Democratic banner., 1850-01-07
MISSOURI MONDAY, JANUARY

know what almost superhuin an efforts were
put forth during that molneutous contests
contest brought to premature and ,disas-
trou, end by morbid ambition running into
venality and treachery. When that terri
bic disaster broke upon those Of us who
we're behind the walls of Comorn, when we
were assured beyond doubt of its extent
and consequences, there remained for US
one duty, namely, either TO employ the ad-
vantages of our position 10 as to force from
the enemy honorable conditions Of safety to
ourselves and those with us, or else 10 hold
out to the last moment and finally perish
under the ruins of the fortress. We obtain.
cd such conditions, though the brutal and
bloody enemy, outdoing his former perhdy.
has violated those promises, pursuing with
the halter and with coniiscasiou those to
whom he had solemnly guaranteed the Sc
curity Of life and goods. .-.....
II is indeed heart rending, to think of the
fate of our country, to think OF her ancient
Constitution subverted, her villages sacked,
her fields desolated, so many of her noblest
defenders lying in graves marked only BY
the gallows on which each persisted, or the
rude pile of earth heaped by the hostile SOL
diers whose bullets hurtlsd to their death.
1t is even more heart-rending to think Of
the great and good Kossuth and his gallant
comPanions languishing in Turkish fort
ress, cut of not alone from the world but
from the country and the nation to whose
freedom and development he had given all
his glorious energies, and from all action
for those immortal principles of liberty and
humanity of which he is the inspired proph-
ct and apostle! Here every eys was mois.:
tened & tears trickled down many cheeks. I
To the dead there are the consultations that
could not but follow lives of honor and de-
votion to the best good Of their fellows : to
the exiles there are the excitement Of new
lands, Of new circumstances, and of new
life to be begun; but to those immured in
the walls of Schumla there is only the men,
ory of misfortune and the chsfng Of the
soul within cage from which there seems
to be no outlet. But stus not despair even
for them, Let US hope that the free nations
Of the world will intercede in their behalf
with such power that their dungeon doors
will fly open snd they go forth once more
freely among the gushing sympathies Of
men! -.. a..
"But still less ought we to despair for the
cause Of Liberty, of National Independ-
ence, Of Hungary. The day of regenera-
tion cannot be distant, and the fury Of oui
conquerors only hastens its dawn. Hope,
which always remains with Truth and JUS
tice, remains above all with her. Besides,
the whole fabric Of despotism in Europe
now stands on foundations of sand, worn
ever more and more away by the rushing
food of democratic ideas. And when Il
falls it will crush only kings and oppressOrs,
and from its crumbling remains the liberia
ted nations will rise, young and vigorous
for new and happy career, and Hungary
will rise with them. -t
"When that hour will come we know not,
but meanwhile let US aid each other, let rs
cultivate the fraternal union Of all our num-
Der in the midst of this great country where
our lot Is now cast, so that the name of the
Magyar may still bear honor, and we be
ready for that duty to our fatherland from
which no man can be absolved, for if that
duty BE- sacred when the call is for aid in
its defence, how much more sacred when
it is for aid in its rsgeneration!"
RELIGION IN CALIFoRNIA.-Rev 0. G..
Wheeler, in letter dated San Francisco,
says:
l am trying to preach, to labor, to pray;
and I love my work, but have never seen a
harder task than to get man to look through
a lump of gold into eternity. 1t is more
like beating the air, like contending with
the elements, like confning the tide or still
ing the tempest, than have hitherto sup
posed could possibly exist. Men come to
church and pay more than respectful, seri-
Gus and interested attention to all the
services, and 60 away expressing their JOY
at such an unprecedented privilege. But
to the inquiry, "How did you enjoy the ex-
ercises?" the listener most likely replies,
'Rising, sir, sir, fifty per cent. higher than
the same rooms rented for last month. p
"Were you not interested with the church
music ?" 81 am somewhat interested-that
Is, have about dozen lots, and, sir, eight
of them are worth $50, 1000 each."
[Mr. WHEELER may have supposed that
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