The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-15

signed to me by God may have done come.
thing Ia the psess Of duty Of The patriot; but u
the light Of candle spsssds through room, IL
II the merit OF the candlestick ! have been
only the candlestick; the light which shines
forth was only the principle Of liberty, and what.
ever in my life there may DO worthy Of any at
tentou, il is not due to me, but to that ligh which
is not destined by divine Providence to barn only
in one corner OF this great globe but which is
u spread over all parts of il. Let me, with hum
BILE acknowledgment Of the kindness which the
people Of the United States wish me, freely con-
fess that come not hither to seek an asylum.
come not hither to look for a happy home. 1t
is no compliment. gentlemen, (I lever make
compments,) tits truth, that ! consider, accord
ing to the present condition of the world, the
circumstance TO be- a born citizen of the United
States the greatest happiness, the most proud lot
which 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 sutierings, is still country
that love crossing his arms upon his breast
moro than yours. 1t may be, perhaps, fault
in me, n weak feeble man; but cannot raise
myself to the height of our Saviour who en-
braced alike all humanity. lovehumanty, 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 poor man.
and as such am happy that know that there is
God in Heaven who is the common Father Of
all humanity. And having this common Father,
every member of this great humanity is brother
to every other enc. Even so sure is it that wi en-
an honest man endeavors to accomplish the du-
tor IL. |, afr..
in behalf of all humanity, because, as there is u
common Father in Heaven, so there is a brother
ly tie in the destinies Of all mankind Again.
say, come not hithe- to seek a 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
as is due to those principles upon which your
own existence reposes, being firmly convinced
that the interest Of UGH great people as yours
can never be opposite and contrary to those prin-
ciples upon which your greatness reposes.
shall have opportunities to express more
freely and more in detail the practical meaning
Of these words--that came hither for practical
assistance to the great principle of freedom for
which we struggled, and for which we will
struggle once more. feel extremely happy to
have the highly gratifying intelligence, by your
addresses that in the City of Baltimore there
is not only a sympathy, but that there ia mean
ing attached to that sympathy meaning
which ! hoped and expected to find when
came to your shores. And ! am highly graft
fled, 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 80 as to be able read
lily to understand me- That is a great benefit
to me, because, unfor unately, though declare
that find here in the United States universally
more just and exact knowledge of the true
state of the cause of Hungary than elsewhere
in the world, still am astonished to find that
there are some Misunderstanding and misrepre-
sensations concerning that cause: as for in
stance, have had the opportunity to read this
day n 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 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 charac-
terized by that word, but we had also n struggle
eminent is an ancient rigu of Hungary. Ap
pause.1 1t was no acquisition to our
revolution: it was an ancient right Of a thousand
years.
Now we have seen that this ancient right OF
Hungary-the right ofself government-tho
insured by thousand laws and by the corona
ton oath of thirty kings, every one Of whom
was committed, in swearing, TO n sacreligious
perjury, is not now enjoyed but has become a
dead letter in our book of laws. And therefore,
in our revolution, and before the revolution, in
peaceful and lawful manner of legislation, in
1913 We struggled, and we achieved to get some
practical guarantees to this arcient right of
IIungary--s5ch guarantees as were considered
necessary TO insure that ancient right TO be n
practical benefit, and not mere dead letter in
our book Of laws. In so much we have strug-
81 ID for our ancient rights, but in no other re-
spect, because we have seen, that though this
ancient right of self government was registered
in hundred laws, aud was guaranteed by thirty
coronations,-stili il was dead letter-1nd
why? Because the whole people were not in
terested in maintaining the rights Of Hungary
because the whole people had no constitutional
rights, but only class of the people of Hun
gary | beg again to be permitted TO make a
remark which | have made elsewhere, not for
your sake, because you understand 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 in ancient times not TO
race but to classic class Of nobles-not
to a race properly called Magyars, VINO came out
thousand years ago from Asia, because in the
people of the Magyars were men of every race,
which settled and remained in the Hungarian
territory There were mobiles among the Mag
vars, Sclaves, Germans, Wallachians, and the
poor who were deprived of their constitutional
rights, were not only Slaves and Croats, but
Magyars. Therefore, it was not privilege of
races, but of aristocracy, of birth, Of nobility,
to have an interest in the ancient constitutional
rights Of Hungary
Now that single class OF nen--a mere hand
ful, TO which |, by the changes of fate and cir.
cumstances happen to belong--could never have
been sufficient to maintain the rights of the
country against the continual encroachment Of
the absoutistica direction, which 1t is so much
in the nature of the house Of Austria to exercise,
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