Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-12-25

tfIen0lV intercourse, anu VI lIdNt ~
ways takes care TO speak OF nations, and
not of Goverpments-siiIlle less oftyrants who
subdue by foreign arms. The sacred word
of nation, with all its natural rights, should,
at least. from your political dictionary, not
be hotted and yet, am sorry to see that
word nation is replaced by the word Gov
eminent Gentlemen, humbly wish the
public opinion of the people of the United
States, conscious of its own rights, should
highly and resolutely declare that the people
of the United States Will carry on trade
and continue its commercial relations with
whatever nation, lie that nation IN revolu-
ton against its oppressofs or not; aud that
the people Of the United States express with
confidence from its government, to provide
for the protection of your trade. | am con-
fident that YOUR national Government, sec
ing public opinion SO pronounced, will
Judge it convenient to augment your force
in the Mediterranean; and to look for some
such provision for it as would not force the
navy of republican America to depend upon
the favor Of tyrants, which cannot be con-
sistent with republican principles or repub-
ican dignity, not dependent on king so so,
be he even the cursed king of Naples, who
grants YOU the favor of an anchoring place
for the naval forces of your republic. be-
leve your glorious country should every
where freely unfurl the star-spangled banner
of liberty with all its congenial principles
and not make itself dependent IN whatever
respect on the glorious smiles of the king
Bombaste Compagne. The third object Of
my humble wishes gentlemen, is the recor-
niuon of the independence of Hungary
Your glorious Declaration of Independence
.proclaims the right of every nation to as
sumo among the powers of the earth the
separate aud equal station to which the
laws ofnature and natures God entilc them
The political assistance of your glorious
Republic is solicited upon this principle
upon this right My nation stands upon
the same ground, aud there is striking re-
semblance between your cause aud that Of
my country. On the lih of July, l7i6.
John Adams spoke thus IN your Congress;
" Sink or swim, live or die, survive or per
sh, am for this declaration" In the be-
ginning we aimed not at independence. but
" there is a divinity that shapes orr ends. !"
These noble words were present to my mind
on the 18th of April, 1910, when moved
the Declaration of Independence in the Ma
tonal Assembly OF Hungary. Our condi-
ton was the same, and # there be any dil-
!aschCe dare say 1t Is IN favor of ourselves
Your country was, before this declaration.
not sei-conslsting, independent State
Hungary was
Through the lapse of a thousand wears,
through every yicissltude of this long period
while nations vanished aud empires fell,
the self consisting Independence of llunga-
ry was never lost, out recognized bv ali The
powers of the earth, sanctioned by treaties
with the Hapsburgh Dynasty, when this
dynasty by the free will of my nation. aud
by bilaieral act was invested with the
kIngly crown of Hungary. Even more.
thus independence OF Hungary was acknowl-
edged to make part of the international
law of Europe, and was guaranteed not only
by the foreign European Governments, such
as Great Britain, but also 10y several of
those, when yen constitutional nations. which
belonged formerly to the German, and. fer
its dissolution to the Austrian empire
This independent condition of IIungury is
clearly defined in one of our fundamental
laws of 1901, ia these words" Hungary
is free aud Independent kingdom, having
no pNi otil-SOnoioAtbl CAlolChNt anu con-
sututon, and not subject to any other ma
ton or country IN the world" This, there
fore, was our ancient right. We are not
dependent upon, nor a part of the Austrian
empire, as your country was dependent up
on England. 1t was clearly defined that
we were to Austria nothing but good
neighborhood, aud the only tie between us
and Austria was, that we elected to be our
kings, the same dynasty which were also
the soyerelgns of Austria, aud occupied the
same line OF hereditary succession of our
kings; but by accepting this, our lorefth-
ers declared, with the consent of the king,
that though she accepts the dynasty to be
our hereditary kings, all the other irauchl-
SEES, rights aud laws of the nation shall re-
main IN full power and intact aud our
country shall not be governed like the other
domlnlons Of that dynasty, but according to
our constltutonaliy established anlhnrues
We would not belong To the Austrian en-
pre-, because that empire did not exist
while Hungary did already exist, aud has
existed nearly two hundred aud eighty
years under The Government of the Haps-
burghian dynasty. The Austrian em.
pure you know, was only established IN
1906, when the Rhcnsh conlederacy of
Napoleon struck the death-blow 10 the Ger
man empire, of which Francis H. was not
hereditary, but elected emperor. That
Hungary had belonged 10 the German en-
pre-; IS thing which no mau ever iin-
agined yet II is only now, when the Flaps
burghian tyrant processes the intention to
melt Hungary into the German conledera-
ton. But you know this intention to be
IN so striking opposition to the European
public law, that England and France SOL
EMMY protested against this intention, which
is not carried out to this day. The German
empire having died, its late emperor Fran
els, also king of Hungary, established
the Austrian empire Id 1906, but even in
that fundamental charter of the newly es-
tablished Austrian empire, he soiemnly de-
clared that Hungary and its annexed PROV
lnces are rot intended and will not make
part of the Austrian empire. Subsequent
ly we entered with this empire into the Ger
manic Confederation Of 1905. but Hunga-
~, as well as Lombardy aud Venice, not
making part ofihe Austrian empire, remain
ed again separated, and were not entered
into the coniederacy. The laws which
succeeded to carry in 1913, did of course,
nothing alter in that old chartered condition
of Hungary We transformed the peasant
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