The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-18 00:00:00

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have seen that;slPirit also in the great borough of Mary-
lebonc—weibive heard of it on the outskirts of our land
where banners have been raised,
" And fsem the outward wall the cry is,
Still they come."
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places, at each of which the deepest and wase- e 'el t=
sympathy has been shown for this great a • - 44/:.'—`
rious cause.—(Loud cheering.) Why then , ix i -.--,e ,40.1
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be otherwise than that Westminster, a city in w ' '. I*lir
spirit of liberty Las never been slow or sluggish .8 - 1 N- I
declare itsel ?—(Applaus.e.) If I doubted ) our e... ::,,,ci 4 =ft
on this subject I should look to my Hon. Friend
chair, who, faithful to his duties towards liberty „ti
Member of Parliament, and es a citizen beyond the 4 al‘ vil
of Parliament, is himself a guarantee and voucher of the '
spirit which beats in the breasts of these whom he repro-
seats.—(Cheers.) Well, then, my duty is short and sim; to
—it is to declare the joy, I feet at being allowed -
thus publicly to justify the faith which is within me, •
by proposing a resolution with which that faith
most warmly coincides.—(Cheers ) The case of Hun-
gary 3ou arc sufficiently, I behave, in possession of—it is
a case of no problematical or elsubtrul signification—it
is not a case of any sudden outbreak of the mounting
spirit of Merry against despotism, although, if it were
so, it would enlist tie s) mpathy and the support of
England; for o.itbreaks of that nature were made by or r
canonized ancestors to acquire liberties which wo stow
enjoy, and which we will not tamely stand by
and ate filched from us.—(Loud cheers.) But the
case of Hungary is one to be plcinly,
calmly, and drily stated ; it is the case of a
einognsotivllleratian,ragrriagnetd
of
e 600 by five
years,
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openly
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nor by law has he the smallest or the most distant title.
whichw lm:.
neitherurps tboy descent, himself
theby constitution,title ' f iil
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—(Applause.) The title, through descent, the house of
Hapsburg Lorraine has forfeited ; she hits forfeited it
by a deliberate refusal to subscribe to conditions by
which al( no arty man can be the legitimate sovereign of
Hungary. She has by every other act conceivable, in
contravention of the Hungarian constitution, retch red
herself morally as well as legally disqualified to possess
the title. She began by filling Hungary, contrary to the
constitution, with functionaries not native-born.—
(Hear.) She claims the crown of Hungary with pre-
cisely as much reason end justice, and no more nor less,
as our Queen would abolish by edict the &Ale law in
Hanover, declare herself sovereign of Hanover, end
send her troops over there to force the people to submit
to the edict.— (Cheers.) Bat Austria has Endeavoured
to force her annexation of the country by mear.s of un-
paralleled treachery and inconceivable cruelty—by cast-
ingb -
Indians, makingciays civilized
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war,r' sa are3sk states,i
il tana rgl‘d were,
t whether'vobe,,i nlc like
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scourging
iminbne:r,been
aaf
hangingd peacerespectedwomen
shootingbl war—by
c'ealktri'co—' pri-
sonersep:beetdostreets.—(Leud groans.) Why,'do yen know the real
meaning of the proclamation of that monster Haynau—
(Continued greanirg)—which he issued in the towns of
Pesth and Buda, and by which he declares that whoso-
ever insults one of his soldiers shall be, then and tiler,—
and upon the spot—instantly put to death?—
(Groans.) Do you know the meaning of it?
I will not generalize; I will endeavour, how-
ever faintly, to give a particular sketch of what a
rabble of Austrian soldiers is, when enjoying free
quarters in a captive city. The lather of a family in
vain bars his door; the distant approaching tread , f
soldiers is heard, rapine, death, dishonour—dishonour
worse than death—are in that round; the daughter,
clinging to her father's knees, shrieks to him for prs-
tection. I eiil not pursue the subject, but the spirit of
liberty, of manhood, of parental love, rises in the cid
stag's breast and nerves his arm; he strikes the ruffian
to the ground, and in doing this he has insulted a
soldier at free quarters, and the father and the daughter
are shot on the spot because one of Haynau's
soldiers is insulted.—(Loud shouts of execration.) And
how has this atrocious conduct been met by the
Hungarians? Nut one instance of cruelty or of retalia-
tion, not one drop of blood spilt, but in fair fight, can
be attributed to them, even by the malignity of their
enemies.—(Applause.) Nay, when they captured a
town the other day, they permitted the garrison of that
town, having first laid down arms, to march home, on
giving their simple word of honour that they would not
bear arms against Hungary for six months. I hope
rather than trust that that word of honour will be kept.
No ! I believe it will be kept, for Ido trust, in God,
that before six months have elapsed there will no be an
enemy left on the plains of llungary.—(Cheers.) I
trust before six months have elapsed Austria will either
be suing for peace within her own city of Vienna, or
terms ot triumphant peace—triumphant on the side of
Hungary—will be imposed upon her by that glorious,
well-defended, and I trust, invincible country.—(Loud
cheers.) Well, the Hungarian warrior has gone forth
without fear and without reproach—he has gone forth
to conquer, and cot quered he hitherto hits; or if he falls
Ile falls without reproach, he fails with glory, because
he can neither survive his country's liberties nor his own!
" Shall the victor exult or in death be laid low,
With his back to the field and his face to the foe,
Yet leaving in battle no blot on his name,
Will look proudly tolleaven from the death -bed of fame.'
