The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-11-05

ginst US but we said and how truly you
d noble and magnanimous conduct shows il =
} that snch nation knows how TO defend ia.
l. aud holy cause, ard will give us its syn patti,
h and this conviction inspired us With NOR,
d Confidence. On that you had been. neigh
$ boring nation the Oid World would now
e be free, aud would not have to endure again
e 'hTe terrible consulsions aud rivers Of blood
~ whi..s are inevitable. But The end is with
! CID, and lie slil choose he means 10 fu fl il.
, purposes.
" great and free peope recerve the
thanks of my country for your noble sy mpa
thy, which was great mora support IN our
terrible conflict.
When ihr house Of Austria sold itself to
the Auocrai, We. who were fatigued with our
hard earned victory, but not subdued or ex.
hausied, saw with apprehension the spsct-e
Of Russian inva.ion-a an invasion which vlo
lated he laws Of nations, which was openly
hos'ie 10 me cause OF ciFi''Zation lbe rights
Of man Of order, and even to that princip.e
~hich the Diplomacy OF Europe calls "the
baanre f puwsr." cou'd not believe that
the governments nt EI ope would permit this
inva ou Cor expected they would Intervene
10 ttfct tfeay OF peace If not so much on
our account, yet TO prevent Austria bccom
ing the vassal Of Russia-to check the grow
ing strength and lrhuerce Of The Ia ter pow
er in the Easr.
We desired an honorable peace, and were
willing to submit to any reasonable tetms.
We may times rendered he olive branch.
We asked The constitutional governments Il
Europe to nierpose. They heard US not. / he
naughty imperial family, forgetting hat they
acre the real traitors, rejected every ptopo.
stion, aih the defying expression that hey
did not treat with rebels" Ave, more they
threw our ambassadors into prison, and one
Of rem-ihe nob'est e Hungary's sons
they CowardIy and mp ousIy murdered. SILL
r ~e hesna,ed TO. tear essunder forever the
bonds that unit d US. Ten months we fought
and fought viciorious!y, IN deferce; and il
was ony when every attempt to bring bout
an honorable peace ialled-uhen Franci> Jo
seph, who was never our King, dared in h =
m miuIfesto Of he 4rh of March, ls40 to utter
the curse that Hungary should tr ST no Ion.
ger, when there was no hope # arres,lng
the Russian invasion bv dlpomacy--u hen
we saw hat we must fight to save ourselves
from being struck f The earth as a aarion-
whrn the hous- OF Austria, by us endless ac 5
Of irlustlce aud cruelty, aud calling ~ the
aid # a foreign pnwe' had exrrgu he'd IN
the hearts Of the Hungarian people every
spark of sfectior- hen, and thea only, aft trr 50
much patience, the nation resolved to dec "a re
its ab.olu'e independence. Then spoke the
National Assembly the words which had long
been uttered every patriotic tongue: " Fran.
els Jascpk! thou bsardless young Nero
thou dares to say Hungarian shall eria 40
more ! We, the people, ansper, Ue do and
ulR erist; but you and your rt0rhcrous
house shall stand no longer You stall no
more b. Kngs IF Hangaryi Be forever ban,
shed, We perhdluus traitors 10 the nauon'
We~e'e not ony ready to acc pr any terms
that ere honorable, but we careful, shstsln.
ed from dong anything shch voud d give The
ca pte'encr, h'ch he had long sought, to
needle with our affairs,
The II naar;an nat on loved f'eedom as he
brsl glt OF God, but i, never thought Of con
meuclng crusade against the Kings 10 the
name cf Liberty. In Hungary lhe;e aerr
none ot those propsgsndsis who alarm so
much the rulers Of the O World. There
we're no secre, socletes plotting conspirac,es,
My country men we're no, infu need by the
theories ot communists or SOCIALISTS, nor were
, ,hey Nha, the conservatives call anarchists. -
The nation desired lstlce, and kne" how to
be jrs' to all, irrespective 10 rank, snsuage,
or religion. A people so worthy OF freedom
~ete generous enotgh "a leave .omethtu. tu
= tine md rn he - is6ed tn . prog ressj,c
development n voi. nc- "a, USED no lu,
, right VAS nis, kro; and even snnr of thn-r
IustItu ions wee let unJIs urNtd, ~hJCh, III
their pr,rclple end oue,n sete uulus', bo,
which having existed tor centuries, could no.
, be abolished al once With impunily.
r The Hungar,an people d not wish to op
press sny-not even the arlstocracy: they
were ready to make sacrifices than to punish
I the descendants OF mobility Cor the evils OF wrs
{ government, and of those institutions which
. emanatd from their ancestors; nor would
he, let the man, suffer 'or the SINS OF the
' few.