The Ottawa free trader., 1849-09-07
Popular Sy ,npnIhy for the llu.,-
S;lriaHS.

and freedom, encouraging events 0
the day, has been the assembling it
the city Of London, few weeks ago
of 4 very large and enthusiastic NEE
ting to sympathize with the Hunga
rlanS. y few years ago such a NEE
ting in London would have been dis
, Persed at the point of the bayonet.
! But in the United States meeting,
OF this kind excite no surprise. The,
have already been held in many ci,
ties, and doubtless hundreds NOR,
will be held. They have all beer
characterized by the utmost enthu,
s!asm, and expressions of areadincs,
to extend aid to the Hungarians il
men, money, or any other means
Gilmore than ordinary interest, how.
ever, was one recently held in n. Y
city, as well from the tone of the
proceedings as the character some
Of the principal participants. There
were three stands erected in the
park, from each Of which the people
were addressed in a different Ian
guagc. We make a short extract
from the E.rpress, showing the spi-
rit of the proceedings
At the third stand, near Broadway,
the French and Italians were as.
scmbled. The lion of this stand was
Gen. AvEzzANA, just returned from
Rome, and fresh with the laurels he
gathered there, and at Genoa, where
he was General-in- Chief against the
Austrian army. lie was Minister OF
War of the Roman Republic. For
some twelve wears lie has been 4
merchant in this city, and before he
came here he fought for liberty in
Spain and in Ne xico. He has fine
benevolent face, and a good phren-
illogical head. His appearances any
thing but that eff a demagogue, and
he looks like devoted lover of Lib
er'y for Liberty's sake--not for his
own.
Gen. Avezzana was first announ-
ced, and came forward amid loud
cries Of "Niva. Viva! Viva." 1t is
great happiness, he said, my
friends, to be able to welcome YOU
all again, in this my adopted country
but to be here now, in season to
mingle my sympathy with yours, and
on an occasion so interesting, is to
me a double happiness. tits a great
pleasure 10 see so many citizens of
different nations come together to
unite their expressions of sympathy
with those of this great Republic,
and in half of a gallant and victor
ious people and to be able TO do all
this in the country ofthe great WASH
ington, and TO see gathered here the
friends of freedom from all parts of
Europe, gathered in one great family,
the family Of Liberty and Equally.
Cries of "Niva!' loud and pro-
longed.] I, too, see Frenchmen
among them; but now see them with
very great pleasure. Itwas my mis-
tortune-yes, my miSfortune-t to be
compelled to meet with Frenchmen
in battle, but was compelled to DO
it for the liberty and the honor of my
country. | was compelled to fight
them, or sec the land of my birth
doomed to slavery. | have regretted
the cruel necessity with all my heart.
Sensation.
The nation who set us the example
of a Republic--who proclaimed it,
and who seemed to invite us to fol-
low that example, and whose people
| had looked upon as my dearest
friends,I could not but respect-nay,
love-but the people were acting
against their convictions, and can
not harbor enmity against them -
Their hearts will regain the right
place again, and anon we shall all be
friends once more. Sensation.
Cries of "Oui, Oui" from the
French ; "Si, 81, Sigoore." from the
Italians. / doubt not all this will
happen; and l doubt not these Brave
Americans who have assembled with
us will, with us, discriminate between
the government of France and
France itself. Cries Of "Ouin ~
Oui.' and 81! Si"1 Aftcrhaving
been encouraged by French example
to fight the Austrians, as the enemies
of liberty, when | found the French
had joined their cause, wept as |
fought them, sensation and so did
my friends who fought them with me.
[ Renewed sensation.
My friends, we have met, not to
rcproach France, but to sympathize
with the people of Hungary, and to
express our intrcst in the cause of
Kossuth and BEN, and to rejoice at