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    226 THE WOMEN INTERCEDING FOR POLAND.

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    wives " We the approach daughters , and of appeal Poland to victims your Majesty of the on sam behalf e ruthless of the oppression mothers , that the

    the has dungeon consi , gned the their mine sons and , their the , husbands tombfor , their the crime fathers of , seeking and their to brothers restore the to

    independence , of their country , and preserve , the sanctity of their homes . strances " During of m di ore lomacy than a and year the Russia indignant has , in insultin laints g defiance of the of civilisation the remon or

    -Europe , persevered p in endeavouring by force comp , torture , and extermination to freedom Teimpose and her yoke Christianity upon a noble against and Moslem generous and nation Tartar , for ages the the lum "bulwark of the of

    oppressed and persecuted of other landsthe abode of , literature asy , arts , and science , the home as well of domestic virtue , and happiness as of the most devoted patriotism and the most exalted heroism .

    chivalry " The fury wars of against the destroyer woman as has well been as man extended . The to love our of own country sex— is Asiatic alike criminal in both . Even the garb of mourning for their country , or for the

    loss of those most dear , perishing in the cause most sacred , the garb that Pol Eng an land d to ' s the Queen defiling has so torture cherished of the and lash sanctified to imprisonment , consigns and the to daug exile hters . of

    , , there "Is to another be only year the to verbal be the mockery witness of of proclaiming the same horrors the ri as ghts the of past the ? one Is

    gre are nation at carry nations and ing the their of crimes the ravages West of the to through be other still V passive the Are length the spectators men and , are breadth whilst the warriors of modern the widowe , are Attilas the d

    hol and y martyred ; with firebrands Poland ?— for tramp every ling home upon workshop every rig , ht and , desecrating temple in all which that is a and patriot minister may happen of Grod to live Catholic , labour or , or Protestant worshi , p ; with performing gallows for every patriotic citizen or

    , , any wi relig dow ious , who duty obeys ; with the scourge tenderest s for feelings every woman of the , human mother heart , daug , hter and , the sister most , or sacred impulses of the immortal soul in aiding in lifeand lamenting in death

    their own and their country's defenders and protectors , ! , " Is the last son of Poland to be entombed in the soil he has loved and fought for ? the last daughter of Poland to be driven from the land she has

    hol loved y , chivalrous and mourned , pure for , and ? Forbid just upon it , Heaven earth ! ! forbid it all that is righteous , " At this sorrowful junctureand in the prospect of such renewed

    outrages-, thies against of humanity the Queen , reli of Great gion , society Britain , and and civilisation Irelandwho , we reigns appeal in to the the affections sympaof her own people and in the respect and admiration , of her sex in all other

    moral nations influence , and we which implore secures your to Majesty you the in alleg the iance exercise of myriads of that of commanding hearts both at home and abroad to express your will—and how much may that will

    effect !—to your Ministers and people on behalf of the salvation and independence of Poland . c ; And your Majesty ' s petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray , & c . "

    Signatures can "be appended to the Petition at any of the addresses enumerated below :

    The Most Noble the Marquis Townshend , 6 , Grosvenor Place , W . The Right Honorable Lord Kingsale , 66 Eaton Square .

    , The Literary Friends of Poland , 10 , Duke Street , St . James's . John Robert TaylorSecretaire Honoraire de la Ligue _Rationale pour

    Office lTn of d Le _^ pendance Courier de de , la I Pologne 6 , 13 Bri , Brown dStreet low Str . eet , Bedford Row . Europeges

    , , Office of L * International , 106 , Strand .

    226 The Women Interceding For Poland.

    226 THE WOMEN INTERCEDING FOR POLAND .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1864, page 226, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061864/page/10/