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PotANp.--Alr. Darby, openly challenges, in
she National lntehgoncer, MAJOR Tcchman To
come TO the city of Washington, as soon as his
convenience will admit after the opening of the
next Congress, for the purpose of holding public
discussion with hun in relation TO the history OF
Poland. Mr.. d. pledges himself 10 show, in one
hour, from historical evidence fthe highest credit,
that the crown of Poland was, at the demise of
every king, for more than three centuries past
and of course more than two centuries before the
$50 called Partition, in l11i2--a mere baublc, of
icred by different factions TO Russian, Prusslan
Austrian, trench, &c. candidates and that rova
elections were mere sQuabb!es, not ALWAYS blood
less between interior factions that In more than
one instance, two kings were chosen bv rival par.
ueS, and left to decide their right TO the crown BY
arms; that the SertS We're, previous TO l712 abso
!u,cly 4; the mercy OF their owners for life itSsif
and that, to all intcnts and purposes, they were
S!GceS-heid hough, and sold with the glcbe, and
yet that they and the burghcrS, freed men, bore
all the burdens OF the State-hurghers VINO had no
single political privilege; that religious mtoler-
ance catered Poland WITH the Reformation, and
superadded its tram OF evils to the inherent dis
orders of the State; that the Protestants we're
forced by persecution to claim forsign protection,
which, BY the treaty OF DIVA, 1860, was granted
BY Brandenhurgh, PrusSia,) Sweden, Denmark
and England; that the members OF the Greek
Church were also forced TO claim foreign protcc-
ton, and, in the treaty of Moscow, 1856, were
placed under the saving hand of Russia and.
finally. that the eventual partition of Poland was
ioretold aud actually no small part effected up
wards Of a century before iIT2