The anniversary of the adoption of the 3rd May Constitution prompts reflection on events that have led to the demolition of 1 of the top states always and wherever they were built.
Poles in their country were able to make what no 1 else could do for hundreds of years. Already in the 12th century, Kazimierz the Just implemented laws guaranteeing even peasants the degree of their subjectivity that people from most European countries did not experience even half a millennium later. At the same time, Poles, first since ancient Romans, began to talk about themselves as citizens and not subjects. And that their state is res publica – that is, common good and not the property of a monarch. respective countries of our continent boast a long tradition of their parliaments. In the case of England, for example, it has long been de facto only the elaborate counsel appointed by the king. And as early as the 15th century, we had seymies and seymies not appointed but chosen. While a fewer percent of the population of the country took part in the elections, it was a percent that was inactive higher than the majority of Europeans who were eligible to vote in the 19th century. We could list akin examples for a long time, so let us note the reality of the 18th century erstwhile it is at the bottom of the fall. It turns out, that despite this "day of fall", in Poland the largest public library of Europe is created in all respect. due to the fact that the percent of people who can read and compose belonged to the highest (when Poland is erased from the map of Europe, it turns out that the overwhelming part of the readers and writers of Russia is simply a reader and author not in Russian, but in Polish). This war-stricken Poland was the first to have the first educational strategy in Europe, providing school education to children of all states and both sexes (in many countries of the continent it will not be even a 100 years later). Thanks to this, magazines and books are in usage by more people of our country than those who then call themselves "centres of enlightenment." It is here that we besides have specified modern state structures, specified as the world's first ministries of mining or discipline and education. And what is best known, means the first written and actual, for these times ultra – modern constitution. A state-of-the-art, but besides reasonably "not moving besides forward". due to the fact that it was not meant to be impossible to carry out utopia. The rights of townspeople and peasants were broadened, but its authors knew that pushing "maximum options" would be either unrealistic or dangerous. Hence, they introduced into this basic law the provision of a compulsory amendment of this constitution after 25 years. How rational it was – present we are modernizing the country as much as possible and the generation later – we will proceed to modernise accordingly. Sometimes our May constitution is considered the first after American. However, I am not certain that the 18th century primary law of the United States truly deserves this expected primacy over ours. And its authors and American independency fathers were slave owners, and the constitution of the United States itself in the form of slavery at that time did not regulation out. She allowed human possession to be unlimited, allowing 1 human being to have another people, to be treated like a thing, to be 1 human being masters of life and death of another people! All of this in 18th century Poland was unimaginable.
On this occasion, let us explain to ourselves how utmost ignorance is shown by the creators of the fashionable "people's history" (de facto the re-repeal of the Stalinist kompalas), how pathetic nonsense are the conductors of various neo-Marxist "Soviet professors", Olga Tokarczukki or authors of specified movie nonsense as Kuriozum entitled "Kos". All these dilemmas pre-selection Polish feudalism identify with slavery. You truly request to have absolutely no historical cognition to blabber this kind of andron. Feudism and serfdom – they were of course nothing good. However, if you ask whether it was better to be a knight or a peasant in old Poland, only the ignorant will answer specified a question in a clear and decisive way. And adequate to know “Krzyżaków” by Henryk Sienkiewicz, a fresh that truly faithfully repaints the image of the end of the 14th and early 15th centuries to know that in at least 1 aspect – the lives of peasants had a crucial plus. For the peasants were not obliged to a common move. Neither to war expeditions nor to defend the country. In Sienkiewicz's fresh we get to know, among others, Maciek from Bogdaniec – the only 1 who from the full many knight household returned alive from the war expedition. If he had avoided participation in it, he would have lost all noble rights and all his wealth. The expedition took place anyway at a time erstwhile there were very fewer akin ventures. A fewer decades earlier, e.g. for Władysław Łokietka – the full knightly families died in wars. And the peasants of the 15th, 16th, and at least until the mediate of the 17th lived rather calmly and even prosperously. They besides enjoyed the right of 1 peasant boy from each peasant matrimony to leave the village and settle in the city and live like a free man. The majority and students and professors of the Cracow Academy were of peasant origin in the 15th century. After the disasters of the 17th and 18th century, the peasant destiny was, of course, much worse. However, even if individual identifies the destiny of Polish peasants of this worst time with slavery, it only proves 1 thing – that he has a simple hack in his head and not even an simple cognition of history.
So it was our Republic a unique, first and wonderful country. No 1 else has been drawn by akin crowds who want to live in our homeland. The causes of its collapse were many and mostly not the consequence of Polish wines, bad decisions or omissions. The killing of the Republic was determined by its perpetrators. But they're not alone. besides the torturers inside – Polish supporters.
