The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-30
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GsReTaI:-Ihere are few who have the priv
ilege to address You. but am of the number;
Tor before you were born | was an advocate,
however feeble, Of that sacred cause which YOU
are now the foremost in defending Imminent
Was the peril Of fine and i'm prison ment and GER
tain the loss Of friends and fortune; Idisregard.
90 and dehed the worst. Do not trample on
this paper for being written by an Englishman
We are not all Of us Juggers aud dupes, though
We are most Of US the Legitimate children OF
those who crowded 70 see 4 couluro- leap into
a quart bottle. 3. az have ,au ..- WNk.,as
and Burseits, our - .s9u~ -ul oug R:..-.. 10 .
We have also ina. our n..r'. e.' .... o..
thams. In one house 49, i.t,- ST. .. lien.
don, in the other a MOleswOr.a. BE amused,
but never indignant at the spectacle of our pub
lie men; at restlessness without activity at
strides without progress, Pelted from below by
petulance without wit A wider and fairer
scene is lying now before you, scene Of your
own creation, under the guidance aud influence
Of Almighty God. Merciful and Just by ma
ture, and enlightened, as the powerful of intel
lect always are, by the continuous lamps de-.
liVered in succession from past and passing ages,
you will find them shine clear by contraction
OF space, and adoption 10 circumstances. You
have swept away the rotten house Of Haps-
burg.
1t would be an idle trick TO pursue the verrnin
tina: nestled and Prowled among its dark recess.
ses, behind its moth-eaten tapestries and
throughout its noisome sewers. But there 10
no idleness IN following the guidance Of the
most strenuous and most prOyident conquerors.
Sylla and Julius and Augustus Cesar, distribu-
ted the forfeited estates Of their enemies among
the defenders Of their cause. The Justice Of
their cause was questions ble--the justice Of
yours is not. In our country, William Of Nor
mandy broke up the estateY Of the vsnquished,
and rendered them Po$eIess for revolt. Eliza
beth and Cromwell, and William Of Nassau,
our three greatest soyereigns, pursued the same
policy with the same success. In Hungary
there are immense tracts Of land imperfeetly
cultivated, and forfeited by the detection and
treason Of the rich and indolent proprietors.--
Surely no time should be lost in the distribu-
ton Of this national property among the ma
tons defenders. Larger and smaller sllot.
ments should be holden forth as the incentives
aud rewards of valor.
This was promised 10 France by the revolu-
uonists Of that country, but what promise W as
ever kept by France, under any Of her govern
ments, TO any nation1 least Of all perhaps TO
her own. The Hungarians are morally the an
tpOdes Of the French; the Hungarians are
calmly brave, consistently free, strictly vera
cious, immutsbly Just, unostentatiously hon
orable. The French, II they attempt an act Of
perhdy, which they often do, and fail in il, which
they seldom do, feel deeply wTonged-their
honor peculiar 10 them) requires them to salvs
the sffront with blood. Peridiously did they
enter Civita Vecohis; frau6ulently did they
seize the citadel; insolently did they scorn the
remonstrances Of free and of a friendly peo-
pie. Beaten back by unprepared and undiseip-
lined volunteers, they loudly swear vengeance;
and, confederated with all the despots Of Europe,
they certainly may infiict H.
Behold the promises Of a nation which declar-
ed its readiness TO aid unreservedly in the deliver
ance Of the oppressed. Behold the first public
act, beyond the boundaries, of lin Preside mt.
What, then, is Europe 10 expect from France
what, but another link and rivet 10 the moner-
chical chain, another chainband to the sacredo-
tai tiara1 She looks to Hungary who never
has deceived her, and away from France who
always has.
Sir, in your hands are deposited the sword and
the scales Of justice; hold them firmly; and, II
any prince calls 10 the stranger, bid your lictors
bind him, and perform the rest Of their duty
forthwith. In the exercise Of this righteous
authority may God preserve you for His glory,
for the benefit Of the present age, and for the
example Of every age TO come.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDoE.
May IL, 1893.