The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-12-04
THE REPU BLIC.

OF liberty will never cfface thee from his memory.
Mayest thou be for ever blest!
My principles have not been those of Washington;
nor yet my acts those Of Tell. desired free ma
uon--free as man cannot be made but by God.
And thou art fallen; faded as the lily, but which in
another season puts forth its flowers still more lovely
than before. Thou art dead; for hath not thy win
ter come on9 but it will not endure long as that
OF thy companion under the frozen sky of Siberia
NO, Fifteen nations have dug thy tomb. But the
host OF the sixteenth will come to save thee. BE
faithful as thou hast been even to the present Con-
form to the holy counses of the Bible. Lift up thy
heart In prayer for the departed; but do not raise
thine own hymn, until thou nearest the thunders of
the liberating people echo along thy mountains,
and below in the depth of thy valleys.
Farewell, beloved companions! Farewell com
rades!-countrymenl May the thought of God, and
may the angels of liberty for ever be with you! Do
not curse me. You may well be proud; for have
not the lions of Europe risen from their lars to de
stroy the ''rebes2' | will proclaim you TO the
civilized world as heroes; and the cause of he
roc people will be cherished by the freest nation of
the earth--thc frees of all free people!
Farewell, thou land dyed with the blood of the
brave! Guard those red marks-they will one day
bear testimony on thy behalf
And thou, farewell 0 youthful monarch Of the
Hungarians! Forget not that my nation is not des
tined for thee. Heaven inspires me with the conf
dence that the day will dawn when it shall be proved
to thee even on the ruined walls of Buda.
May the Almighty bless thee, my beloved coun-
trymen!
Believe: Hope, and Love!
kossuth issued the following proclamation TO the
Hungarian refugees, on the 18th October. He signs
himself Governor OF Hungary"
''lhcreby make known the official declaration of
his excellency the Pasha.
81, That his majesty the Sultan, whom may God
grant long life, has determined that he will not
give up to the enemy any who wish to remain; but
that he will protect US and afford us the rights of
hospitality.
$50. Those who wish to partal1e Of those rights of
hospitality for the future shall be supplied not only
food as hitherto, but also with articles of clothing;
nay, even IN regard to their pay, they may expect
that indemnity which is compatible with the glory
and renown of his majesty the Sultan. The hope
IL also held out that the officers may retain their
rank, and, without being compelled 10 change their
religion, enter the Turkish service and that il is
contemplated to secure the destiny of all the emf
grants, either by the formation Of colony or in
some other suitable manner"
*Ihe Arpad alluded to by Kossuth is the cclc-
brated chief or khan of the Hungarians, who, when
driven with his tribes from the banks of the Volga
towards the end of the ninth century, settled the
Thesis, and, as the ally of the Emperor Arnould,
beat the Morayians in the year S95 Under the
weak rule of the son of Arnauld, Lewis, surnamed
the Child, he became master of Pannona, which
Hungarlans have since then kept possession of.
Arpad gave his name to Hungarian dynasty,
which began with st. Stephen in 997, and which
kept the throne till the death of Andrew H., in
1901. Ehis race of kings is known the Arpadcs.