The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-12-25

harsued by lis uAtional government
q the case Of the approaching events d
have mentioned. And l most cons
idently hope that there is only one
course possible, consistent with the
above recorded principles. II yc"
acknowledge the right Of every nation
10 alter its Institutions and govern.
,nens to he u,iaw Of nations--if YOU
Acknowledge The interference Of for
eisn powers in that sovereign right TO !.
be q violation or the law Of nations,
as you really do--if you are forbid
den to remain indifferent to this VIC.
lation Of international law, as your
President openly processes that you
are ~hen there is no other course |
possible than not to. interfere in that
sovereign right Of nations, but also !
not to admit whatever other power to
interfere. .-..t
Sup, ose there should in Cuba q
reyo,utio., occur,a revolution from the
inhabitants Of Cuba themselves. and
Whatever Eu opean power, should
send down o feet to support Spain
against this revolution would yon adj
nit this foreign inter vention in for.
cisn country am confident there
is not onn in tho United States who
would not oppose this intervention. --.
Then what is the. difference between
this supposed case and the c.'se Of
hungary! Issthere difference in
principle? No. Then what? The
difference is that Cuba is at six days
distance from Now York, on the part
of Hungary, Fiumc at eighteen days
distance. That is all, and who would
affirm that the policy of such a great
free and glorious nation as the Uui-
ted States shall DO regulated by hours
and not by principles ? 'j-.. = na
'tI ,*g Y'st. s.a
In the beginning We aimed not at
independence, but there is a divini-
ty that shapes Of ends.'o These'noblc
words were present to my mind on
the 14th April, 1849, when moved
the Declaration Of Independence in
the National Assembly Of Hungary.
Our condition was the same, and if
there be any difference I dare say it
is in favor of ourselves. Your coun-
try was, before this declaration, not
! sclfconsisting, independent State.
Hungary was. ia. t':di :
Through the lapse Of a thousand
years. through every vicissitude of
this long period, while nations van
ished and empires fell, the self.consis:
I ting independence of Hungary was
never lost but recognized by alt pow.
ers Of the earth, sanctioned by treat.
,, les lost with the Hapsburgh Dynasty,
when this dynasty by the free will Of
my nation, and by a bilateral part
was invested with the kingly crown Of
Hungary. Even more, this indepen.
. dence Of Hungary was acknowledged
to make part of the international law
Of Europe, and was guaranteed not
only by the foreign European govern
ments, such as Great Britain, but al.
so by several Of those, when yet con.
stitutional nations which belonged
= formerly to the German, and, after
its dissolution to the Austrian elm
pire. This Independent condition Of
Hungary is clearly defined in one Of
our fundamental laws of 1871, in
/ these words Hungary is free and
independent kingdom, having its own
, self consistcnt existence and constitu.
ton, and not subject to any other
, nation or country in the world.'--
This, therefore, was our ancient
right. We were not dependent from,
nor part of, the Austrian empire, as
your country was dependent from
England. It was clearly defined
that we were to Austria nothing but
good neighborhood, and the only tie
. between us and Austria was. that we
elected to be cur kings, the same dy-
nasty which were also the sovereigns
Of Austria, and occupied the same
;. line of hereditary succession Of our
kings; but by accepting this our
forefathers, with the consent Of the
king. again declared that though she
accepts the dynasty to be our hcredi-
tary kings, all the other franchises,
rights and laws of the nation shall re.
main in full power and intact; and
our country shall not be governed
like the other dominions of that dy"
nasty, but according to our constitu>
tionnlly established authorities. We
would not belong to the Austrian en-,
; pire, because that empire did net ex,
ist while Hungary did already
nearly two years exist and existed
some two hundred and eighty years
under the government of that Haps'
burglar dynasty. The Austrian en-
pire, as YOU know, was only estab.
Iished in 1906, when the Rhenish
confederacy Of Napoleon struck he
death blow to the German empire,