Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-10-29

sSa WS VA SoHSCSSiOHS oS, III tho Sucu Coi
dition of Hungary, seemed best fitted
secure the happiness of his countrymer
On this head Kossuth says:
81 asked of the King, not the complet
independence of my beloved country-no
even any new rights or privileges-bu
simply these three things:
"First. That the inalienatle right
) sanctioned by thousand years, and b
the constitution of my fatherland, shoul,
be guaranteed by a national and responsi
bic administration.
"Second. That every inhabitant Of m,
country, without regarding language o
religion, should be free and equal befor
the law-all classes having the same privi
leges and protection from the law.
Third. That all the people of the Aus
trian empire that acknowledged the SAM
person as Emperor whom we Hungarian
recognised as King, and the same law O.
succession, should have restored their IN
cient constitutional rights, Of which they
had been unjustly despoiled, modified tc
suit their wants and the spirit of the age'
Speaking of the motives which actuated
the European powers in preserving theil
neutrality during the war, he says:
"We doubted not that the European
powers would negotiate peace for US, OF
ihat they would, at least, prevent the Rus.
sian invasion. They said they pitied US,
honored Our efforts, and condemned the
conduct of Austria; but they could not
help us, because Europe required power.
full Austrian empire, and they must sup
port it, in spite of its evils, as balauce
against Russia in central and eastern
Europe. What mistake What diplo.
macy. Is it not as clear as the sun that
the Gar, in aiding Austria, would do it
in such manner as to obtain the greatest
advantages for himself? Was it not
manifest that Austria-who had always,
through the help Of Hungary, strength
enough to oppose would, when
she destroyed Hungary By Russian bay
cnets, no longer be an Independent power,
but merely the acen,agarde of the Mos
covite !? Yet Europe permitted the inva-
sion !! 1t is an indelible mark of blindness
and shame. 1t is ever thus in the imbecile
Old World. They treated US just as they
treat Turkey. They assert always that
the peace of Europe and the balance of
power require the preservation of the
Turkish empire-that Turkey must exist,
to check the advance Of the Cossack power
But, Notwithstanding this, England and
France destroyed the Turkish feet at Nava-
rino "a feet which never could have in
jured them, but which might have con-
tended with Russia in the Black Sea.
"Always the same worn-out, old, and
fatal system of policy while Russia, ever
alert, seizes province after province from
Turkey. She has made herself the sove-
reign of Moldavia and Wallachia, and is
'apping the foundations Of the Ottoman
empire. Already Turkish officials are
more dependent on the lowest Russian
agents than upon their own Grand Vizier.
"There can be no freedom for the con-
.inent Of Europe, and that the Cossack
rom the shores of the Don will water
heir steeds in the Rhine, unless liberty
oe restored to Hungary. It is only with
Hungarian freedom that the European
nations can be free; and the smaller ma
ionalities especially can have no future
without U.S."
In referring to the sympathy of the
American republic and its hospitable re-
:eption Of the Hungarian exiles, Kossuth
writes as follows:
"The Hungariaus, more fortunate than
[, who were able to reach the shores of
he New World, were received by the peo-
,le and government of the United States
n the most generous manner-yes, like
,rothers. With one hand they hurled
nathemas at the despo,s. and with the
'ther welcomed the humble exiles to par
axe of that glorious American liberty
more to be valued than the glitter of
rowns. Our hearts are filed with emo
ions to see how this great nation extends
IS sympathy and aid to every Hungarian
7ho is so fortunate as to arrive in Ameri-
a. The sympathetic declaration of such
people, under such circumstances, with
imilar sentiments in England, is not
acre sigh which the wind blows away,
ut is prophetic Of the future. What
lessed sigh. to sec whole nations elevated
y such sentiments.
"Free citizens Of America! you inspired
~ countrymen to noble deeds /; your ap-
roval inspired confidence; your sympathy
onsoled in adversely, gave ray Of hope
,r the future, and enabled US to bear the 1
eight of our heavy burden your fellow
ceiling will sustain US till We realize the
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