North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-11-29
ARCHBISHOP HUGHES AND KossUTH.


evening, to aid in the establishment OF Catholic
University in Ireland, the Hungarian exile hossutn'
had the honor of being denounced by an American
Archbishop. 1t is the good or Ill fortune Oh 'Iooe
who struggle for liberty against power, that tney
encounter distinguished adversaries-the renowneu
generals the experienced and able statesmen ana .,e
crowned heads of the earth Few, however, naJG
so distinguished in this respect as hossu' Li zone
antagonist was the emperor eff Austria anu Is Ia
rails over whom he would have been Vlc.o -,
not the monarch of the widest and nus; - 49,
empire of Europe, the Gar OF Russia G ,sU - The
effort to subdue him. He is nO" refuge of the 3D.
shores of America, the common Ious Ith;kp
orossed of all nations, and here he hnds Archbishop
Hunhes IN the strand, armed with his crozler' ready
=. 80 tho f,gitive back into the sea.
X dbt whether the Archbishop will be as sue
iJ in this enterprise as was the Emperor OF Aus
triss The people of the United STATES, more Tor
mdabIe power than the Autocra OF all the Russlas'
yeIy to take the side of the exile whose crime
was the defence of liberty. That our readers may
see what means used to create prejudice against
Kossuth before he lands our shores, and 10 turn
into aversion the generous sympathy OF the Amerl-
cans which is ready to greet him his arrival, we
copy the passage of the ArchblshoPs speech relating
to this subject:
ssAnd here cannot help abiding to the praise, the
ignorant praise, which has been bestowed upon that
race, on a recent occasion, which has attracted the
eyes of the world-thel reception in England OF the
exiled Governor of Hungary. The moment he land
ed in England, he become the preacher of submis-
sion to its laws, and the euoglst of nglo-Saxon-
ism, and like the Orangemen of the North, he too
must have his fling at the Jesuts and the Pope.
Anglo Saxonism was the theme of his eulogy. He,
the man who forgot the advocates OF his own
principeS, the who was recreaHt In the nrSt
hour of his freedom to those above all others, who
rescued him from colony of convcts; that man for
got everything but praise to the very people for
which he pretended TO combat. Kisses and cheers
He was free, l allow, to speak against the Pope,
or Jesuits but it not in good taste, nor was 1t
quite appropriate to call the government that had so
long oppressed Ireland, paradise, forsooth Oh
it must have been exceedngl consoling to John Bull
as the indulgence of this comp lacency, and as one
layer after another Of this Hungarian palaver was laid
upon him, and he felt il soft and comfortable upon
his cheek, and while enjoying the comPlacency OF
his picture, the Hungarian understood 1t to be
operation only preliminary to shave. Laughter
and loud cheers. Smith O'Brien was as brave
man, and Thomas Meagher eloquent; but
these men were forgotten, and the man who rlsked
his own life and fortune for the principles for which
they risked theirs, in the moment of his liberatlon
turns round, and was about 10 say besPatters their
tyrants with his praise. However, he too had his
fling at the Pope and praise for the Anglo-Saxon.
Here are two accusations brought against Kossuth
first that in speech addressed to those who lately
welcomed him to England he praised the Ang To-
Saxons, and secondly, that he spoke depreclatng y
of the Jesuits and the Pope. With regard TO the first
of these charges only wonder at its absurdi
ty. friendess fugitive defeated in hard struggle
for the freedom of his country is invited to vIsI:
people among whom the press is free, the right of
sembng sacred, the liberty of worship unrestricted,
and where the oppressed, has been the case with
the people of Ireland, have been enabled to break the
links of their chains one by one, until finally their
representatives sit side by side in the councils of the
empire, with those who, of late, their oppres
sors The fugitive is received with enthusiasm, call |
ed forth by his misortunes, his virtues. and the
BILE cause in which he goriously failed. What
words should, such moment rise to his lips, but
words of gratitude and eulogy What, wonder that,
on such occasion, he should forget every thing
else but the generosity of those who welcomed him,
and the delight he felt at breathing again the air of
In Of IO-Sa thPr
be pretence that he meant to the term with
any invidous discrimination of races whether pure
mixed-exsting in the British domains-or, in
fact that he meant by it any thing but the people of
Great Britain.
The other offence of Kossu1h is ga fling at the
Jesuits and the Pope" That readers may see
the extent of his transgressions, copy the whole
passage OF his speech at Southampton. In which he l.
complains of the interference of the Jesuits in the
political affairs of his country, and speaks of the
frmness with which the kings of Hungary, Cath
Ollie nation, in former times maintained the religious
liberties of the people against the intermeddling of
the of Rome:
s. Even Jesuitism which in latter times has again
begun to raise its head is employed in support of
Russia Weare in the neighborhood of great coun-
try which unfortunately does not enjoy the fruits of
sorrowful times and great sufferings. The Jesuit
party in France threaten that country with the Cos
sacks. Even here in this glorious country, ques-
ton connected with this not long ago. agitated
as we'll in public opinion as in Parliament / know
what is convenient to myself and due you. will
not enter into that question. i VIII only state
curious coinciden-I am Protestant. Appause.7 |
am Protestant not only by birth but by conviction.
am an humble member of nation, the majority of |
which is composed of Catholics, ard it is not the
least glory of my nation that in all times we have
fought and bied for religious libery-Cathoics as de-
votedly as Protesants. The rights and freedom of
the Protestans were always strongly opposed by the
house of Hapsburg.
That house had always in history been closely
united with the spirit Of Jesutism, but the freedom
of Professionalism had been established by treaties
gained by the sword of victorious Hungary. Scarce
y had Russia restored the house of Hapsburg by put
ting its foot the neck of Hungary, when the first
act Of that house spill noble blood by the hands
OF the hangman, and its second to destroy the
rights of the Protestant religion in Hungary. The
Kings of Hungary, in former times, always anx-
Ious not to allow any meddng of the court of Rome
In temporal affairs OF the Catholic church. and glo-
nous king, Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian by birth,
once used these words to the Pope, Your holiness
must remember that we bear two crosses on our en-
sign and We will make our crosses pixies before we
allow yon to mix yourself up with the affairs of our
church.'''
Is such language this to meet with public CEN
sure among people protesting to be free There
is not one word of it which does not reflect honor on
him who uttered it. The esuits NEEDLE in the poll
iics OF Hungary and take part with Russia. They
deserve condemnation severe than is passed on
mem In the quotation we have made.
Inc former sovereigns of Hungary have resisted
the intermedding of the Pope in the temporal affairs
OF the church. They deserve to be remembered with
nono'' hungarian Catholics we'll as Protestants
nave shed their blood for RELIGIONS libertv 7, GO.
well done in kossuth pronounce their eu1o ~
we leave the matter here This new attack made
by high dignitary of the Catholic Cbnrch ~
lis nature and its Provocaon to be understood
Will only cause another reaction in favor of him whom