In the 17th century, parties de facto agents of abroad influences developed in Poland. This was not always very bad for Poland. He pumped immense money to make his pro-French organization into the Republic of Poland, for example Louis XIV. He wanted the Polish king to be his protégé – Prince Condeus. And it did not should be bad for Poland. France was about our Republic being an ally against Habsburg for Paris. The French besides had a large relation with Turkey, so possibly they could aid solve our problems with Turkey? And by seeking to weaken the Hansburgs to recover from them for Poland Silesia? In addition, our King Condeus was 1 of the top war geniuses of his era. possibly France, or the French party, would be on our way then? But unfortunately, the French organization is the only case of an external organization that could have been beneficial to us at the time. There were others – Prussian, Russian and Habsburg. And they were all – for Poland they were murderous. August II, August III and Stanislaw August Poniatowski are a relay of our kings, each of which was embedded in Polish money and in Polish interest. Theoretically, each of them had a better or worse “thinking of Poland”. Last – even the thought of far-reaching modernisation reforms. Caryca Katarzyna II on the Polish throne, however, placed him above all knowing well, which Stanisław August Poniatowski does not have at all. And he had neither consequences nor a 4th of a penny of character. And he himself was a political mediocrity and allowed himself to be surrounded by mediocrity. The magnate planet of that time was constituted. People richer than not 1 king, having French mothers, Spanish grandparents and most cousins did not – Poles did not feel any work towards Poland. The remainder of the political elite frequently had neither political sense nor state instinct. Hence establishing alliances with a state like Prussia. So striving not to support but to destruct the Republic. This most apparent political course, which neither president Zelenski nor the remainder of Ukraine's elites know today, should be remembered absolutely always. The fact is, erstwhile choosing an ally, it's the least that's crucial if it's a strong ally. It is disproportionately more crucial that this ally has his own interest in defending us. In the 18th century, Prussia was strong, but they did not intend to defend us, they wanted to teardrop us apart. Like today, Germany is strong, but they have no intention of defending Ukraine due to the fact that they want to exploit it or trade Russia. XVIII – the eternal Republic of Poland has chosen an alliance with strong, or militaryly attractive Prussia. And this alliance turned out to be like digging her grave for Poland. And the grave was dug effectively, due to the fact that at the same time the full political legions of the elites of the Republic took part in its excavation. And Prussia and Russia paid the Jurgielt. The word comes from German words: annually paid money. Money for voting, laws, resolutions, decisions, information – always in the thoughts of those who paid. For the money paid to Members and Senators, these Members and Senators besides signed acts of the first, second and 3rd partitions of Poland. This was easy for them, due to the fact that they frequently did not feel so much Polish as "enlightened Europeans". As today, Members of the Polish Parliament openly declare to be “Europeans of Polish origin” or “citizens of the European Union”.
For each country, there is no more dangerous situation than a state where the elites deciding the destiny of that country are more loyal to transnational or external forces than to their own homeland. That's what we had in the 18th century. As today, what a large part of Polish elites receive salaries from abroad sources, due to the fact that they feel more like “EU citizens” or “Europeans” than Poles. In the 18th century, the same ones took ducats from the king of Prussia due to the fact that they thought they were "more than citizens of the Republic – they are citizens of Europe". And giving them these ducats Frederick II covered his hands at the same time by instructing his successor (these words he wrote himself have been preserved to this day): "Nothing costs as small as buying an MP for the Polish Sejm." Although this "small" meant paying thousands of ducats, in return Prussia led to the liquidation of Poland and the inclusion into its territory of everything that was richest in Poland: Pomerania with Gdańsk, Kujawsk with Toruń, Wielkopolska with Poznań and even Mazovia with Warsaw, 1 of the fastest increasing cities of Europe. And erstwhile Poland was no longer on the map of this Europe – Stanisław August Poniatowski threw the last lump of land on her grave. In that world, it was assumed that the state inactive existed while it had a king. And Stanisław August Poniatowski besides sold his royal dignity – abdicating at the price of the last ducats accepted from the hands of the assassins of his homeland. At the hands of the murderers of the state, for which he was most responsible.
Looking at (usually heavy covered with lies) decisions of today's ruling Poland, let us remember the terrible and painfully proven words of Frederick II: "Nothing can be bought as easy as a associate of the Polish Sejm". Let us remember about decision-makers who are more crucial with directives flowing from outside than with the interests of Poland and Poles. And let us be certain that the ruling Poland actually serves Poland and not anyone else. In 1795 hetman the large crowned Franciszek Ksawery Branicki, on the news of the liquidation of the state for whose safety as the first soldier and commander of the Republic's troops was most responsible, rapidly explained the full thing to himself. He said: “So there is no Poland anymore? So I am already Russian!”
So let us be certain that those who regulation Poland are definitely serving Poland. due to the fact that it cost us besides much already, erstwhile the ruling Poland turned out to be hired to kill Poland, anti-Polish killers. If we learn about the adoption of directives or all kinds of decisions that kill Poland – let us not be deceived by our parent that whatever this has to do with serving our country. What weakens Poland is not the service of Poland and Poles. This is another shovel movement in the work of re-excavating Poland's grave.
Artur Adamski