New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-26
Help for Hungary.
From The Daily Tribune of Sept I, 1919.


The writer hereof VAS not able to be In
New.York az the date Of the great meeting IN favor
ofheroic Hungary "A weeA since, or he would nave
preferred to submit, thea an0 there, his IDEAS OF
American duty and policy wrh regard tothe Hunga-
gans. As no similar opportunity Will probably Oe
soon pre- sentcd, he VIII DSieh, submit them here.
Some rather young gentlemen OF our City would
seem to consider the Hungarian performers III some
MAGNIFICENT melo drama or equestrian pageant a
sor OF Timour the Tartar ar Ca'aract of the G an
ges They talk Of drafting addresses and sending
flags 10 the Patriot Nauo0, IS If they were III press
ing need Of an inpOrtauOn OF painted tapestry and
winds articles being manI'csty more abundant
here than ON the banks OF ,he lhelsS. We cannot
agree with them. The idea OF sending an address
and flag Cat acOst OF not l-ss Than 81 OOO) TO peo-
pie at once bleeding, hall naked and famlshng,
seems to us the most pTepp>crOuS that ever IA whim
ssosi BRAIN cosendered NJ etInss, addresses, ban
hers, speeches, al well or Ill in our eyes
precisely as they promote hin the transmission
Of real aid to the Hungailans. we understand our
friends OF Hungary To mean that. or to he acting
yery foolish farce. We have opposed that the mo-
nent II bee ame certain that the Magyars were re-
solved to fight TO the last undsmayed by the ehof-
nous odds now comoin,d against them, our people
were TO tendeI them some positive ana beneocil
zee. Is not that The gee, raj understanding
But what can we do for Hungary she clearly
does no, want men that ~ she can procure nearer
home all she can mainta1o IL the hcil Tar cheaper
than they could be sent from nus country, 20 say
nothing OF the difficulty, dray aud risk Of TRANSMIT
ting them So of Provisions, Arms ana MuutVohS'
All these are neeCod by hungary, SIMPLY because
her Government has no money. Whal sne mainly
preSsnsIy, agonlzlngly wants H. TIE SIN" s OF war
his our deliberate belief tnU II she could nave
openod this campaign ~H1 ." Mlheus vi na'u
dollars IN her treasury II Su'l'"n - h'i 'Veo"s
xcanty and nrscar,ous rc>+urceS, she would nave
closed n no ~ month with her soil unprO'aned by
hostile foot and her arm go al the gates OF Vienna
Can any enc ask hOw w. are ~ help Hungary
Think of kossuth's thrllinS answer 10 SENS urgent
demand iQr some funds her, with 10 prosecute the
war in Trsnsylvania Il can give YOU my LIE but
no money Is not that enough 10 make any man
ashamed that dollar remains Ia his pocket
What we would urge IS ire SUBSCRIPTION thr >ugh'
ont this land OF a PATRIOTIC LOAN FOR ltVSoARN-
Let even man who can sunScr'oe LIS PIE or MS
mite let the SounceSt and neS' knoNn bankers OF
this and other commercial cles De induced 10 trans
act the business without charge, IN Sucn manner
that sharpers and al, entuIes Can gei no hold OF II
let the stock be issued IN $i,0 >fip, drawing I'VE
per cent interest, redeemabe by Hungary WITHIN
ten years after the establishment OF her lndepcnd'
cnce. Let each village, each rural town. eNh cruz,
make up by collections or Otherwise, enOush 10 take
one share OF The scrip ana so up 20 as many as pos
sihe let our men of wealth and income be person
ally solicited to invest generously, and lei uS re-
solve at least TO RAISE One Nilloa Dollars of-hand'
Another Million Will come much easier aUer the
INST Who can over estimate the worth OF even one
Million IL kossuth Onh bad 4 now And there Is
not the leas. trouble IN sending hun AID IN ms iorm
IL may be deposited IN the Bank ~ England or some
other gc0t London b ana m Twelve days, pt,able 10
the order Of Louis koSsnt1 President o. Hungary,
his suCce case NJ his death, and notl'e OF
the depsslt Will reach The hero Pres dent IN twenty
Gays thereafter. III spite OF all INC bU.Chefne III AZ
naus and scoupdrel LOUIS NaQole in the universe
From tie moment he ms the nO.ce OF deposit and
liberty IL draw, the pon-t ~ as good as IN hand
lie can uSelt through the Jess about HIM, who wall
gladly exchange their hOarded god Tor ike smount
Beyond the reach OF The ucrciIeSS plunderers now
overspresdsng Hungary. single Million, promptly
transmitted, might save hungarian Liberty IN its
last extremity. Only imagine The change that would
be effected 4 Patriot leaders were enabled 70 dis
tribute to every man IN the several ARMIES I'VE dol
isrs IN CEN.
Friends OF Hungary II America DO YOU mean
anything II you Go, let Us know whar Il IS We
feel like sending our mite u help the Magyar he
roes in their most unequal aGd pGniouS strife against
the most internal compound oi tyranny, pelldy and
cruelty we ever heard OF II they are destined 10
fsll, We would like 10 send tnAe that it sh III
reach them before their last battle Leithere be no
isek Of Hungarian cartridges In that battle so long
sthere shall be hands able IL load and FIRE. II
Austria shalt conquer Hungary lei wolves be Us on
~ denzeDs
- There can DC NO question, We presume, thata
Loan, as proposed, Is allowable Austria may send
aer agents here tomorrow and regotiate IA Loan,
provided anybody viii take u. So may Hungary.
We have night TO invest our money III the public
eeotof any nation. aud Just that OF Hungary
seems decidedly tie best.