imposed new.inonopoucs iren The picthre of the disasters of irhreth may be superfluous, but truth forllids us to pass it over. The provinces JCwmerly in corporated with Russia have riot been re united to the kingdom. Our brethren have not: been ( admitted Q the rnjoynent : of , the liberal institutions stipulated by tfB Congress of Yienika ; on the contrarT, the ntiorial re collections awakened in them, firsts bv nro- mises and, encouragement, and, thrh by long expectation, became a crime against the btate, and the King of rolrfnd caused to be prosecuted, in the ancient provinces uf that state, such Poles,- as had tWed toVall themselves Poles. The youth of the schols were particularly the objects of persecution ; your children were torn from their mothers' breasts ; the issue of the first families' Were transported to Siberia, or were forced tojen- ter into ,ino ranKS oi a corrupt soiaiery. in official documents and judicial examinations, the roiisn language was stipjpressea ; me Polish tribunals and civil law were annihila ted by : Ukases ; abuses of Administration reduced the landed proprietors r to misery, and since the succession of Nicholas to die throne, this state of things ha!d constantly been growing worse, ltcligious intolerance itself employed every means to consolidate the united Greek ritual upon the! ruins of the Catholic ritual.,. . In the kingdom, although none of the " li berties guaranteed by the Constitution were observedthese liberties, suppressed de facto, nevertheless continued to exist' de jure. It was precisely this existence de jure that it was necessary to undermine. We then saw that additional article to the" Constitution appear, which setting1 forth a specious soli citude-for. the maintenance of. Me Charter, destroyed one of its principal 'provisions by depriving the Chambers of the I publicity of their proceedings and .the support of pub- he opinion, and which above all,- Was to consecrate the principle that it was allowed to cut up at will the fundamental compact, and thereby entirely abolish the j Charter, as one fits articles had been abolished. It war under these auspices that the Diet of t&25 was convoked, from : which . it was sought, by all matsaer of means, ! to discard the most intrepid- defenders br"our liberties; '.z Kubckv wbtJ has just taken . part xi in the ieliberations, was eafried off by main force, sjarronnded by gentjalraes, s&d held capuve created to dry up the sources of national Ubr five years, till the moment when the rev- wealth ; and the treasury, enriched by these measures, became the pasture of salaried sy cophants; infamous hireling instigators, and vile and despicable spies, Instead of the e concrav so repeatedly, callsd for pessioiis were augmented in a most scanda&s& fegree, dution broke out. Deprived of its fofce, shut uo : threatened with the loss of the Charter, and misled bv fresh promises of the ancient; provinces being re-umted; to the kinfi-dom, the Diet of 1825 followed the ex ample of that of tt8 ; but tbes promises wnuxtitS sad to ftiics f t Aav - - . . ' small and damp dengeons. In contci f;every law,1 a special Committee of Inq was instituted composed of Russians Poles most of them 4( of military men, i by protracted tortures, by promises of par and insiduous questions, only sought to tort from "the accused theconfesnon of an aginary ciime It only after in"7mpna inenf of' one year and a dalf that tWI National Court was establishrd, for 'as spite of every law, inamrisonmetots lhad V criminally prolonged toS;4hal sev victims had died m prison,- w ifiQSfytg, lutely necessary to render thuMeasare I The conscience of the Senate 'disappoi: this expectation, and the accuseidi who been groaning in prison for, two years, v acquitted of any crime asatnst tke , S This decision froin that pVjod, removei distinction between the accused and t judges; The former, notwithstanding sentence proclaimed their innoiice, stiead of eing set at libertyi wereTCig to St.. Petersburg, where they wwyriK sbned irforts;and up to this raomf nf set have not been.;, restored to theirjaniilie The letter i were detained for nearly a ' ; at Warsaw j for having shown tliemselve' dependent vJudges The4 puulication execution of the sentence was stopped, was submitted to the examination of the minstrative authorities, nd wenj at ,le out of some regard for Europe,'H whs fi necessary to publish it, a Minister carriti audacity so far as to degrade the - nati Jifajesty. by reprimdnding, in; the nam the Sovereign, the highest magistracy of Mate, in tne exercise or ineir most cxi unctions. . .' .:' ;'..;.-'.' v- It was after such acts? that the Emp Nicholas resolved to be crowned King bf land. The representatives of theris being summoned, were silent witnesse this cfcretaony, and tho 4 new oaths ; soon violated again, for no abuse was pressed; not even the diicretionar po Even on the davj of the Coronation the i ate was filled with new members, win not nossesj the Qualification .eauircd Constitution, thohly guaritee of tliei, pendence of their votes. Art illegal and the alienation of national domain, 1 intended toVender moveable t and disi6i the immeme landia property of the S Cut Providence directed that the large proceeding from the partial . executio this plan, should hot be squandered'S uui ue aavu u arming -iiie nation. In short, the last consolation, which der the reign of Alexander, enabled the I to support their misfortunes -namelv hope of seeing thepselves re-united to brethren, was taken from them by the peror Nicholas. Vrom that moment a) were broken. Tie sacred fire which long been prohibited from being, kindled the altars of the country, waf sevrttiji g in iuc jicai is vi - au weil-UispvMni 1 One thought only was commqf to the namely, that they should . nolonter en such'; staverv. But the povernntrnt hastened 'the moment !of expl6rionIn cc quence of reporlsi'. daily corroborated, war against the ' liberty of rwtioDS, oi were given to put." hpoi the war , estal ment the Polish army destined to march in its lace, the Rasian armies were to c py thecountry. Considerableuias pn ding from the loan and the s:Je of ihd tional domains, deposited at tho hank, to cover the expenses of this deadH wa gainst liberty. Arrests again j took pi every moment was precious. ';". - V Our irmy cur treagure-r)ur r)Jr nur paonal honour averse to riviT.c upoq tie necks of other Nations, oni io aiact liberty ni: our fotinov compa