Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-12-13

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am the man Of the great principle Of the sovereignty @
every people dispose of its domestic and
most solemnly deny to every foreigner, to every
foreign Power the right to oppose the sovereign faculty
Secondly profess highly and openly, my admiration f
the glorious principle Of Union which stands the mighty
pyramid Of your greatness and upon the basis of which
you have grown in the short period of sevenyfye yea
to prodgious giant, the living wonder of the world
have the most wish that the starspanged
the United States may for be floating, united and
one, the proud ensign of manknds divine origin; AID
taking my ground this principle Of union which fhd
lawfully existing established constitutional fact ids
not to party, but to the united people of the United
States that confidently will address my humble requests
for aid and protection to oppressed humanity. will con-
scientousy respect your laws, but within the limits of
your laws will every honest exerton to gain ydlr
operative sympathy and your financial material and 10
tical aid for country freedom and Independence apd
enreat the realization of those hopes which your generosity
has raised in and in my peoples breasts, and alsoPn
the breasts Of Europes oppressed nations. And there
fore, thirdly beg leave frankly that my iso
my atherand the full enjoyment of that ctof
declaration of independence which, being the only right
full existing public law of nation have lost nothing
of its ghtfuness by the violent invasion of foreign Rus
sian and which, therefore is fully entitled to be h
cognsed by the people of the United States whose very
resistance is founded upon similar declaration of indie
pendence
Thus, having expounded my aim beg leave to state
that came not to your glorious shores enjoy happy
rest. not with the intention to gather tumphso
distinction or to be the object Of popular shows
but came an humble petitioner in country asits
freely chosen constitutional chief What be opposed
this recognition which illogical of
the principle Of your countrys political exstence What
can be opposed to it The frown Of Mr. Hulsen,ann
the anger Of that satellite Of the Gar called Francis
Joseph of Austria and the immense danger with which
European and American papers threaten you, und
by which, of course you must feel extremely terrified
that your minister ut Vienna will have offered to him his
passports and that Mr. Husemann will leave Washington
should be received and treated in my official capacity
/ Now as to your minister at Vienna, how you
combine the letting him stay there with your opinion
of the cause of Hungary really don't know; but
much know, that the present absolutst atmosphere
of Europe not very proptous to American principles
know who could tell curious facts about this
matter But to Mr. Hulsemann really don't believe
that he would be ready leave Washington. He has
extremely well digesed the caustc pills which Mr. Web
has administered to him gloriously. But, after
ALL know enough of the public spirit of the sovereign
people of the United States know that it would
whatever responsible depository of the Executive
power, should he be willing to do (Which to be
sure your hghminded Government is not willing to do
to be regulated in its policy by all the Hulsemanns or all
the Francis Josephs in the world SO confidently hope
that the sovereign Of this country the people, will make
the declaration of independence of Hungary formally
recognised and that will not bit for it if Mr.
Husemann takes tomorrow his passports bon coyage to
him. But it is also my agreeable duty to profess that
entirely convinced that the Government OF the United
States shares warmly the sentiments of the people in that
respect. 1t has proved by executing In ready and
dgnfed the resolution of Congress behalf of
my liberation. 1t has proved it by calling the Con-
gress consider how shall be treated and received and
this morning honored by the express order of
the Government by official salute from the batteries
the United States in such according to the
military rules only public high official capacity can be
greeted
Having thus expounded my aim, beg leave to state
that your glorious shores to enjoy happy
rest came with the intention to gather triumphs
of personal distinction but because humble petitioner,
in my countrys NAME its freelychosen constitutional
chief humby to entreat your generous aid and then 1T
is the aim that will devote every moment of my time
with the more assduy the more restessness as every
moment may bring report of events which may call me
to hasten place the battlefield where the great
and hope the last battle will be fought between liberty
and despotism-a moment marked by the finger OF God
that every hour of delay OF your generous
aid may prove fatally disastrous to oppressed humanity
And thus having position to be that of an hum
BILE petitioner in the of my oppressed country let
respectfully ask do you not regret to have bestowed
upon the high honor Of this glorious reception unpa
ralcled in history? Isay unparalleled in history though
know that your fathers have welcomed Lafayette IN
similar way; but Lafayette had mighty claims to your
countys gratitude he had fought ranks for your
freedom and independence, and what was still more, in
the hour of your need He the link of your friend
ly connexon with Franco connection, the result OF
which two French fleets of more than thirty
of war; three thousand gallant who fought side
by side with you against CORVALLIS, before Yorktown
the precious gift Of thousand musket loan
of nineteen millions of dollars and the preliminary
treaties of your glorious peace negotiated at Paris by
your immortal Franklin. hope the people of the Unit
States itself in the happy condition aid those
who are in need Of aid as itself was in need, will
kindly remember these facts and you, citizens Of New
York. and you win yourselves become the Lafayetes of
1 Hungary
Lafayette had great claims to your love and sympathy
but have l came humble petitioner, with
other claims than those which the oppressed have to the
sympathy of free who have the power to help with
the claim which the unfortunate has to the happy and
the has to the protection of eternal justice
and of human rights In word, have other claims
than those which the oppressed principle of freedom has
to the aid of victorious liberty. Then, would humbly
ask these claims sufficient to your generous
protection not myself but to the of my native
to my native land only but to the principle Of
freedom in Europes continent Of which the independence
of Hungary is the Indispensable keystone? If you
slider these claims not sufficient to your active and opera
have failed with which Europes oppressed nations have
me know at the failure Of hopes, that may
hasten back and tell Europes oppressed nations Let
fight forsaken and singehanded the battle OF Leondas
there is other help for the oppressed nations EARTH
But if your generous republican hearts animated by
the high principle of freedom and of the solidarity in the
destnes of humanity; if you have the will to be sure
you have the power to support the cause of freedom
against the sacregous league Of despotsm then give me
days of calm reflection to become acquainted with
the ground upon which sandlet me take the kind adj
vice of active friends the most practical course
have adopt; let if there BIO any preparatory
steps taken in favor of that which have the honor
to represent and then let me have opportunity to
expound before you my humble requests in practical
way confidently hope Mr. Mayor, the corporation and
citizens of the Empire city will grant the second OPP
portunty. If this be your generous will then let take
this for boon of happier days; and let add with
sigh of thanksgiving to the Almighty God that it is