Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1849-12-08
Eossuth's address to his eountr..


suth to his country, written at Orsova:
Farewell my beloved country! Farewell
land of the Magyar Farewell, thou lard -,
sorrow! / shall never more behold the sum. -.
Of thy mountains. | shall never again give ,bo
name Of my country to that cherished soil V hsr.
/ drank from my mothers bosom the mill. ~
Justice and liberty. Pardon, oh pardon I,,,,
who is henceforth condemned to wander f
from thee because he combattcd for tbv h.;
ness. Pardon one who can Only call free r.,
spot of .iy soil where be now kneels with = fa..
Of the faithful children of conquered Hunpar,
My last looks are fixed on my country 9.aj
see thee overwhelmed with anguish ~,
plains are covered with blood the redness =
which pitless destruction will change to bIaoI
the emblem of mourning for the victories tI,,,
sons have gained over the sacTilegous epcrn;c5,
of thy sacred soil.
How many grateful hearts have sent ,f..;u
prayers to the throne of the Almighty Uor,
many tears have gushed from their yerv al
to implore pity How much blood has ~,
shed to testify that the Magyar doiises his conn.
try, and that he knows how to die for il A
yet, land Of my love, thou art in slavery, Fra,-
thy very bosom will be forged the chain to hind
all that is sacred, and to aid all that is sacrir.
gious o, Almighty Creator, if thou loves, -.
people to whom thou didst give victory md.
our heroic ancestor, Arpsd, implore thee no,
TO sink them INTO depreciation. ! speak To tbae
y
and whilst yet lingering on the threshold Of thy
soil. Pardon me that great number of thy sons
have shed their blood for thee on nv account
| pleaded for thee, hoped for thee even in the
dark moment when on thy brow was written
the wthering word % Despair lifted nv
voice in thy behalf when men said, Be thor =
slave | grt the sword about nv loins. and
] grasped the bloody plume, even when thew
said, Thou art no longer nation on the soil
of the Magyar
Time has written thy destiny on the pages Of
thy story in yellow and black Ietters-Death.
The Colossus Of the North has set his seal to thy
sentence. But the glowing iron of the East
shall melt that seal.
For thee, my country that has shed so much.
there is no pity for does not the tyrant eat his
bread the hills formed of the bones Of thy
children
The migrate whom thou hast fattened with thy
abundance, he rose against thee he rose against
thee, the traitor to his mother, and DESTROYED
thee utterly. Thou hast endured al thou
hast not cursed thine existence, for n thy bo-
som, and far above all sorrow, hope has built
her nest.
Nagyars turn not aside for me- for at this
moment mine eyes low with tears for you for
the sell on which my totterng steps still wan
der is named Hungary.
My country, it is not the iron of the stranger
that hath dug thy grave it is not the thunder of
hath destroyed thee; and 1t is not the fifteenth
nation, trayersng the Carpathians, that has
forced thee to drop thy arms. No: Thou hast
been betrayed thou has been sold, my country
thy death-sentence hath been written, beloved
of my heart, by him whose virtue whose love
for thee ! never dared to doubt Yes in the
favor of my bodest thoughts, should have al
most soon doubted of the existence Of the
Omnipotemt as have believed that he could ever
be a traitor to his country.
Thou hast been betrayed by him in whose
hands | had but little space before deposited
the power of our great country, which he swore
to defend even to the last drop of his hearts
blood. He hath done treason to his mother for
the glitter of gold hath been for him more Sc
ductve than that of the blood shed TO save his
country. Base gain had more value in his eyes
than his country, and his God has abandoned
him, as lie has abandoned his God for his allies
Of hell.
Magyars, Beloved companions, blame me
not for having cast mine eyes on this man, and
for having given to him my place. 1t was ne
cessary, Tor the people had bestowed on him
their confidence; the army loved him, and he
obtained power of which myself would have
been proud. And, nevertheless, this man belied
the confidence of the nation, and has repaid the
love of the army with hatred. Curse him. peo-
pie of the Magyars Curse the breast which
did not first dry up before it gave him its milk
| idolize thee, o thou most faithful of the na-
tions of Europe, as | idolize the liberty for
which thou hast proudly aud brayely combared.
The God Of liberty will never efface thee from
his memory. Mavest thou be forever beSt
Ny principles have not been those of Wash
Ington nor yet my acts those of Tell. desired
a free nation-free as man cannot be made but
by God. And thou art fallen faded as the lily,
bat which ia another season puts forth its flow
ers still more lovely than<before Thou art
dPad-fpP IA jDfa P,,t
1t will not endure SO long as that of thy com
panion under the frozen sky of-Sioeria. No
Fittren nations have dug thy tomb But the
hosts Of the sixteenth viii come to save thee.
Be faithful thou hast been even to the pre-
sent. Conform to the holy counsels of the BIZ
bic. Lift up thy heart in prayer for the depart
ed but do not raise thine own hymn until thou
nearest the thuuders O.. the hberating people
echo along thy mountains, and below in the
depth of thy valleys
Farewell, beloved companions! Farewell,
comrades countrymen! May the thought OF
God, and may the angels of liberty forever be
with you. Do not curse me. You NAV we'll be
proud for have not the lions of Europe risen
from their lars to destroy the rebels !" | will
proclaim you to the civilized world as heroes
and the cause of heroic people will be cher
. iShed by the freeSt nation of the earth-the
freest 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, youthful Monarch OF
the Hangarians Forget not that my nation Is
not destined for thee. Heaven inspires me
with the confidence that the day will dawn
when it shall be proved 10 thee even on the ruin
ed walls Of Buda.
May the Almighty bless thee, my beloved
country. Believe, Hope and Love.