The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-02

cheil-, which Madame kossuth acknowledged
by bow Yes, ask the man, by unhappy cir
cumstanoes surrounded, where is his sol ICE
wnere the source from which he derives new
strengthf IL is in your approbaticn, ia your
smises. pray that God may bless you, ladies',
for having given that appreciation and favor;
for ! swear before you to the Almi .hty God,
that you have added strength TO my strength,
and viii go on To the last moment Of my life
IN the active and, to the best Of my power, ener-
getie efforts which you have honored by your
sympathy and SMILES Cheers You men
tou in your address the difference between the
reception of Haynau and my own, and Won as
cribe il to my merts Now. ladies' and gentle.
men, have such a strong feeling of country,
that the word merit is almost unknown to ms
on this ground | cannot quite understand what
! il is to have merit, because ! consider every
| good which man can do to be his duty.
1 Chers. feel no pride from whatever com
parison, but still feel so much self-esteem,
/ that believe ] cannot be put in comparison
with such man. Hear, hear, hear Your
meeting has cheered the noble minded fellows
who treated the man AS you know. Great
cheering But now have never wondered so
much 10 my life when | heard that any per-
IONS have the aifectaion to feel scandazed
when they mark, see, and hear, that the thunder.
ing voice OF the strong instinct Of the people
speak not in the tone Of an IL ,Iian harp.
| Hear, hear Why know the noble instinct
ont of which that feeling arose | admire the
voice that rolls spontaneously its sounds of
thunder in the ear ftyrants. Cheers Such
a noble instinct is an honor to hunanity-is
like revelation Of mans divine origin, because
il was the instinct of hatred against cruelty-of
hatred against despotism--of love and of re.
| spect for human rights Loud cheers L.
dies and gentlemen. | entirely feel the import
| ance Of the present day, though but fresh from
the reception 18th which | was greeted in
Manchester and Birmingham Speaking about
the key of these demonstrations, was told that
It was not my presence which elected these de.
monstrations, and that ought not to feel too
much e'ated, because have seen, perhaps, the
fitch p1rt Of the English people
NoA, havlng had the addresses which have
had the honor to receive here in the name of
such electoral bodies, as well as of some thou.
sand hdies--having had addresses of such a
character from the inhabitants of boroughs with
population amounting to about 100000, bv
and 10y will come to the idea that must hur
rah, because i know that have more tina, the
nj leth part of the great peoole Of England on
my side. Hear, hear Bat, after all these
statements still it IS true that it il not nv pres
ence which elected these ointment. came
to receive them, and not to make them
Cheers. But il it should be said that thew
are against the public opinion OF England. it IS
not my pride, il is the right and respect due 10
the people OF England which makes me say that
public opinion has pronounced for me- Loud
cheer7. SO sure AS il is that England is con-
s'itutlona country, even 80 true must it be that
this public opinion must be and will be obeyed
What IL, and how this public opinion should
be and will be OBJ yed, that Of course /, nm I'M
pretending stranger, cannot lay down; but so
much ms this will | assert, hat this public opin
ion has pronounced in favor Of freedom in favor
OF the sovereign right of nations to dispose of
their domestic concerns cheers :; and on these
promises confidently hope that the same pub.
lie opinion will find out the practical means to
come to practical result Renewed cheers
These are desultory ideas which | speak and
therefore you must kindly excuse me, for am
sensible there is little connection in them. In
enc of the addresses which have had the honor
TO receive, was told that we in Hungary we
fought for those institutions which you possess.
Without entering further into this matter. will
beg your generous pardon in allowing me a sin
gle remark. When ! heard these words. I
noted the names of the five boroughs whose
deputations have stood on this platform, and
wondered that these five boroughs, with l,5OO..
600 inhabitants, have not yet the full enjoyment
Of municipal institutions. Hear, hear Ger
tainly il is not becoming for me to speak about
the ma ter only 30 say so much, that belieye
that that sentiment of freedom, that sympathy
for freedom which the generous people of Eng
land have, with such kindness, manifested since
have had the honor to be on English soil. is
very strongly bound up with municipal institu
tons; much so, that !, being. of course. very
anxious 20 see in some way secured and contin.
ued the force and development of this public
opinion, which is and promises TO become.
highly beneficial TO my country, out of this anx
iely, believe ] can nothing better dc than when
state that the principle Of freedom is quite
identical, is Synonymous with the principle of
self-goyernment This word self government.
believe, brings home to the mind vf every man
practically what is meant by the word freedom
and hat word self government is 80 highly in.
teresting to every man in the world who would
be free, and would not be either a bondsman or
tyrant-everY man is so strongly interested in
that word self government--lhat | believe that.
from the moment when the people of England
got entirely penetrated bv the sentiment of that
truth, that the principle of freedom for which T.
an humble advocate, heartily ent,eat your pener
Gus sympahies, il, in fact the very principle of
fgovernment--the public opinion of England
would not fall asleep upon these demonstra-
tons, but would 60 on and on, gathering new
vigor on each new occasion, until out of this
continual pronouncement Of the public opinion
OF the English people there arose those conse.
quences which, my lord, has, in a very pretty
AID expressive apologize, declared to you.
Hear hear
have but one thing TO ask-Haye the strup
giles Of Hungary met the sympathy of the PEG.
pie Of England ~ believe they have. What
benefit has Hungary had out Of this sympathy
Nothing. Why l-Because to the big bow
was mol spoken that little warning-aThon shalt
moi :" Loud cheers What good did we get
by being told Of the public o;inion and sym-
patty Of England-ard yet, at the time when
that struggle begnn to move your sympalhies,
confidently dare say, and history will prove nv
words, that il would not have c. ST En- land
single shilling, or a single drop of blood. TO see
Hungary nov independent Cheers But if the
word was not spoken, the sympathy could have
no effect Hear What | humbly entreat i.
not TO see England taking up arms, and going to
light for Hungary we will fight for ourselves,