Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-10-27

or Hu,ysrv the rcyolu,or,rv ,t,,r.s, ~
dsr nv direction would have hi,srr sw.,.
this an,ioua.cd and helplcs, DYNASTY. I;ke
| chuff before the winds oT heaven
1 not Only preserved the bonse of A,..
trra hut placed "a its hands tho material. ~
a long and glorious futurc-tbe S,und,.
| ton Of an indcstructiblc powcr in tho &c.
| ton Of thirty-,wo millions &c nconle
rendered them the fidelity and asIs,. MO
Of my " heroic Hungary. which alone
was able to defend them against the as.
saults Of the world. | Afforded them one
glorious opportunity-more glorious tbnn
had ever been presented beforc--of cs,ab.
fishing an im~prcgnablc barrier Ia protcc,
freedom, civilization, and progress arains,
the Cossack power which now threatens
Europe. To attain this honor, this glory.
one thing only was neccssarv-,hat they
should remain faithful 10 their oa,hs. Bn,
when was it that Austria was no, treachc.
rousl W. look in vain for as much honor
as is found even among robbers in the Hans.
burg family.
On the very day they signed the grant of
those moderate demands Of the Hungarian
people, and solemnly swore before God
and the ~natiortc maintain them, they secret
ly resolved and planned tho most cruel
conspiracy against US. They determined
to break their oaths to desoIate the land
with Instruction, c~onhaeration and blood,
I'LL, feeble and exhausted under the bur-
den Of a thousand miserics, Hungary
might be struck from the rol, Of living ma
tons.
He adds in this co%nncxion-
We desired an honorable peace, and
were willing to submit at any reasonable
terms. W. many times rendered the olive
branch. We asked the constitutional gov
ernmehts Of Europe TO interrose. They
heard us not. The naughty imperial ia
mily, forgetting that they We're the real
traitors, rejected every proposition, with
the defying expression that they "did no,
treat with rebels" Aye, more; they threw
our ambassadors into prison, and one OF
them-then oblcst OF Hungary's sons they
cowardly and impiously murdered. Still
we hcsitated to tear asunder forever the
bonds that emitted us. len months we
fought, and fought VIGOROUSLY, in defence;
and 1t was only when every attempt IL
bring about an honorable peace failed
when Francis Joseph, who was lever our
King, dared in his manifesto Of the 4th
March, lSi9. to utter the curse "t1at Hun
gdry Aead exist NO ioagcr.-whcn there
was no hope Of arrestiug the Russian invu.
sion by diplomacy-when we saw that VIC
must tightto save ourselves-trom being
struck off the earth us IA na,ion-whcn the
house of Austria. by its endless acts of in
justice and cruelty, and by calling in the
aid of a foreign power, had extinguished
inthehcarts of the Hungarian people every
spark Of aliection-then, and then only, at.
ter so much patience, the nation resolved
to declare its absolute Independence
Then spoke the National Assembly, the
words which had long been uttered by
every patriotic tongue; Francis JosEpn!
TIou %BEARDLEs YOUNG NERO! Tuou OAR
EST TO SAY, HUNGARY SHALL EXIST NO
MORE! WE, TIE PEOPLE, ANSWER, WEpo
AND WILL Exrsr; But YOU AND YOUR
r~REAcnEEoUs HOUSE SHALL STAND NO
LONGER! You SHALL NO MORE ne Kings
OF HUNGARY! Beforever banished, yc per-
hdious traitors to the nation!
kossuth thus refers t, the noble strug-
gle the Hungarians made;
Though we were inferior in numbers TO
the enemy, and could not compare with
their well trained forccs-though our arms
were shorter than tlcirs-Not the heroic
sons of Hungary supplied the want of
numbers by inaomitable bravery, and
heightened their weapon: by a step further
in advance,
The world knows how bravely hcfiun-
garians fought. And it is not for me. who
was identified with the war-who, obey
Ing the wishes Of the nation, stood faithful
" at the helm Of govcrnmcnt-to extol the
heroic deeds OF ny countrymen. may
mention, however, that, while every day it
became more evidentthat the heari ofEu-
rope beat to the pulsa'lon of the Hungari.
an struggle. we maintained the unequal
conflict alone. cut off from the rest Of the
world and all external aid. I'LL IA year ago
we laid the naughty power of the tyrart
house of HaPsburg inlhe dust; and had il
not been for the intentional and Iraiiorou-
disregard of my commands by one of oui
leaders, who afterwards shamcfHlly lie.
traycd the country, not only would the i'm.
perial family havc been driven from Wen.
na, but the entire Austrian naiion would
have been liberated; aud though by such
treason this base family saved themselves
from destruction, they were so far hnmbled
in March 1919. that not knowing how tc
be lust, lhcv implurpti forcirn aid. nm,
threw themselves at the feet of the Gar
The Emperor hoped tia, the Hungarian
people could be terrified by his tlircaining,
and would prefer slavery to death; but lie
was deceived. He sold his own liberty te
Russia for aid to cnslave his people. The
choice Of a coward is to purchase n miscr
able epl,cmcral existence, wen though al