Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-12-01
Kossutil's Farewell address 10 Hungary.

gaflan SOL he kuelt 0uwn upon II, opened
his ar ms as if he would cinbt ace lis helds,
kissed the Garth moislehed and sancttie0
by the blood of lis mos, valuable children,
ynd after addressing q short prayer 10 the
D:sposer ol all events, he pronounced The
!ollo wing eloquent Address:
God with thee, my beloved Fatherianai
God with thee Fatherland OF The Ma, gas!
God with thee, land Of toFtures! | Shall
not be able TO behold the sun,nl!s ol th>
mountains, no more Shall lie ub e 10 IN
my Fatherland the sDil, where, OH the
mothers heart imbbed lhe milk OF Free
dom, and Justicei
Pardon me, my Fatherlaud, me who an,
condemned TO wander abuu, far from thee,
because ! slrove for thy welfare. Pardon
me who nc more call anything free, than
the small space, where am kneellng down,
with few Ct thy sons. My looks tall Ups
on thee, o, poor Falherlnnd? see thee
bent down with suffefngs! | now turn
Them 10 lu.urty, Thy Future is nothing, bu.
a great grltf!-l thy plains are mostened
with crimson gore, which will soon be
blackencd by unmerclful devastation and
destruction, us If 10 mourn over The num-
berless corquests, which, thy sons have
achieved over the accursed enemies Of lhy
halowed soil. How many grateful hearts
lifted up their prayers 10 the Throne Of
Almighty! How many lears have lilwn,
which would even have moved Hell 10
compassion! How many streams OF blood
have run, as proofs, how tie Hungarian
os es his Falherland, and how he can die
| for il! and YET HIST thou le.oyed Father
land become slave! 81.
| Thy beloved sons are chained and drag.
ged away like slaves, destined to letter
again every thing that is holy; 10 become
serviceab.e to all that is unholy! Y Lord,
if thou loves, thy people, whose heroic on-
ceslors thou did 81 enable 10 conquer under
Arpad, amid so :nauiIset dungers, 1t be-
seech ''hee, and | implore Thee, Q him
be ii Eo.! =" '-~ So
Behold, my dear FalheraLd, thus sPe4ks
to thee Thy son. in Tie whirlwnd Of lrou-
b.es and despair, on thy utmos, b undory!
Pardon me, ii tile great number Of lhy
sons have shed lher blood Tor my sake, or
rather for ihine, because | was their rep.
resenlative; because protected II es when
on thy brow in letters oi blood, The word
DANCER, because |, when it was called
unto thee, ITO be slave" took up the
sword for thee; because gi'dsd on my
sword wnen the enemy had The audacily
to say Thou art no more natlpn, III
The land of The Magyars ..-s
With gigantic PAGES time roeed on,
win black, yellow letters Fate wrote on
The puges,o Thy history, ',Dealh!' and 10
stamp The seal upon il, ii called, the North.
ern Coloss is 10 assist Bel the reduening
morning dawn Of the South will melt this
seal!
Behold dear Fatherland, for thee who
hast shed so much Of thy blood, there is moi
even compassion; because, on the hill
which are lowered up by the bones oi Thy
fallen sons, tyranny earns her breAd.
O, see , my dear Fa,herland! line un-
grateful whom thou didst nourish from the
fat of thy p,en.itude has turned against
thee, against thee has turned traitor, thou,
noble nation, hast endured all this thou
hast not cured thy fate, because in thy
bosom over all suffering HoPE is enshrined.
Magyars; turn your locks not away
from me; for even at this moment my
tears flow only for you, and the soil on
which am kneeling yet benrs your name!
Thou art fallen, truest of nations! Thou
art thrust down under thine own blow! mol
the weapon of n foreign enemy, which has
dug Thy grave; not the cannon of The many
nations, who were brought up against thee
they hove toltered buck at Thy Love to
thy Fatherland! not the Muscoviles, who
crawled over the Karaphi;es have compe.l-
ed thee TO lay down thine arms. 0 no!
sold, thou vast, dear Fatherland. Thy
sentence of death dear loved Fatherland,
was written by him, whose love 10 his
country never questioned for moment.
In the bold flight of my thoughts, | would
rather have douGIed the existence oi good
man than should have thought he could
have become the traitor 10 his Fatherland
And thou hast been betrayed BY him, in
in whose hands a few days ago laid the
Government of our country has sworn
to defend thee with the last drop OF his
blood. He became traitor to bis coun-
try because the color of gold was deDrer
to him than that of blood, which was shed
for the independence Of the Faiherlano -
The profane metal had in his eyes more
value, than The Holy God Of his land, who
forsook him, when he entered into cove
nant with the associates Of the DevIl!i
Magyars! my dear fellow sons OF the
same counlryl Do not accuse me, beca use
| was compelled to cast my eye. on this
man, and 10 vacate my place for him.
was obliged TO do so, because the people
placed confidence in him, because the ar
my loved him, and he had already attained
to such position, in which he could have
proved his fidelity! and ye. tha, man obus-
ed the confidence Of the nation, and in re.
turn for the love OF his nation treated them
with contempt!
Curse m,people Of The Aegyars! Curse
the heart that did not dry up when it at
tempted to no1rish him with the moisture
Of life! -. .rg..
/ love thee, Europe's truest nation! as !
love the freedom for which thou fought SO
brayely! The God of liberty will never