The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-26


illness no means were used by me to induce er,
" man to leave his work. | say we have yo
,lhing to fear when we such s1eeting on SCI
ci am occasion, aud am glad TO see such an tel
sembaoe of the well conducted people OF ii
nglamd before me. [Cheers :, 70
The band struc't up God save the Queen hi
mid loud cheers, while M. Kossuth stood with to
is hat off in front of the balcony. When the tr
lusic was over hs said W
Ii is, gentlemen, glorious sight TO behold W
Queen on the throne representing the princi- O
lies Of liberty [Loud cheers. You have that 81
,rivilege.ln thanking you once more for your o
generous welcome, let me add an expression oil Ii
ny feeling, in which cntrcat you to JOIN. | y
rive you three cheers for your gracious Queen O
Loud cheers God bless her God bless /
you all renewed cheering a
Nj Kussuth then retired from the window, I
Violently faiieued, while the greater part OF the
crowd proceeded towards the Bar gate, over
which is placed the chief corporate apartment,
wherria the addresses prepared for the occasion
were to Re presented to the cx Governor. The
hail was lilled with respectable persons, nun
her of them ladies'. The aldermen and common
counc linen appcard in their robes. A mcsscn'
ger came down from NJ. kossnth TO ask for |
short respite. He felt rather indisposed after
The voyage, but would appear at quarter past
five O'Clock ana after fifteen minutes idlencss |
punctual to the moment, NJ. Kossuth entered,
and was received with the warmest acc!ama-
lions. He was accompanied by the mayor,
who took him By the hand and introduced him
to the members of the corporation and others.
The mayor then proceeded to address Nj
Kossuth in an energetic speech, and was APP
plauded throughout. He pronounced very
| warmly -co,ored panegyrIc on the Ex-Governor
| acts, character, and career, declared that Eng.
| land was determined to cmanclpate the whole
world, and hoped the acorn planted in Hungary
| by Kossuih might rise up mighty oak, to pro-
| tect the rights and liberties OF the people. lie
was satisfied the people of England looked on
Kossuth as a great and noble man, equal to
Sydney, to Hampeden, Washington, and
when he was laid in his grave his name would
be handed down to posterity as theirs had been
The address was then read b. the town-clerk,
Mr.. Deacon and received by NJ Kossuth
amid great cheering. When it had subsidized.
NJ Kossuth said Mr. Mayor and gentlemen
of the municipality of the town and borough
of Southampton: excuse me, an unpretcndng
stranger, for not being able i'll your own lam
ruare duly to express the warnest sentiments
of thanks and gratitude for the honor of your
generous welcome, and for those generous SEN
timents which you, Mr.. Mayor, were pleased
to address to me. | was already before my ar
rival bound by lasting gratitude to the town Of
Southampton for numerous tokens OF the mos
high minded sympathy with the cause of my
dear native land, and of protection to its exiles
and, being prepared for the honor of this occa
sion you will excuse few words | may say
inspired by your presence, and said to yol
y, without any preparation. Cheers 1t is in
deed an honor to be welcomed by the people o
England in this noble town. 1t is the hlghes
| qualification to me that it was the municipality
of the first town had the honor to meet which
= receives me in such generous manner. 1t II
not on this day only, but from my early youth
that this glorious country had mighty shar
II in my destiny. ICheers. l was used to 1901
n on ENGLAND as ON the Book of life, which ha
! to teach me and the nations of Europe how t
S live Through three centuries the house o
! Austria has exhausted against Hungary the art
c Of open violence and Of secret intrigue, and
II was our municipal institutions which still anon
> the most arduous circumstances, conserved t
Il Hungary some spirit of public life and som
|, Y part Of constitutional liberty. Loud cheers.