Such are the grounds of the cause upon which we appeal
to you to-night. We appeal to you on the clearest
grounds of national and international right; we appeal
to you on the ground of huirsanity; we appeal to you on
the ground of the comparative character of the two na-
tions; we appeal to you in the name of liberty, whose
cause has never been urged more gloriously since the
period of ancient and heroic history, than it has been by
the noble Hungarians.—(Cheers.) You must remem-
ber, as Englishmen, that there was a time when a great
British Minister, Lord Chatham, boasted, and with him
it was a true boast, that not a cannon shot should bo
fired in Europe without the consent of England.—
(Hear.) Remember your Government of that period.—
(Loud cheers.) Urge Lord Palmerston to adopt it,
and support Lord Palmerston—(Great cheering)—not
in the way suggested ty an excellent and amiable man,
whose vs ry humane address I have read this day—the
Archbishop of Paris—who has just told M. 1)e Tocque-
ville, on behalf of 'Venice, " that, in the language of poli-
ticians, they have two courses to pursue—either to allow
Austria to abuse her victory, or to declare war arminst
her." He adds—" I believe there is a middle course to
pursue—that is to use lofty words."—(Laughter.) Now,
I don't think it becomes a great station to use " loft)"
words unless she be prepared for lofty deeds.—(Great
applause.) Till very lately this question has
not been laid before the minds of the masses
of the English nation.—(Hear.) The spirit of the Eng-
lish nation upon this subject has been abused and evilly
dealt with—(Loud groaning, and cries of " The Times")
—it has been abused and evilly dealt with by aealumnious
and prostitute press.—(Continued groaning and hissing,
and repeated cries of " The limes.")
Amidst the general disorder which prevailed, a per-
eon elevated himself upon the shoulders of two others
near the centre of the room, and having first displayed
a copy of that newspaper, tore it into shreds, to the
evident gratification ot those around him, who gave vent
to their feelings by a violent shout of execration. A
cry was then raised to " Turn out the Times reporter.
The CHAIRMAN having, after some difficulty, at length
obtained a hearing, said—l beg to be understood as not
having the slightest sympathy with the opinions of the
Times; but, if I am not mistaken, I heard just now a
proposition made to remove the reporter of the Times.—
(Partial cheering, and cries of " Oh.") Now I say I
won't do anything of the kind.—(Cheers.) Whatever
may be your opinion of a public journal you have no
right to insult an individual.—(Loud cheers.) That in-
dividual has a right to and shall have my protection.
Lord NUGENT continued and said—l trust that every
individual oho intends to do his duty in this assembly
will receive the same indulgence which you have ex-
t,nded to me.—(Cheers.) Allow me to say that the
public spirit of England has not been dealt out fairly by
the equivocal terms used by some of the members
of a week and timid Government—(Hear, hear)—but it
does so happen that the success of a cause is a mighty
good recruiter in its favour. Within the last few weeks
the wavcrers have been confirmed—a change has come
over the spirit of their dream; the slanderers have been
silenced; they have retired within the shroud, the appro-
priatehlse:enairgnpedrotnoosfat
letters, in
atanondss mine,pv t.erihryowt othhodetaihrreepc
dared the
.a,c,
rhgtahetl
shroud of vague insinuations and anonymous
ft
oo r w organsatherd
challenge,o friendsth e of
press
:heir proofs.—(Cheers.) Well, a change has come over
the spirit of their dream. A great pc. t has placed in
the mouth of Brutus these lines:—
" It was the noblest cause that ever man drew sword in,
And yet the gods disowned it."
But our cause has not been disowned from on high; God
has been wondrously
vanced the right by a series of most astounding victories.
—(Applause.) When we first met in the city of
London, a fortnight ago, we hardly dared hope—
we knew what were our duties, we did what we thought
our duty, in joining our voices with the voices of others
)n )n behalf of Hungary; but we hardly dared tooteasta,of
the condition of Hungary. But now what wasinthe smith,
of that country? Victorious in the nor!),
Raab
a series of brilliant victories in the w(:st,. between
the
mid Comorn a battle terminated in bringing
Vienna.
distance of
Hunga-
rians within a very shortformidaibslyree;
with her brave heart
—(Cheers.) Transylvanta. f
struck the ruffian Russian to
and her brave arm she has bimtruteiwtnsego gallant
Loud cheers.) With her left
an ignominious retreat.—(
" crushed the savage Croat and cast his body
arm she has
to fester beyond the frontier of her country.—(Cheers.)
Well, then, glory to Kossuth—(Great cheering)
glory to his gallant Generals—(Cheers)—glory to
Georgcy—(Cheers)—glory to Dembinski—(Cheers)—
glory to Klapka—(Cheers)—above all, surpassing glory
to the yet unconquered and, I trust, unconquerable Bem
—(Prolonged cheering.) I did tak •
*
e the liberty of
speaking strongly against the bad
fettling
manifested in
England by a portion of the press, but am bound to say
that a portion of the press has done excellent service to
the cause.—(Cheers, and cries of " The Sun" and
"Daily News.") Glory and thanks to The
Sun—(Great cheering)—glory and thanks to the
Daily News (Continued cheering) glory and
thanks to the Morning Advertiser—(Cheers)—glory and
thanks to the Cbserver, and also to the Examiner.—
The Noble Lord then went on to say that ho could not
forget the glorious exhibition of spirit sheen by several
commercial bodies in this country. While his Noble
Friend and himself were giving effect to the wishes of
tt:o3o who had subscribed for the purpose of restoring
back to their country those gallant ilungarians who were
driven on their shores some time since, in the discharge
of that duty they of course negotiated with different
steam companies, for the purpose of procuring them
a passage to Constantinople, anti then a gustraetee
that they should be forwarded safely to the frontiers
of their own country. Ia their several communi-
cations they were met by the must liberal and
self-denying spirit, and their offer accepted by
the Peninsula' and Oriental steearn Company, who bad