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Foreign Occurrences.
FOREIGN OCCURRENCES .
WARSAW , October 5 . TTp INDING the iner-k-acy of all attempts to oppose the most atrocious viola-H tion , which perhaps the merciless irruption of the northern savages into -L the Roman Empire may equal but cannot surpass , the Diet of Grodno , were forced to submit to the harsh and cruel commands imposed upon them by Prussia . But dignified even in submission , they added io the injunction by which they prdered the Treaty with Prussia to be signed , the following declaration- " -It is an
APPEAL TO POSTEIUTY . " The Diet of Poland , hemmed in by foreign troops , and threatened with an irruption from the Prussian army—informed too that this irruption shall be attended with universal desolation and dstruction—finally , insulted by a thousand outrages , have been forced to accede to the signing of the Treaty with Prussia . " They did endeavour to add to the Treaty some conditions to which -they conceived that the lamentable situation of their country would h . iye extorted a
consent even from the heart of Powdr . But the Diet were deceived . They found that Power was unaccompanied by pity , and that Prussia , h . tving thrown her victim to the ground , would not refrain from enjoying the miserable satisfaction ofiramplinp upon it . Fresh insults have been heaped upon their heads , and new conditions have been imposed upon them . To prevent all deliberations upon these conditions , the Diet have not only been surrounded by foreign froops , and insulted by menacing notes ; but they have been violated by the arrest of their members , who have been dragged ignominjously from the midst of them , while those who were suffered still to possess a personal freedom , have been held in mental oppression and slavery .
" I , therefore , the King cf Poland , enervated by age , and sinking under the accumulated weight of so many vexations and such multiplied oppressions ; and We also , the Members of the Diet , declare , that being unable , even by the sacrifice of our lives , to relieve our country from the yoke of it ' s oppressors , consign it to posterity , trusting that means may then be found to rescue it from oppression and slavery—such means are unhappily not in our power . Other countries neglect 115 . - While they reprobate the violations which one country is alledged to have committed against liberty , they can see not only with apathy ,
but with approbation , the outrages which have been committed against Poland . —We have done . —We accede for the reasons above-mentioned , to the Treatylaid before us , though it is opntrary to our wishes , to pur sentiments , and to pur rights . " This appeal , as well as a detail of the events of the 23 d of September , and the following days , have been transmitted to all'the foreign Ministers . October 12 . His Polish Majesty is to receiveat the beginning of month
, every , the sum of 250 , 000 florins out of the Public Treasury . The Deputation appointed for planning a new Form of Government , has been charged to present to the Diet a plan for fixirjg a certain Military Establishment in Poland and Luthania . The Army is in general to consist of at least 12 , 000 men or more , as soon 25 the requisite funds can be found , without raising new taxes ,
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Foreign Occurrences.
FOREIGN OCCURRENCES .
WARSAW , October 5 . TTp INDING the iner-k-acy of all attempts to oppose the most atrocious viola-H tion , which perhaps the merciless irruption of the northern savages into -L the Roman Empire may equal but cannot surpass , the Diet of Grodno , were forced to submit to the harsh and cruel commands imposed upon them by Prussia . But dignified even in submission , they added io the injunction by which they prdered the Treaty with Prussia to be signed , the following declaration- " -It is an
APPEAL TO POSTEIUTY . " The Diet of Poland , hemmed in by foreign troops , and threatened with an irruption from the Prussian army—informed too that this irruption shall be attended with universal desolation and dstruction—finally , insulted by a thousand outrages , have been forced to accede to the signing of the Treaty with Prussia . " They did endeavour to add to the Treaty some conditions to which -they conceived that the lamentable situation of their country would h . iye extorted a
consent even from the heart of Powdr . But the Diet were deceived . They found that Power was unaccompanied by pity , and that Prussia , h . tving thrown her victim to the ground , would not refrain from enjoying the miserable satisfaction ofiramplinp upon it . Fresh insults have been heaped upon their heads , and new conditions have been imposed upon them . To prevent all deliberations upon these conditions , the Diet have not only been surrounded by foreign froops , and insulted by menacing notes ; but they have been violated by the arrest of their members , who have been dragged ignominjously from the midst of them , while those who were suffered still to possess a personal freedom , have been held in mental oppression and slavery .
" I , therefore , the King cf Poland , enervated by age , and sinking under the accumulated weight of so many vexations and such multiplied oppressions ; and We also , the Members of the Diet , declare , that being unable , even by the sacrifice of our lives , to relieve our country from the yoke of it ' s oppressors , consign it to posterity , trusting that means may then be found to rescue it from oppression and slavery—such means are unhappily not in our power . Other countries neglect 115 . - While they reprobate the violations which one country is alledged to have committed against liberty , they can see not only with apathy ,
but with approbation , the outrages which have been committed against Poland . —We have done . —We accede for the reasons above-mentioned , to the Treatylaid before us , though it is opntrary to our wishes , to pur sentiments , and to pur rights . " This appeal , as well as a detail of the events of the 23 d of September , and the following days , have been transmitted to all'the foreign Ministers . October 12 . His Polish Majesty is to receiveat the beginning of month
, every , the sum of 250 , 000 florins out of the Public Treasury . The Deputation appointed for planning a new Form of Government , has been charged to present to the Diet a plan for fixirjg a certain Military Establishment in Poland and Luthania . The Army is in general to consist of at least 12 , 000 men or more , as soon 25 the requisite funds can be found , without raising new taxes ,