The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-10-28

years, and the bride her bridegroom,
-in vain did all private tesinteres,s yield To-
the lollicsi patrio,ism--in ynin arose the
prayers Of suffering peoplc--in vain did
ardent W..'ies Of every friend of freedom
accompany our effnrrs--in vain did the
Genius of Liberty hope for success. My
country WAS marfyred. Her rulers are
hangmen. They have spoken the imp;ous
words that tho liberty. loving nation "lips at
the feei gf Gar" Instead Of The thankful
prayc: o! !ai'hnf hope, and Of love, the air
of my native land is filled with tho cries of
despair, and !, her chosen leader, am an
exile. The diplomacy Of Europe has
changed Turkish hospitality to me and my
companions into hopeless bondage. It. is
a painful existence. My youthful children
haze begun tho morning Of their life in lie
hands Of my coun,ry's destroyer. and
but IN: dcsponding does not become
me, for ain not permitted, or would say
| envy tho dead. Who is unfortunate!
! am in Broussa, were the great Hannibal
once lived an exile, homeless like myself
but rich in services performed for his
country. while can claim only fidelity to
mine. The ingratitude Of his nation went
with him in his banshmnn,; but The
sorrowful love Of my countrymcn follows
INC TO my place OF exile. To thee, my
God, offer thanks that thou diist deem
me worthy 10 suffer for dear Hungary
Let me suffer sitliciinns-but accept them
as propiliatory sacrifices for my native
land.
We doubted not that European powers
would ncg,dato peace for us. or that they
would, ut least prevent The Russian inva-
sion. Thoy said they pi,ed us, hunorcd
our ctt6r's, and condemned the conduct Of
Austria; hut they conll not help us, because
Europe required powerful Austrian ON.
pirc, and they must support 1T, inspi,e Of
It's evils, ns balance againft Russia in
central and oaslorn Europe. What mis-.
take! What diplomacy! Is |, not rs cloar
as the sun that the Caar, in aiding Austria,
would do !, in such manner us to Obtain
the greatest advantages Far himself? Was
il not manifest that Austria who had al
why's, through the helo of Hungary
ahcn she destroyed Hungary by Russian
bayonets, no longer be an independent pow
CT, but merely the aram gdrde Of the Mos
covilc!
Yc, Europe permitted the invasion 1t
is an inlelIibic mark of blindness and
shame. 1t is ever thus in the irnhccle old
World. They treated MS Just rs they
treated Turkey. They assert always that
tho peace OF Europe and the balance Of
power require the preservation Of the Tur-
kish Empirc-that Turkey must exist to
check the advance Of the C"rsack pnwer
But notwithstanding this, England and
France destroyed the Turkish fleet AT Ma
varino--:, tleot which never could have in
jured them, but which mgh, have contend
ed with Russia III the Back Sea.
Always the same worn-out, old, aud f.
tai SYSTEM Of policy! While Russia, ever
alert, seIzes prevncn- .n.foer province from
lurkGH,r fSet Gas made herself the sover-
Can Of Mptdayia and Wallacha. and is sap.
ung the foundations OF tho Ottoman ein-
l,c. Already Turkish officials aro more
,ssSss Srlucnt on tho lowest Russian agents
N ,MpOn their own Grand Nizior.
@th. d. Hungary had received hu, a
sngh, token ofmoral support lrnm tho En-.
roPeaSs Ss.AHers--trnn those powers whose
tisaanls taIe ..Eanhlod viii. tears ni tho adj,
vance 2. hssack! Had only an En-,
gltsh tis,S Eseaah e,cnt cn,ne to ua during
our struggle, what night he not have doucF
lie, too, would have soon and estimated our
ability to sustain nourSolvca-~ho would havo
observed the hunanl,y, Ito love OF order,
the reverence Tor liberty, which character.
lied The hungarian nation. Had those
lwn i'owcrs permitted few ships "a come
Ia Ossora, ladpn with arms for the nub,c
patrio:s who had asked IN vain for weapons,
the llungarans woiild now have stood a
more inprcgnabie barrier against Russia
than all the arts OF Il miserable aud cypcn-
sve diplomacy
a, the mosucnt when hardly hoped for
further consn.alinn or oarih, hcluII the
God Of Mercy freed my wife. and enabled
her through II thousand dangers TO reach
me in my place OF exile! Like 4 hunted
deer, she coa!d no; for five months find in
her own native land place. The cxccu-
toners ol the hcardess hero placed re-
ward upon her head. but she has escaped
the tyranlS. She was 10 me and my cx,lcd
counirymcn like the rainbow 10 Noah; for
she brought Intelligence Of hope in the un-
shaken souls o the Hungarian people. and
IN the aitectonatc sympathy of the neigh
boring nations who had fought against US.
They had aided the wife of the much. slam
dcrcd q vcrnor Of Hungary.
Although the sympathy Of the world Of
ten depends upon the result OF acloUs, and
the successful are applaudoi. s'ili llungn.
ry, hv her noble bearing and trials. h.s
drawn the attention oi The world The
sympathy which she has excited in bo:h
worlds, and the Numbering curse which
the lips OF millions have pronounced against
her dcStroycrs, announce, like the roIring
OF The wand hc'orc The storm, tue coming
reiri5u,lun al Heaven.
Among The nations of the world there arc
TWO winch demand our gratitude and atfec-
ton Eng land, no less powerful than she
's free and glorious, supported us by her
sympathy. und by the approving voice Of
her mublcst sons and the millions of her
people. And that chason land OF freedom
beyo,h The ucenn-thc aIi-powcriui people
OF Tho United States, with their liberal
govcrnncnt--inspircJ US with hope, and
gave nS courage by their deep interest IN
our cause ana sulcrngS, and by their con-
dcin!.ntion Oi our cNcuiioncrS.
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kOssmh is The son of lawyer. aud
small land owner in Zrmp!in, and was
born 1906. lie j., therefore. nnw, in
his 45,h year. lie was married in
1871. Previous 10 tho Hungarian re.
vol, he was distinguished for his clo
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