New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-10

yyon shog yourselves swOI'hy " ..s.o, =, n All
you @ Dosi1tajnlBg IT, but by EXTENDING u ~ o. g.,
Only Dy I,s, he void have deep fespeci 10.
tSorpobabitants Of Winchester, the ol,ess DOI s
n England and as believe we bit young
=. - ssntiment thank you for your goou ",sroa
nav God Almighty for ever bless you '''''''
amid which VI. NOssuth retreat 80 f,.,.rd
The MAYOR OF Southampton men c~ine ~ hN
and expressed the qualification he iet d. ha'.ns
snch a man under his roof He was hlau VIII w
heart Of a lion and the minc OF giant suSh hHu
a. was made 20 strike of the letters o. slavery an
Owe, the world tCheers) There was one tailg nv
had done which would never be forgotten ne va
emapcipated nearly four millions Oh s1fis ~ , ~.
CIV VINO never could again be brought u slase'y
lie wished We had few more LOUIS MUSEUMS 49,
England. (Cheers)
Speech at Winchester.
On Saturday, the 25th ult., pubic
breakfast gwen by the mayor OF oousapso 5s,
Al his residence in Winchester. After the usua pre-
hmtrary toasts, the Mayor gave the heal,h Oh nus
pu,n which was drunk amid tunuituous Applause,
NJ KossUIH rose, and was received
with a renewed burst OF acclamauOh ne aPpeaieu
10 be deeply affected with the warmth OF Ne icceP
tien He began IN low voice, and WIN some
what peculiaT pronunciation, when rendered. II az
times dficut 10 catch his meaning, 70 tnahk the
meeting most humby and sincerely and tne Mayor
Of sOuthamptOn more especially, 1ol inc nVOle-
minded and generous sentllnents "hch nc hon oo.'
pleased TO express He thanked the geIs1le ne
ent also for sharing IN the expression OF those hooo
sen,iments He was deeply Impressed Win the syl-
paihy which had been shown toward ms uniof ..na ".
country and regretted he was unaoie auequa'ey ~
rive expres sion TO his acknO~ eogements he might
Md that he was quite unprepaIed TO witbesS SO as
tIDpushed an aSsemblage OF friends ana ofelhieh
and although he could not say that ne was quite un
accustomed TO speak IN public IN his own angudse,
sl he must feel doubly the difficulty OF addressing
the friends around him conveniently IN ther own
language IN. Kossuth was here about 70 proceed
but pa,Ised a moment and hung down ms heai, d. II
ovsrpowered by his emotions. The company Duis'
into loud hearty cheer, when seemed 10 ietilihhc
him lie felt that had TO attribute the expression
of those generous sentiments 10 nothlng else tidh
the noble syInpa hes which so wen Dehtted the
ace EDelish peOpe-he felt that ne had 10 a'tnDute
them TO the belief that existed In their minus lna'
che cause OF Hungary was great cause anu "as
cause strongly and Intimately connected Win the
principles OfiIeedom. loud cheers Now, perhaps,
instead Of vain effort TO make good spec chit "ouh
be better for HIM TO take the liberty OF asking then
permission 10 allow him, IN PLAIN common sense
manner still begging them TO excuse his iau OF IAN
guage, give them some information about the trle
nature OF the past struggles OF Hungary-loud cries
OF hear, heaIl because ne supposed he could De er
cused Of having that egotlsm, from his anxiety 10
conserve the generous sentiments they hau gwen
expression To, and he believed that could not be
better done than by PLAIN common tact statement
of the position Of his unhappy country. tHear,
Aearl TO understand exactly the hungarian cause
10 was almost necessary TO be acquainted WITH the
Nue nature and form Of Hungarian institutions.
