The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-20

heca,,a ore evident that the heart of Europe beat
to the pulsations OF the hungarian struggle we
maintained the unequal conflict alone, cut of from
tine rest of the world and all external aid till year
ago we laid the naughty power OF the tyrant house
of Hapsburg in the dust; and had II not been ior
the Intentional and traorous disregard oil my com
rnands by one of our leaders, who afterwards
| shamcfully betrayed the country, not only would
the imperial family have been driven from Vienna,
| but the entire Austrian nation would have been
! liberated; and though by such treason TINS base
family saved themselves from destruction, they
were 80 far humbled in March, 1919, that, not
knowing how far TO be Just, they lmpored foreign
aid and threw themselves at the feet oil the Car
The Emperor hoped that the Hungarian people
could be terrified by his threatenings and would
prefer slavery TO death; but he was deceived. lie
sold his liberty to Russia for aid to ensave his
people The choice of coward ID to purchase
miserable ephemeral existence, even though at the
cost of his honor and independence.
The Austrians fought against US not only with
arms and by the aid Of traitors, but with studied
| and upceasing SANDER. They never ceased TO im-
peach our motives and ialsify our conduct, and
vaunt the pretended justice OF their own cause be
! fore the Judgment seat OF public opinion Efforts
! were constantly made to weaken among the peo
ple of Hungary and among the nations OF the
world, that sympathy and force which spring from
righteous cause.
Free citizens of North America you have given,
In spite of these ISLANDERS, the fullest sympathy Tor
the cause of my country. We had no opportunity
to explain TO you motives and conduct, and re-
iuie the libels against US; but we said-and now
it-that such nation knows how to defend a Just
and holy cause, and will give Us its sympathy ana
this conviction inspired us with more cohnuehee'
Oh, that you had been neighborlng nation; tue
Old World would now be free, and would not have
to endure again those terrible commissions ana nv
ers of blood which inevitable. But the end 10
with Cod and He will choose the means to iuihi lis
| purposes.
| We great and free people, receive the thanks
of my country for your noble sympathy, which
was a great moral support In our terrible CONNECT
When the house OF Austria sold Itself TO the Au-
! tocrat, we, who were iatigued with our nara
earned victory, but not subdued or exhausted, saw
with apprehension the spectre OF Russian lnVa-
| sion-an invasion which violated the laws OF ma
TONS which was openly hostile to the cause OF CIV
ization, the rights of man, Of order, and even TO
| that principle which the diplomacy oil Europe calls
| .sthe balance of power" ] could not believe that
the governments of Europe would permit TINS
| invasion; for | expected they would intervene TO
effect treaty of peace, If not so much on our &C.
count, yet to prevent Austria becoming the vassal
| of Russia-to check the growing strength and IN
| fiuence of the latter power IN the East.
We desired an honorable peace, and were wiling
TO submit to any reasonable terms. we many
times rendered the olive branch. We asked the
constitutional governments of Europe to lnterpose
They heard not. The naughty imperial lanl-
w. forgetting that they the real traitors, re-
jected every proposition, with the defylng express
sion that they "did not treat with rebels Ay'
more; they threw our ambassadors into prison
| and one of them-the noblest OF Hungary's sons
| they cowardly and impiously murdered. Sun we
| besitated 10 tear asunder forever the bonds that
| united u.s. Ten months fought, and fought
| VIGOROUSLY, in defence and 1t was only when
every attempt to bring about an honorable peace
| faied-when Francis Joseph, VITO was never our
King dared in his manifesto OF the 4th oil March,
1919, to utter the "that Hungary should eIist
| no longer''--when there was no hope OF arrestng
| the Russian invasion by diplomacy-when we saw
that we must fight TO save ourselves from being
struck off the earth as nation-when the house OF
Austria by its endless acts of injustice and cruel
aud hu rnlIi in 10 a n,
had extin guished in the hearts OF the Hungarian
| people every spark OF aftecton-then, and then
| only, after much patience, the nation resolved
| to declare its absolute independence. lhen spoke
| the National Assembly the words which had long
been uttered by every patriotic tongue francis
Joseph thou beardless young Nero thou ddresf 10
| sag Hungary shall erst no more! We the people,
| anSJper-IVe do and JoiH erist; but you and your
! trencherouS house shall stand no longer You shall
no more be Rings Of Hungary! Be forever ban
| ished ye perhdiou5 traitors to the nation ~
| We were not only ready to accept any terms that
were honorable, but we carefully abstained from
doing any thing which would give the Gear pre-
tence, which he had long sought TO NEEDLE with
| our ofairs.
The Hungarian nation loved freedom as the hest
| gift of God, but it thought of commencing
crusade against Kings in the name OF liberty. In
| Hungary there were none OF those propagandlsts
| who alarm so much the rulers of the Old World
| There were no aecret societies plotting conspira
| ces. My countrymen were not influenced by the
theoriea of communists socialists, were they
l
ton desired Justice, and knew how to be just to all,
| irrespective OF rank, language, or religion. peo-
pie SO worthy Of freedom were generous enough to
leave something to time, and to be satisfied with a
progressive development. No violence was used,
no Just right attacked; and even some OF those
institutions left undisurbed, which, in their
principle and origin, were unjust, but which, hay
ing existed for centuries could not be abolished at
once with impunity.
The Hungarian people did not wish to Cypress
any-not even the aristocracy; they were more
ready to make sacrifices than to punish the de-
scendants of nobility for the evils OF nlsgovern-
ment, and of those institutions which emanated
from their ancestors; nor would they let the many
suffer for the sins of the few.
There anarchy among Even in the
bloodiest conflicts, when the human passions are
most excited, there the most perfect order and
security of property and person. How did the
conduct Of my noble countrymen compare with
that of the =" order making" Austria! Whenever
the whirlwind of war ceased for while where the
social elements left in chaos, the instructive
moral feelings of this incorruptible people, in the
absence of all government, preserved better order
and safety than egions of police. A common
| spirit animated the whole nation-no secret aims
no personal or local attacks, but bold and open
defence in the face of the world Following the
example OF your gI eat Washington, we adopted
as our policy, conciliation justice, and legality,
and scrupulousy observed the laws of nations.
The Russians and Austrians made the soil OF
Walachia the basis of military operationsj and the
Turkish government, which either knew not Its
own interests unable to defend them, silent
y permitted this violation oftreates and the rights
Of nations, thus humbling itself and betraying its
own weakness. Several times drove enc
mics across the Walachian boundaries; for it was
only necessary for our victorious army to advance
into the countries of the Lower Danube to the
inhabitants against the Russians, and to transfer
the 10 their own SOIL But we respected the
law of nations and stopped couquerng forces
on the confines of Wallacbia. Her soil was sacred
to u.s. Austria left Galiaca almost unprotected,
and collected all her forces to attack US. Had we
at this time sent small portion of army TO Po-
land. ii would have caused general insurrection,
and that heroic but unfortunate nation would have
revenged herself by throwing the Russian empire
into a state Of revolution. But acted in defence
only, and we deemed it a sin to precipitate other
nations into terrible and uncertain war, and we
checked sympathies. Besides avoided
giving the Emperor of Russia pretence for war
i of retaliation against Oh, it foolish; for
the despotic hypocrite made pretence; he called
our own struggle the Hungarian Polish revolution,
though the whole number Of Poles in our armies
did not exceed four thousand.
We doubted not that the European powers would
negotiate peace for US, that they would, at
least, prevent the Russian invasion. They said