Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-12-30

Cromwell $ ana w aShIngfon use0s tHeN
enable him, al this late day. TO commane
with fifty millions OF the most sdyauced
people on the globe, and 10 those magnitl-
cent oulbursiS Of high thoughts and genel-
Gus sentiments which have lately thrilled US
al Southampton and London, 10 urge these
people 70 glorious career.
Meantime, while The Young advocate was
learning TO read Shakespear by the faint
light OF his dungeon CRATE, aud ponderlng
bis own and his coun,ry's destiny, in the
slow hours If the night the fumor Of his
condemnation flew on The wings OF birds 10
every corner Of the land. The people. mo-
bles aid peasants alike, instincllsely knew
ii. i isienl, and took up his cause. Even
a. IA pif as the Austrian capital the Demo
erafic instinct recognized its man, aud made
ceaIren cause with the masses 81 Hungary.
A soc,sfipns were formed ia Vienna, as
well Il 10 al the chief towns and villages of
The Magyar land, TO sustain the natural
rights OF humanity against The arc CANT pre-
tensions Of reigning families. Three years
Of busy agitation accomplished the work OF
twenty years Of slow-moving discussion -
When, in 1871, kossuih was released from
bis cell. he found his companions, the old
Baron Wesseleusi, Sind, under The cruel
treatment he had feceiyed--he found the
Young Lovassi mau.ac-he found tbe thee
others ready for death, under the diseases
they had contracted. Heaven pity The SUI.
fereis but he found the eyes Of the people
open, their judgments sane, and their bodies
strong 10 do the work Of the time Con
semned for the sake OF the press his FIRST
act was 10 establish pIess--ihe PeSfi Hir.
lg,---the first liberal newspaper 10 the east
OF Europe. The satfaps Of Austria tried 10
s'rangle it, but they tried in vain matters
had gone too far The Democratic spirit was
up; aud for six years. kossuh and his
friends ba,tled with injustice, both at home
and abroad, as the infant Hercules in his
cradle ba,iled with the serpenis. Al The
same time Wesselenyi. the blind old baron,
travelled from one end of the Kingdom 10 the
other. not TO arouse the people, for they
were already aroused but to keep alive and
concentrate the fire. He was received with
open doors and the warm blessings OF the
heart, while Kossuih--lhis was in lSf!--
was returned, by reclamation, member q
the National Assembly for Peslh. !icimme-
diaiely took his seat. no. az formerly to vote,
without speaking. Tor an absent magnale
bu, to yai- and speak in the living present.
~ himself and the people. And that 70
ting and that speaking, you may depend
upon IT, from these presidents. were both
effective.
The National Assembly, a, that lime, was
divided into three parties; the old Conserv-
,b~, ~ fgxh rpais the =
with Austria, and who weie also unwilling
10 break the chains Of the people the Pro-
gressiyes, xho were determined 10 do both ;
and The extreme Socslist;c Reformers, Who,
on the ruins made by The Democrats. wish.
ed 10 build up entirely new laws and new
social arrangements. Kossulh sided With
the middle party. He disliked the former,
& distrusttd the theories OF the last, bu, what.
| ever bis differences with either he contflv.
cd very soon, by his burning eloquence aud
energy, to fuse them all into one, and to
make Of them the single, united Hungarian
/ party. An Austrian writer, an enemy says:
The parliamentary speeches Of koasuil'
were like flaming arrows, which he hurled
4 into kindred minds, to urge them 10 fana-
+ tic enthusiasm" "Hls ora,ory,' con'ln.
ues the same writer, twas like large bat
terry with heavy ordnance diseharglng the
/ most fearful missiles. The poisonous sting
Of his replies, his despotic power in the
House, his inlrigues out of doors, had The
power of an army against the siand-still pol.
.icy OF Metternich." Thus he yenquished
The Conservatives, while, on the other hand
the ultra Socialists. melted BY his fire, rush
I 4 b.,, ~ md MD
cious leader they could adopt.
kossuths policy as unfolded IN pro
gramme published ID 1877, had..wo aspects
the one relating to foreign and inieInationa
affairs and the other TO the domestic ad
minisira,ion. With regard TO Austria, i
asserted that the independence and lntegri
~ Of The kingdom should be maintained OF
the old basis OF the laws and Constitution
but that the king should act, not through
foreigners bu, native Hungarians. Moth
ing like revolt, however. from the Ausiri
an connection was proposed. The patrioi
meant merely TO 60 back to The old system
under which they had some opportunity o
managing their own affairs. They ever
professed the warmest attachment 10 ih'
throne, so long as they were permitted TIN
exercise of their rights, dating back SONS
eight hundred years. They were not theI
either rebels or re youlionisls, but erred iath
er on the side Of devotion TO law aud order
But their internal policy showed tha
While they could be tolerant, moderate an.
even too loyal TO House which had iDilct
ed so many wrongs upon them, they wer'
determined to De fearless and just in respec
to the people. They proclaimed then ob
jects IN The following propositions:
! That all the peasants OF the Kingdom
whatever might be their religion o. race
should be al once exempted from all ubari
al dues and obligations 10 their landlords, 70
which the latter were 10 receive an indem
nifty from the State.
9, That, wiihon, exception Of religion o
race, all the inhabitants OF the country, no
Bile and non noble. should be declared eqaa
before the law.
3 That every inhabiiant whose income
amounts TO ten pounds. (fiitv dollars whiei
incladed all persons no. vagabonds Of sa''
paupers, should possess the elective iran
chise.
A. That every inhabitant should bear hi'
/ eonal proporlion OF the expense OF the Gov.