The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-10-30

~ " tH'eNO' 0ic PAV'NhO e7' Oos We
were martyrs to The cause Of freedom
and this glorious but painful destiny was
Imposed upon US.
Though my dear naive Hungary is
trodden down. aud the flower Of her sons
executed. or wandering exiIes. aud I, her
governor, writing from my prison IN this
distant Asiutic Turkey. predict--snd
the eternal God hears my prediction
that there can be no freedom for the con-
iinent of Europe. and that The Cossacks
from tho shoreb of the Don will water
their steedS III the Rhine, unless liberty
he restored TO Hungary. Itis only with
Hungarian freedom that the Europesn
nations can be free; and the smaller ma,
tionsIities especially can have no future
without rs. -
Nor could the united Russio Austrian
forces have conquered my heroic cpun.
uymen bad they not IoUnd traitor Ia
aid them, in the man whom, believing iil
bis honesty. and on account Of his skill. |
raised from "bscurity. Enjoying my con.
idence. the confidence Of the nation and
The army. | placed him at the head Of our
forces. giving him the mist glorious part
10 perform ever granted tn man. What
ali immortality was within his reach, had
he heen honest! But he betrayed his
country. Cursed be bis name for eyor!
will not open the bleeding wounds by the
sad remembersnce Of this event. and will
merely mention that the surrender al
Vilagos was the crowniDg act Of long
lSystem oftreachery secretly practiced-by
not using the advantages which victories
put in his hands-by not fulfilling my
commands. under cunning pretenses- by
destroying national feeling in the army
by weakening its confidence - aud by the
destruction, through unnecessary expos
ures aud dangers, of that portion Of the
army that he could not corrupt 10 his
base designs to make himself military
dictator.
God. in his inscrutabe wisdom. knows
why the traitor was permitted tn be suc
eessful. ln vain fell the bravest of men
in this long war-in vain wers the exer
tiOns Of my brave countrymen-in vair
did the agedfather send. with pious heart
his only son. the prop of his declining
years. and the bride her bridegroom-ir il
vain did all private interests yield to the
loiliest poiriotism-in vain arose the pray.
ers of suffering people-in vain did the
} ardent wishes of every friend of freedom
accompany our efforts vain did the
Genius of Liberty hope for success. My
country was martyred Her rulers are
hangmen. They have spoken the impi.
Gus words that the liberty loving nation
lies at The feet Of the Czar." Instead o.
the thankful prayer Of faith, of hope. aud
of love, the sir of my native land is filed
with the cries of despair, and | her cho-
sen leader, am an exile. The diploma.
cy Of Europe has changed Turkish hos
piiality to me and my companions into
hopeless bondage. 1t is painful exist.
ance. My youthful children have begun
the morning oftheir life in the hands Of
my cnuntry's destroyer, and | but M;
desponding does not become me, for |
am man. | am not permitted, or |
would say envy the dead. Who is un-
fortunatel am in Broussa. were the
great Hannibal once lived an exile, home.
less like myself, but rich in services per.
formed for his country, while can claim
only fidelity to mine. The ingratitude Of
his nation went with him in his Danish.
ment. bat the sorrowful love Of my coun.
/ trymen follows me to my place of exile
: To thee, my God, offer thanks that thor
didsl deem me worthy to suffer for dea
Hungary. Let me suffer affections, bu
accept them as propitiatory sacrifices fo
my native land.
And thou. Hungarian nation. yield moi
To despair! Be patient; hope. and wal
thy time!-Though all men forget thee
the God of Justice will not. Thy suffer
ings are recorded, and thy tears remem.
bered. The blood Of thy Gartyrs--thy
noble SONS which moistened thy soil,
will have its fruits. The victims which
daily fall for thee are. like the ever green
cypress over the graves of the dead. the
symbol of thy resurrection. Tho races
whom thy destroyer excited against thee
by lies and cunning will be undeceived;
they will know that thou ddst not fight
for pre- eminence, but for the common
liberty that thou vast their brother, and
bled fnr them also. The temporary vic.
tory of our enemies will but serve to take
the film from the eyes Of the deceived
people. The sentiment ofsympalhy for
our sufferings will inspire aiming the
smaller States and races the wish for a
fraternal confederation that which
always urged as the only safe policy and
guarantee of freedom for rthem all.
| The realization of this idea will hurl
the power of the naughty despots to the
abyss of the past, aud Hungary, free,
surrounded by free nations. will be great,
{ glorious, and independent.
AT the moment when hardly hoped
for further consolation on earth, behold
the God of Mercy freed my wife, aud en-
abled her, through thousand dangers. to
reach me in my place of exile! Like a
hunted deer, she could not fort FIVE months
find in her own native land place oI
rest The executioners Of the beardless
Nero placed reward npon her head. bnl
she has escaped the iyrants. She was tr
me and my exiled countrymen like the
rainbow to Noah; for she brought intel
Ilgence of hope in the uushaken souls o
the Hungarian people, aud in the afFec
tionate sympathy ofthe neighboring ma
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