The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-16

tdeayor to restore Hungary to that sovereign
J right which is the fundamental right Of every
naton--to dispose of its own domestic aft .irs.
In future, should Divine Providence still assign
| me place for the accomplishment OF a pract-
cal duty, shall take good care that no new trea.
son shall endanger the hope of Hungary. And
Oh this point beg leave to make few single
remarks. was in my life, extremely anxious
never to assume upon my humble shoulders any
duty which had not the intimate conviction
that could perform. Accordingly, though !
saw the imminent peril of the struggle, still
had not the boldness to take the tactical and
stratgetical direction Of the military operations
in all the country into my own hands, because
! had not the conviction 10 my conscience that
| could answer as fully to this duty as others /;
and was also extremely afraid of the idea, that
should anything happen amiss, not only my
people and not only history, but my conscience
would charge me with the eternal torturng
feeling that, perhaps, had not have taken in
my own hands the thing which did not suti
GENTLY understand, the result would have been
happier. ] his was the cause why | did not
take into my hands the practical and stratigetica
command of all the armies Of Hungary. was
induced from necessity, therefore, to give my
confidence upon some man or other. But alas !.
secrets of the heart Of his fellow-man. have
seen that ambition very often sweep away
every guarantee which we have had to the char
acter OF man; and therefore, since have been
an exile, have employed my time in improving
and extending the capacity of this part Of my
humble Intelligence, which was wanting Ito me
in the past And now, relying upon the conf
dence of my good people, which is neither
shaken by misfortune nor broken by ca dummy
relying upon this Influence, freely declare
that in the future ! will have the thing in my
own hands; because, for myself, | am sure
will become neither Monck nor n Napoleon,
nor such man as to take the confidence of the
people as means of personal ambition. | am
sure that in my hands the conduct of the strug-
i giles for freedom and liberty of my people will
be faithful; hut to trusting any one man, |
am sure that shall not be deceived ever more.
| Applause Therefore, in that circumstance |
find some hope that our future struggles will
not be frustrated by treason.
| But there is another danger to the hope OF
the Hungarian struggle; and that danger Is
Russian interference. beg not to be misun
dersteod Russia is not sucn giant "a Is com
monty accorded to it to be. Applause. 1t is
a huge inflated body standing upon very weak
and feeble feet But there is prestige of its
greatness, Now that prestige will be broken,
and so much the more, because / consider the
people of Russia are members of the great hu.
man brotherhood, and are moving towards the
common destiny Of every nation. The sun OF
freedom must rise alike over them, and the for
tune of that people is as dear to my heart a.
that of any other. | consider them to be my
brethren, as much as any people in the world,
But in their present condition, they are doomed
to nothing but toll, to administer to the ambi.
Il If m M uhn dare In IN II
that he has received the calling of heaven, to
put his impion1 foot upon the hopes of man
kind. Now there is canger of Russian inter
ference-danger, not because Russia is mi Jhty,
bat because she is mean. The army of Russia,
which is now only distant thirty hours from
Hungary, can rush upon MS before our nation
has had time to develop and organize its forces,
There is danger, ard therefore, | come hither,
gentlemen, humb!y to ask the people of the
United States to take such stand Us will not
have the consequence Of entangling you in a
war, but which will prevent Russian in'erier
ence. And why have | this hope here? be-
lieve If there is anything to which the. people OF
the United States are attached, il is, their con.
siitutiona principles upon which Your indepen-
dence reposes; those ;ctrnes which the found
ers Of your great republic have taught you, not
as eXigencies of momentary policy, but ever.
lasting principles And find among these great
principles Of your Ws-hington--among the
fundamental principles Of your Consultation
that every nation has the sovereign right TO dis.
pose OF itself-to alter its government and it,
institutions according as il seems best and most
cXpedent for them, an that no power on earth
has the right TO interfere with this sovereign
faculty in regard TO any people whatever.
] could compile book by recalling only the
words out of the messages of your Presidents,
out Of the writings and correspondence of your
greatest men, out Of your Declaration Of Inde-
pendence, out Of the instructions Of your gov
ernmcnt given on several occasions, and at dit.
ferent times, TO diplomatic agents, ministers
plenipotentiary, all uniting in the declaration Of
this great principle. Now ask you, gentlemen,
in the name of all that is sacred. what l. prn.
cpe worth when there is nobody to protect it
when the world il ready at every moment 10
violate that principle, and there is no people on
earth to protect it shall have an opportunity
TO point out some statements Of your greatest
and most renowned statesmen, who have recog
missed on several occasions this rrinciple-that
the people Of the United States have precisely
that concern in the maintenance Of international
law of all humanity, which every single citizen
Of your country has in the maintenance of your
private laws--that the nation of the United
States j., in respect To other nati,ns, precise,
| IN that situ'tion IN which every citizen Ct the
Unit States j. in respect to the laws Of his
country. Here | take my ground, and upon
( this ground tread. We want not Your armies
we want not yonr fleets to fight our battles
for ipdep ndence; we will fight them ourselves
Let Us have only fair play. Applause and
langhter1 But claim that you may take such
an attitude rs will prevent intervention. NOi
would it be the first time you have done so
| When The Spanish colonies rose here IN the
continent Of America 10 achieve their ndepen.
d.nce, the United State declared tha', should
Europe, in a holy or unholy alliance, interfere
with the Independence Of ;hese majors, you
would oppose IL. And ] beg leave to remark
that at that instant, England itself united with
you Now, England is rs far distant from Amer.
Yea ~ America is distant from the continent OF
Europe; and while monarchical England is just
as convenient for tie maintenance Of the great
international law Of nations--of The sovereign
right Of a nation TO dispose Of itself--as ever,
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