gppertator
JULY 7, 1832
THE Russians persist in tearing the children of the unhappy Poles from the arms of their parents to send them into exile, or more properly, of destroying them on pretence of exile. At Kalish, this exercise of tyranny, of which no history offers any precedent —for HEROD acted under a fear of personal con- sequences, and he only murdered infants—called forth the resistance of the people; and a struggle .was the consequence, in which twenty Russians fell. What is to be done if these ruffian conquerors persist in this unnatural warfare? is there a law, human or divine, that forbids any means, however desperate, of withstanding those who arc men in shape, but in conduct worse than wolves? We know of none. If such a thing were attempted in England, we would look on the assassination at midnight of the monsters that attempted it to be as legitimate warfare as the setting of a trap to catch a wild beast. The one would be as much entitled to fair fight as the other.
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