The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-12-17

.ous act Of yOurs IS hut the manifestation Of
your resolution TO throw your weight into
lhe balance where the fate Of The European
continent is to be weighed.
You have raised the conviction through
cut DE world, that by my Liberation you were
willing to say, 'Ye oppressed nations of old
'Earope's continent. be Of good cheer; the
Young giant Of America, stretches his pow
erfnl arm over the waves, ready to give a
brother's hand to your future So is your
act Interpreted throughout the world. You
in your proud security, can scarcely imagine
how beneficial this conviction has already
proved TO the suffering nations Of the Euro
pean continent. You can scarcely imagine
what self-confdence you have added to the
resolution of the oppressed. You have kRi:
the tie ofsolidarity in the destinies of nations.
Ican't doubt that you know how | was re-
ceived by the public opinion in every coun-
try which l touched since | an free, and
what feelings my liberation has ELECTED in
those countries which it was not my lot to
touch. You know how |, a plain, poor, PEN
niless exile, have almost become a centre OF
hope and confidence to the most different
nations, not united but by the ties of COM
mon sufferings. What is the source of this
apparition, unparalleled in mankind's histe-
ny? The source of il is, that your generous
act of my liberation is taken by the world for
the revelation of the fact, that the United
States are resolved not to allow the despots
of the world to trample on oppressed human
ity. Its hence that my liberation was
cheered, from Sweden doWnto Portugal: as
a ray ofhope; 1t is hence that even those
nations which most desire my presence in
Europe now, have unanimously told me,
"Hasten on, hasten on to the great, free,
rich, and powerful people of the United
States, and bring over its brotherly aid to
the cause Of your country, so intimately con-
nected with European liberty" and here |
stand to plead the cause ofthe solidarity of
human rights before the great Republic Of
the United States.
Humble as | am, God the Almighty, has
selected me to represent the cause of huma-
nifty before you. My warrant to this capacity
is written in the sympathy and confidence Of
all who are oppressed, and of all, who, as
your elder brother. the people of Britain,
~sympathise with the oppressed-my warrant
to this capacityis written in the hopes and
expectations you have entitled the world to
entertain, by liberating me out o fmy prison,
and by restoring me to activity, But it has
pleased the Almighty to make out of my
humble self yet another opportunity for Il
thing which may prove a happy turning
point in the destlnieS OF the world. | bring
you a brotherly greeting from the people OF
Great Britain. L speak not in an official
character, impaired by diplomacy, whose Sc
cresy is the curse of the world, but | am the
harbinger Of the public spirit eff the people,
which has the right to impart a direction to
its Government, and which | witnessed, pro-
nouncing itselfin the most decided manner,
openly; that the people of England, united
to you with enlightened brotherly love, as it
is united in blood; conscious of your strength
as it is conscious of its own, has forever
abandoned every sentiment of irritation and
rivalry, and desires the brotherly alliance of
the United States to secure to every nation
the sovereign right to dispose of itself, and to
protect the sovereign right of nations against
the encroaching arrogance of despots, ond
leagued TO you against the eague o~fdespots
to stand together with you, godfather TO the
approaching baptism of European liberty.
Now, gentlemen, | have stated my posi-.
ton. | am a straightforward man. am
a republican. Ihave avowed it openly in the
monarchial but free England; and am happy
to state that | have nothing lost by this -
vowal there. | hope | will not lose here, il
Republican America; by that frankness
which must be one of the chief qualities o
every republican. So | beg leave, frankly
and openly, to state the following points.
First that | take it be the duty 0 honor
and principle not to medic with whatevei
party question of your W domestic affairs
l claimtor my country the right to dispose o
itself; SO | ain resolved; and must be resoly,
ed to reSpectthe same principle here and ev.
erywhere. Others may delight in the par
OF knighCs-errant for theories. 1t is not my
case. i am the man ofthe great principle o.
the sovereignty ofevery people to dispose o.
its own domestic concerns; and most sol.
EMMY deny to every foreigner, as to every
foreign power, the right to oppose the SOW
ereign faculty. 5t M
Secondly, l profess, highly and openly
my admiration for the glorious principle o.
union, on which stands the mighty pyramiG
of your greatness, and upon the basis 0
which you have grown, in the short space o
seventy-tive years, to a prodigious giant, thu
living wonder of the world. | have thu
most warm wish that the star-spangled ban
ner of the United States may forever be float
ing, united and one, the proud ensign o
mankind's divine origin. And taking m,
ground on this principle of union, which
find lawfully existing, an established consti
tutional fact, it is not to a party, but to thu
united People of the United States. that
|. confidently will address my humble request
for aid and protection to oppressed humanity
| will c~onscientiously respect your laws; bu
within the limits of your laws Twill use ey
cry honest exertion to gain your operatly
!, sympathy, and your financial, material an
: political aid for my country's freedom an
!, independence, and intreat the realization c
these hopes which your generosity has raise
in mt and my peoples breasts, and also j
: the breasts of Europe's oppressed nations
: And, therefore, g
Thirdly, | beg leave frankly to state, thu
l my aim is to restore my father-land to tn
full enjoyment of that act of declaration {
| independence, which being the only righI
3 full existing public law of my nation, ca
have lost nothing of its rightfulness by tn
/. violent invasion of foreign Russian arms
S and which, therefore, is fully entitled to b
+; recognized by the People Of the United States