Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-01-07


81 Ae Away takes care to speak oss ma
bendno u governments Mil leg II IT,
knaA who subdue nations BY foreign arms.
1hsicfed wo1d d nation, ~itk al its natural
lg1sts, h1eald. 1t least. Of your political die
4 not be blotted out; and vet l am
. ITO see that the word nation is replaced by
the word government. Gentlemen, humbiy
wish that public opinion of the people of the
United States, conscious of its own rights should
highly and resolutely declare that the peop'e
ofthe United States will carry on trade and con-
tlnue its commercial intercourse with whatever
nation, be that nation in revolution against its
oPpressors or not; and that the people of the
United States express, with confidence from its
government, to provide for the protection of
your trade. am confident that your National
Government, seeing public opinion so pronoun-
ced, will Judge it convenient to augment your
naval force, in the Mediterranean; and to look
for some such station for it which would not
force the Navy Of Republican America to such
abrogations towards tyrants, which cannot be
consistent with Republican principles or Re-
publican dignity, only because the King $3.50,
be he even the cursed King of Naples, grants
you an anchoring place for The naval forces of
your Republic. believe your glorious coun-
try should everywhere freely unfur the star
spanged banner Of liberty with all it's congo
NAL princ'p es. aud not make itself dependcn,
on whatever respect of the glorious smiles of
the Kings Bombaste Compaene The third OBJ
Ject Of my humble wishes. gentlemen, is the re-
coghit!on OF the independence of Hungary
Your glorious declaration oiindependeuce pro
claims the right of every nation to assume
among the powers of the earth he separate and
equal station to which the laws of nature and
natures God entitle them. The political assis
tance Of your glorious Republic is founded up
ON this principle, upon this right. Mvnation
stands upon the same ground and there is a
striking resemblance between your cause and
that Of my country. On the 4th July, I776.
John Adams spoke such ia your Congress.
'Snk or swim, live or die, survive or perish
ain Tor this declaration" 1t is in the beginning
we arrived not at independence, but '.,here is
divinity which shapes our ends" These
whole words We're present to my mind on the
4th of April, ls49 when l moved the DECLARE.
ton of Independence in the National Assem-.
by OF Hungary. Our condition was the same,
and if there be any difference I.darcsay it is in
favor OF ourselves. Your country was before this
declaration not a self-consistng independent
State Hungary was. Through the lapse of |
thousand years, through every vcssilude of
this long period. while nations vanished and |
empires ie !. the self consisting independence |
OF hungary was never disputed but recogni- |
zed by all powers of the earth, sanctioned by |
treaties made with the Hapsburg Dynasty, |
when this dynasty by the free will of nv ma.
ton, and by blateral part was invested with
the kingly crown of Hungary. Even more,
this independence of king was ACKNOWLEDGED
to make part Of the international law of E,,
rope. and was guaranteed not only by the for
eign European governments, such as Great
Britain, but also by several of those, when
yet constitutional states. which belonged for.
merly to the German. and after its dissolution
to the Austrian Empire. This independent
condition Of Hungary is clearly defined in one
81 ourslnndanaental laws Of 1891 in these words:
sHungafy is free and ndependest kingdom,
having itA own selfconsistcnt existence and
constitution and not subject ID any other NJ.
tion OF country in the world " This, therefore
was our ancicnt right; We we're not .lspen.
dent from. nor ! pqsts Ina 4airian Ennite1
e yoar e1antTy ,was denon2