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An Appeal On The Affairs Of Poland.
AN APPEAL ON THE AFFAIRS OF POLAND .
IT is a misfortune for those persons who wish to dissemble , that their actions too frequently expose their sentiments to the world without disguise ; this is a loss to them which cannot be compensated by the most artful mancevres . When the people are once acquainted with the secret springs of another ' s actions , the idea is never eradicated , and it continues in spite of the most flowery
eloquence . The Princes of Europe have declared in some of their manifestoes to the French , their intention of taking ample vengeance on the cities which should oppose them ; in others they have moderated their martial expressions , and inserted those less violent ; their differences have already assembled an army of half a million of troopsand the great question to be decidedison which side
, , , lies the truth ; this is best explained by the actions of men : ^ when we view the proceedings of the Princes of the North , who are acting the present tragedy on the Continent , we cannot help comparing them to jugglers , who play the game into each other ' s hands ; they draw from us a smile , such as the hypocrite deserves who vehementlcondemns another for a faultand at the same time
y , practises the grossest crimes : they declare their intention is exclusively to restore order to France , and not with a view of aggrandizement . Have they proved this in Poland—where there was no majesty insulted , no priests banished , no nobles exiled ? That nation ' has for many years been struggling for rational liberty , and as often been torn to ieces by it's powerful neighbours . The
p English with all their boasted independency would never have enjoyed a free constitution , had it not been for theirinsular situation ; and George the Third would-have been used as cavalierly , as we see Stanislaus has lately been . Let us suppose , for amoment , that Englishmen inhabited Poland , instead of the present people , should we ° not call them murderers who filled our city with , barbarian
" THE RIGHT OF THE STRONGEST . "
troops , shut up our parliament , and annulled our legal proceedings ? Should we not see with resentment , and desperate indignation , our representatives exposed to the vile barbarity , and the % onets of Kalmuc mercenaries , and our principal cities and peo-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Appeal On The Affairs Of Poland.
AN APPEAL ON THE AFFAIRS OF POLAND .
IT is a misfortune for those persons who wish to dissemble , that their actions too frequently expose their sentiments to the world without disguise ; this is a loss to them which cannot be compensated by the most artful mancevres . When the people are once acquainted with the secret springs of another ' s actions , the idea is never eradicated , and it continues in spite of the most flowery
eloquence . The Princes of Europe have declared in some of their manifestoes to the French , their intention of taking ample vengeance on the cities which should oppose them ; in others they have moderated their martial expressions , and inserted those less violent ; their differences have already assembled an army of half a million of troopsand the great question to be decidedison which side
, , , lies the truth ; this is best explained by the actions of men : ^ when we view the proceedings of the Princes of the North , who are acting the present tragedy on the Continent , we cannot help comparing them to jugglers , who play the game into each other ' s hands ; they draw from us a smile , such as the hypocrite deserves who vehementlcondemns another for a faultand at the same time
y , practises the grossest crimes : they declare their intention is exclusively to restore order to France , and not with a view of aggrandizement . Have they proved this in Poland—where there was no majesty insulted , no priests banished , no nobles exiled ? That nation ' has for many years been struggling for rational liberty , and as often been torn to ieces by it's powerful neighbours . The
p English with all their boasted independency would never have enjoyed a free constitution , had it not been for theirinsular situation ; and George the Third would-have been used as cavalierly , as we see Stanislaus has lately been . Let us suppose , for amoment , that Englishmen inhabited Poland , instead of the present people , should we ° not call them murderers who filled our city with , barbarian
" THE RIGHT OF THE STRONGEST . "
troops , shut up our parliament , and annulled our legal proceedings ? Should we not see with resentment , and desperate indignation , our representatives exposed to the vile barbarity , and the % onets of Kalmuc mercenaries , and our principal cities and peo-