New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-16

l.,o Mi eyen an IUtu -, II
hob his 70 wriie with fettored hands ana W. ~
VIZ than fet,ered BY An Ausir an aIotIdry pr
-sntiye Censorship. You have 10 llea ". 10, he
,rre IL is to SIT down 20 NJur "f"lns ~ se,,t
bresst full OF the necessity o the mo n o1 conyie
f,iI of the righteous feelings me mlhu u hr no
.;cns and of nrinclples-anG all THIS "diDCu - -
lively FIRE OF patriots hedri-'hn " J ~ al
your ewes the scissors Of the TENOR ieao1 ~ Ion
ynon vory head like the sword oil Datnooies' To-
~" 49, 49, 80 manning yOar argnms nts, MURDER
re your thoughts and ms pencil before yoII ~.
resdy 10 blot out, with sinse cIat' the "olh %
,,our Isborious days and OF yolr SeepieSS h5n,'
80 10 trow that the people wi judge yeu NOT Dy
that YOU have felt, thought of written, Du1 Oy
that The Censor wills 10 know that the Stounh
r,on which you stand IS no; ground known 70 you,
because limited by rules but au uokno"n Snpps'y
ground, the limits OF which he bat wInin 'he dloI
frary pleasure OF your Censor-foomed oy pfo'es
son to be stupid, and coward. ana iooi y"
tnov ali this, and yet not 10 curse your desiihy-
not 10 ceny that YOU know no = read and 10 wl'e
bu, 10 rs on day by Gay, IN the t)rturIng Work OF
sysiphus Oh it Is the Creates icrltce winch an
intelligent man can make u iathenahd ana hu"i'"'
ity 49,,
And this is the present condition OF the Press, no.
IN Hungary only but in all countries cursed by AUS
TITAN rule Our past rey0lut on gave Tree ION 10 the
Press not only to my fatheTland, Dtt Dy lnolrect
influence also to Vienna, Prague, Lemberg IN a
word to the whole empire OF Austria. ms very
circumstance must be suficen. u insure your SYM
pathy 20 my country's cause as. on the contrary,
he very circumstance that She victory Of the Haps
buygisn dynasty, achieved b. treason and Russian
arms. was watchword to oapress The Press in Hun
gary IN Austria in Italy, in Germtny-nay, through
ont the European Continent The contemplation
mai the freedom Of the Press the Europe an Con-
,tinent is inconsistent with the DTepOnderance OF
Russia, and the very existence OF Inc Austrian dy-
nasty, this sworn enemy OF freecom and OF every
liberal thoUght-this very circumstance must be
sufficient 70 insure your generous support, TO sweep
away those tyTants and 10 raise LIBERTY where now
foul oppression proudly rules
Gentlemen, considerable time ago there appeared
In certain New-York papers a systematic compound
Of the mos, foul calumnies fssehOoG and mlsrepre-
eentations about the Hungarian cause, going so far
as, with unexampled efrontery, 70 state that We
struggled for oppression, while it was the cursed
Austrian dynasty which stood forth for liberty Now
there is degree of effOntery the temerty of which
becomes astonishing even TO me, who, having seen
the unexampled treachery Of the house of Austria,
became familiar with the old Roman maxim, "nd
admIrdr,," through my tempest tossed lie. We may
be misiepresented, sconnsd, Jeered, charged with
faults our martyrs the blood Of whom cries for re-
yenge cay be laughed at as fools and even heroes,
commanding the yeDeratiOn Of history, may be re-
presented as Don Quixotes OF tragl-c comedy all
this could, If not bear, at least conceive. have
seen strange specimens OF the alterations Of the hu-
man mind but that, IN the midst Of the most mourn
fl sufeIings, not even the honor Of an unfortunate
nation should be sacred 10 some men, who enjoy the
benefit OF tree Institutions and oess TO be RepuD-
licals-that is too much i. IS sorrOwful page IN
mabbinds history
You cannot. OF course, expect TO see me- on this
occasion, entering into a special refutaton OF this
astonishing compound of caluDnles l will reserve
IL for my pen, so soon as | can have free day for
H. twill be very easy work because all artificial
compounds of misrepresentation must fall into dust
before the 0lspaSSlOnate, plan statement oil iacts
the greatest part Of which, thankfully have to ac-
knowledge, are already not unknown to you
Permit me rather TO make some humble remark
upon the question of "nanCnaItes" which play
such important, and care say, such mis-
chlevous part IN the destinies OF Europe. say mis-
chievOus, because no word ever was so mu n mis-
represented or mistaken as the word NATIONALITY ="
hat ~ hn md hon hmm
ity could succeed TO contribute something TO the
rectifcation OF this idea, the misrepresentation of
which became the most mischlevous instrument IN
the hands OF absoutsm against the spirit of liberty
Let me ask you, gentlemen, are you, the people Of
the United States, nation or Lot Have you Ma
tionai Government or not
Have you, You answer yes and yet you, the
people OF the United States not all Of one blood
and speak not one language. Millions of you speak
English, others French, others German, others ltal-
IAN others Spanish, Others DANISH, and even several
Indian dalects-and yet you are a nation.
