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till then liad known the new Republic only as the antagonist of 

 the mother country, began to recognise in her the successful 

 champion of freedom, to regard her progress, and to ponder her 

 principles. 



Again the cry of revolution startled the ears of monarchs. 

 France once more arose in her majesty, and hurled from the 

 throne the degenerate successor of St. Louis. Again the voice 

 of Lafayette was heard in the council, and the sword of the 

 " American General" flashed in the van of the National Guard, 

 as it had done in the same cause forty-one years before. 



Nor was France alone in the field. The land of romantic story, 

 of chivalrous daring, of self-devoting patriotism, the home of 

 Kosciusko, " the friend of Washington," again aroused in her 

 might. Who does not know that the influence of this Union 

 npon the struggle of 1830 in Poland was something more than a 

 name. Although the faith of treaties, and the wise system of 

 policy, pursued by our government, of non-interference in the 

 affairs of foreign States, prevented our extending national aid, 

 still the great heart of the country beat responsive to every throe 

 of Poland, and that sympathy, united with our example, added 

 sinews to the war. 



Here let me relate a touching incident which preceded the 

 late Polish struggle, and which speaks volumes to our purpose. 

 The renowned leader of their former contest was no more. Ho 

 had died in Switzerland in 1817. Ten years afterwards his re- 

 mains were removed to the free city of Cracow, and interred in 

 the vault of its cathedral — the ancient mausoleum of the Polish 

 kings. Near to the city is a small chapel whither he was wont 

 to retire to mourn over the ruins of his country. On this spot 

 his countrymen have raised an enduring monument to his mem- 

 ory, a lofty mound of earth surmounted by a marble cenotaph. 

 It was done by the whole people, men and women seeking to 

 share alike in the patriotic labor. The people arose, en masse, to 

 prosecute the pious work, and on the day of its commencement 

 a banner was unfurled above the assembled myriads of Poland 



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