Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-11-12
IOWA CITY, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER H. 1851


Of nations, which wes openly hostile to the
cause of civilization, he rights of man, Of order,
and even to that principle which the diplomacy
Of Europe calls "the balance Of power" Icould
not believe that the Governments Of Europe
would permit the invasion; for expected they
would intervene to effect treaty of peace, if I
not SO much on our account, vet to prevent
Austria becoming the vassal Of Russa.-to check
the growing strength and influence of the latter
power in the East.
We desired an honrable peace, and were will
ling to submit to any reasonable terms We
many times rendered the branch We
asked the constitutions governments of Europe
to intcrpose. They rd us not. The haushty
imperial family fo.x2 ng that they were the
real traitors. reje sry proposition with
the defying expyo they ''did not treat
with rehels. ID u IS. threw our en-
bassadl 4estir ppprc.ssntllc no
blest Of Hung |1ey cowardly snd
impiously murde' ehesitated to tear
asunder forever til 5 thaSsuited us. Ten
months We fought. Fought VIGOROUSLY, in
defence ;and it was only when evsy attempt to
bring about an honorable peace fSled-when
Francis Joseph. who was never our King, dar-
ed; in his manifesto of the 4th of Mach, ls49
to utter the curse "that Hungary should erist no
longer"-when there was no hope of arresting
the Russian invasion by diplomacy-when we
saw that we must fight to save ourselves from
being struck off the earth as nation-when
the house Of Austria, by its endless acts of in
justice and cruelty, and by calling in the aid Of
foreign power, had extinguished in the hearts
of the Hungarian people every spark of affection
then, and then only, after SO much patience,
the nation resolved to declare its absolute indc-
pendence. Then spoke the National Assembly
the words which had long been uttered by
every patriotic tongue; "Francis Joseph! thou
beardless young Nero! thou darest to sag, Hun
gary shall erist no more? We, the people, ansper.
We do and ,ciH erist but you and your treacherous
house shall stand no longer! You shall more be
the Kings Of Hungary! Be for ever banished,
ye pcrfdious traitors to the nation!'
! We were not only ready to accept any terms
that were honorable, but We carefully alb
stained from doing anything which would give
the Gear pretensc, which he had long sought
to medde with our affairs.
The Hungarian nation loved freedom as the
best gift of God, but 1t never thought of com
mencing crusade against Kings in the name o.
liberty. In Hungary there were none of those
propagandists who alarm much the rulers
of the Old World There were no secrets socie
ties plotting conspiracies. Mycountrymen wer
not influenced by thetheories of Communionst
or Socialists, nor were they what the Conserva
tives call Anarchists. The nation desired jus
tce, and knew how to be just to all, IRE
spective of rank, language or religion. A PEG
pie SO worthy Of faS dom were generous enougl
: to leave something TO time, and to be satisfied
with progressive development. No violence
e was used; no just right was attacked; and eve'
8 some of those institutions were left undsturb
g ed, which in their principle and origin, wer
; unjust, but which, having existed for centuries
could not be abolished at once with impunity
e The Hungarian people did not wish to op
l press any-not even the arstocracy; they wer
r more ready to make sacrifices than to punis
y the defendants of nobility for the evils of mis-
j. government, and of those institutions whic
s emanated from their ancestors; nor would the
let the many suffer for the sins of the few.
l. There was no anarchy among us. Even j
s the bloodiest of the conflicts, when the huma
q passions are most excitded, there was the moi
e perfect order and security of property and pc
# son. How did the conduct of my countryme
r, compare with that of the "order- making
It Austria! Whenever the whirlwind of war cea
s ed for a while where the social elements we
70 left in chaos, the instructive moral feelings
E this incorruptible people. in the absence OF
" government, preserved better order and safe
,e than legions of police. A common spirit al
al mated the whole nation-no secret aims,
" personal or local attacks, but a bold and OPP
II defense in the face Of the world. Followil
a. the example of your great Washington
a, adopted, as our policy, conciliaton, justice al
N legality, and scrupulously observed the laws
20 nations.
~ The Russians and Austrians made the s.
OF Of Wallacha the basis Of military operation
IN and the Turkish Government, which eitl
,e knew not it's own interests, or was unable
defend them. silently permitted this violati
c. Af treaties and the rights of nations, thus hu
I'd bling itself and betraying its own weakness
e. Several times we : I'VE our enemies across
or Walachian bou, le; for it was only nee
a sary for our VII army to advance il
x the countIies Danube to rouse
or the inhabtant, pthe Russians, and
transfer the wal Ir own soil. But we
" spected the law d tions, and that stopped
N conquering forces j the confines Of Wallacl
,er Her soil was sacred to us. Austria left Gala
mr. almost unprotected, and collected all her for
If to attack US. Had We at this time sent su
of portion of our army to Poland, it would h
do caused general insurrection, and heroic
na unfortunate nation would have revenged I
h. self by throwing the Russian empire into a 81
co of revolution. But we acted in defence OF
,va and we deemed it a sin to prccipitate other
&c. tions into terrible and uncertain war, and
or checked our sympathies. Besides, we avoi
m. giving the Emperor Of Russia pretense ft
VIC war of retaliation against US. Oh, it was foo
nj for the despotic hypocrite made prete
i'm he called our own struggle the Hungarian
70 lish revolution, though the whole numbe
ION Poles in our armies did not exceed four Il
you sand.
Did We doubted not that the European po,
ave would negotiate peace for us, or that
and would, at least, prevent the Russian invas
A, IT,, ,;J ,bev pittied nc hoporad onr eff