The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-12

! We were also Instructed to ask the empsros
to restore to our friends In the other nations,
and To our fettercd brothers in Austria, their
constitutional rights, and TO interpose the word
OF Hungary in their favor. The agitation wss
then great IN Vienna, almost il was in every
othor country In Europe, save this England only,
winch, having once established its peace by revo-
lution can ENJOY its public liberties without any
desire for another. Here, all was ouiet-op the
continent, all was movement. The government
OF Austria still hesitat.d to give Us our rights.
went up to the imperial palace, and told them
there, that il the deputation was kept long
waiting, | would not guarantee, myself, what
the consequences would be, or that the move
ment that was taking place would not reach
Hungary. if we were discomti.ted and di.ap
pointed in our just ex )ectations, and therefore
enlreated them to Go justice. They Promised
they would do so if lily Vienna was quiet, but
that they did not wish it to appear that the house
OF Hapsburg was compelled, by its fears, to be-
Just and generous. Cheers ane laughter This
was one Of the moments ia which |, ia NV own
humble person, was "A strange example of the
various changes Of human life. Myself an hum
BILE, unpretending son of modest Hungary, was
in the condition, that had the existence Of the
house OF liapsburg, and all its crowns, here in
my hand on Kossuth here stretched out his
arm with clinched fist across the table Ire
mendous cheering) told them, be Just to
my fatherland, and will give you peace and
tranquility ~ Vienna They promised me to
be just, and gave them peace and TRANQUILITY in
Vienna, in twenty-four hours; and before the
eternal God who will make responsible to Him
my soul ,-before history, the Independent Judge
OF men and events, have right to say the
house OF Hapsburg has to thank it's existence to
me. AT last, sanction was given; but while we
received the promise Of the King in one room,
In the other room, the Archducbess Sopbia.
mother of the present King. and sister of Fran
cis Joseph, was plotting with Metternch how to
get rid Of this word and sanction.
In few days afterwards, the King, who was
afterwards deposed, came to Presburg and sane
toned publicly our laws. was there as menu
Der Of the ministry, in which was what YOU
call first lord of the treasury, which was forced
to accept. say 80, because can call the pub
lie knowledge OF my natiOn-my enemies in nv
nation as well as my friends--that always con-
sidered office and power as a burden and as no
glory but that it was myself who, before going
up to Vienna with the laws for sanction, adj
dressed the people of Presburg (assembled be.
low from the balcony, taking Louis Batthyany,
my poor friend by the hand -" Don't cheer N.Y.
self. Here is the man who shall be--who must
be fist minister, President of Hungary; !" but
Batthyany refused to accept it, so was forced
to accept it; and state this because see it ia
said in some papers that made myself minister.
We came down to Pesth, and in a few DAYS az
ter the Serbs revolted-stirred up, as it was quite
clearly proved afterwards, by the intrgues of
the Camarla Of Vienna. They took for pre-
text that in the diplomes there was treaty that
part of Hungary, containing about 100000
peor!c, was given to them, which nobody de-
MED but their design was, as is now quite clear,
to separate that part OF Hungary, and to form in
separate province the Banat and Buchna, though
they contain 100000 inhabitants, out of which
only about 100000 or 100000 are Serbs some
are Wallnchians, some speak the German tongue;
but the Hungarian government seeing there
must be some plot ny which the poor people
misled, did not employ all the necessary
strength to suppress it, besides, must also
state that one of the chief political maneuvres
of Metternich was ever and ever to Cypress one
nation by another; but our army was drawn out
of the land-one part in Bohemia, one in Italy,
and we had German, Polish, and WaIlacian
troops ia Hungary. Without entering into de.
tails, will only state tn t the revolt spread it.
self over Croatia, which declared it was independ-
ent of Hungary, without any reason at all. And
will state that the head of lis revolt of the
entreated the King to give his command to con.
woke parliament in order to take measures
against these internal dsturbers. The King
gave his consent, and |, as minister of State,
stood by the side of the Archduke Palatine when
he received the order of the King who had fled
to lnnspruck, where he had been visited by q
deputation from Pesth, sent by the Diet, inviting
him to come to Buda, to rely on them, and that
they would defend him against half the world.
lCaeers And it has been proved that the
Hungarians can defend the crown [Cheers.l
! stood by the side of the Archduke Palatine
when he read the declaration Of the King. that
he soemnly condemned the damnable efforts of
Jellachieh, and of the Serbs, and Croats, and
Wallachians, who had rebelled against the CON-
mon liberty of the land, which they enjoyed,
without any distinction of the language they
might use, or the church to which they belonged.
AT that very time that the orders were given by
the minister of Hungary, to put down this re-
volt against the law, and that the King had con.
voked his faithful parliament of Hungary, TO
provide as well for the army as for the financial
MEANS to defend and protect the realm, that was
done; and in the convocation of the kingdom,
| saw one of the grandest sights of my life,
when nearly 400 representatives rose as one man,
and stopping me in the address which was
making, declared "You shall have t--you shall
have all you want" While we were engaged in
making these legislative provisions, the battle of
Novarro, or rather the battle of Costlanpa, was
won by the armies of Austria, and the house of
Hapsburg was saved. Now was the moment to
crush Hungary. The King issued a proclama-
ton in which Jellachcb, who had been pro-
claimed traitor to his country, was Landed as
his most faithful servant, and thanks were given
to him for his services, and in which the King
begged him to go on against the Hungarans.
/" Oh oh."] There was not an honest man in the
world who would not pronounce against such
an act as that. We had no army-not more
than 5000 men--he came down upon us with
300 v0 men,
We met him. We took with our army. two
generals, 10000 men, and their artillery and
this we did with people armed with scythcs and
without discipline. Jelachich himself seeking
Tor truce of two days only, obtained it and in
tne meantime, breaking his word of honor and
his faith, he made his escape, T"Oh Shame."l
We followed him I was presioent of tbs