The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-01-14

frcelEe any saeh sid from us.
Again, MT. President. il has been said
ll,as re owe his testimony IN Kossnih
. he great impersonsiion u lhs prin-
csple NJ free government. n has not bern
nv farsune. though do mi profess any
large knowledge on This sub)ecs. 10 hare
found IN he past history II kassuih .
nv evidence ahai he arrnpies such posi-
tim. hare watched with inseresslhe slpr-
Gle between Auslris- and Hungary. and
lell sincere and anxinns desire shss Hun
gary should surrefd in sindirslirg her in
drpeadenrr. WAS SATISFIED. from ihr
organization | Was able N give ihr subject.
that HE Emperor Of Austria had violated
me Fundamental conditions upon which.
fsr centuries. lhe originally independent
Kinqdem OF Hungary had been suhjec 10
ihe Austrian Crown, and fell under the
eoniroI Of The House nj Hspsbug. TWAS
na a contest 10 establish republican in
sliiu,ions. arrording 10 our understand
ing nf the term. | have no evidenre OF
sny snrh purpose. II was war fnr ma
,ional Independence war unsuitable on
the part .d Hungary. beranse the lnnsis-
mental conditions Of union had been W.
olaie.l. and beeause thai violaiion was ob-
siinaiely peiserered in-and. therefore.
whether Hungary had intended TO esIab-
lish a despolir or free government for
herself. I should hare heartily wished f"r
her sucress in the conhiri. Ii was The
cause Of national independence M, Of
republican institutions, which kossnill
urged. donbl Yery much whether. in
The whole struggle. The idea ever entered
into his mind Of n broadcast sowing Of
liberal principles and equal rights aiming
his counirymen. lie wishes To establish
an independent State and Nation under
The supremacy Of the Magyar race; lras-
ing The Srlavnnians aud other inferior
casIes 10 occupy The position that they
had heinre occupied when The kingdom
was connected with Austria. That think
is what he wished. II is d mistake.
therefore. i, seems To me. 20 suppose that
Knssuih. in his Struggles in Enrape. was
the embodiment uf The principle of Ame-
riran freedom--ireednm as we understand
IL. A country NAV be absolutely iudepen-
dent. and vel thoroughly despniie. snch
is Russia. A country NAV be absolutely
Independent, and enlirrly arisloc,a'iral. az
absolutely independent and thoroughly
Demorraiiral. The interior regulations
by which the public authority 10 Jis;ribu-
ted and the rights Of citizens is secured,
are totally distinct from the POSITION
which in external relations makes The
stale or sovereignty independent. am
willing IN Admit that Kossuli represents
high principle-ihe prinei,l Of nation.
al independence. bnl moi that nf repub.
licanism. When this subject is care
fully CONSIDERED. l think IL will be found
that The whole Of il resolves itself into
fthis: that Kossnih was expected or invi.
tied here as an emigrani-he came as y
politieal emissary and The question is.
whether there is anything in mr. past his
tary lin our present purposes, or nnr fu-
ture prospects. which shnnld induce ns
10 pass resolution oT this kind In favor III
one coming amongst ns in that character
and under such circumstances.
II has been said thai his proceedings in
Hungary were like those out Of which
l.sprang our own Declaration of ln,lrprn-
,lencr, and nur State constitutions --our
demands. originally small. growing lar
ger as we advanced in strength This,
think, is mistake. Our fathers ,l,d moi
increase their demands upon The British
G ,vernmenl from time To time. They
preferred a claim at onre fnr all the rights
which their ancestors enioyed in England
and brought here. They demanded 10
more. al,nongh my friend from New Jer
sev Mr.. Sloekion seemed 10 suppose thai
EngIishmen, as such, have no rights. nur
revolutionary fathers .laimed before the
Declaration nflndepen lence no rights but
the rights Of Engli-hnrn. II was an in.
vasinn Of their hirlh.rishi as English sub
jeets Of which they complained. For
Yeas they solmited The Crown aud Par
lament Ia mainlain or restore Ia them
their ancient rights. ami when these soil
citations had proved Intellectual, then. as
a last resort. they few 10 arms and ,lrclar-
ed themselves independent. They scarce.
Nv waited an hnur after that declaration he
! FIRE the several states fnrmpd constitutions
for themselves: ant. wha, do they emho IL
in them! The principle nf English fee.
,lnm such as The habeas corpus. aud the
trial by jury the liberty Of speech aud
the press and when they came Ia frame
their own declarations of rights. where
did they resort fnI The materials out oI
which they were To he framed Dn! ilry
n"l resent 10 that very England! Assur.
e,lly they did. They struck oil The external
form Of mnnarrhy. and they provided by
republican farms for the security of Their
righ s-ihe civil rights which they had
enjnyed "a Englishmen. hui which. in con.
sequence Of the oh ,nges of time. had be-.
come insecure or threatened BIS their enm.
nexi N with that country. They did nni
begin by making small demand. aud hypo.
critically rsserving 10 ih"mselvss until