The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-19

will it sldes With absolutism or with freedom
Hear, hear You gave your sympathy ,-you
watched, with the lveliest interest, the cause of
Hungary in the past If you thought ID worthy
To feel lively interest in the cause of Hungary
IN the past, you gave your wishes for its future.
Now, let me again ask, do not permit this lively
interest and the wishes to be barren sound.
You have the power to help, Help Cheers.
A principle which meet here in this place, is a
principle of social order Many people when
they hear this word, " social ORDER" get almost
! nervous aud excited. There are many that mis-
use this sacred word as blasphemy. They
call social order absolutism; they call social or
der, when humanity is put into prison; they
call social order, the silence of the grave. Hear
hear.
This ,3Oth of October has presented to the
world spectacle which, once seen proudly
proclaim that no czars and emperors of Austria
have the right or can have the pretension, to
speak more Of social order. Hear, hear Here
issocial order in London and by whom watched?
| had my thousands and thousands Of the people
rushing forward, not with effusion of blood, but
with the warm enthusiasm of noble hearts
cheers, to cheer liberty and the principle
of freedom in my poor humble self And what
is the safeguard of social order in this meeting
of the people | asked the attention of Lord
d. Stuart: Let US look how many policemen
are present. have seen four. Cheers.] Such
y scene, my lord, for the cZars and the emper
ors, and all men ambitious, who may be called
presdents---tor they are the same thing, no mat
ter how called. Hear, hear. They would
have had their 10000 bayonets, and do not
know how many open and secret spies they
would have safeguarded. by arms and can
non--what? Social order? No. Against
whom? Against foes and enemies of social order?
No; against their own people. Hear, hear.
| The people are never ayerse to social order |;
it is the basis of security, of person and property
II is blasphemy to say that people love dis
order; but neither single man, nor thousands,
wish to be the tools of ambition. Hear, hear
Now, having met here the principle of social
order, permit me the question-what is, in the
opinion of this llustrious corporation, the surest
safeguard of social order! | believe the surest
safeguard of it is that which this illustrous cor
poration have seen, have experienced, to be sue
cessful in maintaining social order here in this
mighty, immense city, which is an empire
mightier than an empire nation. And what
is the safeguard of social order Liberty. Hear,
hear. Twas not so happy as TO arrive in Lon
don soon enough to see that great meeting
which London appointed to humani. y-the
Great Exhibition; but London is the greatest
exhibition of all, and should | need yet one
spur 10 ueVOto I'LL my lie anu All my acLVlLy 10
that liberty which is capable TO preserve, in so
magnificent a manner, social order, in such an
immense city as London, the contemplation of
your social order, of your liberty, your demon
stration to-day would have given me the spur.
| thank you for it, Cheers.
4 You have marked, my lord and gentlemen, that
we in Hungary have struggled for that very free
dom which experience here in England has
shown to be the surest safeguard Of social order;
therefore, you gave your sympathy to our past
! you give your sympathy to the present-you en-
terrain wishes for the future of that cause /; let
me again entreat you, in the name of the princi-
pie Of social ORDER let not be barren this sympa-
thy for Hungary-you have the power-help,
help. Hear, hearl A principle meet is the
principle of municipal institutions. London is
almost the Oldest, to be sure one of the Oldest
municipal institutions on the earth; in every
1t ia older than the great glorious nation of
England itself, because it derives its municipal
institutions from the Roman times. Nations
empires have fallen; mighty people have van.
ished from the surface of the earth; new world
arose; even here in England dynasties passed !;
religion, governments changed revolution
swept over England as mighty storm; resto-
ration came, which never in history las long
and, after that had passed. the establishment of
social order upon the principle of liberty for
the people; and, during all these immense
changes, London stands. Stands mo it does
not stand ; it has grown during those changes,
giant; itself an empire more than an empire
! itself nation-mightier than ma ion. Hear
hear. Now, what Is the keystone of ali this
The keystone is, in my opinion, that the exist
ence of London is founded upon municipal in.
situations. Hear hear, The principle Of
municipal institutions is crushed down on the
! IF - IL 4,
away by the disease of centralization Great
cheering. This Capitalization is so propitious
Ito VIII at? To ambition, but not to liberty
! Hear, hear. But chiefly on the continent of
| Europe the principle of municipal institutions
is swept away by the principle Of absolutism,
for the two words are identical. What Is abso-
lutisml 1t the Capitalization of power That
is the banner to the perjury of the house Of
Austria, and which banner it has obtained in 80
sacrilegious manner through Hungary. That
is the basis of Russia having assisted it.
! As long as Hungary was free, though contin
ually encrosched upon by the absolutst direc-
] ton OF the Austrian government, still it contin
ued to be for the existence of the house of Aus
tria an immense benefit, because the very idea
that Hungary has had municipal institutions was
a check TO Russia that IL could hot get the Aus
TRAN dynasty into its hands Hungary fallen
the power of Austria centralized, and Austria is
no more than mere tool Of Russia See the
consequence of crushing down the municp i in
situations and Capitalization. The house of
Austria became a traitor to God, traitor 20 hu
mauity, only out of the wish TO get rid Of the
check which the municipal institutions of Hun
gary had put before its absoutist direction
Hear, hear What is the consequence Of cen
tralizationl That Austria is in bondage, forced |
TO be obedient to the Gar Hear hear Hou !
the metropolis of the world, strong in your mu.
nicpal institutions, remembering to be attentive
to the condition of foreign nations, have given
your attention TO the cause of Hungary. You
have marked us to struggle for freedom and
municipal institutions; finding this In the strug
gle of Hungary, you have given your sympathy
to our past, your wishes for our future; then
excuse me again for repeating the request that
these wishes be not barren. You have the pow
er to hep-then help! Hear, hear For the
cause of Hungary could go on for weeks, to
show how much united or at least in harmony,
il is with those principles, which you cherish and
love, and which make vour glory Hear hear I |