The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-01-15

hand, every token of kindness which nave re-
ceived land l have received so many every
flower of consolation which the ladies of New
York have thrown on my thorny way, rushes
with double force to my memory. feel so
happy in this memory-there is a social tran
guilty about my mind; but in such a moment
would rather be silent than speak. l scarcely
can speak. You know, ladies' that it is not the
deepest feelings which are the loudest. APP
plause And besides, l have to say farewell
to New York! This is a sorrowful word. What
immense hopes are linked in my memory in this
word New York-hopes Of resurrection for my
down -trodden fatherland-hopes of liberation
for oppressed nations on the European CONT
nent VIII the expectations which the mighty
outburst of New Yorks young and generous
heart foreshadowed be realized? VIII these
hopes be fulfilled, or will the ray of consolation
which New York cast the dark night of my
fatherland-will it pass away like an electric
fiash2
Oh, could I cast one single glance into the
book of futurity! No, God forgive me this inn
pious wish. 1t is He who hid the future from
man, and what he does is well done. 1t were
not good for man to know his destiny. The
energy of his sense of duty would falter or sub
side, if we were assured of the failure or sue
cess of our aims. [Applause.l 1t is because
we do not know the future that we retain our
energy of duty. So viii go on in my work;
with the full energy of my humble abilities,
without despair, but with hope. 1t is Eastern
blood which runs in my veins; and L come from
the East. l have, according, somewhat Of
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fatalism of a christian who trusts, with unwa
vering faith, in the boundless goodness of
Divine Providence. But among all these differ
ent feelings and thoughts that come upon me
IN the hour of my farewell, one thing is almost
indispensable to me, and that is, the assurance
that the sympathy have met with here will
not pass away like the cheers which warbling
girl receives on the stage-that it viii be pre-
served as principle, and that when the emo
ton subsidies, the calmness Of reflection Will but
strengthen it, because it is principle This
consolation l wanted, and this consolation l
have, because, ladies, place ii in your hands.
L bestow your motherly and sisterly cares,
the hopes Of Europe's oppressed nations-the
hopes OF civil, political, social and religious
liberty.
Oh, let me entreat you, with the brief and
stammering words of warm heart, overwhelm-
ed with emotions and sorrowful cares-let me
entreat you, ladies, to be watchful of the sym
pathy of your people, Iiko the mother over the
cradle of her beloved child. 1t is worthy of
your watchful care, because it is the cradle Of
regenerated humanity. Especially in regard to
my poor fatherland, have particular claims on
the fairer and better half of humanity, which
you are. The first of these claims Is that there
is not, perhaps, the face Of the earth
ton which in its institutions has showed more
chiYalric 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 personal virtue, so
full of noble deeds, so devoted to the service Of
ladies, to heroism, and to the protection of the
! oppressed. You are told that the ladies of the
East were almost degraded to less than human
condition, 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 civilization. They have
their own civilization, quite different from ours
in views, inclinations affections and thoughts.
Eastern mankind is traditional-the very soil
retains the stamp Of traditional antiquity. When
you walk upon that old soil, with the Old Testa-
ment in your hand, and read the prophets and
the patrarchs on the very spot where they lived
and walked, you are astonished to find that
ture is as it was five thousand years ago, that
the cedars still grow in Lebanon under the
shadow Of which the patriarchs were protected.
Ie see the well just as Jacob saw it when Rachel
gave drink to him and his camcls. Everything
the aspect Of nature, the habits, the customs,
the social life of the people, is measured, not
by centuries, but by thousands of years. The
women of the east live as they liked in the time
of the patriarchs, and. they feel happy. Let
them remain so [applause]; who wish them
more on earth than happiness? Nothing is
more ridiculous than to pity those who feel
happy. But such is the fact, that there is al
most religious regard paid to women in the
East. No man dares to injure or offend wo-
man there lie who would do So would be
desPised like dog. That respect goes so far,
that the lord dare not raise the carpet of his
harem's door, still less enter it, where q pair of
slippers before the threshold tells him that
lady is in the room. [Applause.l 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 eiviliza