The southern press., 1852-01-08

conqueror's heels To yours, the triumph ofintro
duetiOn is granted to unfortunate exles invites
to the honor o( a seat And where kings All,
c@sars,neyer III be haiei for their power Amigl,
and wealth, there the prosecuted chief of
| downtrodden nation i. wec ,me AZ your grea
republics guest, preeisely because he is perse
cuted, helpless and poor. In the old, the terri
bic pe pic. was the rule. In yours, protection
to the oppressed, malediction to ambitious op
pressors, and consolation to vanquished JUS
cause. And while out of the old, a congueret
world was ruled, you in yours provide for Il
common federative interests of IA territory large
than the conquered world of the old. There
sut men boasting their will to be the sovereign
of the world here sit men whose glory is t'
acknowledge the laws of nature and of nature'
God and to do what their sovereign, the people
Wills,
Sir. there is history 10 these parallels. His
tory of past ages and his ory of future centuries
may be often recorded in few words. The smal
particulars to which the passion of living mer
cngs with fervent zeal, as if the fragile fingers
Of men could arres: the rotation of destiny
whcel--,hese particulars die away; it is ths
issue which makes histcry, and tina. issue is
! always logical. There is II necessity OF cOnse
quenees wherever the necessity of position ex
lists Principles are the alpha they must finish
with omega, and they will.
Thus history may be told often in few words
Before yet the heroic struggle of Greece first
engaged your country's sympathy for the fate
of freedom in Europe, then so far distant and
now so near, Chateaubriand happened to be in
Athens, and be heard from mindrei raised upon
the Propyeum's ruins Turkish priest in Arabia
language announcing the lapse of hours to the
Christians ia Minerva's town. WhE immense
history in the small fact of Turkish Man crying
out, spray, men the hour is running fast, and
the judgment draws near"
Sir, there is equally history of future ages
written in the honor bestowed by you to my
humble self The first governor of independ-
ent Hungary, driven from his native land by
Russian violence an exile on Turkish soil, pro
tected by Mahometan Sultan against the bio d.
thirst of Christian tyrants; cast back a prisoner
to far Asia by diplomacy; rescued from his Ash
attic prison by America, crossing the Atlantic,
charged with the hopes of Europes oppressed
nations; pleading, a poor exile, before the peo-
pie of this great republic his downtrodden coun-
try's wrongs, and its intimate connexion with
the fate of the European continent, and, with
the boldness of a just cause claiming the princ-
Piles of the Christian religion to be raised to a
law OF nations; and to see, not only the bold
ness of the poor exile forgiven, but to see him
consoled by the sympathy of millions, encour-
aged by individuals, associations, meetings cities
and States supported by operative aid, and
greeted by Congress and by government as the
nations guest; honored out of generosity with
that honor which only one man before him re-
ceived, and that man received them out of graf
itude; with the hoDors such as no pdtentate
even can receive; and this banquet here, and the
toast which have to thank for--oh indeed
sir, there is history of future ages in all these
facts they will go down to posterity in the To-
gical consequences of principles which are the
foundation of these facts.
Sir, though have the noble pride of my prin
ciples, and though have inspiration of a just
cause, still have also the conscience of my per-
sona humility. Never will forget what is due
from me to the sovereign source of my public
capacity. This owe to my nations dignity
and therefore, respectfully thanking this highly
distinguished assembly in my countrys name,
have the boldness to say that Hungary well de.
serves your sympathy that Hungary has 8 claim
to protection, because it has claim to justice
But AS to my own humble SELF permit me hum
bly, to express that am well aware not to have
in all these honsrs any personal share. Nay, |
know that even that which might seem to be
personal in your toast is only an acknowledge
ment of a historical fact, very nstructively con-
nected with principle valuable and dear to
every republican heart in the United States of
America
Sir, you were pleased TO mention IN your toast
that am unconquered by misfortune and uns,
duced by ambition. Now, it is "A proviAentia
fact that misfortune has the privilege to ennoble
mans mind, and to strengthen mans character.
There is IA sort of natural instinct of human
dignity in the heart of man, which steeIs his
very nerves, not to bend beneath the heavy
blows of great adverities. The palm tree grows
best beneath a ponderous weight. Even so the
character ofman Tnorc is no meritinit 1t is n
law of PSYCHOLOGY. The petty pangs of small
daily cares have often bent the character of men
but great misfortune seldom. There is less
danger in this than in great luck.
And AS to ambition, indeed never was able
to unders and how anybody can more love am.
bition than liberty. But am glad to state a
historical fact, as a principal demonst alton Of
that influence which institutions exercise upon
the character of nations.
We Hungarians are very fond of the principle
OF municipal self-government, and we have a
natural horror against the principle of centra-
zation. That fond attachment to municipal
sef-government, without which tn, re is no pro-
vincia freedom possible, is fundamental fea-
with us from far Asia thousand years ago. and
we conserved it throughout the vicissitudes of
ten centuries. No nation has, perhaps, 50 much
struggled and suffered from the civilized Chris
tian world as we. We do not complain of this
lot. It may be heavy, but it is not ingorious
Where the cradle OF our Saviour stood, and
where his Divine doctrine was founded, there
now another faith rules; and whole Europe's
armed pilgrimage could not avert this fate from
that sacred spot, nor stop the rushing waves of
Islamism absorbing the Christian empire of Con.
stantine. We stopped those rushing waves
The breast of my nation proved br akwater
to them. We guarded Christondom that Luthers
and Cavns might reform it. 1t was danger
GUS time; and the dangers of the time often
placed the confidence of all my nation into one
mans hand-and that confidence gave power
into his hands to become ambitious. But there
was not single instance in our history where a
man, honored by his peoples confidence had
deceived his people by becoming ambitious.
| The man out of whom Russian diplomacy sue.
ceeded to make the murderer Of his nations
confdence----he never had it, but was rather re-
garded always with distrust But he gained
| a.