Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-01-13

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The following is The address Of the great
Hungarian and the Presidents reply:
On being presented, Kossuth said
Mr- President. Enlightened BY the spirit
Of your country's institutions, Wien VIC sue
ceeied to consolidate our natural and histor-
ical State right Of self government, BY placing
| it upon the broad foundation Of Democratic
| liberty:
| Inspired by your history when we had to
! fight for independence against humiliation BY
centralized absolutism
Consoled BY your peoples sympathy when
a victim Of Russian interference with the laws
Of Nature and Of Natures God:
| Protected in exile by the government. ofthc
United States, supporting the Sultan Of Tur-
key in his noble resolution to undergo the
very danger Of war, rather than leave I'M
protected the rights Of humanity against
Russo Aurtiian despotism
! Restored by the United States TO lie be-
cause restored to freedom, and by freedom to
activity in behalf Of those duties which, by
reign will deyolved on me:
Raised in the eyes of many oppressed ma
tions to the standing Of a harbingcr Of hope
because the star spanglcd banner was seen
casting protection around me, announcing to
the world that there is a naticn, alike power
full as free, ready to protect the laws Of ma
tons, even in distant parts Of the earth, and
in the person Of poor exile:
Chcered BY your peoples sympathy, so as
freemen cheer--not a man whatever but q
principle:
now bow before you, sir in the proud po-
sition of your great nations guest. generously
welcomed by resolution Of the Congress OF
the United States, with equal generosity APP
proved aud executed by your Excellency.
beg leave to express my fervont thanks,
in my uanlesaud in the name OF mr. associates,
who after having shared my misfortunes, have
now the reward to share the honor and the
benefit which the great Republic Of the Uni
ted States was pleased to bcstow upon Hun
gary by bestowing it upon its freely chosen
chief when he became prosecuted victim Of
dcspp.ic violence
beg leave to express my ferycut thanks in
my couprys name also. which. amidst the
sorrows Of its desolation, feels cLeered BY your
country's generosity, and looks with resola-
ton to the impending future, because il is
confident that the time draws near when the
eternal code Of the lawNof nations win become
reality.
President! stand before your Exoellency
a living protcstation against the violence Of
| foreign interference expressing the sovereign
| right Of nations to regulate their own domes-
tic concerns.
! stand before your Excellency a living
protestation against Capitalization expressing
the State right Of each government. y
May be allowed to take it for an augury
of better times that, 10 landing on the happy
shore Of this glorious republic, landed in a
free and powerful country, whose honored
Chief Magistrate proclaims to the world that,
this country cannot remain Indifferent when
the strong arm of a foreign power is invoked
to stde public sentiment and repress the
spirit Of freedom in any country.
thank God that He deemed me not IN
worthy to act and to suffer for my father
land
thank God that the fate Of my country
became 50 intimately connected with the fate
Of liberty and independence Of nations in Eu-
rope, as formerly il was intimately connected
with the security of Christcndom.
thank God that my eountry's unmerited
wo, and my personal suffcriugs, became an
opportunity to seek a manifestation of the
spirit aud principles Of your republic.
May God the Almighty bless you with o
long life, that you may long enjoy the hap
piness to see your country great, glorious,
and free, the cornerstone of international
justice, and the column of freedom on the
earth, as it is already an asylum to the op-
pressed.
Sir pledge to your country the cverlast-
ing gratitude of Hungary.
The President replied briefly to NJ Kos.
suths address, in substance as follows:
| am happy, Gov. Kossuth. to welcome
you to this land Of freedom, and it gives me
| pleasure to congratulate you upon your re-.
lease from long confinement in Turkey, aud
your arrival here As an individual SYM
pathized deeply with you in your brave strug-
/ gle for the independence and freedom of your
land. The American people can never be
indifferent TO such a contest, but our policy
as nation in this respect has been uniform
from the commencement of our government /;
and my own views as the Chief Executive
Magistrate of this nation, are fully aud free
! " expressed in my recent message to Con-
gress, to which you have been pleased to al
Jude. They are the same, whether speaking
to Congress here or to the nations of Europe.
Should your country be restored to indie
pendence and freedom, should then wish
you--as the greatest blessing you could en-
joy--a restoration to your native land; but,
should that never happen, ] can only repeat
my welcome to you and your companions
here, and pray that Gods blessing may rest
upon you wherever your lot may be cast
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BsS-Do you wish to be remembered after
you are dead Remembered in warm hearts
with grcatiul affections clustering about your
memories Strive for moral excellence and
Christian virtue do good and be kind and
merciFul to all. Sucha course win keep yoar