The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-12

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he Emperor o. Austria issusd proclamation.
dated the 4sh Of March, lS40, when he, relying
On the false report Of the Camsria Of victory
In ! battle that never WAS won, declared, by one
scratch Of his pen. that be blotsed out Hungary
from the list Of nations--thst that kingdom no
moro existed-that its constitution was torn up,
and that Hungary was declared to be ncorpo-
rated in the Austrian empire, and ruled according
10 the laws which his good pleasure would give
notwithstanding We had beaten our enemies
notwithstanding this proclamation, which sew
cred all ties between Austria and Hungary, still
we did not even proclaim rupture with the house
of Hapsburg. When did make the proposal
no more to acknowledge the house of Hspsburg !
When got true and exact intelligence that the
Russian Intervention was decided on, and had
been accepted, and when | got, | am sorry to
say, the intelligence that, in order to avoid this
Russian Intervention, we had no help in the
worId--fr0m nobody--no not one. Here over
come by irrepressbe emotion, the voice OF M.
Kcssuth faltered, he burst into tears, and for
some moments. was incapable of proceeding
while a burst Of sympathy broke from the as
sembly.]
As soon as he had recovered. he proceeded,
sti agitated: Then considered matters in my
conscience, and came to the resolution that
stroke aimed at her life, or. if we were not cow
ards enough, not base enough to accept This sui
eide, it would not be amiss to put as the reward
of our strugges-our fatal struggIes-that
which should have the merit of being worthy
the sacrifice Of the people; and it we had to con-
test with two great empires, il we had no one
to help US, If we had no friend, and to contest
in our struggles for the liberties Of Europe be-
cause now the Hungarian question rose Europe
@high," it assumed the dignity of European
question--if it was our fate to struggle for the
liberties of Europe as once We had struggled for
her Christianity, and if God should bless us,
proposed, US u reward the independence Of Hun
gary and it was accepted. Cheers.
That il the statement, the brief-no, rot the
brief but the true statement of the relations be-
tween Hungary and Austria. What was the
result? How we fell--let me not speak about
It (after pause)-that is a matter of too deep
sorrow to dwell on. So much | can say, that
though forsaken by the whole world. am to-
day confident we would have been match for
the combined forces of these two despotica
empires, but that it was my fault, and my
debility, that l. the governor of Hungary, who
had the lead of this great cause, had not faculties
enough to match Russian diplomacy, which
knew how to introduce treason into our camp
[cheers i but had ] been capable even to
imagine all these intrigues, we should not have
fallen. As tits, you know the house of Hapsburg.
a. dynasty, is gone; it exists no more-it
merely vegetables. The emperor can only act
by the within and will of his master. the Gar
If only the Gar would not threaten every portion
of the world where the prayers for liberty rise
up from the nation to Almighty God-if the
people of England would only decide that the
Russian should not put his foot on The nations
of Europe-if England would only say stop,
and nothing more, the boast OF Paskievitch that
he would put his foot on the meek of Hungary.
would never be realized, and Hungary, | am
sure, would have knowledge enough, truth
enough, and courage enough, to dispose of its
own domestic matters, as it is the sovereign right
of every nation of the world loud cheers, and
to put down any aggression on her liberty
{Cheersl Excuse me, gentlemen, if have moi
answered your expectations; fear have tired
you Loud cries of" No, no !" Go on, go on. -"
NV intention was to show you the part of my
country was worthy of your generous sympathies
because it has struggled in fair cause, it has
struggled vaianty for its national existence,
which once lost there is no resurrection more
for the people. Cheers.] That is the case OF
nv country wish to secure for her your gen
erous sympathy for this plain exposition of facts.
The principle involved is one which you hono,
the cause has been honored in my undeserviDg
person When landing your shores | was
received by my kind friend, the mayor, the
father of the unfortunate, brother TO the OPP
pressed. Happy is the nation where snch men
as rise from the people, for have heard that it
is one of his glores that he has risen by his own
energy, by his own perseverance, by his own
integrity, from the people; and it is the glory
of England that such men rising from the people
gain the love and the confidence of their country
men. Loud cheers. Let me, in returning
my best thanks, my heartfelt Acknowledgements
for the reception you have given me, propose,
with the deepest affection and respect ~tbe
health of the Mayor of Southampton"
NJ Kossuth resumed his seat amid rapturous
and long Continued applause.