Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-01-10

trying time should come again, maintain that nag
the stars and stripes) and the same triumph and tn,
same victories in the of liberty Great applause
The PRESIDENT Gentlemen, | am now about Il
give you toast to which every American will cor
daily respond | feel and know that while the
Hungarian struggle going and her flag waved aloft
rejoced in her and mourned in her temporary
defeats. Emotion. We honored those who strug
Cling for their natonaltywho struggling for then
liberty; who prepared to sacrifice all, even life
ITSELF to obtain it, We followed ilusrious guest in
his mournfu exile We the first to call upon him Ia
return to the land which ready to receive him with
open armsthe land of liberty the land of freedom the
land of hospitality The toast give you, gentlemen is
HUNGARY, represented in the person of our honored
Guest having proved herself worthy TO be free by the vr
and vaor of her sons the law of nations and the die
tates justice alike demand that she shall have fair play
in her struggle for independence"
| This toast was received with tremendous cheers
and applause, which lasted several minutes.
Nj. KossUTH then rose and spoke as follows:
SIR: As Cyneas the Eprote stood among the Sc
majors of Rome who, with earnest word of selfcon
scous majesty controlled the condition OF the world and
arrested mighty kings in their ambitious march-thus,
full Of admiration and of reverence stand amongst you
Legislators of the new capitol, that glorious hall of your
peoples collective majesty The capitol of old yet stands
but the spirit has departed from and come to yours
purified by the air of liberty The old stands mourn
full monument Of the fragity of human things yours
as sanctuary of eternal right. The old beamed with the
red iustre OF conquest darkened by expressions
gloomy night; yours beams with freedoms bright ray
The old absorbed the world by its centralized glory
yours protects your nation against absorption
by itself The old was awful with Unrestricted power
is glorious with having restricted it. At the view
of the old, nations trembed the view of yours hui
mainly hopes To the old, misfortune was only intro
duced with fettered hands to kneel at triumphant
querors heels To yours the triumph of introduction
is granted to unfortunate exles invited to the honor Of
seat And where Kings and Caesars will be hailed
for their powers might and wealth. there the prosecuted
chief of downtrodden nation is welcomed your great
Republics guest precisely because hes persecuted help
less, and poor In the DID, the terrible the
rule In yours protection to the oppressed maledicon
to ambitious oppressors, and consolation to yanqushed
just cause And while out of the old conquered world
WINS ruled you in yours provide for the fedora
tive interests of territory larger than the conquered
world of the old There boastng their viii to
be the sovereign of the world here sit whose glory
is to acknowledge the laws of and of nature God
and to do what their sovereign, the people, wills.
Sir there is history in these parallels History of past
and history of future centuries may be often record
ed few words The small particulars to which the passion
living men cings with eryent ZEAL sit the fragile fingers
of men could the rotation of destiny Wheel these
particulars die away it is the issue which makes history
and that issue is always logical There is necessity of
consequences wherever the necessity of position exists
Principles the alpha they finish with omega and
they will Thus history may be told often in few words
Before yet the heroic struggle of Greece first engaged
your country sympathy for the fate of freedom in Europe
then so far distant and near Chateaubriand hap
Dened TO be in Athens, and he heard from raised
Ipon the Propyleums ruins Turkish priest in Arabic
language announcing the lapse of hours to the Christians
# Mnerya's town What immense history in the small
act of Turkish Imaun crying out Pray pray the hour
5 running fast, and the judgment draws near"
Sir, there is equally history of future ages written
n the honor bestowed by you to my humble self The
irs Governor of Independent Hungary driven from his
native land by Russian yolence exile Turkish SOIL
protected by Mahomean Sultan against the boodhirst
Christian yrants cast back prisoner far Asia by
Ao,at
crossing the Atlantic charged with the hopes of Europes
oppressed nations pleading poor exile before the peo
pie of this great Republic, his downtrodden countrys
wrongs and its intimate connection with the fate Of the
European continent and with the boldness Of just
cause claiming the principles of the christian religion to
be raised to law of nations; and to see not only the
bodness of the poor exile forgiven, but him con-
soled by the sympathy Of millions, encouraged by indi-
vduals, associations meetings cities, and States; sup
ported by operative aid and greeted by Congress by
Government as the nations guest honored out of gene
rosity, with that honor which only before him
received and that received them of gratitude
with honors such as no potentae receive and
this banquet here and the toast which have thank you
for Oh indeed sir there is history of future ages in
all these facts They viii 20 down to poseriy in the og
cal consequences Of principles which the foundation
Of these facts.
Sir, though have the noble pride Of my principles
and though have the inspiration Of just cause still have
also the consciousness Of my personal humility Never
will forget what is due from to the sovereign source
OF my public capacity. This TO my nations Dig
my anu therefore, respectfully thanking tins highly
distinguished assembly in my counrys name have the
holiness TO say that Hungary well deserves your sym
pathy; that Hungary has claim protection because
has claim to justice. But my own humble self
permit me humbly TO express that am well aware not
to have in all these honors any personal share Nav
know that that which might seem to be personal in
your toast only acknowledgment Of historical fact
very instructyely connected with principle valuable
and dear to every republican heart in the United States
Of America
Sir, you were pleased TO mention in your toast that
am unconquered BY misfortune and unseduced by amb-
uoh NOW, 1t is proydental fact that misfortune has
the privilege to ennoble mans mind and to strengthen
man character There is a sort of natural instinct of
human dignity in the heart Of man. which stees his very
nerves not TO bend beneath the heavy blows of great adj
'ersues Inc palm tree grows best beneath ponderous
weight Even so the character Of man. There is no
merit in it. 1t law Of psychology The petty pangs of
small daily have often bent the character Of men but
great misfortune seldom There is less danger in this than
IN great luck And, to ambition indeed never was
able to understand how any body can more love ambition
than liberty But am glad to state historical fact as
principal demonstration of that influence which nst-
tutions exercise upon the character Of nations
We Hungarans are very fond of the principle Of NUM-
cpal sefgovernmen and have horror against
the principle Of Capitalization That fond attachment TO
municipal sefgoyernment without which there no pro
yncal freedom possible, is fundamental feature of nr
national character We brought it with from far Asia
thousand years ago, and conserved il throughout the
ycissudes Of ten centuries No nation has perhaps so
much struggled and suffered from the civilized christian
world as We We do not complain Of this lot 1t may be
heavy, but II is not nglorous Where the cradle Of our
co. there another faith rules and the whole of Europes
armed pilgrimage could this fate from that sn
cred spot nor stop the rushing Of Isasm absorb
ing the christian empire Of Constantine. We stopped