The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-27 00:00:00

Jeered himself to all lovers of true liberty. He would
take that opportunity of saying a few words in regard
to the subject of intervention and non-intervention,
upon which his friend Mr. Cabden had so much dwelt.
No country had so well adhered to the doctrine of
non-intervention as had the United States. The doc-
trine had been bequeathed to them by Washington,
and they still looked upon it as a sacred bequest.
But there were many of his countrymen who consi-
dered that with their increased power and their daz-
zling future a new and different policy might be forced
upon them by the necessities of their condition. The
t ime would come, if it had not already come, when
the United States would be forced into taking more
than an interest in European politics. When they
should be so forced be hoped they would still adhere
to the advice of Washington, and, at the same time,
require of other members of the great family of na-
tions to adhere to the same doctrine. He hoped, when
introduced into the arena of European politics, they
would be introduced as the ally of England upon
some such great constitutional cause as that of the
independence of Hungary crushed by foreign inter-
vention. Hand and hand with Great Britain, no
combination of despotic Governments could re-enact
the terrible drama of placing the foot of absolutism
upon the neck of national independence and constitu-
tional freedom.—(Loud cheers.)
KOSSUTH rose and said Mr. Mayor and gen-
tlemen, allow me to interpose for a few minutes, and
make one or two observations to you.—(Hear, hear.)
Allow me in the name of my nation to express the
gratification with which I have heard the sentiments
expressed and the hope that has been uttered and so
warmly responded to by you that, through the justice
of the Eternal God, my country may yet regain her
berties.—(Cheers.) lam proud to find that we are
upported by the sympathies of this mighty people,
end of the offspring of England across the Atlantic,
through whose government the blessings of liberty
are enjoyed in both hemispheres. Supported by that
sympathy, I trust in God to see the hope so fervently
expressed realized, and that soon.—(Cheers.) I am
not eloquent, but the words—l cannot say the brief
words—which you have done me the honour td listen
to, fell from my lips in order to explain the position of
my country, and not with the view of exciting
sympathy for myself. Ours is not the cause of
one family—of one party—but it is the cause of a
whole people claiming those just rights to which
the nation is entitled.—(Hear.) After the length
at which I have already addressed you, I feel that
I dare not now long detain you ; but I am a
man who speaks, as it were, from inspiration; and I
now feel that, had I not already spoken, I could speak
volumes to you from the energy and warmth of my
heart.—(Cheers.) In consequence of that inspiration
you must allow me to address to you a few more
words. I bad heard of the reception which I might
expect in England, but I had not pictured to myself
so warm, so cordial a greeting, as that which you gave
me on landing, and the noble welcome which has this
day been given me in this room through the hospi-
tality of your Mayor.—(Cheers.) I have but just
come from the East, where I have always loved to see
and closely examine the institutions and habits of the
people of the cities in which I have been. No study
can be more interesting, because the character of a
people is chiefly dependent on that of her institutions.
As lam naturally somewhat imbued with eastern
habits, perhaps you will permit me, in the eastern
manner, to tell you a brief tale.—(Hear, hear.) It
is reported that the Sultan Saladin, the gallant
enemy of Richard Cceur de Lion, once met a Jew
named Aaron, called " the Wise ;" Saladin said to him
" How is it that you, who are a wise man, do not change
'our religion and become either a Christian or a
.I.sq thomedan, as though they differ in doctrines, they
agree upon one principal point ? Your religion
teaches you to believe that God Almighty can only
take to His bosom the members of your nation,
whereas the Christian and Mahomedan religion
teaches that, though there may be differences of faith
among men, all may go, though by different ways,
to Heaven.— (Cheers.) Why, therefore, do not you,
who are known as a wise man, become a Christian or
a Mahomedan ? Is not this a subject for your serious
consideration ?" Aaron answered and said, " There
was once a Shab, who had in his possession a most
precious ring, among the stones of which was an
opal which had this singular quality, that it rendered
whatever man wore the ring agreeable before God and
man. The Shah grew old, having three sons, all of
whom he loved equally well, so that he was at a loss
to which he should give this precious ring, which
would male the possessor agreeable both before God
and man. At length he called upon a cunning gold-
smith, to make two other rings so exactly like the
one he then had that even he himself should not be
able to distinguish one ring from the other. Upon his
