The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-27

pointed by Government and persons aspiring "a
be iunctionares, but still have the qualification
of Knowing that il was supported by many OF the
most independent lords Of Hungary among whom
was my lameuted aud unfOrinuate friend Louis
Bathyany Still corruption went on, and felt
at last that our only course 10 apply ourselves
at once 10 the chief source Of evil On The head
oi the King OF Hungary rests two crowns, tho
one constitutional and the other abso lutte. and
th ese two could never agree together Which
ultimately prevails in the struggle history tells iu
many dark page. ] proposed. therefore. that
as the House Of Hapsburg declined to restore the
rights OF Hungary, ont Of Difference to the pen.
pie Of Vienna,it was our duty. as the elder broth.
er Of tue national family; that the people Of Vien
na should also get franchises. believe that no
jnst man will say was wrong in that PROPOSE.
tiOn, which was universally accepted. was not
planning revolution; that is an accusation which
know will find no echo in the breast'Of any just or
generous man. cloud cheers.) My speech on
the subject was read in all tue cOiiee.hOuses of
Vienna, news OF the French revolution arrived,
and the Viennese arose, That was the Austrian
revolution, and must frankly own that imme.
diately decided not to be carried away by th 'ex
cltement OF the time, but to take the rens Of gov.
ernment into my own hands, aud to avail myself
oi the opportunity that God had given. not Hun.
gary made. (Cheers.) The first thing propos
cd was the emancipation of the peasantry, and Of
course, under the circumstances il was clrried
unanimously by both Houses (Hear hear.1 Still
was anxious not TO hurt the interests Of any per
son but rather to spare those who. although not
qnite national in their origin, hal yet in course Of
time become interlaced with the fortunes of a
great many people. proposed and my propos.
oil was adopted, that peasants should he free from
all duties, free without paying-libery is not a
thing to be paid for. (Cheers But proposed
at the same time that the seigneurs should get in
Identification, not from the peasant. but from the
land. Our country has large resources, which by
good management would be more than enough 10
give full and entire compensation to the mobiles.
| engaged my honor and my oath to give this in
Identification aud il was carried in Parliament.
Cheers.)
As ! stated before, the poor people had every
duty but no rights, aud proposed that rights
should at once be conceded aud that every man
possessing the franchise should, according to his
means. contribute to the public necessities. This
was carried unanimously. The third plan was,
that the people should be admitted Immediately
TO all rights OF franchise not only us to the cleo.
ton oil members Of Parliament but also of magis-
traies and other public functionaries. But now,
when all the people were admitted TO the fran
chise, hall u million persons could not be con-
voked on our pan, and therefore proposed that
every community should select person to rep
resent them. These were my principles. (Cheers J
| nude no encroachments on mems rights. in their
family or in communities, | wished that the
government should be sufficiently powerful for
the public necessity, and to enforce obedience to
tue law, but not 10 Interfere with the social or
| s..al ,;,, q A..
that as councils o! Government could not be made
responsible, the executive should be managed by
members responsible to Parliament. These were
the proposals which were carried out with sew.
eral others, with the details of which will not de-
tain you. We established responsible ministry
emancipated the peasantry, ordained that the no.
bles should participate with the peasantry in all
public duties, and that all should have the fran
chise both for members of Parliament and for
county meetings. These laws were brought by a
deputation headed by the Archduke Palatine, up
10 Vienna. He asked. in tue name OF the future
nf Hungary, and OF the peace of Austriu, that
these terms should be granted. We were order
ed to bring our claims before the Emperor of Aus,
tria, and also to ask him 10 give our iettered
brethren OF Austria their rights. At that time
there was doubt and hesitation in every country
except this which, having made one glorious rev.
olulun, finds the principles then established sui:
iicient 10 carry out every necessary change.
Here then, everything was quiet. while on the
continent all was mivement. The government
hestated To concede these just claims. went my.
self To the Imperial Palace, and told tue Emperor
that il he persisted, could not guarantee what
would be the consequence, with these movements
in Europe, and when the people Of Hungary saw
their Just claims resisted. They told me the
claims would be conceded il Vienna could only
be kept quiet and that it should not appear as i
the House of Hapsburg had been compelled Il
be just. 1t was one OF those curious examples
of The vicisstudes of human life, of which myself
an humble son Of modest Hungary, was in po
sition TO hold the destilies of the House Of Haps
burg aud nll its crowns in these hands. NJ. Kos
sutl here made powerful impression by the en-
ergy OF his manner, stretching out both mis- hand
as lie finished the sentence said, "Be just t
my fatherland will give peace and tranquilit
to Vienna" They promised to be just, aud be
fore twenty-fUur hours gave pence and Tranquil
Iity to Vienna-(oud cheers land before The eleI
ua God, who viii! make responsible my soul
before history the Independent judge of events
have right to say that the House of Hapsbur,
owes its existence US dynasty to me. CTremen
dous cheering)
At last the sanction of the Government wa
given to these laws; but while we were re
ceiving the promises of the Emperor in ont
room, the ArchduChess Sophia, the mother of thu
present King aud sister of the last was in another
plotting with Metternich how to get rid of thes,
promises. Hear, hear. In few weeks tn,
King came 10 Presburg, when | was First Minis
ter, an Office which was forced 10 accept for
can appeal To the public knowledge ofm nature
.r. o,I ,,f IL ,Lnt IL.
considered power as o burden. Before we wen
to Vienna for sanction 10 the law appointing re
sponsible ministers, addressed the people o
Presburg, took my poor friend, Louis Bathyan,
l-(M. KOssuth was here affected to tears)-b'
the hand aud said TO the people, Don't chee
me, he must be the first President of Hungary
He declined unless would enter office with him
and thus was forced to enter. Hear, hear. |,
IA few days after the Serbs revolted, stirred up a
it appeared by the Camarilla of Vienna. The,
took for pretext that by ancient diplomas, tha
part Of Hungary which they occupied to the a
mount of two or three hundred Thousand people
had been given to them Nobody denied this
but they insisted that it should be politically sen
arated from Hungary, and form separate banat
Now, although this banat in which they lived con
tained 10000 people, the Serbs number onl,
800, 900, who speak the Wallachan tongue. Th
remainder of the people speak German Th
Government, Of which was member, seein,
that there must be some plot in all this, consider
ed that we were bound to suppress this revolt
Besides, should state that one OF the chief poll
tical manguvres of ofMetternich, was to oppress on
nation by the means Of another. One army wa
drawn out of the land part in Bohemia and par
in Italy. while we had in Hungary, Germans
Croats, Poles, and Wallacks At the head of thi
revolt was the Ban of Croatia, and they fnishet
by declaring their independence We. tine Hun
garian ministers, entreated the King to give hi
consent 10 convoke the Parliament, in order tha
means might be obtained to suppress the revolt
|, the minister OF Hungary nominated by thu