/ 1t was at the time when this fatal sickness c
K political feeling began to centraze every power
G and to torture the people into thus notion c
l. political wisdom--when this fatal sickness,
o say, spread over the continent and made its wa
/ even to my own country, so that it became al
!, most the fashion and almost mark of INTEL
q gcnce to bend towards the doctrine of central
e ization-:hat |, my humble self, with a fe,
n friends who stood by me, struggled against tt
s. storm-again7t those rushing waves comm
7 over the spirit of Europe-because regarded
q and ever shall regard municipal public lil
as a public benefit, without which there is n
1t practical freedom whatever, loud cheers, an
s. for the loss of which think all ministerial re
l. sponsibilities and parliamentary privileges br
o pitiful equivalent. [Cheers.l In this land
e seen the finest fruits of this conquest of liberty
e the glory outside, the freedom within, unwitt
n cred by the blithing finger of Capitalization
st [Cheers.]
e When first read the French Constitution
I, foretold that the great and glorious French ma
n ton should yet have to go through many storms
/ because it did not abandon its fatal principle o
q Capitalization, and because it is only in munich
y pal institutions freedom can be developed
y (Cheers) That is my conviction. Sir, hop
8 England will be forever "great, glorious, an
|. free" but when look to history and see wla
!, is this land and the English race--the only sir
h gle one which is free in both hemispheres of tn
n world-and when | look for the key of th
: freedom, readily confess believe it is not or
a ly those municipal Institutions, which not ali
IS sorbed by the propensity to Capitalization, whic
e SO conserved that freedom, though under differ
e ent forms of goyernnent-here in England ur
$ der monarchical FORM in America under Il re
publican form-that it wa, not those institution
" only, buL Lie spun VI pdOpic, lUlDOulcu l
l. those institutions, which made these two cref
d otIsprings of mighty great, glorious, an
: free. (Chcers.) Therefore it is with the higl
est satisfaction | receive this address from you
u hands, and from the corporation of SouthamT
T ton. As to my own humble self, concious Of n
1t merit and never aspiring to any reputation bu
e to that of plain, honest man, faithful to tn
d duty of true friend of freedom and of pa
: riot l could not forbcar to feel perplexed to sc
d myself the object of such sundcscrved honor
n were not aware that this generous manifesto
l. ton is intended rather openly to countenanc
/ that principle of freedom, of Justice, of pop
I ular rights for which my nation valientl
e struggled, and which you so happily enjoy
d cloud cheers.) 1t is a glorious position tn
y English race holds-almost the only one that
: free. 1t is the only one the freedom of whic
y has neither to fear the changes of time nor tn
S ambition of man, provided it keeps to its inst
IT tutons, provided that the public spirit of tn
l. people continues to safeguard that which is hes
e for the cxigences of the time, and that thc
d manly resolution never fails to meet those cx
$ gcncies in time. (Checrs) This watchfulncs
$ and resolution, being the chief guarantee @
d your country greatness and happiness, tax
$ for the most consolng hope to oppressed hu
c manty for have the most firm convictio
e that the freedom and greatness of England ar
: in intimate connection with the dcstnics an
S liberty of Europe. 1t is not without reason
o that my native land, and all oppressed nations
1t look up to you, as to the elder brother to whor
n the Almighty has not in vain impaired the spir
S to guide the tide of human destiny. There
y one thing that is prominent feature in yon
q race-a result of no small Importance in on
II struggles-that the sentiments of this race ar
spreading over the world, and that it is not tn
5 least of the glories you call your own, that tn
people of England appear to be resolved to tax
n the lead in the direction of the public opin
ion of the world, out of which the highest bles
: sings will flow. The generous sympathy O
/, the people of England for my bleeding, strug
! Cling, down trodden, but not broken, nativ
land cloud chcers) is one, but not the only one
! manifestation by which England shows she i
ready to accept this glorious role of the olde
brother of humanity. (Checrs) This coun
try, though it has not to fear any direct attacl
on its own liberty, still! knows that its welfare
and prosperity, founded as they are On the con
I, tlnued d:velopcmcnt of your genius and indus
try, cannot b entirely independent of the con
dltion Of other nations The people Of Eng
land know that in neither social nor poitica
RESPECTS can it be indiffcrc NJ whether Europ;