Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-01-10
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

Our third particular claim is the behavior OF
our ladies during the last war. 1t is no wan
ton pruise--it is n fact what ] say--that, in
my hard task to lead on the struggle aud to
govern hungary, had no more powerful
auxiliuries, and no more faithful executors of
the will of the nation, than in the women of
Hungary. (Applause) You know TINT in
uncient Rome, after the battle of CAME,
which was won by Hannibal, the victor was
! afraid to come down to the very walls of
Rome. The Senate called on the people
continuously to sacrifice all their wealth
orp tho ,,,.,r of their fathefland, and the la
dies were the frsi to do il. Every jewel,
every ornament, was brougn, iorth, so much
so that the tribune judged it necessary TO
pass law prohibiting the ladies' of Rome to
wear jewclry or any silk dresses, in order
that il might not appear the ladics of Rome
had not, by their own choice, have done so.
Now, we wanted in Hungary no such law.
The women ollInugary brought all that they
had. (Great npplause.) You would have
been nstouisled to see how, in the most
wealthy houses OF Hungary, il you were in
vited to dinner, you would be forced to eat
soup with iron spoons and when tho wound
ed aud the sick-and many of them we had,
because we fought hard-when the wound
cd aud sick were not so well provided for as
it would have bocn Our duty and our plea
sure to do, | ordered the ministry aud the
respective funcllonaries TO take care of them.
But the poor wounded went Oh suffering
and the ministry went Oh slowly TO provide
for them. When ! saw this, one single word
was spoken TO the ladies' oflluugary,and in u
few hours there was provision made for hun
dreds of thousands of sick applause from
the gentlemen presently And never met
single mother who would have withheld her
sou from sharing in the battle; but ! have
met many who ordered and commanded
their children to fight for their fntherlund-
(Applause.) ] saw many and mnny brides
who urged on the brirlegroonis to delay their
day of happiness ill they would come back
victorious from the battles of their father
land. Thus acted the Indies of Hungary
That country deserves to live; that country de-
serves TO have future left yet which the wO-
men, as much rs the men, love and CHERISH
(Applause.) But have n stronger motive than
all these to claim your protecting sympathy
for my cointry's cause. II is namelcss
woe, nameless suiltrings. IL the name of
that ocean OF bloody tears which the sacrilc-
gious hand of :he tyrant wrung from the
eyes OF the chlldless mothers, OF the brides
who bcheld the hangnun's sword between
them aud their wedding day--in The names
OF all those mothers, wives, brides, daughters
and sisters, who, by thousands of thousands,
weep over the graves of Mngyars so dear to
their hearts, aud weep the bloody tears of
patrOt( las they all are) over the face of their
beloved native land-in the name of all those
toruring stripes with which the nogging
baud OF Austrian tyranls dared to outrage
humanity in the wOmankind of my native
land-in the name of that daily curse against
Austria with which even the prayers OF our
women are niNed-in the name ofthe nnnIc-
less suilcrlngs of my own dear wife, there
lie whole audience rose aud cheered veIIe-
mently)-ihe faithful companion of my life
OF her who for months urd for months, was
hunted 10y my country's tyranis like noble
deer not having for months a moments rest
10 repose her wcaricd head in safety, and no
hope, no support, 10 protection, but at the
humble t.ireshhold of the hard working peo-
pie, MS noble and generous us they are poor
-lappause)-in the name of my poor little
children, who are so young as scarcely con-
scloiis OF their life, had already to learn what
AN Austrian prison ls-in the name ofull this,
aud what is still worse, in the name of down
lrodden liberty, claim, ladies' of New York,
your protecting sympathy for my country's
cause. Nobody can do more for il than You.
The heart of man is MS soft ms wax in your
tender hands. Mould it ladies mould il into
the form OF generous compassion for my
country's wrongs, inspire il with the noble
feelings of your own hearts, inspire il with
the consciousness of your cOuntry's power
dignity and might. You are the iiamers of
mans character. Whatever be the fate of
man, one stamp he always bears on his brow
that which the mothers hand impressed
upon the soul of the child. The smile of
your lips can make hero out of the coward,
(npplatse)- and generous man out of the
egotist; one word from you inspires the
youth TO noble resolutions the lus,er of your
eyes is the inircst reward for the tolls of life
You can even blow up the feeble spark of
energy in the breast ofbroken age, that once
more II may blaze up in noble, u generous
deed before il dies.
All this power you have. Use il, ladies'.
use II in behalf oiyour country's glory, and
for the benefit of oppressed humanity; and
when you meet n cold calculator, who thinks
by arithmetic when he is called to feel the
wrongs of oppressed nations, convert him
ladies'. Your smiles are commands, aud the
truth which pours forth insincliyely from
your hearts, is mightier than the logic nrlicu-
lated by any scholar. Tho Peril, excluded
from Paradise, brought many generous gifts
10 heaven in order to regain il. She brought
:he dying sigh of ii patrot the kiss of a
faithful girl imprinted on the lips of her
bridegroom distorted by the venom OF the
plague. She brought many other fair gifts
but tlle doors of Paradise opened before her
only when she brought with her the first
prayer of a man converted to charity aud
hroIherly love for his oppressed brethren and
humanity.
All that claim is fair play and that is the
aim for which claim the United Suites TO
become The executive power of the laws of
Nature and Of Natures God. That is .he
aim for which | claim your generous public
and private aid and support. The reyou-
tious in Europe will be made by the nations
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