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

~ earb hssste duty 10 ccns'der h'n'-
.eM ~ a part Of the executive power Of
called to rnain'ain tine law OF q
nations. Woe, a thoussnd-fold woe to
hbnani,y, should here nobody on earth
bsso maintain the laws Of humanity
Woe 10 humanity, should even those
Who art a. mighty as they are free no,
feel Interested IN tie maintenance OF
the laws of mnnkind-- bee ause they are. +,
laws---but onl, in SO iiras some Acamy
money interests would desire 1t. Wee .
A Thousand. fo1d voc to humanity
shonil there be nobody on earth to
maintain the laws Of hurmhity. Woe
to humanity. should even those who
are az mighty as they are free not feel
interested in the maintenance of the
laws Of mankind. because they are
laws...but only in so far as some scan
ty money interests would desire it.
Woe to humanity il every despot Of
the world may dare to tramp down the
laws Of humanity ANA no free nation
arises to make respected tlese laws.
People Of the United States humanity
expects that your glorious republic
will prove to the world, that repub.
lies arc formed on virtue it expects
to see the guardians Of the law Of hui
manly. Well, ] will come to the
last POSSIBLE objection. I may be
told, " You are right in your princi-
pies, your cause is just, and you have
our sympathy; bu. after all we can
not 50 to war With your country We
cannot furnish you armies and fleets !;
we cannot fight your battle for you
There is the rnb. Who can exactly
tell what would have been the issue
of your own struggle for independence
though your country was in u far
happier geographical position than
we, roor Hungasians, should France
have given such an answer to youl
forefathes in 177S aud 1871, instead
Of sending to your aid a feet Of thirty
eight men Of war, and auxiliary
troops, and $4,000 nuskcts, and q
loan of nineteen millions. And wher
take far more than all this, does il
not show that France resolved Will
all its power, to espouse the cause cI
, your independence =? But, perhaps
l will te told that France did this
, not out of love, of freedom, but on
: of hatred against England. Well
: let it be bat let me also ask, shal
} tue cause Of olden times--hatrcd--
| be more efficient in the destinies o
mankind than. love of freedom, prin
: ciplss of justice, and the laws Of hu
manity? Perhaps I will be told tina
Europe is so far from America. Blu
! let me ask, is America in the days o
0 steam navigation moro distant to Eu
' rope today, than France was tt
t America seventy three years ago
. However, I most solemnly declar'
e that it is not my intention to rely lii
!. orally upon this example. 1t is no
| my wish to cntangle the United
States in war, or to engage your srea
. people to send out armies and fleet
e to restore Hungary to her sovereign
g Independence Not at all, gentle
l.. men, I most solemnly declare that
Il have never entertained such expect
n ations, such hopes--and here com
l.. to the practical point. ,-.I.s
a The principle Of evil in Europe
e the eneryating spirit Of Russia absc
o lutism. 1t is upon this rests the dal
:, ing bolincss of every petty tyrant t
e trample upon oppressed nations, am
- 20 crush down liberty. 10 this Nc
a loch Of ambition has fallen victim
1t M poor native land. 1t is thi
|, with which Montalembert threaten
If the French republicans. 1t is Rus
= sian Intervention in Hungary which
" governed French intervention il
a Rome, and gave the temerity to Ger
!. nan tyrants to crush down all the en-
!. deayors for freedom and unity il
-, Germany. The despots Of the Eu
- ropcan continent are leagued agains
v the freedom Of tho. world. That is
:. matter of fact. The second matte
Il Of fact is that the European continen
t is on the eve Of a new revolution. l
e is not necessary to be initiatedin thu
Y secret preparations Of the European
; democracy to be aware Of that ap'
! preaching contingency. Its po'ntet
: out by the French constitution itself
, prescribing a new Presidential elec'
: ton for the next spring. Now, sup
pose that the ambition Of Louis Ma
, rolcon, outraged by Russian seere
, aid. awaits his time, (Which l scarce
. ~ believe,) and suppose that there
} will be peaceful solut ton, such as
) would make contented the friends o.
r the Republic in France, Of course the
first act Of the new French President
must be, at least, to recall the Frencl
: troops from Rome. Nobody car
doubt that a revolution will follow, il
not precedo this recall in Italy. Or,
il there is no peaceful solution i'll
. France, but a revolution, then every
. man lnovs that whenever the hear,