The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-27
The Hungarian Demonstration.

The Hungarian Demonstration
The great Hungarian demonstration, for which
arrangements have been making for some time past,
will TAX place in the Park, at four o'clock this after
noon 1t prsm misses to be most brilliant and imposing,
and while 1t will encourage the people of Hungary
10 persevere in the good cause which they have I'M
dertaken, to glorious end, we are not without hope
that its influence will be felt by their combined and
allied enemies.
New York, the metropolis of the new world,
Is about to deliver the sentiments Of FIVE hun
dred thousand free Americans and We hope
that the vessel which will next sail for Europe,
after this demonstration shall have been carried
- Hungary, will convey to her noble and gal
liant sons the recognition of their independence
q sovereign people by the government of this
great republic. We fear that through the dato-
robustness of the cabinet at Washington, the Uni
ted States will not be the first great power TO re-
cognise the Hungarian republic. If she be de-
pnved Of this right-this great privilege, the
people Of the United States will know whom TO
blame. If through the hardness of the cabinet,
they will know on whom to visit their just indg-
nation-whom to hold responsible for their dsap-
peintment. The President himself we are per-
fectly satisfied is ready at any moment to crafty
the Amencan people on this subject; and why, we
ask, do the cabinet hold back-why do not the con-
stitutonal advisers of General Taylor at once
recommend the measured Ii Is all the Hun
gariens want, and why delay measure so just
and so important 10 the cause OF freedom at this
particular crisis in Europel If their indie
pendence and nationality be recognised by
the leading powers of the world, IT renders
uncertain the probability OF either Russia or
Austria being able TO effect a loan to carry
on the warfare, while 1t would enable the
Hungarians to borrow what funds they need to
finish the work they have so goriously commenced,
and rout all the remaining forces that their al
led enemies can bring into the field against them.
II may emphatIcaly be said that the fate Of free
dom in Europe, for half a century to come, de-
pends upon the issue of the glorious struggle in
which the Hungarians are now engaged. IL the
United States can throw its influence into the
scale IN favor OF freedom if, by simply recog-
nising the independence Of Hungary, il can enable
that power to contract loan sufficient TO carry her
cons through that struggle, and establish her inds-
pendence, IL will be criminal TO withhold much
longer The United States will be false to its mis-
sion il II do so. The Hungarans have had GO
vernment dc faoto long enough to enttle them TO
this Acknowledgment at our hands; and we fear
very much that England, even, will be IN advance
Of us in recognising it's existence, unless we are
expeditions If such be the case, what an uopea-
sant predioament will il not place the people and
government of the United States in
We rely upon the good sense OF the orglnators
and gettersup of this movement, Of the officers
that will preside, and Of the thousands that will be
assembled on the occasion, to resist promptly the
intrusion OF any exiraneous influence in the pro-
seedngs. Il will be simply demonstration Of the
sirzens Of New York, in favor Of Hungarian liber-
~ and nationality. II has nothing to do with Fou-
rierism, or socialism, or associaiionism, or any
similar wild and destructive theory. II any at
tempt be made TO hitch on" anything of the kind,
is to be hoped that it will be promptly put down.
OF course, full report of the proceedings and
speeches will appear in to monows Herald.
General Taylor on his Tour-The President
and the People.
For the first time in many years, we now
behold the President Of the United States making
q tour Of the country, not the representative OF
q successful political party, but in a far nobler
sharacter-in the character Of the chief magistrate
of great republic, elected by the free surages Of
free people, independent Of all party organizations
and all party influences The tour of General
Taylor, then, is not party triumphal procession.
IA is not a masquerade. The chief character
wears no disguise-displays no party colors. lie
goes forth, not ar the embodiment Of any particular
political creed, carrying a party flag, in order to
receive the idolatry Of excited partisans, or TO
elicit the hypocritcsl homage OF false friends.
Men Of all parties pay voluntary tribute to the
virtues Of the man and the magistrate; and no
dieeordsnt note Of factious adherence or factious
opposition breaks the general chorus Of public adj
miraton and regard. In this "progress," indeed,
he seems to Illustrate his own singularly expressive
description-"If elected, shall be the President,
not Of party, but Of the peoplep'
In all this there is an important lesson, tina, he
who runs may read, and to which the cabinet,
who wisely stay at home, should also direct an
attentive eye. II was, indeed, prudent in the
cabinet p resist all the attractions Of this summer
sour. Discretion is oftentimes the better part OF
valor There can be no doubt that il was so in
she present instance Something unpleasant be-
sides the cholera might have greeted their APP
pearance. II Is remarkable and significant
fact, that at almost every place where the
President has paused upon his journey, an
eminous silence has been maintained with re-
gard 10 his cabinet and the course and Do.
hey thus far pursued by them. 10 the Presiden,
himself the most unbounded confidence is eyl-
ssnty reposed. The people everywhere recog
Size IN him faithful public servant who has, for
forty years, discharged with unbroken fidelity the
public duties imposed upon him, and who, during
,be wal with Mexico, contributed 80 largely to the
sueeess Of our arms and the establishment Of our
kme. Nowhere has been discovered the slightest