Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-01-03

VI buiopeS OppTeSSeu 0atlOOS,-lue uOpts
OF civil, political, social, and religious lib
erty. Oh, let me entreat you, with the
brlef and stammering words of warm
heart, overwhelmed with emotions and
with sorrowful cares let me entreat YOU.
, adies, to be watchful of the sympathy of
your people, like the mother over the era
die OF her beloved child II is worthy OF
your watchful care, because it is the cradle
OF regeuerated humanity. Especially in
regard TO my poor fatherand, / have par
ticular claims on the fairer and better half
OF humanity, which you are. The first Of
these claims is, that there is not, perhaps,
on the face of the earth a nation which in
its institutions has shown more chivalric
regard for ladies than the Hungarians. 1t
is praiSeworthy trait of the Oriental char
acter. You know that it was the Moorish
race, in Spain, who were the founders of
the chivalric era in Europe, SO full of per-
sonal virtue, so full OF noble deeds, so devo-
ted to the service of ladies, and heroism,
and to the protection of the opprcssed.-
You are told that the ladies of the East are
almost degraded to less than human con-
dltlOn, being secluded from all social life,
and pent up within the harem's walls.-
And so it is. But you must not Judge the
East by the measure of European civ;liza-
ton. They have their own civilization,
quite different from ours in views, inclina-
tions, affections, aud thoughts. Eastern
mankind is traditional-the very soil re-
talns the stamp of traditional antiquity
When you walk upon that old soil, with
the Old Testament in your hand, and read
the prophets and the patriarchs on the very
spot where they lived and walked, you are
aStonlshed to find that nature is as it was
tve thousand years ago, and that the cedars
still grow on her boundary, under the
shadow of which the patriarchs were pro-
tected. You see the well Just as Jacob
saw it when Rachel gave drink to him and
bis camelS. verything-the aspect Of
nature, the habits, the customs, the social
life 81 the people-is measured, not by
centuries, but by thousands of years. The
women OF the East live as they lived in the
time OF the patriarchs, and they feel hap
py' Let them remain so applause; i who
can wish them more on earth than happi-
ness! Nothing is more ridiculous than 10
pity those who feel happy. But such is
the fact that there is almost religious re-
gard paid to women in the East. No man
dares TO injure or to offend woman there.
tie who would do so would be despsed by
all like dog. That respect goes so far,
that the lord does not dare raise the carpet
} OF his harem'S door, still less enter it, where
a pair OF slippers before the threshold tells
him that a lady is in the room. Applause. I
Respect and reverence for women is the
Characteristic OF the Orient. The Magyars
are OF Eastern stock, cast in Europe. We
found all the blessings of civilization in
your ladies'; but we conserved for them the
regard and reverence OF our Oriental char
acier. Nay, more than that, we carried
these views into our institutions and into
our laws. With us, the widow remains
: the head of the family, as the father was.
AS long as she lives, she is the mistress of
|, the property of her deceased husband. The
chivalrous spirit of the nation supposes she
, will provide, with motherly care, for the
warts of her children, and she remains in
> possession so long as she bears her deceased
) husbands name. The old Constitution of
) Hungary, which we reformed upon dem
ocratic basis--it having been ariStocratic-
N'NN' ''H' tuV luOW VI Il lOEu
had The right ID send her Representative to
the Parliament, and in the county elections
OF public iunctionaries widows had a right
, to vote alike with the men. Perhaps this
: chlvaIric character Of my nation, so tull of
, regard toward the fair sex, may somewhat
commend my mission to the ladies of Ame-
rlca. Our second particular claim is, that
the source Of all the misfortune which now
J weighs so heavily upon my bleeding father
= land, is in two ladies Catharine OF Russia.
= and Sophia of HapSburg, the ambitious mo-
} ther OF the young Nero, Francis Joseph
: You know that one hundred and fifty years
: ago, Charles the Twelfth, of Sweden, the
' bravest of the brave, forseeing the growth
= OF Russia, and fearing that it would oppres,
r and overwhelm civilization, ventured with
= handful OF men to overthrow the risina
e power of Russia. After immortal deeds
y aud almost fabulous victories, one loss made
! him refugee upon Turkish soil, like nv.
e sell. But happier than myself, he succeed.
i ed IN persuading Turkey OF the necessit,
i OF checking Russia, in her overweenns
J, ambition, and in curlailing her growth
k On went Mehemet BalZordei with hi
= Turks, and met Peter the Gar, and pen
e HIM up in corner, where there was Nc
,. possibility of escape. There Mehemet bel,
$ hlm with iron grasp till hunger came {,
y his aid. But nature claimed her riqhts
d and in council of war it was decided I,
j. surrender TO Mehemet. Then Catharine
e who was present in the camp, appeared il
Y. person before the Grand Vizier TO sue fo
Ii mercy. She was fair, and she was ricl
S with Jewels OF nameless value. She wen
ID to the Grand Vizier's tent. She came bac
m without any jewels, but she brought mercy
at and Ru STA was saved. From that celebra
it ted day dates the downfall of Turkey, an
is that OF RuSsia's growth. Out of this sourc
IS flowed the stream of Russian preponder
at ance over the European continent an
ID down-trodden liberty, and the namele.
Of suferings of Poland and of my poor natiy
4 land, are the dreadful fruits of Catharine
at success on that day, cursed in the record
II of humanity. The second lady who wi
a be cursed through all posterity, in he
il memOrV is SODhia iha pnothar oc A. =