Phenix Gazette

The following communication appears in the Philadelphia National Gazette, and we regret that the editor of that respectable and influential journal should attempt, in an editorial paragraph, to throw cold water upon public feeling:

The news which has reached us of the success of the Poles in defeating their oppressors, should call from us as Americans a hearty expression of the feelings which agitate us, at this interesting crisis of their affairs. It would be superfluous to remind our citizens of the part taken by the Poles in assisting us in gaining our own independence. The annals of our country abundantly bear witness of the devotion to the cause of freedom and equal rights, which characterised some of her countrymen in the dark days of our Revolution. We, as Americans, should hail the spirit of liberty wherever she unfurls her banner. Shall we deny the meed of approbation then to the Poles, a people struggling for an existence, struggling to free themselves from their half barbarous oppressors.

No, such are not the feelings of Americans. The great interest taken by our citizens in the success of the Poles is a testimony of the good feelings which have always subsisted between us. The object in view in writing this communication is to suggest that a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia be called, in order to procure a public expression of the interest we feel in the success of the Poles.

A PHILADELPHIAN.