The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-09-08
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CITY OF WASHINGTON.
sATURDAY MoRNNe Sept. 2, lsAe.


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Ths Husg@rssns.
We have read The accounts by the Niagara with emo
tons which il is difficult TO describe As yet all the
accounts run one way There Is nothing 70 conuadet
the sa,emen,s. or TO break their force. II they should
prove 10 BE- true, the star Of Hungary has set for the
present.
We cannot permit this gallant people to sink under the
blows Of their double enemies. without joining in the
profound sympathy which every generous American feels
for their glorious struggle and their melancholy defeat
They had fearful odds to encounter and when the nu
merous hodes Of cossacks were poured in upon them,
every one saw their danger whilst he admired their mag
nanimity. Austria scted in manner as inconsistent
with principle a. with her interest in pushing the
people OF Hungary to the wall She should have re-
spected their rights and even extended them according
10 the true spirit OF the age instead of calling in the bar
arous Cossacks to reinforce her troops When this no.
BILE people saw the Russians pouring like torrent upon
them to assist the Austrians in sweeping them away,
where was the Liberal spirit who did not admire their
chvalry and wish them SUGGEST
The other powers Of Europe have been guilty Of the
grossest bunders Of policy. when, instead OF mediang
between the Austrans and Hunganans, and protesting
against the Eruption Of the Cossacks they stood quietly
BY and saw this gallant people crushed to the earth by
the hoof Of this barbasous enemy From France nothing
to be expected. Her tyranny towards the Romans
had shown her Indifference towards the Republican prn-
cples which she had pfofessed Was any wonder
that the President Of France. who had struck down the
republicans OF Rome, should fobear to interfere for the
relief Of another gallant people, who struggling for
their independence But where was Englands Where
was her wise policy her proessed attachment to liberal
principles, when she. too, stood quietly by and saw
Hungary overwhelmed and Russia acquiring new power
from the triumph Of her arms
Well does Austria now tremble at the success Of her
ally She has much to fear from the Gar as she had
from the Huns. What equivalent has she to pay to
those proud and arrogant conquerorsnow made enold
arrogant from the martial achievements they have
performed. and the force which they have displayed
Well too may the continent begin to calculate the con-
sequences Of that power which they have permitted
Russia to ain BY her arms; and even England herself
may find that il would i've been far better to have pro-
tested and nsrfeed at s than meet the accumulated
torrent as il rolls onward Europe will be either re-
publican or Cossack." was the saying Of the shrewd
Napoeon and though neither alternative would proba-
bybe carried out in all It's consequences yet the prospect
now is in favor Of the Cossack extension
We wait with great impotence for the details Of the
late battles in Hungary We anticipate with profound
anxiety the disastrous consequences Of defeat upon these
gallant peope--the blood which will How-the property
which win be confscaied 1.-The devastation which will
cover the land The sanguinay genius Of Haynau win
now have full vent; and look with an anxious eye to
the desnies Of Kossuh Dembinsk. and Benz and their
chivarous associates Here is their asylum. On this
free continent they will be received with open arms il
theycan escape from the ferocious enemy which pur