The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-16

II the merit of the cannestick! have been
only the candestick the light which shines
forth was only the principle of liberty, and what
ever in my life there may be worthy OF any at
tention, il is not due to me- but to that lgh which
is not destined by divine Providence to burn only
in one corner Of this great globe, but which is
to spread over all parts Of it. Let me, with hum.
Bile acknowledgements of the kindness which the
people of the United States wish me, freely con-
fess that come not hither to seek an asy lum.
come not hither to look for a happy home. 1t
is no compliment, gentlemen, U lever make
complimentary ii is truth, that consider, accord
! ing to the present condition Of the world the
circumstance to be born citizen of the United
States the greatest happiness the most proud lot
which a man can declare t. be his own. But
yet, not being myself in the happy condition to
| have been born citizen of this glorious land,
you will not feel offended when declare that
my poor country, though poor though oppressed,
though doomed to sufferngs, is still country
that Hove (crossing his arms upon his breast,
more than yours. 1t may be- perhaps, fault
in me, weak feeble man; but | cannot raise
myself to the height of our Saviour who en-
braced alike all humanity. love humanity, but
| love in the first degree my home To love
equally every part Of mankind, our Saviour had
! to be not only man but God. ] am n poor man,
| ahu a. oucH ihtPfy tHae hho" t'hb eio'V -
q God in Heaven who is the common Father of
all humanity. And having this common Father,
every membsr Of this great humanity is brother
to every other one. Even so sure is it that wi en-
| an honest man endeavors to ACCOMPLISH the du.
ties towards his own country as patriot, he acts
| in behalf OF all humanity, because, rs tnere is Il
common Father in Heaven, 80 there is a brother
| ly Tie in The destnes of all mankind. Again. |
say, come not hithe- to seek asylum or the
happiness Of such glorious home. | come
hither to seek assistance to obtain the victory of
the principle OF freedom in my own native land
which is now trodden down, but | hope, not
broken. come hither to seek assistance, such
az is due to those principles upon which your
own existence reposes, being firmly convinced
that the interest of uch great people as yours
can never be opposite and contrary to those prin-
cipes upon which your greatness reposes.
/ | shall have opportunities to express more
freely and more ia detail the practical meaning
Of these words-that came hither for practical
assistance to the great principle of freedom for
which we struggled, aud for which we will
struggle once more. | feel extremely happy to
have the highly gratifying intelligence, by your
address ses, that in the City of Baltimore there
is not only a sympathy but that there is mean
ing attached to that sympathy meaning
which hoped and expected to find when
came to your shores. And am highly graft.
fed, also, that | have the honor to see from
these addresses that you, gentlemen, and your
fellow. citizens have bestowed so much attention
to the cause of Hungary as not to be subjected
to MISUNDERSTANDING, but SO as to be able read
lily to understand me- That is great benefit
to me, because, unfor unately, though declare
that find here in the United States universally
a more just and exact knowledge of the true
4 IF - a. bar
in the world ,stl am astonished to find that
there are some misunderstanding and misrepre.
sensations concerning that cause: rs for in.
stance, have had the opportunity to read this
day a report of the debates yesterday in the
Senate of the United States, where an honora-
BILE member stated that the struggle OF Hungary
was not a struggle for the principles Of freedom
and liberty such as is going on throughout
Europe, but struggle for an ancient charter.
Now this is an entire Misrepresentation of the
nature of our cause. There is something in
the struggle OF Hungary which can be chsrac-
terized by that word, but we had also n struggle
for ancient rights, because the right of self-gov.
Pernment is an ancient righ of Hungary. Ap
plause IL was no neU acquisition to 0ur
revolution il was an ancient right ola thousand
years.
Now we have seen that this ancient right oil
Hungary-the Ugh, OF self government though
insured by thousand laws and by the corona.
lion oath Of thirty kings, every one Of whom
was committed, ia swearing, TO sacreIigious
perjury, is not u w enjoyed, But has become .
dead letter ia our book Of laws. And therefore
in our revolution, and before the revolution, in
= peaceful and lawful manner Of legislation, in
/ 1913 Se struggled, and we achieved to get some
practical guarantees 10 this arcient right OF
Hungary-s .ch usrantees as were considered
necessary TO insure that ancient right TO be a
practical ben fit, and not mere d. letter in
our book Of laws. In so much we have strug.
n d for our ancient rights, but in no other re.
spect because we have seen. that though this
ancient right of sci. government was registered
in hundred laws, and was guaranteed by thirty
coronations,-stili il was dead etter--lnd
whyl Because the whole people were not in
terested ia maintaining the rights of Hungary
because the whole people had no constitutional
rights, but only class Of the people Of Hun.
Il gary. / beg again to be PERMITTED TO make u
remark which have made elsewhere, not for
your sake, because you ~ derstand the nature
of the cause of Hungary. but because there is
published abroad misrepresentation in regard
TO facts. Then | say that the rights Of Hun
gary were restricted 10 ancient times moi TO q
race but to n elastic a class Of nobl-s-not
TO a race properly called Magyars. VINO came out
a thousand years ago from Asia, b"clu,e ia the
people Of the Magyars we're men Of every race,
which settled AID remained in the Hungarian
territory. There were mobiles among the NJ Y.
vars, Sclaves, Germans. Wallach,ans, and the
poor who were deprived of their con .ttuiioha
rights, were not only S.lrves and Croats, bui
Magyars. Therefore, il was not n privilege Of
races, but Of aristocracy, If birth, of nobility,
to have an interest in the ancient constitutional
rights of tiung,ry
Now that single class OF men--l mere hand
full TO which !, by the changes Of fate and cir
cumstances happen TO belong--could never have
been sufficient to mlintan tie rights Of the
country against the continual encroachment Of
the sbsolutistical direction, which it is so much
in the nature Of the house Of Austria to exercise
that during all the ce turies OF it, existence not
a single man appeared in history ont Of the
house of Austria, who was not the enemy Of
freedom and of popular rights. so, having seen
that that class Of men was not suflicien; 10
maintain the popular rights and chiefly having
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