And your Government, even the government OF
your single States nay, the municipal governments
Of your different cities are not legslating and gov
efnng and administering In all and every language
spoken III your Union, IN the respective states and
IN the respective cities themselveSand yet you hare
a National Government,
Now, suppose that one part Of the people OF the
United States struck by curse like that with which
the builders OF Babel were once struck, should at
once rise and say" The Union in which We live Is
oppression to us. Our laws, our institutions, our
an opplession to us, What is Union to us Whas
rights what laws what freedom what history
what geography what community OF interests
They are all nothing. Langsage-that is all LEI
ms divide the Union divide the States divide the
very cities Let US divide the whole territory by,
and according TO languages, and then lei the people
of language live distinct, aud form each sep
arate State. Because every nation has right TO IA
national life and to us the language is the nation
moth pg else and your Union, your rights your laws
and your freedom ITSELF though cOmmontO us, is an
A because language Is the Only OASIS
upon which States must be founded. Everything
else Is tyranny. nm
What would you say OF such reasoning Whal
would become Of your great Union What your
Constiiuilon-ths glorious legacy OF your greatest
man-those immortal stars on manknds moral cam
Opt What would become of your country Itself,
whence the spirit of freedom spreads It's mighty
wings and rising hope clears up the future of hui
mainly What would become OF this grand mighty
complex Of your Republic, should II ever be al
tackled IN Us consistency by the furious hancs OF the
and walks among the rising temples of human happ-
ness, she would tread upon the RUNS of liberty,
mourning over the fragllty OF human hopes.
Happy art thou free nation Of America, that thou
has founded thy house upon the only solid basis OF
a nations liberty, Liberty principle steady
hike the world, eternal Ike the truth, and uni
vesal for every climate for every time, like ProVl-
dence. Thou ha ST no tyranIs All ong thee TO throw
the apple of Eros IN thy Union. Thou hast no ty-
rants among thee 10 raise the fury OF hatred IN my
national iamlly-hared OF nations that curse OF hn-
mainly that venomous instrument OF DespOtlsm.
What glorious sight 1t Is - see the oppressed OF
so different countries, different IN language, history,
and habits, wandering 10 thy shores, and becoming
members OF thy great nation, Tegenerated by The
principle OF common Liberty
Would | could do the same but can't. because
love my native land, nexpreS>bly boundleSs, fer
ysnty. love IL than life, more than happiness
love more In its gloomy sulerlngs than would
N Its proudest, happiest days.
What makesa nation Isl the language only 7
Then there is great, powerful nation on EARTH
becau Sc there moderately large country IN the
world whose population is counted by millions,
where YOU would not find several languages spoken.
No, II Is not language only which makes ma
ten. Community OF interests, community OF his
tory, communities OF rights and duties. but chiefly
community Of institutions of population, which,
though perhaps different IN tongue, and belonging
10 different races, is bound together by It's daily IN
tercoufse in their towns the ctnefs of Their homey
commerce and homely industry, the very mount am
ranges and system OF rivers aud streams, the SOIL
The iust of which mingled with the ashes OF those