Jan Franciszek Kolosowski Present position: a voice from emigration 1848

an Franciszek Kołosowski, (1806-1872), Present Position: A Voice from Emigration, other title: Citizens now of the Austrian State, Nakładem Juliusz Wildt w Krakowie, on print: I wrote on March 24, 1848 r., 16s., ca 19x13cm

Estr. XIX, T. 2, p. 410

The print is the author's reaction to the so-called "Spring of Nations", and also touches on the "Polish question" and the restoration of independence. It also contains a prediction of the Great European War. Fragments of the text are visible in the scan.

Jan Franciszek Kołosowski (1806-1872) - Publicist, political activist - Born in Krzywce. He studied at the University of Vilnius. He took part in the November Uprising, after which he ended up in France via Prussia. There he worked as a clerk at the post office, studied medicine and law, was a teacher and secretary to a law professor. He became involved in the life of the emigration, joining the Polish National Committee (1832), then the Polish Democratic Society (1833-1834). He was one of the Polish emigrants from Coutances who protested against the law of April 22, 1833, which prevented emigrants from freely choosing their place of residence. For this speech, the French authorities wanted to expel him from France, but withdrew their order, while Kolosowski left the TDP. He joined the Union of Polish Emigration, was editor of the "National Journal" (1842-1848), and wrote articles and political pamphlets(The Present Position of the People of Poland, Their Duty, 1845; The Position of the Cause in r. 1846. voice of an emigrant to members of the Polish Sejm, 1846). In April 1848 he wanted to go to Galicia, but was not allowed to enter, so he lived in Vienna for several months. When he finally arrived in Cracow (in September of that year), he established cooperation with conservative circles - among other things, he joined the editorial board of the daily Czas. However, when Russian troops passed through Krakow on their way to Hungary, where they were to suppress the anti-Habsburg uprising, Kolosovsky was ordered to leave for Brno. From 1850 to 1851, he lived in Greater Poland. After receiving permission to return to Lesser Poland, he settled in Brody in the Wadowice district. He died there on December 21, 1872. source.