Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-12-18
Kossuth.

selves. The governor OF hungary, oy her
own free choice-,he prisoner Of Turkey, sub
ject to the will of the ruthless despotsm Of
Russia and Austria-the guest and orator in
England-the true man everywhere, has ar
rived on our shores.
The long and glorious echo Of his welcome
comes with mingled shouts and sounds Of can
non, as from the very hearts Of freemen; and
we are but poorly taught in the principles and
duties Of free and constitutional government,
if we do not, most heartily and eagerly, SYM
pathize with this general ou,gush and enthusi-
asm Of the American people. Whatever The
Senate may resolve, the people, who make and
unmake Senaies, in their own behalf will prof
fer the inequalities of great nation to the
hero chief, who asks, he says, for no fleets and
armies, las we had once supposed but for our
moral aid, and that we be men-true to our
age-our destiny and the dictates of daring
policy, as safe, however, as it is decisive. We
sympathi7e with him in his love and the yearn-
ing of his great heart towards his country
whereon the dark wing and shadow of oppres-
sion have fallen, while death on the scaffold, or
BY the musket shot or bayonet plunge, has
come to many of her noblest sons, whose men,
cries are battles cries yet 10 rouse the slumber-
ing world. s.....
"O if there be, on this earthly sphere,
A boon, an offering heaven holds dear,
lis the last libation Liberty draws
From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her
cause
We honor him for what he has done, while
we admire him for what he is. He has left
his mark on the worlds history, and he will
grave it deeper still. -.r .r..-.
. The time has not perhaps come, for US to do
more than sympathize, respect and reverence
in him the spirit of freedom and the hope of
the world. But, it is nevertheless true, that
We have mission to fulfill in the world, of
which we have as yet hardly dreamed. God
has not made US and opened to us and endowed
US, with such Saxon fire, and energy and en-
terprse-such strength of purpose and posi-
boundless resources of offence and
defence, TO be merely common carriers or hew-
ers of wood and drawers of water. He never
intended we should fold our arms and close our
heart TO the thrilling call of humanity for JUS
tce and freedom, but that we should lift no
voice of indignant and potent remonstrance and
protest when the rights of millions of our BROTH
er men are crushed into the very earth.-
When we are but three millions we advocate
the policy of non-iniervention-bu when We
became thirty millions we have new relations
with the world. The child is not to do the
work Of manhood, but manhood and conscious
strength are not intended or given to do the
work of childhood. We are false to ourselves
and the dearest principles of liberty and Gods
justice if we permit our country to be govern
ed by vaciating policy, or, its generous
and loyal and legitimate enthusiasm repressed
or s,ifed by fear of offending any Court Cabi-
net or Council in Chrstendom. Austria and
every other despotic government, by the. grace
of God, has yet lesson to learn of us. We
shall not always stand still and allow humanity
to be crushed beneath the iron heal of heredi-
tary privilege or old and chartered lies! The
time is coming when we shall be strong enough
and have sufficient heart 10 say to the oppres-
sors Of Europe, Thus far and no farther,"-
when We shall throw the weight of our diplo-
macy and our gauntlet and our sword, like Ca
millus. into the scale if need be.
Great events are foreshadowed in the unnat-
ural stiffness which now hangs like the pail of
death over Europe. We behold beneath the sur
face the elements gathering of new and more
terrible revolution and struggle between justice
and power-right and might-and God pro-
,ect the right. We cannot escape from giving
our influence which, every day, is gathering
force and momentum. We may not, just row.
consent as matter of expediency, to accede
TO all Kossuth might desire, or we might wish.
We may Judge it better to reserve our strength
and wait awhile, calmly and bravely, for the
right juncture 10 assert our resolution to see
" fair play" at least, which are the very words
of Kossuih. But when the naughty Gar, and
his servile tool Francis, pour their legions
down into central Europe, as they may, to
crush in CORY mire the last pulsation of that
liberty which fired the hearts of the Magyar
race struggling amid the mountains Of Hunga-
ry, or on the plains of Arad, where might
illustrated by Russian bayoneIs, clothed in
chains, and the stiffness of the hurried grave,
the heart of a noble people then we say, it is
full time for us TO declare with England and
France, that We too have an interest in the de-
bate and right in behalf of freedom to be re-
presented and heard. We bide our time, and
God speed The right.
STILL, VIC should do nothing, perhaps, but
what may be accomplished by diplomacy
neither should we gravely prepare to run tilt
with the world. We do not understand that
any sensible person will imagine us, to desire
such consequence or suggest such a course.
Neither do we propose to interfere with every
quarrel, which shall chance to arise in Europe.
ms is all we mean, that the time may come
when England and France, as well as our
selves shall require that Russian bayorefs must
not dictate to the nations of Europe what gov
eminent they shall have and what rights they
shall enjoy. And. that, if Germany, Itsly. or
even Hungary, demand liberty and constitu-
,ional guarantees, the Russian despo. shall not q