The Polish Captivity: An Account of the Present Position of the Poles in the ... 1
The Polish Captivity: An Account of the Present Position of the Poles in the ... 1
Henry Sutherland Edwards
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\ "Take from Kamienie9 one hundred and fifty families; from Proskurow fifty; from Latychew * That is, 1. Insurgents who had received the Emperor's pardon, and, % Persons whose mode of life was "not such as to merit the confidence of the Government." \ Archives of Russia. D'Angeberg (Recueil des Traitcs), p. 947. VOL. I. O 194 FIRM FOUNDATIONS. one hundred;" and so on for eleven districts. .... "Choose those gentlemen who have families, and who are proprietors, farmers, or in- habitants of towns... ; commencing with those who took part in the revolt, or whose mode of life is suspicious." September 1th (19th), 1832.— Address from the Assembly of the Nobility of Podolia to the Emperor Nicholas, begging him to preserve the Polish language and the Catholic religion in the Polish provinces, and not to transport Poles to the Caucasus* (Extract.) — "We, like other Slavonian nations, have our own language, rich in memories, and which we have used for many "centuries. Common to mil- lions of your subjects, it was left to us by your prede- cessors, and we cannot ^dispense with it in our social relations, all our contracts, agreements and other documents being drawn up in this language ....
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