The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-10-30


their principle and origin. were unjust,
but which. having existed for centuries,
could not be abolished at once with i'm
puniIy.
The Hung iian people did not wish
10 oPpress any--no not even the aristocracy;
they were more ready To make sacrifices
Than to punish the jescendc of nobili
|ty 70: the evil nf misgoyernmeni. and of
those institutions which emenaled from
their ancestors; nor would they lei the
many suffer for the sins of the few.
There was no anarchy among us. Even
IN the bloodiest conflicts. when the human
passions are most excited. there was the
most perfect order and security of prop.
erly and person. How did the conduct
ot my noble countrymen compare with
that of tho ''order making Austria!
Whenever the whillwind of war ceased
Tor while, where the social elements
were left in chaos. The instructive moral
feelings Of this incorruptible people. in
the absence ofall government. preserved
better order and safety than Iegions Of
police. A common spiti, animated the
whole natiun- no secret aims, no person
al or local attacks, but bold and open
defence in tho face Of the world. Fol
lowing the example Of your great Wash
iugion. we adopted as our policy, CON
Citation, justice and legality. aud scrup-
ulously observed the laws Of nations.
The Russians and Austrians made
tho soil Of Wallachia the basis Of militia
ry operations; and the Turkish Govern.
ment, which either knew not its own in.
terests. or was unable to defend them,
silently permitted this violation of
treaties and the rights OF nations, thus
humbling itself and betraying tits own
weakness. Several times we drove our
enemies across The Wallacbian bnunda
ries; for il was only necessary for ourt ic-
torious army to advance into the countries
nfthe Lower Danube to rouse the lnhabi.
tants against the Russians, aud to trans.
Ter the war To their own soil. But we
respect the laws of nations, and stopped
our conqneriug forces on the confines Of
Wallachia. Her soil was sacred la us.
Austria left Gallacia almost uuprotect-
ed, and collected all her forces to attack
us. Had we at this time sent small
portion of our army to Poland, il would
have caused general insurrection. and
that heroic but unfortunate nation would
have revenged herself by throwing the
Russian Empire into state of revolu.
ton. Butwe acted in defence ouly. and
we deemed it a sin to precipitaie other
nations into terrible and uncertain war,
and we checked our sympathies. Be.
sides. we avoided giving the Emperor
of Russia pretence for war uf retail
alton ag inst us. Oh, it was foolish : tor
the despo,ic hypocrite made pretense:
he called our own struggle the H ungarian
Polish revolution, though the whole
number of Poles in our armies did not
exceed four thousand.
We doubted not that the European
powers would negotiate peace for US.
or tina; they would, at least, prevent the
Russian INVASION. They said they pitied
us, honored our efforts, and condemned
the conduct of Austria; but they could
not help US, because Europe required a
powerful Austrian empire, and they must
support it. in spite of its evils. as bal
ance against Russia in central and eastern
Europe. What mistake! What di-
piomacy! lsit not clear as the sun that
the Czar. in. aiding Austria, would do it
in such manner as tn obtain The greatest
advantages for himselfl Was it not man.
fest that Austria WIN had always.
through the heIpof Hungary. strength
enough tooppose seRnssian bayouets, would
no longer he an independent power. but
merely the auaat ,garde Of the Moscovitel
Yet Europe permitted the inva sion! 1t
is an indelible mark of blindness and
shame. 1t is ever thus in the imbecile
Old World. They treated US Just as
they treat Turkey, They assert always
that the peace of Europe and the bal
ance of power require the preservation
tof the Turkish empire--that Turkey
must exist, to check the advances of the
Cossack power. Bat, notwithstanding
this, Englond and France destroyed the
Turkish feet at Navariuo--a feet which
never could have injured them, but which
might have coutended wit Russia in the
Black Sea. n-.
Always the same worn.out. ole, and
fatal system of policy!--whiIe Russia,
ever alert, sezes province after province
from Turkey. She has made herself the
sovereign of Moldava and Wallachia, and
is sapping The foundations Of the Otto.
man empire. Already Turkish officials
are more dependent on the lowest Rus
sian agents than upon their own Grand
Vizier -t...-
Oh, that Hungary had received but a
slight token Of moral support from the
European powers--from those powers
whose dreams are troubled with fears Of
the advance Of the Cossackl Had only
an English or French agent come to US
during our struggle, what might he not
have done! He. too, would have seen
and estimated our ability TO sustain our.
selves--he would have observed the hu,
mani;y, the love of order, the reverence
for liberty. which characterized The Hun.
garian nation. Had these two powers
permitted a few ships to come to Ossora,
laden with arms for the noble patriots
who had asked in vain for weapons, the
Hungatians would now have stood a
more impregoabIe barrier against Russia
than all the arts Of a miserable and ex-