The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-17

Kossuth In England.

tnank5 10 the mayor ana cor poThlOn Vi
ton for the generous welcome with which they ia
vor me, and 10 all the gentlemen for the sympathy
with which they join this demonstration lAp-
| plause God has awarded two blessings TO those
| whom he has elected-bliss in heaven and freedom
on earth. [Cheers.l May you all-may your ma
| tion--be blessed by both these blessings. No man,
aware Of the value of his destiny can live satisfied
without freedom; but he TO whom God has grant
ed freedom he has got all if he has got the mind
| and the will TO use his freedom for the develop
ment of his happiness with 80 consistent an exer-
| ton as the English people do. This Is the basis
| upon which England has grown a paradise on
earth, on which the eye and the heart rest with
Joy, and which must strengthen the desire In every
foreigner to become likewise free, and, by becom-
ing such, to be endowed with the possibility OF con
verting other parts OF the world into paradise such
as England ia During all my life had but one lead
ing dea-liberiy. twas the aim oflny llie-the aim
| OF my exstenoe--to secure It's blessings to my
| people, though knew these blessings but inshnc-
| lively. Now that behold England, see how nd
| erty ennobles men and beautihes nature. APP
| plause.l How ehould /, then, not BIO doubly de,
| termined, in spite of all danger, in spite ei all
difficulties, to endure, TO act TO struggle and II II
| must be, TO die, that my people should become
| free-my people, Of which can say, with deeply
felt satisfaction, that there ia no people ON Garth
| which deserve better to be treef But besldes the
bliss OF liberty, gentlemen, therels also glory al
lotted to you; this is the proud position which the
| Engsh hold not only to bear good will to those
who do not enjoy their happiness, but also to oiler
their hand TO their less fortunate brethren. Gen
tlelncn, this great glory II
| fmen. Being in that position, you, in your ma
tional capacity, carry into life even in your rela
tons and feelings towards other countries, the 81
vine doctrine of our Saviour-"Thou shalt love my
| neighbor myself" 1t is only thus that can
explain the grand phenomenon that so many no.
BILE minded nen different in rank and station, but
| united all in the love and enjoyment ot iree-
dom, that they ali Join in the expression OF their
sympathy for the principles Of freedom, oil
which they choose to consider me an humble rep
resentative. Yes, it is 30 can explain, that even
those honorable classes whose only capital ID their
honest labor and their time, stop their work and
sacrifice their time to express, with that noble In.
stinct of the people before which every Individual
grandeur bows, that the great principles OF liberty
can reckon on the sympathies OF England; AND
there is q why they can Justly reckon on
the sympathes Of the working classes, for without
liberty there can exist no lasting social order, so
indispensable that everybody may ENJOY IN iuii Sc
curity the fruits of his labor. Without liberty there
Is field for productive labor, such as Dement'S
those who work. Without liberty there is no per-
sonal security, and no security for property. And
not the aim of society to open Held Tor pro-
ductve labor. TO grant security to the person ana
property, and by this to develop mans mind
and to ennoble mans heatt-if this be not the
aim of human society, then do not know what
aim it can have. IApplause.l But 1t ID also
not without reason that all the classes OF England
are united in sympathy, in order that that liberty,
which, under different forms OF government but
similar Institutions, is the bliss and the pride OF the
English race in both hemispheres, should likewise
government which best suits their wishes and their
| wants. 1t is not without reason this sympathy,
not only because there Is moral solidarity IN the
destnes Of the nations, but also because where the
productive powers of people bring forth more
than they can consume-as i5 the case III Eng
land--such a country must have free intercourse,
and nm uninterrupted interchange OF communlca-
ton with the world in order to secure the benefits
of its labor, that by the stoppage of one channel
there should not arise plethora no less dangerous
than consumption. Now, without the liberty
of Europe, there ia liberty of trade All de5pots
fear free trade. because the liberty OF COM
nlerce is the great vehicle of political liberty.
