STATE PAPERS. 
nour, and glory of the army. To 
execute those regulations shall be 
the duty of your commander, and 
to obey them ought to be your am- 
bition: we all must obey the laws, 
and those who execute them. The 
army we have opposed to us owes 
its strength to a blind obedience and 
submission to orders. Endeavour 
to surpass it even in this, and then 
neither its numbers nor its bravery 
will be able to intimidate the Poles. 
It is true, Russian troops have been 
accustomed to despise the Polish 
soldiers; but you have now an open 
field to deserve a more honourable 
opinion in future. Your country, 
for whose independence we are go- 
ing to fight; your King, whose 
steps are directed by justice, shall 
value and reward your merit and 
valour. You may be sure of being 
amply repaid for the hazard of your 
lives, by the gratitude of your coun- 
trymen, by the acquisition of glory, 
and by the hands of your King. 
Therefore, as your King and your 
commander, we recommend to you 
most earnestly to unite good conduct 
to obedience, fortitude to courage, 
and love of your country to loyalty. 
We recommend to the command- 
ing officers vigilance and attention, 
exemplary temperance and courage, 
vigour and justice on every occasion, 
The army of a free nation, thus 
qualified with a good cause on their 
side, cannot fail to find their sup- 
port in the powerful arm of the 
Omnipotent. You serve for ho- 
nour—let it be your guide; the ho- 
nour of a Polish scldier is of the 
highest importance, because it is a 
pledge of his allegiance to his coun- 
try, to which he owes all. 
Do not suffer a traitor amongst 
you (should any unfortunately be 
found) and the safety of your coun- 
335 
try will be your own work. In 
every danger remember and think 
of your dear country; our life is 
the least thing that we can offer her. 
Your common father, your King, 
and your commander, gives you 
for ever this word of command,— 
Children ! let us either live free and 
respected, or die with honour. 
Given at Warsaw, May 25th, the 
twenty-eighth year of our Reign. 
(Signed) , 
STanisLaus AuGustus, Rex. 
Circular Letter of the King, and the 
assembled States of Poland, ad- 
dressed to the Natton. 
THE. Declaration of the Em- 
press of Russia, delivered by her 
minister at Warsaw, and commu- 
nicated to the provinces, is known 
at this moment in every part of the 
territories of the republic. Every 
Polish citizen will learn from it the 
situation of our country since its 
publication:—in this declaration, 
the sovereignty and dignity of the 
republic are treated with contempt. 
A diet, to which the nation has de- 
legated all its powers; a diet con- 
nected with the whole nation, by a 
confirmation of the confederacy 
in all the dietines, and by the elec- 
tion of double representatives; a 
diet the most important and inte- 
resting in all its proceedings and re- 
gulations, and distinguished in the 
last dietines by an union and obe- 
dience to laws hitherto unknown,— 
that diet, by an insupportable insult, 
is called a prevailing party, and de- 
clared illegal. A new meeting of 
a diet is announced, the support of 
foreign troops promised to unlaw- 
ful leagues ; repentance and retract~ 
ing the rejection of the guarantee 
held forth to the states and to all 
citizens 