death bed the Shah called his sons around him,
and presenting them with the three rings,
told them that one of them hed the attribute of
making its possessor agreeable both before God
and man. He knew not which ring was the true one,
and fortune must decide ; but he trusted that each
would consider himself the possessor of it; so that to
whosoever's lot it might fall, all would show by the
propriety of their conduct that they were deserving
of it." Now, as there are different ways to heaven,
there may also be, and there are, different ways to
the promotion of the happiness and welfare of the
people.—(Cheers.) England wants no change, be-
cause she is governed by a constitutional monarchy,
under which all classes in the country enjoy the full
benefits of liberty and freedom.—(Cheers.) The
consequence is the people of England are masters of
their own fate, defenders of her instutions, otedient
to the laws, and vigilant in their behaviour, and the
country has become and must ever continue, under
such institutions, to be great, glorious, and free.—
(Cheers.) Then the United States are a republic,
and, though governed in a different way to this
country, the people of the United States have no mo-
tive for desiring a change ; they have got liberty,
freedom, and every means for the full development of
their social condition and position.—(Cheers.) Under
their government the people of the United States have
in 60 years arrived at a position cf which they may
well be proud ; and the English people, too, have good
reason to be proud of their descendants, and the
share which she has had in the planting of so great
a nation on the other side of the Atlantic.—
(Loud cheers.) It is most gratifying to see so
great and glorious a nation thriving under a consti-
tution but little more than 60 years old. It is not
every republic in which freedom is found to exist, and
I could cite examples in proof of my assertion—and
I deeply lament that there is among them one great
and glorious nation where the people do not yet enjoy
that liberty which their noble minds so well fit them
for. It is not every monarchy that is good because
under it you enjoy full liberty and freedom. There-
fore
Ift el that it is not the living under a govern-
ment called a republic that will secure the liberties of
the people, but that quite as just and honest laws way
exist under a monarchy as under a republic.—
(Chster.s.) If I wanted en illustration I need only, as
I have gi.oe, examine the institutions of England and
the United States, to show that under different forms
of government equal liberty can and does exist—
(Cheers)—and I trust that the people will, in the ful-
ness of time, show which is deserving to be the pos-
sessor of the " real ring" by the propriety of their
behaviour.—(Cheers.) I believe that human hearts
and human minds may require different regulation and
training, according to circumstances. So also in na-
tions, a difference of position, of policy, of wants, of
principles, of action, may require different forms of
government, and that Government cannot be bad
which secures to the people liberty of opinion, social
order, and the impartialad protection of property and
person, of every class n
It is not perfect freedom every member of society.
where only one person out
of a million is in possess' of privileges, and the
right to vote in the election of representatives—and a
country where such a stele of things exists can never
have its:government founded such a solid basis as
that which exists in this country andthtehUnited
States. It was to increase the liberties and
rity of the Crown that we in Hungary endeavoure ced
to widen and enlarge the basis on which our Consti-
tution was founded, so as to include the whole popu-
lation, and thereby give them an interest in main-
taining social order.—(Cheers.) I hope to God that
the development of the human intellect will by and
by raise the doctrines of religious and political free-
dom all over the world, and that my poor country,
Continuing to confide its trust in God, may again
take that place in to list of lotions which its honest
and courageous endeavours entitle it to.—(Loud
chewrs.) I have this day heard most generous, elo-
quent, and
friend of the •
beautiful words from the champion and
have heard rights of the people of England, and I
from my Ef quay generous, equally elequent words,..
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Governments cease, and the
Lord DUDLEY sTllud cheering.)
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Yesterday (Sur day) mornint, Rosa lb eh,a
Xvina service at the Cathedral. Li com,)allny
the
Mayor of Southampton, T. L. flarnian,
several friends. Prayers were offered up by t;-1-I;,Rate'd
Canon Wilion, D.D., and th 3 Rev. B. P. Clement.
The sermon was preached by the Canon Prety:
man, from 1 Kings, chap. 18, ver. 21 : " And Elijah
came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye
between two opinions ? If the Lord be God, follow
him ; but if Baal, then follow him." A large number
of persons anxious' for an introduction to Kossuth fol-
lowed Lim to his but we presume borne/