They all knew that Hungary was for more than 500
years constitutional monarchy, and that was per
haps, OF the element OF life which existed
his natiOn III Was one consequence Ot tnStf StO-
Taphica al positionitwas one ofthe consequences oil
the national position ofthe Magyar thrust ashley
were into the middle of European nations and sur
rounded all sides by despotic powers On one side
Turkey, which had encJoached not only on the con
stItutona government but the religion OF Europe,
and against which his poor country served as the
bulwaIk Of Christianity on the other side the Rus
sian power, which had, not for the benefit of man.
kind, grown prodigiously during the last half cen
tuTy on the other side they had Austra-ah' not
Austria, because II was a newer and more recent
h,npdOm--hut the government of The house OF taps-
burg and never, II was historia truth had a SIN
ele member OF that house beenthe friend to political
frtedOm. loud cheers) There was one single IN :
stance-Joseph lI.-who was the friend OF the reli-
Rious and social freedom OF the people but ne HIM
self IN the strongest manner like every other mem
Der OF the Austrian dynasty, was opposed TO political
freedom. (Hear, hear) That was their position
They had Turkey, Russia, and Austna-or, rather
the house OF HapsbuTg Then, With regard the peo
ple-who every where must be considered as the most
basis of the and eliare OF the natlo
well the most strong and powerful safeguard OF
the liberties of a country-the people of Hungary
were unhapply excluded from political nights, and
shared moi in the constitutional benefits OF their
country still tins Magyar race, under such difficult
ties conserved not only It's rights but It's cohsttu-
ucnal freedom. (Cheers) There was in such a
race, IN such nation, elements OF the future and
he believed, with some PRIDE, that he had night TO
say that such nation deserved TO have freedom
(GTeai applasse) Now, he had had the hoRoI TO
Tell them that the people had not shared IN conStitu
uonal nights The constitution OF Hungary was
arstocratc but the word aristocratc had some
England attach to II. Arstocracy IN Hungary was
NOT synonymous with power, and weight, and
wealth, but simply the aristocracy OF birth, not
descending from the father TO the son, but wherever
the head Of the family was noble, his Children
and their children, for centuries, were noDlemen.
What was the consequence The consequence Was
that as the human was subject 10 many changes,
the descendants OF the old noblemen of Hungary
did not remain wealthy great and pow etful, but be
came part of the people poor, still poorer tnan
the people Themselves remnant of ambition, that
US n n lahO ,ats
not the greatest honor (cheers)-and, therefore.
now we must come to this poor class Of born arisoc
racy, or noblemcn, which was not IN the condition
of the people, but something still worSe--not being
70 industrious. But one prominent feature In the
case VAS that the word aTlStocracy not quite
opposite 10 the great extension OF popular rights and
Interests, as II wasin the middle ages found Eu
rope. Because We must confess that the aristocra-
cy OF England, which had known IN tune to meet
the exigencieS OF the times, 10 share the privi-
ges OF the people and 10 pay part OF the burden OF
the people, no longer class IN striking opposition.
The Constitution OF Hungary, then, was no; quite
SO exclusive or arlStocratie as was commonly at
tached 10 the meaning ofihe word IL was not 10 be
wondered at that Out Of the ranks OF that arStocracy
always IN Hungary, they had found, and at present
could md, generous men who would maafuly Strug
sic by all loyal means for the improvement OF the
condition OF the country and the rights of humanity
FOR TINS struggle, FOR the rights OF humanity and the
improvement Of the condition OF the land, they mad
according To the Constitution OF the country. two
particular means. One waste call IL by a phrase
well known IN that country-the Parliament the
s~>V"S "%s s's .N~h'! MUNICIPAL 4hsutulOhS these
municipal institutions WeIe silll more than In any
other part OF HE world, barrier against encToach
ments upon the rights Of nations by the govern.
ment because these county institutions were so
framed that thee goyeIemens had not the nigh,
TO convey whatever orders II issued only
through The medium OF county meetings. These
were composed Of ncblemen who resided in their
counties and the mobiles IN q population of sa,OOO
$4,000, or $1,000, formed half Of It, And, therefore
every ore o! those noAlSmen had right 10 vote and
speak in those meetings Every noo,eman had the
eht vote the election OF magistrates
ties, who were the only executive power Of the or
ders of the Government so that, when the Govern
ment ordered something, the Executive was the
neipal magistracy of the country. But they never