Hannibal journal and western union. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1851-1852, 1852-01-01

Itude to you, would not have felt authorized to
cross the Atlantic at this very time, only for
the purpose to exhibit 20 you my warm thanks.
] would have thanked you by facts contribu
ting to the freedom Of the European continent
and would have postponed my visit to your glo-
Irious shores till the decisive battle of freedom
was fought-if II were my destiny TO outlive
that day. Thenlwhat is the motive,of my being
here at this verI. time? The motive, citizens,
is, that your generous act Of my liberation has
raised the conviction throughout the world, that
this generous act Of yours is bat the mani
festation of your resolution to throw your weight
into the balance where the fate Of the Europe
an continent is to Be weighed. You have raised
the conviction throughout the world that by my
liberation you were willing to say, 'Ye oppress-
ed nations Of old Europe's continent, be of good
cheer, the young giant Of America stretches his
powerful arm over the waves, ready to give
brothers. hand to your future So is your act
interpreted throughout the world. You, in your
proud security, car. an.scarcely imagine how bene-
fetal this conviction has already proved to the
suffering nations Of the European continent
You can scarcely imagine what self-confdence
you have added to the resolution of the oppress-
led. You have knit the tie of solidarity in the
Idestinies Of nations. | can't doubt that you
know how / was received by the public opinion
in every country which | touched since | am
free, and what feelings my liberation has elected
N those countries which it was not my lot to
tulch. You know how l. plain, poor penny
les exile, have almost become a centre Of hope
land confidence to the most different nations; and
Iupitel but by the tie Of common suffering
WHAT'S the source of this appariton, unparale-
ed in nankind's history? The source of it is,
that you. generous act Of my liberation is taken
10y the world FOR the revelation Of the fact that
the Unitet States are resolved not to allow the
Idespots Of the world to trample on oppressed
humanity, 1t is, hence, that my liberation was
Icheered froh Sweden down to Portugal, as a
ray of hope. 1t is, hence, that even these ma
Itions which npst desire my presence in Europe
now, have unanimously told me, Hasten on,
hasten on, to the great, free, rich and powerful
people Of the United States, and bring over its
Ibrotherly aid TO the cause of your country so
intimately connected with European liberty;'
and here | stand toDead the cause of the soli-
Idarity Of human rights before the great Repub-
lie of the United Stats.
Humble as | am, God, the Almighty, has Sc
.cctca 5c 70 represent aa.c cause u hyai.it, be-
fore you. My warrant to this capacity is writ
ten in the sympathy and confidence Of all who
ARE oppressed, and of all who, as your elder
brother, the people Of Britain, sympathize with
the oppressed--my warrant TO this capacity is
written in the hopes and expectations you have
entitled the world TO entertain, by liberating me
out of my prison, and by restoring me to activi-
Ity. But it has pleased the Almighty to make
out of my humble self yet another opportunity
for thing which may prove happy turning
point in the destnes Of the world. | bring you
Ia brotherly greeting from the people of Great
Britain. speak not in an official character i'm
parted by diplomacy, whose secresy Is the curse
of the world but am the harbinger of the pub
lie spirit of the people, which has the right TO
Iimpart direction TO its government, and which
i witnessed, pronouncing itself in the most deci-
Ided manner openly-that the people of Eng
love, as il is united in blood-conscious of your
strength as it is conscious of its own, has forev-
, er abandoned every sentiment of irritation and
rivalry, and desires the broherly alliance Of the
, United States to secure TO every nation the SOW
, ereign right TO dispose Of itself, and to protect
the sovereign right Of nations against the en-
croachng arrogance of despots, and, leagued to
YOU against the league of despots, 10 stand to-
, gether with your godfather TO the approaching
, baptism of European liberty. Now, gentlemen,
! i have stated my position | am a straght-for-
ward man; am Republican; have avowed
-, it openly in the monarehcal, but free England;
: and am happy to state that have nothing lost
: by this avowal there ! hope viii not lose
here, in Republican America, by that frankness
which must be one of the chief qualities Of eve
nv Republican. So beg leave, frankly and
= Openly, to state the following points,
First, that take it to be the duty of honor
and nrinciple not to meddle whatever with par
!. ty questions OF your own domestic affairs.
! claim for my country the right TO dispose Of
: itself; so am resolved, and must be resolved
7 to respect the same principle here and every
= where. May others delightin the part of knigh
!, errant for theories. 1t is not my case. an
. the man Of the great principle of the sovereign
. Ity of every people TO dispose of its own domes'
" tic concerns; and most solemnly deny TO every
: FOREIGNER, as TO every foreign power the right
TO oppose the sovereign faculty. Secondly,
II profess, highly and openly, my admiration fo
II tbe glorious principle Of union, on which stand
= the mighty pyramid of yourgreatness, and upor
- the basis Of which you have grown, in the shor
~ reriod OF seventy five years, to prodigious g
N ant the living wonder of the world. | have tn,
n most warm wish that the star spangled banne
II Of the United States may iorevef be floating
= united and one, the proud ensign of'smankind
ie divine origiu and taking my ground on thi
10 'Io nrincine Of union, which find lawfully exist
III in., on established Constitutional fact il is no
:, to party, but to the united people Of the Uni
al ia States that am confidently will address IN,
% % humble requests FOR aid and protection to op
lMa M pressed ~ humanity. will conscientiously res
Is Is beet your laws, but within the limits of you
~ laws / will use every honest eXertion to gai
Ss e your operative sympathy andyour financial, ma
NO ierial, and political aid for my countrys free
II dom and independence; and entreat the realizG
p tion Of these hopes which your generosity HI
ns raised in me and my peoples breasts and ais
! I in the breasts q EuroPes oppress1sa sI naloh