The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-09-11
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence. or IN. Union.
Nsw YoIr. Sept. 0. isas.

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NEW Yosx SAINT a Isag
Alas far Europet
need hardly tell your readers tat the Hungarian budget
ofthe NiagaSas news has stunned the people a
New York for though hail our Dooulaon were horn over
the Atlantic the accounts from Hungary can hardly sc,
hem sorrowfully han Americans everywhere
The question how came m. Hhe,,lls,. or both haoi.
spheres be so deceived as 10 the true
Hungary up TO the date of the of which we
learned by last previous steamer il more readily asked
than answered. il the cause of human rights was not Vic
timized by eachery When the Caledonia left Liverpool
throuahou France England and GERMANY n was coma
DENLY expected that the Nasaras mails. instead of bring
ing account of the death Of HUNGARIAN
would speed across the Atlantic clad dny. ~ me hh q,
the freedom Of all Europe the OF
the failure Of the despots OF Russia and Aus, 10 accom-
psh their mission OF barbarity tyranny and crushing Of
nationality on or before the st instant bv which the
elements would have conspired with the brave
Of their counrys undispatable constitutional rights
With the neagre data afforded by the Niaearas mails
il is impossible to what nronced The
ed and apparently exraordnary surrender Of C,sorvev
The fact. however, we know too we'll While some Of The
liberal Journalists lay IL to the account of Russian cold
operating directly upon himself others credit In
the Magyar ranks with for the dire
trophe Jealousy of Kossuh In the Diet and army oo a.
stated rs the cause while the inevitable Of h
ing overwhelming numbers ere he could form iuncon
with Dembnski and the absolute certainty Of the inter-
annihation of his army as the result of the batte are
Enulis ilnaruI
writer as the impenp the brave Maovar m
lay down his arms and sue for quarter Unenliohiened
upon the true history oil the weeks nomenous eyents in
quarter can do no more than speculate over The o
gin OF this signal misfortune to the cause Of freedom moi
only Old World but In his for out OF the consum-
nation of the of Hungary there would have
arisen aid and comfort for the cause Of n this free
land of ours.
Though most Of the foreign newspapers abandon the
cause Of the Hungarian nation rs lost forever
few there are yet hoping against hope Il appears to me-
This aspiration is built on the fact that there are still
erfnl Hungarian armies in the field, as follows From
900 900 of all under Auich from 20 900
to $4,000 well supplied with artillery under Kapka the
Bergrayons in detached flying columns of unknown num-
be and under unknown lenders Dembinsks army nu M
boring 900 before his last engagement Percze with
of from 10000 0000-a these corps backed by
numerous cavalry and well supplied with artillery Benz
will, at 900 when last heard from divided into three
bodes-one (north) corps IL 600 strong acting against
roenhjem (west) corps from H. 900 1900 strong
acting against Luers and (eas corps OO0 against
Clam.
But these forces as overwhelming as they appear to u.s.
hardly stand in the path of the mnons OF the coned
crate despos The Cars reserves hurryng by forced
frontier Poland 900 TO be furnished
by Prussia the 900 by Baden. the wremburg troops
&c which, according TO the accounts by the Caledo
mia, were rapidly rushing the Of war. when joined
with the butcher slaves already on the ground, de-
pnve the gallant Magyars OF all hope, that they have
lost the army oil Georgey yaoasy estimated to be
1000, 4o,ooo, and e7,Ooo strong.
The die ncas therefore The noble spirit of Benz, Dem
nsk and kossuth, will not be sufficient to sustain them
against the myrads Of the despots They must y from Eu
rope Nowhere on the other side oil the Atlantic out Of Eng
land will their heads be safe for hour for Tin the words
Napoleon) the continents "Cossack How true his men,
ofable prediction that n ffy years Europe would be
either republican or Cossack will be weeks, may
be months or possibly years. before the world knows the
truth concerning the causes bringing about this sudden dis
asous close OF the most brilliant and patriotic defence no
excepting that OIL our own ather oil the rights Of people
that has yet marked the history oil the world.
will not fill your columns with the regrets which swell
heart almost to bursting My motto is to1ook ahead
TO live for the FUTURE not the past-io labor draw
the past all OF wisdom from Its experience and other aids
for the improvement Of the ever pressing and important
future, which, rightly and promptly sought may be
cd herelrom. Though Hungarian Independence Is dead,
the sacred cause OF universal civil liberty sl survives lar
more vigorous than before the commencement Of the Sc
nes Of struggles Tor tue achievement OF popular rights end
ing out yesterday IN oeorgeys Peuon LOT mercy at The
hands Of the incarnation oil ne since civil
en condition. oceans o. human oood and the carcas,es OF
miions upon millions o our iahen' fno,hefs, boIhefs
ana sisters o' nu"an"yj Tue incahauon OF aiVine hgm-
the ngnt OF e strongest 70 TOO ana murder tne many io
the graihsaon oil the avarce Prde ns and ambition oil
the lew.
"orde" IL Is termed by the American consul Paris,
reigns once more over Europe, save in Venice. Thai
mage word the only common inscription which the Po
ana o. tne word nave inscrsed on the
nay hey uhueo IN Tue beginning Q, 'nsmemofabe year,
oD wha' strange notions Oh ofdef tney appear 10 plain
man IKE myself 70 oe Impressed WIN mat Is, they
@o~a appear me 10 DC Impressed w,'h' Were no' as
'i, ny sui. "a' 'ne noh''o's nc ~ 'ne,, 'n'oas-
using .ne .o,a o'oe' ohp 70 ss'hy what they cahed
hgu IN 1910 Deofe Onris'enaom naa 20 progressed,