The republic., 1851-12-16

1896 these words; "In the war between spaiI
and the spanish American colonies, the United
States have freely granted both parties the hos
pitalty of their ports and territory, and hav,
allowed the agents Of both to procure within thei
Jurisdiction. in the way of lawful trade. any sup
pIies which suited their convenience" Now gen.
tlemen, this is the principle which humanity cx.
pects, for your own and for mankind's benefit
to see maintained by you, and not yonder fata
course, which admits to tyrants to draw from youi
country whatever supply of oppression, against
their nations but forbids to nations to buy the
means OF defence. That was not the principle OF
your Washington; when he speaks OF har-
mony, oil friendly intercourse, and of peace, he
always takes care TO speak Of nations, and not ol
governments-e less of tyrants. who subdue by
foreign arms. The sacred word Of nation with all
its natural rights, should, at least from your po-
htical dictionary, not be b'ottcd out and yet
am sorry to that the word nation is replaced by
the word Government.
Gentlemen, humbly wish that public opinion OF
the people of the United States conscious OF its own
rights, should highly and resolutely declare that
the people of the United States will carry on trade
and continue its commercial intercourse with what
ever nation be that nation in revolution against its
oppressors not and that the people of the United
States express, with confidence from its Govern
lnent, TO provide for the protection of your trade.
l am confident that your National Government,
seeing public opinion so pronounced will Judge il
convenient TO augment your naval forces in the
mediterranean; and to look for come such state
h'VHi ~ NUuid not lOTCe the navy OF reDuUI-
can America to such abrogatons towards tyrants,
which cannot be consstent with republican princ.
pies or republican dignity. only because the king
so-so, be he even the cursed King of Naples grants
you the favor of an anchoring place for the naval
forces of your Republic. | believe your glorious
country should everywhere freely unfurl the star
sPanged banner ofliberty with all congenial prin-
ciples, and not make itself dependent on whatever
respect OF the glorious smiles of the Kings Bonn
baste Compagne.
The third object of my humble wishes, gentle
men, is the recognition of the independence of
Hungary. Your glorious Declaration of Inde-
pendence proolaims the right of every nation to
assume among the powers of the earth the separate
and equal station to which the laws of nature and
God entitle them The political assist
ance of your glorious Republic is founded upon
this principle, upon this right My nation stands
upon the same ground, and there is striking re-
semblance between your cause and that Of my
country. On the 4th Of July, l776, John Adams
spoke thus in your Congress; ''Sink or swim live
or die survive or perish, am for this declaration I"
In the beginning we aimed not at independence;
but "there is divinity that shapes our ends
These noble words were present TO my mind on the
attn April, lS49, when moved the Declaration of
independence In the National Assembly of Hun
gary Our condition the same; and, If there
be any difference, dare say il is in favor of our
selves Your country was, before this dec aration,
not a self consisting, independent State. Hungary
was.
Through the lapse of thousand years, through
every vicissitude of this long period while nations
vanished and empires fell the self consisting indie
pendence of Hungary was never lost, butrecogniscd
by all powers of the earth, sanctioned by trea
lies, lost with the Hapsburg dynasty, when this
iynasty by the free will of my nation, and by a
oilateral part, was invested with the kngly crown
d Hungary Even more; this independence of
hungary was acknowled ged to make a part Of the
International law Of Europe, and was guaranteed
1ot only by the foreign European governments
such as Great Britain but also by several of those
when yet constitutional nations, which belonged
rtxyf f. tl,( -
o the Austrian empire. This independent condi-
ion OF Hungary is clearly defined in one of our
fundamental laws Of l79l, in these words: .sHun-
gary ID free and independent kingdom, having
Is own Hell-consstent existence and constitution
md not subject to any other nation or country in
he word.''
This therefore was our ancient right We were
lot dependent from nor part of the Austrian en-
,lre, as your country wpe dependent from Eng
and. II was clearly defined that we were TO Aus
ria nothing but good neighborhood, and the only
lie between us and Austria was, that we elected to
,e our kings the same dynasty which were also
he sovereigns OF Austria, and occupied the same
inc of hereditary succession of our kings; but by
cceptng this our forefathera, with the consent of
he king, again declared that, though she accepts
he dynasty 10 be our hereditary kings, all the
ther franchises, rights and laws of the nation
hall remain in full power and intact; and our
ountry shall not be governed like the other do
ninions of that dynasty, but according to our con
established authorities. We would
ot pCiOilS W tDc Austrian CtDplrc because that
mpire did not exist while Hungary did already
early two years exist, and existed some two hun
lrcd and eighty years under the government Of
hat Hapsburgian dynasty.
The Austrian empire, as you know, was only
Established in 1906, when the Rhenish confederacy
4 Napoleon struck the death blow to the German
mpire, of which Francis ii. of Austria VIVA not he
editary, but elected, empcrqr. That Hungary
aa belonged 10 the y arnian empire, that is thing
which no nan ever imagined yet; it is only now
'hen the Hapsburgian tyrant professes the inten-
ion to melt Hungary into the German confedera-
ion. But you know this intention to be in SO strikn
pposltion 10 the European public law, that Eng
ana and France solemply protected against this
ntentlon which ID not carried out even to-day.
he German empire having died its late empe-
or, Francis. also king of Hungary has established
ne Austrian empire In 1906 but even in that fun
amental charter OF the new established Austrian
mpire, he solcmny declared that Hungary and
10 annexed provinces are not intended, and will
ot make a part Of the Austrian empire. Subse-
uently we entered with this empire into the Ger
lanic confederation of 1905, but Hungary, as well
Lombardy and Venice, not making part of tho
Austrian empire, remained again separated, and
'ere not entered into the confederucy.
The laws which succeeded 10 carry in lS4s did |
course, nothing alter in that old chartered con,
ltlpn OF Hungary. Wetransformed the peasantry
lto reeholders, free proprietors, abolished feuda
Wcreplaced the political privileges
aristocracy by the common liberty of the whole
eopie, gave political representation to the people
operations into democratic corporations, intro
uced equality IN rignts and duties, and before the
W. for the whole people, abolished the immunity
taxation Of the nobility, secured equal religious
berty to ALL secured liberty of the press and ofas
'caion provided for the public gratuious instruc,
on for the whole people Of every confession and
whatever tongue, but not injuring in any way |
ne rights OF the king. We replaced our own aris- |
'cratical constitution by democratic constitu- |
oa, founded upon nearly universal suffrage of the
hole people, of whatever religion, of whatever
'ngue. All these were, you see, internal re- |
,rms which did in way interfere with our allie |!
lance to the king, and carried lawfully, in |
legislation, with the sanction of the king
Besides this, there was another thing which was |
arred. We were formerly governed by Board |
I Council, which had the express duty to govern |
ccording to sure laws, and be responsible for do
g so; but We saw by long experience that this re-
possibility is an empty sound, because corpora |
on cannot really be responsibility and here was the |
'ason why the absplutistlcal tendency of ihe DIV |
asty succleded to cncroach upon our liberty So /
e replaced the Board of Council by ministers: the |
mpty responsibility of board by the individual |
esponsibility of men; and the king consented 10 /
myself was named by him Minister of tho
reasQry That Is all. But precisely here was
ie rub. The tyrunt could not bear the idea that
would not give to his ambitionarv d;anoaal ,,o