The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-11-13

| the Indignation and contempt with which In
the commencement of our Anti-Slavery career
we regarded the base lbellers of Freedoms
champions.
Down with all tyrants with their aiders,
abettors and apologists And all honor to the
men, of whatever cline, who have planted their
artillery and staked their lives for the over
throw of Oppression
Inc nC t~sTr,.-srINc--4vI4rt IJU>II4-..-,-a
COMMUNICATION.
Our readers recollect that some time since
we published a correspondence showing that
Mr. CorcOran of this place had given seventeen
hundred dollars, to enable company Of Hun
garian exiles, in New York, numbering over
one hundred, to reach New Buda, where ex
Governor Ujhazi has settled 1t is the desire
of the Hungarians driven to seek refuge in this
country, to remain together, so that at mo-
ment's warning, they may return to fight for
the Freedom of their Fatherland Their faith
is strong that the hour of their country's dely.
erance will soon come
Owing to the delay of their departure from
New York, heavy expenses were incurred for
their board, which the Committee, superintend
ing the arrangements for their journey, under.
took to defray in part out of the donation OF
Mr.. Corcoran. We see not what right they
had to appropriate any portion of this money
to any other purpose than that for which it was
expressly giyen-their transportation to New
| Buda.
The result was, that, with very reduced
means, they were obliged to set out from New
York, and on arriving at Chicago they found
themselves unable to proceed further Captain
Brick, the leader of the company, Immediately
waited upon the Mayor, and deposited with
him the three hundred dollars, which he had
received Of the money given by Mr.. Corcoran
to be held sacredly for the use originally in
tended
The People Of Chicago manifested praisewor-
thy liberality. Public meetings We're held
resolutions in favor of Hungarian Liberty and
It's defenders were passed and a committee was
constituted to raise money to relieve the imme-
date wants of the exiles and find them EN-
ployment The citizens we learn responded
with liberality to the call made upon them ;
nearly all the strangers have found employ
ment and proper exertions will soon make the
rest comfortable. Meantime Captain Brick,
with a few others, by advice Of Major Toch-
man, who has labored necessarily for their
welfare, will probably proceed to New Buda,
for the purpose of making necessary arrange
ments for transporting the whole body of the
exiles to that settlement,
A correspondent of Major Tochman at Chi
cago has communicated some facts, which the
public ought to know. They will expose one
source of the hostility manifested against the
cause of Hungarian freedom and its supporters.
The letter is dated Chicago, November 3, 1851.
Saturday last nineteen Hungarians arrived
in town, from the company of forty who left
New York before Captain Brick. They had
found employment on one of the railroads near
here, and gave entire satisfaction; but Sunday
before last lrhen one of the number waS reading
tut DfOt w Nbiii thcJ NOiO "tt"NhNu
by an empowering force-sad to be Irish
armed with guns, &c. Their Bible and some
of their clothing were thrown in the fire, and
they themselves driven into the woods where
they passed the night. The next day they
were entreatcd by the engineer to leave"
And they did leave We know not how
much a selfish spirit of competition, how mucl
religious bgotry, set on fire by unscrupuou'
priests, had to do with this outrage, but we dc
know that every man concerned in it ought to
have been at once dismissed The engineer die
very mean thing in turning the Hungarian'
out of employment unless indeed, he was com
PEELED to do it by the Irish laborers, and if that
were the ease, measures should be taken tC
punish them according to law We are will
ling to accommodate in this country all emf
grants from abroad, but no one class will b,
tolerated in selfish attempt at monopoly
Our suggestion that religious bigotry may hav,
had something to do with the outrage on thes,
llungarians receives confirmation from the fol
lowing statement in another part of the letter
| nv kN"INhii DiiNhI ""o IuSI HtIt, anu IN VI
great distress, as he and his company were ex
communicated yesterday by one of the German
Catholic priests of this city. The priest saiC
that these men were not honest nor Trustworthy
and so on-the characteristic style of excom
munication Captain Brick is man tina
would ornament any position
This but confirms what we have said in an
other column. Priestcraft is the ally of despot
ism and priestcraft in America is the same n
in Europe. On what ground have these Hun
garians been communicated They are no
charged with herosy; but they fought for
Government one of the first acts of which wa
the liberation Of all religions and against DIES
potism, which is in close alliance with the Cath
Ollie hierarchy The German priest in Chcag
sympathzes with his brother priest in Austria
and both are enemies of Republcansm an'
Republicans.
Captain Brick need not distress himself
Accommodation in this country has no ter
rors. His bread and water are sure, and 40 II
his reputation, though the church may ours,
him. Prestcratt subjects itself to contempt by
its antiquated manifestation of imbecile ven
geance. Let tyranny beware Americans will
no more tolerate it in the garb of an ecclesias