l^i ON THE REVOLUTION IN POLAND, JuJie 8, 



King h on all orcafions, on this he feemed to outdo hinifclf. The fub" 

 jc(9- tniiched his licarf; he fpoke with an uncotunion degree of fire and 

 enthufialm ; and his hearers caught the flame. Count Malachowflci 

 and Prince Sapieha, Mar/lials of the Diet, were particularly animated 

 and hS^ipy in the arrangimcnt and folidity of their arguments. Prince 

 Adam Czartbrilki Wawrcchi, and Nienicewicz, member fer Livonia, 

 alfo diftinguifhed (hemfelves in a remajkable manner. " None of us 

 (laid tliis laft (gentleman, fpeaking of the exclufion of all fuch as are not 

 nobles from offices of tnift and honour) " knows who were the ancef- 

 " tors, or what was the religion of Wafhington and Franklin; but all 

 " of Us know what important fervices thefe illuftrious charaders ren- 

 " dered to their country. Let not therefore the njodefly of our citi- 

 " zens prefcribe limits to eur jrenerofity. Let us not afk, nor look into 

 " old papers, to afccrtain what they have a right to demand; butlet us grant 

 '■' them, out of our own free accord, all that the welfare of our own 

 " country requires that they fhould poffcA." Mr. Suchorzewfki, mem- 

 ber for Kalifh, a gentleman equally relpedable for his integrity and a- 

 bilitie", has the merit of havirg framed the bill that was adopted. As 

 foon as it had pafTcd, the members tmbractd one another, and theirnew 

 brothers the citizens, who were numerous, prtfent in the houfe ; then, 

 in token of their gratitude to the King, for the jiains he has taken to 

 obtain fo glormus a reform in the conftitution of their country, delired 

 leave to kils his hand. What a triumph for all parries I 



" Now ma-y we expect to ice our half-inhabited towns re-peopled, our 

 jndullry and ct<mnicrce revive. Nothing further than the tmancipa- 

 tii n of our peafants feems to be now wanting, in order to render all 

 ranks as happy as they are brave ; and the country as independent and 

 powerful, as it is fruitful and rich ; but this can only be efi'efted by de- 

 grees." 



Here, however, as in every infiance of a firailar fort, the philofopher 

 ■who admires the fjiirit which di(5Uted that revolution, will find reafon 

 to doubt of the judicioufnefsof the meafure. In fevcral refpc<5ls he wul 

 condemn it as unwife. But can wifilom be cxpedled to fpring up in 

 a moment among all the members cf a numerous and an illiterate affcm- 

 biy .' It could not be — They only begin to thirflt^ and wifh to adi with 

 liberality of mind. Let thtm continue to be inih<cnced by this princi- 

 •plc, and they will gradually imbibe knowledge. TKeir errors will then 

 he corrciScd, and a general difTiifiou of happincfs over the mighty 

 nation will be the conlequence. 



