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

statnmerlng Words of q warm heart over
wbelmed with emotions and with sorrowiul
cores--Iet me enireat you, ladies to be watch
nj Of the sympathy Of your people, like the
mother over the cradle of her beloved chih.
IL is worthy Of your watchful care, because
il is the cradle of regenerated humanity
Fsnecin,M,v in regard TO my poor fatherland,
have porticu,'c.r claims on The iairer aud
better half of humanlii;y, winch you are
The first of these claims is, tn,,t there is not,
perhaps, OH the face of the earth S9hon
which in its institutions has shown more
chivalric regard for ladies' than the Hunga-
rians. Il is a praiseworthy trait of the Ori-
entail character. You know that it was the
Moorish race, in Spain, who were the found
crs of the chivalrc era in Europe, so full of
personal virtue, so full of noble deeds, so
devoted to the service of ladies', and hero
ism, aud to the protection of the oppressed.
You are told that the ladies' Of the East are
almost degraded TO less than human con-
ditiun, being secluded from all social life,
and pcnt up within the harenl's walls. And
so it is, but you must not judge the East by
the measure of European civilization
They have their own civilization, quite diff
ferent from ours in views, inclinations, nffec-
tions. and thoughts. Eastern mankind is
tradiionnl-the very soil retains the stamp
of traditional antiquity. When you walk
upon that old soil, with the Old Testament
in your hand, aud read the prophets aud the
patriarchs OIL the very spot where they lived
and walked, you are astonished TO fnd that
nature is us il was five thousand years ago,
and that the cednrs still grow on her bound
airy, under the shadow of which the palri-
archs were protected. You see the well
Just as jacob saw it when Rachel gave drink
to him aud his camels. Everything-the
aspect of nature, the habits, the CUSTOMS
the social life of the people--is measured,
not by centuries, hut by thousands of Years.
The women of the East live rs they lived
in the time of the pntriurchs, and they feel
happy. Let them remain so. Applause. y
Who can wish them more on earth than
happiness? Nothing is more ridiculous than
TO pity those who feel happy. But such is
the fact that there is almost religious re-
gard paid 10 women in the East. No man
dares to injure or TO offend a woman there.
lie who would do so would be despised by
all like dog. That respect goes 50 far,
that the lord docs not dare to raise the car
pet of his harem's door, still less enter it,
where pair OF slippers before the threslI-
old tells him that lady is in the roOm.-
(Applausc.) Respect aud reverence for wo-
men is the characteristic of the Orient. The
Mngyars are Of Eastern stock, cast in Europe.
We found all the blessings OF civilization in
your ladies' but we conserved for them the
regard and reverence of our Orientel char
acter. Nay, more Than that, we carried these
views into our institutions aud into our laws.
With us the widow remains the head of the
fnnily, as The father was. As long as she
lives, she is the mistress of the property of
her deceased husband. The chivarous spirit
of the nation supposes she will provide with
nlotherly care, for the wants of her children,
aud she remains In possession SO long as she
bears her deceased husbands name. The
old Constitution of Hungary which we re-
formed upon democratic basis-it having
been arstocralic--underi that instrument the
widow of lord had right TO send her Rep
resentaliye to the Parliament, and in the
county elections of public iinctionaries
widows had right TO vote alike with the
men. Perhaps this clivalric character of
my nation, 50 full of regard toward the fair
sex, may somewhat commend my mission to
the ladies' Of America. Our second pariicu-
lar claim is, that the source of all the mis-
fortune which now weighs so heavily upon
my bleeding fatherlund, is in two ladies'
Catherine OF Russn, aud Sophia Of llaps-
burg, the ambitious mother OF the young
Nero, Francis Joseph.
You know that one hundred and fifty
years ago, Charles the Twelfth, of Sweden,
the hruvest of the brave, toreseeing the
growth of Russia, and fearing tllut il would
oppress aud overwhGlm civilization, yentur-
ed with handful of men TO overthrow the
rising power of Russia. After immortal
deeds, and almost fabulous victories, one
loss made him refugee upon Turkish soil,
like myself. But, happier than myself, he
succeeded in persuadng Turkey of the ne
cessiiy of checking Russia, in her oyerween-
ing ambition, aud in curlailing her growth.
On went Mehemel Balzordsi with bis Turks,
aud met Peter the Car, and pent him up in
u corner, where there was 10 possibility of
escape. There Mehemet held him with
iron grasp Till hunger came TO his aid. Bat
nature claimed her rights, and in council
of war it was decided TO surrender to Ne
hemet Then Catherine, who was present
in the camp, appeared in person before the
Grand Nizier TO sue for mercy She was
fair, and she was rich with jewels of name
less value. She went 10 the Grand Vzier's
tent She came back without any jewels,
but she brought mercy, and Russla was sa-
we'd. From that celebrated day dates the
downfall of Turkey, and that of Russm's
growth Out of this source flowed the
stream of Russian prepondernnce over the
European continent; aud down-lrodden lib
elty, and the namelcss suiferings of Poland
aud Of my poor native land, are the dreadful
fruits of GATHERINGS success on that day cur
sed in the records ofhumnnty. The second
lady who will be cursed through all posteri-
", in her memory, is Sophia, the mother of
the present usurper OF ilungury-she who
had the ambitious dream TO raise the limited
power of a child upon the ruins of liberty,
and on the neck of down-uoddcn nations.
Ii was her ambition-the evil genius of the
house of lapsburg in the present day-wllch
brought desoation upon us. need ouly
mention one fact to characterize what kind
Of II heart was in that cursed woman. On
the anniversary of the day of Arad, where