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to speak Of nations and not of governments
still less Of tyrants, no subdue nations by for
eign arms. The sacred word of nation, with
all its natural rights, should, at least, of your
political dictionary, not to be botted out and
vet am sorry to see that the word nation is
replaced by the word government. Gentlemen,
! humbly wish that public opinion of the people
of the United States, conscious Of its own rights,
should highly and resolutely declare that the
people Of the United States will carry on trade
and continue its commercial intercourse with
whatever nation, be that nation in revolution
against its oppressors or not and that the PEG
nle of the United States express, with confidence
om its government, to provide for the protec
4on of your trade. ! am confident that your
national government, seeing public opinion so
pronounced, will Judge il convenient to augment
your naval forces in the Mediterranean and to
look for some such station for it which would
not force the navy of republican America to such
abrogatons toward tyrants, which cannot be
consistent with republican principles or republi-
can dignity, only because the King $3.50, be he
even the cursed King of Naples, grants you the
favor of an anchorng place for the naval forces
of your republic. believe your glorious coun-
try should everywhere freely unfurl the star
spanged banner of liberty with all its congenia
principles, and not make itself dependent on
whatever respect of the glorious smiles of the
Kings Bombaste Compagne.
The third object Of my humble wishes geItle
men, 10 the recognition of the independence of
Hungary. Your glorious Declaration of indie
pendence proclaims t he right Of every nation to
assume among the powers Of the earth the sc.
parate and equal station to which the laws OF
nature and natures God eniitle them. The po-
litical assistance of your glorious republic is
founded upon this principle, upon this right
My nation stands upon the same ground, and
there is a striking resemblance between your
cause and that OF my country. On the 4th of
July, l776 John Adams spoke such in your
Congress, "Sink or swim, live or die, survive OF
perish, am for this declaration" 1T is in the
beginning we arrived not at independence, but
there is divinity which shapes our ends
These whole words were present to my mind on
the l4th April, l849 when moved the declara-
ton of independence in the national assembly
of Hungary Our condition was the same and
if there be any difference dare say il is in favor
of ourselves. Your country was before this de-
claration not selfconsisting, independent s ate
Hungary was. Through the lapse of a thousand
years, through every vicssitude of this long
period, while nations vanished and empires fell,
the self-conssting independence of Hungary
was never disputed but recognized by all powers
the Hapsburg dynasty, when this dynasty, by
the free will of my nation, and by bilateral part
was invested with the kingly crown of Hungary.
Even more, this independence of king was ac-
knowledged to make part of the international
law of Europe, and was guaranteed not only by
the foreign European governments, such as
Great Britain, but also by several of those, when
yet constitutional states, which belonged former
ly to the German, and, after its dissolution, TO
the Austrian empire. This independent cond-
ton of Hungary is clearly defined in one of our
fundamental laws OF 1871, in these words "Hun-
gary is free and independent kingdom having
its own selfconsistent existence and constitution
and not subject to any other nation or country
in the world"
This, therefore, was our ancient right. We
were dependent from, not part Of, the Austrian
Empire, as your country was dependent from
England. 1t was clearly defined that we were
to Austria nothing but good neighborhood, and
the only tie between US aid Austria, was that
we elected, to be our kings, the same dynasty
which were also the soyereigns of Austria, and
occupied the same lins of hereditary succession
of our kings; bat by accepting this, our fore.
fathers, with the consent Of the king, again de-.
clared that though she accepts the dynasty TO be
our hereditary kings, all the other franchises,
rights, and laws Of the nation shall remain in
full power and intact and our country shall be
governed like other dominions Of that dynasty
but according 10 our consttutionally established
authorities. We would not belong 10 the Aus
TRAN Empire, because that empire did not exist
while Hungary did already nearly two years cX.
ist, and exist some two hundred and eighty
wears under the government Of that Hapsburg.
ian dynasty. The Austrian Empire, as you
know, was only established in 1906 when the
Rhenish confederacy Of Napoleon struck the
death.blow TO the German Empire, of which
Francis H. Of Austria, was not hereditary, but
ected emperor That Hungary had belonged
n the German Empire, that il thing which no
nan in the world ever imagined yet. II is only
row when the Hapsburgian tyrant Processes the
intentions to melt Hungary into the German
confederation; but you know this intention TO be
in 80 striking opposition 10 the European pub.
lie law, that England and France solemnly pro-
tested against this intention which is not carried
out even to day. TIE German Empire having
died, it, late Emperor Francis, sl-o King Of
Hungary, has established the Austrian Empire
in 1896, but even in that fundamental charter OF
that new established Austrian Empire, he sol
EMMY declared that Hungary and its annexed
provinces are not intended, and will not make
part Of the Austrian Empire.
Subseq we entered with this empire
into the German Confederation of 1905, but
Hungary, as well as Lombardy and Venice, not
making part Of " Austrian Empire, remained
again separatedl 4 were not entered into the
confederscy. I'VE laws which ! succeeded TO
carry in ls4s, did. Of course, nothing alter IN
that old chartered condition Of Hungary. We
transformed the peasantry into freeholders free
proprietors, abolished feudsl membranes. We
replaced this political privileges Of arsiocrscy
by the common liberty Of the whole people (,
gave political representation 10 the people for
the legislature Transformed our municipal cor.
porations into democratic corporations. intro.
duced equality In rights and duties, and before
the law, for the whole people abolished the
immunity Of taxation Of tho nobility. secured
equal religious liberty to all secured liberty to
the press and Of association, provided for era
tuitous public instruction for the whole people,
Of every confession, and Of Whatever tongue .
but not injuring. in any way, the rights Of the
King. We replaced our oWn aristocratical con
stitution by democratic constitution founded