Address of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland: To the People of Great Britain and IrelandE. Detkens, 1846 - 47 pages |
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Page 31 - In contemplating that change, humanity has every thing to rejoice and to glory in ; nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to suffer. So far as it has gone, it probably is the most pure and defecated public good which ever has been conferred on mankind. We have seen anarchy and servitude at once removed ; a throne strengthened for the protection of the people, without trenching on their liberties ; all foreign cabal banished...
Page 33 - Which men to speak, and angels joy to hear ! To finish all, — this great good, as in the instant it is, contains in it the seeds of all further improvement, and may be considered as in a regular ^progress, because founded on similar principles, towards the stable excellence of a British Constitution.
Page 33 - ... none exiled: the whole was effected with a policy, a discretion, an unanimity and secrecy, such as have never been before known on any occasion ; but such wonderful conduct was reserved for this glorious conspiracy in favor of the true and genuine rights and interests of men.
Page 32 - Everything was kept in its place and order ; but in that place and order everything was bettered. To add to this happy wonder, (this unheard-of conjunction of wisdom and fortune,) not one drop of blood was spilled ; no treachery ; no outrage; no system of slander more cruel than the sword ; no studied insults on religion, morals, or manners ; no spoil ; no confiscation ; no citizen beggared ; none imprisoned ; none exiled ; the whole was effected with a policy, a discretion, an unanimity and secresy,...
Page 9 - possessed by His Majesty the Emperor of all the " Russias, his heirs and successors in perpetuity. His " Imperial Majesty reserves to himself, to give to this " state, enjoying a distinct administration, the interior " improvement which he shall judge proper. He shall " assume with his other titles that of the Czar, King of "Poland, agreeably to the form established for the " titles attached to his other possessions.
Page 9 - It shall be irrevocably attached to it by its Constitution, and be possessed by His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, his heirs and successors in perpetuity.
Page 33 - Happy prince, worthy to begin with splendour, or to close with glory, a race of patriots and of kings : and to leave A name, which every wind to heav'n would bear, Which men to speak, and angels joy to hear.
Page 10 - who are respective subjects of Russia, Austria, and " Prussia, shall obtain a REPRESENTATION AND NATIONAL " INSTITUTIONS, regulated according to the degree of " political consideration, that each of the Governments " to which they belong, shall judge expedient and proper
Page 32 - ... proud, numerous, and fierce bodies of nobility and gentry ever known in the world, arranged only in the foremost...
Page 32 - Ten millions of men in a way of being freed gradually, and therefore safely to themselves and the state, not from civil or political chains, which, bad as they are, only fetter the mind, but from substantial personal bondage. Inhabitants of cities, before without privileges, placed in the consideration which belongs to that improved and connecting situation of TO THE OLD WHIGS.