Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-01-14

blood which runs in my veins and con
1, from the East. have, accordingl
If somewhat of Eastern fatalism in n
disposition, but it is the fatalism of
Christian who trusts with unwavering fait
in the boundless goodness of a Divir
l. Providence. But among all these differel
y feelings and thoughts that come upon n
# in the hour Of my farewell, one thing
!. almost indispensable to me, and that i
= the assurance that the sympathy l hav
a met with here will not pass away like th
b cheers which a warbiing girl receives o.
, the stage-that it will be preserved as
, principle, and that when the emotio
subsidies, the calmness of reflection vii
but strengthen it, because it is principle
, This consolation l wanted, and thi
} consolation l have, because, ladies, l plac
it in your hands. l bestow on you
motherly and sisterly cares, the hopes o
Europe's oppressed nations-the hopes o
civil, political, social, and religious liberty
Oh, let me entreat you, with the brief ant
stammering words of o warm heart over
whelmed with emotions and with sorrowfu
cares-let me entrcat you, ladies, to b.
watchful of the sympathy Of your people
like the mother over the cradle of hel
beloved child. it is worthy Of youl
watchful care, because it is the cradle o.
regenerated humanity.
Especially in regard to MY poor father
land, l 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, on the face of the
earth, nation which in its institutions
has shown more chivalric regard for ladies
than the Hungarians. 1t is praiseworthy
trait of the Oriental character You know
that twas the Moorish race, in Spain, who
were the Mnnders Of the chivalric era in
Europe, so full Of personal virtue, go full
of noble deeds, SO devoted to the service of
ladies', and heroism, and to the protection
of the oppressed. You are told that the
ladies Of the East are almost degraded to
less than human condition, being seclu-
ded from all social life, ,and pent mp within
the harem's walls. And SO it is. But
you must not judge the East by measures
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 retain. the stamp of ira
ditional antiquity. When you walk upon
that old soil, with the Old Testament il
your hand, and read the prophets and the
pa'riarchs on the very spot where they
lived and walked, you are astonished to
find that nature is as it was five thousand
years ago, and that the cedars still grow
on her boundary, under the shadow Of
which the patriarchs were protected. You
see the we'll just as Jacob saw it when
Rachel gave drink to him and his camels.
Everything-the aspect OF nature, .,.-
habits the customs, the social life Of the
people-is measured, not by centuries, Lu.
by thousands of years. The women of
the East live as they lived in the time Of
the patriarchs, and they feel happy. Let
them remain so Applause j who can wish
them more on earth than happiness !?
Nothing 10 more ridiculous than to pity
those who feel happy. But such is the
fact that there is almost a religious regard
paid to women in the East. No man
dsres to injure or offend woman there.
He who would do go would be despised
by all like dog. The Magyars are of
Eastern stock, cast in Europe. We found
all the blessings of civilization in cur
ladies but we conserved for them the
regard and reverence Of our Oriental char
acter. 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 wants of her children, and she remains
in possession so long as she bears her de.
ceased husbands name The old Consti-
tuition of Hungary, which We reformed
upon democratic basis-it having been
ristocratic-under that instrument the
widow of a lord had the right to send her
to the Parliament, and in
the county elections Of public functionariss
widows had right to vote alike with the
men. Perhaps this chivalric character of
my nation, SO full Of regard toward the
f.ir sex, may somewhat commend my
mission to the ladies of America.
Our second particular claim is, that the
source of all the misfortune which now
Weighs so heavily upon my bleeding faith
.rland, is in two ladies-Catherine of Rus
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