Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1851-12-12

you VIII not misunderstood me You have
named me, IN the beginning Of your address,
hossUTH, Governor of Hungary" Now, cit
lZens, my lot Is curious one. Never was there
man IN the world more fond Of tranquility and
/ OF a retired life than myself; and never thus
! tar IN my life, have ] been able 10 enjoy this
happiness for single moment. have not been
able TO enjoy it because | always consider the
/ duty OF the patriot 10 be first and paramount,
| and that only after that are 10 come individual!
| wishes, individual inclinations. My nomination
! to the high station Of Governor Of Hungary
was not to crafty an ambitious purpose indeed,
! | know other ambition than that of not being
! ambitious [applausel and declare that never,
| perhaps, in nay life did feel more sad than at
! the moment when I was named Governor Of
| Hungary because | considered my feeble fac
ulties of mind and the high duties laid upon nv
| feeble shoulders and | was almost afraid Of the
! high responsibility of that great station Il is
! therefore not out of ambition that thank Won
! for the work you have assigned to me in naming
/ me Governor Of Hungary-but | thank YOU for
! it because the acknowledgment, on the part Of
the people Of the United States whom have
the honor to address, is an Acknowledgement Of
the rightlul existence of the Declaration Of In
/ dependence of Hungary. TCheersl And, gen
tlemen, frankly declare that | believe the peo-
pie of the United States are bound in honor and
! in duty, 10 recognize this Declaration Of Inde-
pendence as righteously erjsiing fact, because
your very existence reposcs on a similar deca-
ration. Hear, hear
This Declaration fthe independence of Hun
gary is the only existing public law of my nation
1t was not the proclamation Of single man. nor
OF party; but it was the solemn declaration Of
the whole nation in Congress assembled as your
tore-fathers were assembled to put forth YOUR
own glorious Declaration of independence 1t
was sanctioned by every village, by every muai-
cipality of the whole country. Ii is the deca-
ration of Hungary; and no counter pr0nunci-
alton from my people has ever yet come forth to
the world Hence ! have a right to saw that
the Declaration Of the independence of Hungary
exists rightfuly.-in its full power Of right and
/ lawful existence What IS there contrary to its
existence? Contrary to it, is the fact that the
/ Gar Of RUSSIA foreign power as YOU know,
/ which had no right to inteTmeGdIe with Hun
garian eiiors-had the ami io' design 10 thrust
/ upon US his allegiance and, finding traitor for
j ally, in our own ranks, he tramFled upon the
/ liberties and national existence OF Hungary.
! Now gentlemen, what warrant has riole8ct TO
| annhilate right? Violence can establish
fact contrary TO law-contrary to right; Jul
/ violence never can destroy the rightlul source
of this Declaration Of Independence. Hear,
! hear.
Take, for instance, the glorious struggle you
| had not long ago with Mexico, in which Gen.
! Scott drove out the President Of that Republic
from his capitol. Now suppose Gen. Santa An
! ma had come to Washington, and driven awav
| President Taylor would Gen. Taylor have
ceased to be the righttuIly elected President Of
the United States, from the fact a foreign power
had for moment forced him to leave hls place
] believe there IS not single man in the United
States who would say yes. The violence OF
Santa Anna, even in that case, would not have
/ annlhIlated the sovereign right of the people Of
the United States 10 choose their own President
And if it be so, l have most certainly the
/ righ to say, that it is duty Of consistency and
logic for the people of the United States 20
isa tba of he IrIa =.
Of Hungary existing law,-as the only
/ existing law of my poor down-trodden country.
That is what expect TO fiId here, and, what
ever be the declaration of your Government in
that respect, know that have the honor to be
in a country where the sovereign is not the
Government, but the PcoPie,-[great cheering
and where every man IN Office must be the
/ representative OF that district which the public
spirit of the people takes. And il is therefore
! that thank you even more for YOUR kindues in
having named me g Governor Of Hungary :" be-
/ cause by this you have paid the tribute Of an
. acknowledgement of the Declaration Of Inde-
Pendence OF my native land Cheers
AS to the praises you were so kind as to be-
stow upon me, it is no atectaton Of modesty in
me when | declare, that ! am not conscious Of
| having any merit at all, but only that Of being
a plain straight forward man, faithful friend
Of freedom, good patriot. Hear, hear. And
/ these qualities, gentlemen, are natural TO
every honest man that it is scarcely worth
while TO speak Of them, because / cannot con-
ceiye how man with understanding, with d
sound heart, can be any thing else than good
patriot, lover Of freedom, and an homes, man.
Butyet after all, my humble capacity has uQl
preserved me from calumnies. / can we'll say
/ of myself, O'Connel once said Of himself.
that ! am al this time the - best abused man" in
the world Oice, " O, no o. no l"l Well.
gentlemen, do not care much about it. Laugh
teri So long as desPots exist in the world,
and despots can find the means to pay, they will
find men to Calumniate those who are oupo~ed
10 despotism and tyr2uny.-ThgrelOrc, i care
not much about it; because, suppose l were the
most dishonest creature IN the world. I beg YOU
IN the name OF all that Is sacred to tell me " nat
would that matter in respect TO the cause Of
Hungary: Would that cause become less Just,
less righteous, less worthy Of Your sympathy
because ], for instance, am a bad man; Cries Of
"No, non No! | believe it. 1t is not a
question IN regard TO any individual here 1t is
question 10 regard TO Just cause OF country
to take It's place in the great family of free na-
tions Of the world. care not much, therefore,
about these calumnies Scarcely had arrived
here, when | was told that was CHARGED here
IN the United States, with being an rre!gigus
man. Now, gentlemen, that Is sacred grouad
and am somewhat sensitive upon that matter :
but / Will nevertheless say that, 4 good Chris
tam, whose first moral principle Is, - love thv
neIghbor as thyselt," only wish that man who
charges me win oelng an lTreIigIous man, may
with respect TO this first great principe Of
Christianity stand with as open q face before
the tribunal of our Supreme Judge, as / con
fdently hope that will stand. Great cheering !
Again; | say, do not care much about this
matter; but one thing | can scarcely compre-
hend,-that the Press-that mighty vehicle Of
justice and champion of human right--could
have found an organ, even in the United States,
which leaving personal calumnies aside, should
bring reproach upon itself 50 far as 10 assert,
that 1t was not the people Of Hungary-not my
self and my companions who fought for liberty