Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-12-20
misrGlla Moons.
KOsSuth,s First speech in n. York

,k0SSuIn,S FIST speech In NJ HOFka Il
I am vet half sick, gentlemen; tossed and
twisted about by a fortuights gale on the At
lsntie's restless waves; my giddy brains are
still turning round as in a whirlpool, and this
gigantic continent seems yet to tremble be-
meath my wavering feet Let me, before L
90 to work, have some hours of rest upon this
soil of freedom, your happy home. Freedom
words! Alasi have no home, and the free
dom of my people is down-trodden. Young
Giant of Free America, do not tell me that
thy shores are an asylum to the oppressed,
and home to the homeless exile. An asy-
lum it is, but alIthe blessings of your glorious
country, can they drown into oblivion the long
ing of the heart and the fond desires for our
native land My beloved native land thy
very sufferings make thee but dearer to my
heart; thy bleeding image dwells with me
when | wake, as it rest with me in the short
moments of my restless sleep 1t has accom-
panied me over the waves 1t will accom-
pany rue when l go back to fight over again
the battle of thy freedom once more. 1haye
no idea but thee; have no feeling but thee.
Even here. with this prodigious view of great
ness, freedom and happiness, which spreads
before my astonished eyes, my thoughts are
wandering towards home; and when look
over these thousands of thousands before me,
the happy inheritance of yonder freedom for
which your fathers fought and bled-and
when turn to you, citizens, to bow before the
majesty of the United States, and to thank the
people of New York for their generous share
in my liberation, and for the unparalleled
honor of this reception, see, out of the very
midst of this vast assemblage, rise the bleed
ing image of Hungary, locking TO you with
anxiety whether there be in the iuster o.
your eyes ray of hope for her; whether
there be in the thunder of your hurrahs I
trumpet call of resurrection. If there were
no such ray of hope in your eyes, and no suct
trumpet call in your cheers, then wo to Eu,
ropes oppressed nations. They will stant
alone in the hour of need. Less fortunat,
than you were, they will meet no brothers
hand to help them in the approaching gian
struggle against the leagued despots of tn,
world, and wo also to me. ! viii feel no 10,
even here, and the days of my stay here wi
turn out to be lost to my fatherland--lost a
the very time when every moment is teemin
| III Inc u6ClSlOu Vi OObblD1s OlkHCHS
much as am wanting some hours of res
much as l have need to become familiar wit
the ground l will have to stand upon before
enter on business matters publicly, / take
for duty of honor, not to let escape eve
this first moment of your generous welcom,
without stating plainly and openly to 20
what sort of man I am, and what are tn
expectations and the hopes-what are th
motives which brought me now to your glor
Gus shores. Gentlemen, I have to thank th
people, Congress and Government of the Un
ted States, for my liberation from captivity
Human tongue has no words to express til
bliss which felt when 1.-The down-trodde
HuDgary's wandering chief-ssw the gloriol
flag of the stripes and stars huttering over m
ihead-when first bowed before it with dee
respect-when saw around me the gallaI
officers and the crew of the Mississippi frigat
the most of them the worthiest represent
tives of true American principles, Americs
4 greatness, American generosity-and to thir
5 that it was not mere chance which cast Il
star spangled banner around me, but that
was your protecting Bill-to know that Il
United States OF America, conscious of the
glorious calling as well as of their power, d
clared by this unparalleled act to be resolve
r 70 become the protectors of human rights
see powerful vessel of America, coming
far Asia. to break the chains by which q
mightiest despets of Europe fettered the a
tivity of an exiled Magyar, whose very nan
disturbed the proud security of their sleep
feel restored by such protection, and in SUI
way, to freedom, and by freedom to activit
you may be well aware of what have fe
and still feel, at the remembrance of tt
y proud moment of my life. Others spoke
} you acted; and was free! You acted; Al
, at this act Of yours tyrants trembledi huma
n ity shouted out with joy; the down-trodd
people of Magyars-the down-trodden, b
d not broken, raised his head with resolution a
with hope, and the brilliancy of your stars "
greeted by Europe's oppressed nations as t
!. morning star of rising liberty. Now, gent
men, you must be aware how boundless