Free trade is only possible with free Europe lap
plause.l hope am not wrong In touching IKE,
wise on the material side Of the question feel
that it is fortunate, well as glorious, when the
material interests of great nation are Identical
with the interests of the freedom Of the world.
| This is providential law Even single COM
the interests of the whole are in harmony with the
| interests of individuals. jApplausc.1 Your sound
judgment, gentlemen, and your comprehensiye
views, make ecessary for me to develop oil
could say about the conneXion OF the material in
terests Of England with the liberty of the conti-
nent. Be il sufficient to express my views in few
dry but truthful words. The principle OF all evil
on the continent lie the despotlc and encroachlng
spirit Of the Russian power. There 10 the pillar
| which supports every who wishes TO establish
his ambitious sway the sufferings of nations, rails
ing himself on the ruins of their liberty Russia Is
the rock which breaks every sigh for freedom; and
this Russian powrr;s the same which England en-
counters in her way, on every point-in Peking and
in Herat, al the Bosphorus and on the Sound, on the
Nile and on the Danube and all over the continent
of Europe. Hear, hear Even Jesuitism, which
in latter times has again begun to raise its head
| is employed in support of Russia. We are in the
neighborhood OF a great country, which unfortu-
nately does not enjoy the fruits of sorrowful times
and great sufIerings. The Jesuit party in France
| threaten that country with the Cossacks. Even
here, in this glorious country, question connected
with this not long ago was agitated, as well IN pup
d. 10, hot 10
vcnient to myself and due to you. Twill not enter
into that question. | will only state one curious
coincdence--I am Protestant [Applause
am Protestant, not only by birth, but by convic-
ton | humble member of nation the
majority of which is composed of Catholics, and II
ia not the least glory of my nation that in all times
we have fought and bled for religious liberty-Cah
olics as devotedly Protestants. The rights ano
freedom of the Protestants were always strongly
opposed by the house of Hapsburg. That house hac
always history been closely united with the spir
of Jesutism; but the freedom OF Protestanism had
been established by treaties gained by the swords
of victorious Hungary. Scarcely had Russia re
stored the house of Hapsburg by putting its foot OF
the neck of Hungary, when the first act OF tina
house was to spill noble blood by the hands OF thu
hangman; and its second was to destroy the right
of the Protestant religion in Hungary. The
kings of Hungary, in former times, were always
anxious not to allow any meddling of the court o
Rome in the temporal affairs OF the Catholic
Church; and a glorious king, Matthias Corvnus,
Hungarian by bi once used these words to th'
Pope: " Your holiness must remember that WI
bear two crosses on our ensign, and we will maxi
our crosses pixies before we allow you to mix your
self up with the affairs of our church" Since
Russia has restored the house of Hapsburg, for
brief time the Jesuits have obtained full power Il
act The encroaching spirit of Russia Is tina
which every man in Europe relies on who wishe
to do wrong. The identity of the interest
, of England with the interests of the hber
ty of Europe gives me the hope that the gene
rous sympathy which have the honor to meet will
will not remain empty sound-that it will not
remain without practical results for my poor coun
| try-for humanity. There is no party in Eng
which can deny it, that the armed intervention q
Russia in the affairs of Hungary has increased be
yond measure the preponderance of Russia on tn
continent, while at the same time it has violates
the sacred principle Of the independent right c
, nations to dispose of their domestic concerns.
1 can therefore hardly be denied that, as long a
Hungary is not restored to liberty and to independ
ence, the weight Of Russian preponderancc owe
Europe will not subsdc, but will increase. An
what is it which request, in the name of my poo
country and in the interest of the oppressed peopl
of Europe from the great, free, and powerful Eng
a lish nation? Is it that England should take u
arms for the restoration of Hungary Oh, nc
All request, and all hope Ia, only that Englan
should not abandon the weight which in Europ
c ia due to her--that England should not grant
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