Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-02-03

KossUTn At HARRIsBURGH.
The speech b The emiaen. Hungarian a.
liarrisburgh % The people; was very elo-
quenl and sliEs|ng address, and win bc read
with pleasure by all. We copy 1t entire as
we find il In an euslern paper.
! KOSSUTH'S SPEECH.
GENrLRMKN | feel extremely graIifed
thai the people Of Harrisburgh were so kind
as 10 afford 10 me the immediate opportunity
to thank them, face TO face, and heart 10
heaii, for their generous sympa,hy-,ha.
noble quality Of free men.
Genllemen, often have told i, TO grave
statesmen, conspicuous by the power Of in.
lellect and BY the earneslness OF wisdom,
that the vervinstincl Of the people is always
in advance 10 feel what is just and what is
wrong because, the instinct Of people
brough, up IL the nursery Of freedom, is
like the conscience Of man, which speaks
more ruth in one single heave Of the breast
than all the cold calculation of a scholar can
find ou, in tho reflection Of week. [Ap.
plause.
J, Itis therefore, SAY, that not the high
Intellectual power Of some few who rise 10
the top Of human glory, bu, the instinct of
, the people, is the revelation OF mankinds
divine origin This people !--,hat is the
rock npon which the bold waves Of tyranny
, break. The people !-,ha. is lhe rock upon
which the church Of liberty can be built SO
thigh so Iehy--so proud--as to shelter
under lis glorious dome, all the nations OF
the earth. IApplause.]
Gentlemen, am On humble Individual
, rather embarrassed than Aauered, by seeing
i my name waited over the waves Of public
n attention. am an humble, unpre,endng
! son of my country, neither ambitious Of any
fame, nor aspiringto any distinction. | was
S not Graded in the velvet cushions of wealth,
:. but in the arms of poor affeciiona,e moth.
:. er, whom month ago, the iyrant of Austria
: killed, breaking her hear, by the persecution
+. OF my sisters. Well, my heart is overflow
e ing with grief, and grief is not eloquent, you
d know; but see the spirit Of my poor moth
n el smiling on me from Heaven, and telling
J. me, by heriender motherly looks--"Nevel
mind, my son 60 on for thy country; 60 on
for humanity; the people of the great repub.
CT lie Of The New World, generous, like the
!, virgin nature Of America, and free like the
:" mountain air of The Alleghenies--,he people
will support shee; and strong by its aid, and
Of strong BY thy own peoples love, thou will
a, raise the standard Of freedom, backed by The
Sc spirit Of Washington, over the ruins of faller
III despotism. Great applause.
a. So the spirit of my departed mother CALL
: TO me from above, and will go on relying
as on God--relyng on the justice Of my caus
= relying on my people, relying on this goot
I'd sword, ,(grasping the sword at his side)--
p The gift Of an American citizen. Applause.
ne And relying on your generous suppor,--o
s. the support Of the people of the. Unite
fe States, soaring bold and high on the wing
n of the inspiration of its noble influence, lk
P. the eagle Of your banner, which bears upo
e. its wing the glorious stars Of your counr
be which will soon become The sum Of human
ity, spreading lis warming beams throug
The chilled hearts Of down.trodden nations
Nv Applause.
Excuse ne, gentlemen, the emotions O
IN nv heart overcame the logic OF my minc
ne and los,tli thread Of my thoughts. Ne,
lte er mind; he the heart which inspires I
'ol noble deeds, and it is the heart which. shnnl
's' speak whan il is listened TO by the heart
r. people like you. [Appause. Well, Il
Ia, me see-yes; was saying that | am q
y humble son Of my people, wi.hou, any prt
~ tension whatever 10 glory az all. And sill
ke have accomplished great things, so .w
emperors had TO conspire with all The force
=. oftheir tyranny 10 arrest for momen, wht
~, i, was my duty TO do. and whot hope y,
~ TO accomplish, if God and America be wi.
nd me. Applause.
w "u And do you know whence have draw
q" az the inspiration of my life +? From my pc,
se -. pile, gentlemen; that is the source Of m
&c. s. feelings and Of my thoughts. think
''o Do my people thinks. | feel as my people feel
"" "" Every drop Of my blood is the pusalon
nc that heart which beats in the breast Of IN
70 people. [Applause.] And when oppres
- -; ion came upon US, and adversilies weighe
- heavily upon US, and the loudes, men
a. came silent, and the bodies, stopped in the
course, and the most rcsoi,e ialtered, al
,.. the wisest looked around for advice--then
~. ous let them stop, and faller, and look, and we
an TO the people on Hungary's s. mountains. ar
an ar' on Hungary's plains, and | told then
~, "Brethren, wisdom is vain. come TO "
."o no 10 know from your instinct, when tho wi
'"S dom of the wise is at a loss, what 10 adviS
"s Such and such is the case God will
Jul with us because our cause is Just. Shall v
.I =" defend ourselves. or shall we yield to @
w, me preston! !" And the people answered M
u" "Cursed be he who yields. We will r
yield. Plant your lr-color standard a
-. lead US on. We will follow, and fight, a
'sa ies' die, but never will we yield" Applaust
' ~. And so he went on, and ''lhe unnam
in "o demigods"of the people fought like herot
,n ,n and died with smile on their lips; and ty
.h we amy wembled, and the purple seat Of desp
0 s. lism quuked. [Applause.] Then car
o. Russia and lreason--and am an exile, u
W" I my country is felIered with heavy chains.
~, Tha, is my story, and that is all ! can t
ore for the past. But we are not broken, al
lat, once more will lead on my people, a
my people will follow me, in the high "a
of heaven 10 fgh, over the battles for fre
l. dom once more. GreaI apdlause.] b
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