The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-11-15

dofylng expression that they did not treat with
rebels Aye, more, they threw our ambassa-
dors into prison. aud one Of them-thc nobcst Of
Hungary's sOn-they cowardly and impiou,ly
murdered.
Still we hsstated TO tear asunler forever the
bonds that united Ten months we fought and
fought VIGOROUSLY, in defence; and il was only
when every attempt to biting about an honorable
peace failed-when Francis Joseph. who was ne
yer our King, dared in his manifesto of the 4th
OF March, 1919 to utter the curse "7hdt H,Gt,
garg honl2 etia no iongcr wien there was
no hope OF arresting the Russian invasion by III
plomacy-when we saw that we must fight to
save ourselves from being struck of ,he earth
as a nstion--when the house of Austria by it.
endless acts of injustice and cruelty, aud by call
ing in the aid Of foreign power, had extingush.
ed in the hearts Of the Hungarian people every
spark OF aflection-then, and then only, after so
oGgSdcot5e ,,im,tenaWGsS- -SSsS'scd to declare its
absolute independence.
Then spoke the National Assembly the words
which had long been uttered by every patriotic
tongue: "F,aHcis Joseph thou bcdrd,ess young
Nero! hou dtres to say Hungary shall erist
no more! We the Pcopie a,s,ccr, Ne do and
, wW eria! bH goe and your trcachero's hous,
shaH stand no longer! Ysu shaH no longer he
, Kings Of Hangaryi Be foreoer Ja,,ishei, yc
O. pcrhdDas Traitors 10 the .Nattont'
+ We were not only ready to accept any terms
/, that were honorable but we carefully ab.taiucl
from doing anything which would give the Gar
preience, which he had long sought, to meddc
. with our affairs.
D.. The Hungarian nation loved freedom as the
!, best gift Of God, but it never thought of com
: menclng a crusade against Kings in the name OF
!, liberty. In Hungary there were none of those
2 propagandsts who alarm so much the rulers Of
the Old World There were no secret socc,ie.
: plotting conspiracies, Ny countrymen were not
c influenced by the theories Of communists or so
clallsts, nor We're they what the conservative
, calls anarchists. The nation desired Justice, and
. knew how to bc Just to all, irrespective of rank
e language or religion. n people so worthy o.
freedom wcro generous enough to leave some
thing to time, and to be satisfied with pro
b grcsslye development No violence was used
. no just right was attacked and even some o
3 those institutions were left undi,turbed, which
e IN their principle and origin were unjust but
E which, having existed for centuries, could not bc
. abolished at once with impunity.
, The Hungarian people did not wish to opme,i
{ any, not even the aristocracy; they were more
ready to make sacrifices than to punish the de
scendants of nobility for the evils of misgoyern
! ment and Of those institutions which emanatcd
, from their ancestors-nor would they le. the ma
ny sutiOr for the sins Of the few
There was no anarchy amongus Even in the
bloodIest conflicts, when the human passions are
most excited, there was the most perfect order
nnd security OF property and person. How did
the conduct of my noble countrymen compare
with that of the order making Austria, When
ever the whirwind Of war ceased for n while
where the social elements were left in chaos the
instructive moral feelings of this ncorruptblc
people, in the absence Of all government, preser
we'd better order and safety than legion. al po
p lice. a common spirit animated the whole ma
tion-no secret aims, no personal or local attacks
/ but a bold and open defence in the face Of the
, world. Following the example Of your great
! Washington, we adopted as our policy. coucilia
2 ton, justice, and legality, aud scrupulou.ly ob
, served the laws Of nations
l The RuSsians and Austrans made the soil c
. Walachia the basis Of military operations anl
I the Turkish government, which either knew moi
its own interests, or was unable To defend them
% silently permitted this violation Of treaties and
the rights ofnarions, thus humbling itself and be
r iraying SS own weakness Several times We
p. drove our enemies across the Wdllachian bound
nues; for 1t was only necessary for our victuri
. Gus army to advance into the countries Of The
Lower Danube, TO rouse the inhabitants again-
the Russians, and To transfer the war TO thgi
own soil. But We respected the law Of nations
2 and stopped our conquering forces on the con
fines Of Wallacla Her soil was sacred to US
Austria left GaIIacia almost unprotected anC
collected all her forces to attack us Had we m
+ tins time sent a small portion of our army to Po
land, 1t would have caused general insurrcc
tlon and that heroic but unfortunate nation woulC
have avenged herself by throwing the Russial
I Empire into state Of revolution. But we acteC
IN defence only, and we deemed it sin to precip
itate other nations into terrible and uncertain
T war, and We checked our sympathics Besides
we avoided giving the Emperor Of Russia pre-
tence for war of retaliation against us on, il
, was iooIlsh--tor the despotic hypocrite made
! pretenco, he called our ovn struggle the Hun
garian-Polish Revolution though the whole nun
! Der of Poles IN our armies did not exceed iou
thousand.
We doubted not that the European power
would negotiate a peace for Us. or that they
would at least, prevent the Russian invasion -
l They said they piicd us honoreR our efforts, an,
condemned the conduct Of Austria, but the,
I could not help us, because Europe required !
powerful Austrian Empire, and they must sup
port 1t, IN spite Of its evils. balance aCajns
Russia IN Central and Eastern Europe. What
mistake What diplomacy Is it not rs clcar
as the sun that the Car, in aiding Austria woulS
! do 1t IN such q manner as 10 obtain the grratcS
D advantages for hlmselfi Was it not NANTES
] that Austrla-who had always through the hell
G of Hungary, strength enough to oppose RUssl
y. would, when she destroyed Hungary by Rus
, sian hayonr's, no longer be an independent pow
!, cr, but merely the oraJH ga,dc of the Muscoyite
1 Yet Europe permitted the iuvasionl 1t is an in
deliblc mark Of blindness and shame 1t is eve
o thus in the imbcclle Old World They trratct
us just as they treat Turkey They assert al
, ways that the peace u Europe and the halanc,
| of power require the preservation Of the Turhisl
q Empro-that Turkey must exist, to check til,
advance of The Cossack power.
: But, notwithstanding this, England and Franc,
| destroyed the Turkish fleet at Nayanuo-a Ice
which never could have injured them, bu. whicl
might have coueuacl with Russia in the Bacl
! Sea
. Always the same vermont old and fatal sys
| TEN of policy while Russia, ever alert, seize,
!, province after province from Turkey She ha'
made herself the sovereign Of Molduyia aud Wal
lachia, aud Is sappng the foundations of the OF
: toman Empire Already Turkish officials ar,
more dependent on the lowest Russian agent thai
upon their own Grand Nizier
oh, that Hungary had received but slight to
} ken of moral support from the European power
from those powers whose dreams are trouble,
!, with fears Of the advance " the Cossark Ha.
! only an English or French agent come tou, du
{ ring our struggle, what might he not have done
He, too, would have seen and estimated our ahil
\ ity to sustain oursvl9cs-he would have ohocrv
. ed the humanity. the love Of order the rcycrcnc,
t for humanity, which characterized the liuugari