The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-02-04


lie. having only at heart the interest Of bis
religion, ought, WITH deep sOnoE, 10 view
and not allow himself % be abused as a tool
BY individuals who take the word religion
but to screen their private ambition with;
and whose motto is-"let the world groan
in chains when we but rule under the shad-
ow of the Eagle Of Russia
Really | am sorry TO have thus to
speak. But once to do it, was a necessity.
II it be indeed true that amongst the Roman
Catholics an opposition is got up against my
cause, let them remember that in opposing
me they oppose the independence and free
dom of millions Of Hungarian Catholics, the
ind spendence and freedom Of Catholic Italy,
Catholic half of Germany, and Catholic
France: and in opposiOng me they are sup
porting the Gar, the most bloody enemy OF
their religiOn;-they are doing the business
of Russian diplomacy. rsrer- 81
Gentlemen, here l win end. II the cause
which / represent were not ola higher duty,
and if the heart of the people of the United
States were not more moved by principles
and by liberty than to require the moving
power ofpetty interests, ! would mention that
Will the victory Of absolUtism is about TO
exclude Americas agriculture and industry
from The market of Europe, the victory Of
freedom opens it to them. Hungary alone
is a market to $13 O00,O 600 a year for cot
ton, and the pregnant necessity for SOM
1000 miles of railroad, connected with the
depressed condition of its own Iron.
works would afford an immense field of en-.
teprise to the industry peculiar to Pennsyl'
vania.
But with you, such arguments are moi
required, and Ihave spoken too long already,
| most humbly thank you for your generous
sympaty. Unjust humbly thank you, par
ticularly for the manner in which this Fest
val-ever to be remembered by me-wa
spent on my humble self, though never
neglect to pray, "don't mind my humble
self: | am not worthy Of any personal regads
and l feel humbled: not g~laddened, in receiv'
ing them, let me be unregarded, let me be
unhonored, let me be unfeasted,-bu re-
member and help bleeding Hungary" May
l be attacked, illuminated and trampled II
the dust, thai is all the same. Hungary
cause will not be less just, less important
less worthy of your sympathy. So nothing
to me, nothing fos me, but all for Hungary
for Freedoms and for oppressed Europe
sake, "
You have adopted in this Festival, thi
practical course. 1t was Hungary you invi
ted, to sit down to the Banquet of your sub
~stantial generosity. Be thaked-athousanC
times thanked for it. May your generou
example be followed: may the Association
of Friends of Hungary,--of which this Fes
tival is the first, on a broad extensive basi
.l---spread over the West. May you hav'
given the start to that practical view, tina
every dollar spent is kind intended; bnt un
profitable demonstrations, is a dollar lost 70
Hungary. And if your generous, as wei
as practical example, be followed trough tn
| West, upon the most promising threshold o
which | now stand, then indeed it will prov
true, what some tell--that 1t is in the Yves
t l will find America, energetic and genel
Gus, as it is gigantic and free.