The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-26

came over to England to honor. me with the
i greeting of Belgium-that lofty monument OF
the love of freedom, and of its indomitable
force-eyen on that very day. got the knowl
edge of similar demonstration in Sweden--the
future left wing of the forces of freedom
Applause Now, gentlemen, is this an acct
dent is this foolish? Applause and laughter
Is this personal1 What have in my person
in my present. in my future, not to justify, but
even to explain this universally of demonstra
ton? Nothing entirely nothing; only the
knowledge that am friend of freedom APP
plause though | am nothing but the oppor
tunity for the manifestation of the instructive
feeling Of so many nations, and at which the ST
George Of England is ready to wave the red
flag. How can say that this struggle is near
Ladies and gentlemen, j state it because it is
Loud cheers, Every man knows it; every
man feels, every man sees it, A philosopher
was once questioned, how could he prove the
existence Of God? "Why," answered he, "by
opening my eyes. God is seen everywhere
in the growth of the grass, and in the move.
ments of the stars; in the warbling of the lark
and in the thunder of heaven" Loud ap.
plause. Even so | prove that the decisive
appeal to the sight of your eyes; appeal to
the puIsations of your hearts, and to the judg-
ments of your minds.
"Ycu know, you ser, you feel that the judg-
ment is drawing near. Loud applause. How
blind are those men who have the alfectation to
assert that il is only certain men who push to
revolution the continent of Europe, which but
for their revolutionary acts would be quiet and
conented Laughter Contented? Renewed
laughter. With what! Loud and long shouts
of laughter With oppression and servitude i?
Germany contented, with being but a fold of
sheep, pent up to be shorn by some thirty petty
tyrants Loud cheers aud laughter. Switz-
erland contented, with the threatening ambition
Of encroaching despots? Italy contented with
the King of Naples ?-or with the priestly gov
eminent Of Rome, the worst of human inven-
tons. Cheers Austria Rome, Prussia Rus
STA, Danata, contented with having been driven
to butchery, and after having been deceived,
plundered, oppressed, and laughed at az fools
Poland contented with being murdered Cries
Of Indignation. Hungary my poor Hungary
contented with being more than murdered
buried alive 81 Loud cries for it is alive
Energetic cheering What feel is but a
weak pulsation of that feeling which pervades
the breasts of the people of my country
| Cheers Russia contentcd with slavery p
| Hear. Vienna contented Lombardy, Pesth,
Milan, Venice Russia, Prague contented con-
tented with having been ANONYMOUSLY branded,
burned, plundered, sacked and it's population
butchered halt of the European continent con-
| tented with the scatf6ld, with the hangman, with
the prison, with having no political rights at all,
but having to pay innumer~ble millions for the
highly beneficial purposes OF being kept in u
state of serfdom! Cheers That is the con-
dition of the continent of Europe hear, hear,
and is it not ridiculous ard absurd in men to
LID l.. Il 4
tranquility of Europe 2" Hear, hear
Kossuth next spoke of his desire to unite all
the free nations on the true ground of national
non-intervention, particularly England and the
United States, and said in this connection:
NOV, hope, with your generous aid, to sue.
coed. Firstly, because there is in the United
States great party which processes the incna-
ton, the propensity, TO unite with England in
policy towards the world. Secondly, because
the fate of Hungary has already contributed
somewhat to effect this union by uniting as
brothers they have rescued me from captivity
and so may set il "a a matter of fact that the
first great step toward this union is already
made And thirdly, because all depends on an
exrct definition. Now, in the United States,
ruling principle is that of non Intervention in
European matters. ! say II is very wise in those
who established a principle to follow it out but
neither those who established, nor those who
followed il, were aware of the meaning il had
their principle was, the Intervention, the recogni.
ton, and acknowledgment of the right of every
natl TO dispose of its own domestic concerns !
Applause.
And they held il as n right not TO interfere in !
the internal affairs of any country-if such a
country chooseto be a republic, il shall be; If il
choose TO be despotism, even, it may--t de. |
4 -. 4 :.
afllsc, but free will. [Hear. hear That is !
the pripciple--thc sovereign right of every na-
ton to dispose of itself But this il not the |
ron Intervention which would be defined by |
these woods: Il do not care whatever be the |
fate Of humanity the disposal Of the !
world may do with Europe or with its liberty
because my principle is non-intervention." That, !
say is not non.interventiOn; il is the letter Of I
marqre TO despotism IL would be IN assurance |
10 society TO carry the victory 10 despotism. |
Hear, hear. ] suppose il is known now that
the policy of England and the United States can |
unite and when they are united, myself, hope
that, without wars. the interest Of mankind, 10y !
this means, will be secured. look with pecu
liar hope 10 Manchester, because land bow my. |
self with deep respect at the thUught) Manchcs |
ter carried the principle Of free trade Loud |
and reiterated cheering
What Manchester undertakes il will carry. !
Hear hear Now excuse me, ladies' and gen.
uemen, IL may be, perhaps, thought strange. but |
say, because ] am deeply convinced Of it, | |
say tat free trade is not carried yet will only !
a ID that this alliance Of desrots s--it il fact,
the case Of Hungary shows it; and, rs have
faith in the ground rights Of nations, can, with
all confidence, ask what is ard what will be-, the
practical issue Of the thing thut is here begin.
ming ! have every reason 10 look with pr
ticular hope in respect 10 tie solution Of this
question 20 Manchester, firstly. because Man.
chester il young city. ln 1920 IL was village
Of "a 900 men, and now IL is the first manufac
tnrug city Of the world, with nearly half nil
lion, 1t Is glory 10 city 20 have endured 10
old age, 60 have lived through the vics.iiuies
Of centuries, but it is no small glory to have
grown up to n giant in short period THAI
people which has grown up in short time il
practical pc pie, and, therefore, look fer
practical result from il. tCheers.l ], sccondly,
have much faith in this, because Manchester
with liverpool is the most powerful link be
tween Europe aud the United States Com