The southern press., 1852-01-13

great sentiment of enlightened men should be
in all countries, political liberty and religious
federation. Suffer all to enjoy their appropriate
parts in the institutions of human society, and
suffer all, at the same time, to enjoy their OWL
sentiments IN matters OF religion and OF duty tC
God. May the time come when freedom, ciyi
and religious, now fully enjoyed over all this
portion OF North America, may also be enjoyed
in every country throughout tte whole civilized
world.
What any man does for liberty, civil or reli
gious, is treasured up, he may be assured, where
| it will not be lost Human life passes away
like heeting shadow, individuals appear ano
disappear on the stage of human action, but just
principles are permanent, and truth is eternal
and whoever connects himself intimately with
these ever-enduring subjects, will have taken
care that his name, and his character, shall moi
| perish from the memory Of men.
On the topics, gentlemen, which this occasion
seems to invite, have nothing to say, because
in the course of my political life not now a short
one, have said all that | wish to say, and all
that wish to transmit to posterity connected
with my own name and history. What said
of Greece twenty five years ago. when our friend
was too young to be in political life, Irepeat to.
night, rerbum posi- uerbun,, exactly as said il
then Great applause. What said of Spain
at a later period, when the power OF the restored
Bourbons WAS exerted to impose upon Spain a
| dynasty not wished by the people of Spain, that
! repeat in English, and Spanish, and French
and in every other language, it they choose to
translate it. Applause.
+ May also be SO egollsiica| as to remark that
| have nothing new TO say upon the subject OF
Hungary! Gentlemen, in the autumn of the
| year before last, ont of health, and retired to
my paternal home among the mountains of New
Hampshire, was obliged to confne myself to
my house; but was among the mountains
whose native air was born TO inspire No
| thing salued my senses, nothing saluted my mind
or my sentiments, but freedom, full and entire,
applause; i and there, gentlemen, near the rave
fmy ancestors, wrote letter, which most of
you may have seen, addressed to the Austrian
Charge dAflairs. Great applause, which was
continued for some time can say nothing of
the ability displayed in that letter; but as to its
principles, while the sun and moon endure, and
while can see the light of the sun and the moon,
| stand by them. Great applause. In letter
dated February last, moved by those consdera-
tions which have influenced all the Christian
world, making no particular merit Of it, | ad
dressed letter to the American minister at
Constantinople, at the court of the Sublime
Porte, for the relief OF NJ. Louis Kossuth and
his companions in exile; and happen to know
that that letter was not without some effect. IL
is proper here for to say, that both the letters
to which | have alluded, were despatched with
the appreciation of the President of the United
States. They were, therefore, so far the acts
of the government of the United States in its
executive capacity. Now, | shall not further
advert to these topics to night, nor shall go
back to former times and again discuss the pro-
visions of the Holy Alliance but say that in
the sentiments avowed by me, | think in the
year 1928, in the cause Of Greace and in the
more subsequent declarations of opinion, there
is that which can never depart from without
departing from myself ! should cease to be
what am if | were to retract single sentiment
which has been expressed on these several occa-
sions
Now, gentlemen, | do not propose, at this
hour of the night, to entertain you, or to attempt
TO entertain you, by any general disqusiton
upon the value of human freedom, upon the in
aenable rights of man, or upon any general
topics of that kind; but wish to say few
words upon the precise question, as | under
stand it, that exists before the civilized world
between Hungary and the Austrian govern
ment. | wish to arrange the thoughts, to which
| desire to give utterance, under two or three
general heads.
And in the first place say, that wherever
there is in the Christian and civilized world a
nationality of character, wherever there exists a
nation Of sufficient knowledge, and wealth, and
population, to constitute government, then a
national government is a necessary and proper
result of nationality Of character We may talk
of it we please, but there is nothing that sat-
isfies the mind of man in an enlightened age,
unless he enjoys the protection of government
under the institutions of his own country. No
matter how easy be the yoke of foreign pow
er, no matter how lightly it sits upon the should
ers, if it is not imposed by the voice of his own
nation and of his own country, he will not, he
cannot, and he means not to be happy under its
burden lApplause.]
There is, gentlemen, one great element of hu-
man happiness mixed up with others. We
have our official affections, our family affections
but then we have this sentiment of country
which imbues all our hearts, and enters into all
our other feelings; and that sentiment of coun.
try is an affection not only for the soil on which
we are born, it not only appertains to our
parents and sisters and brothers and friends, but
TO our habits and institutions, and to the gov
ernment of that country in all respects There
is not civilized and intelligent man on earth
that enjoys entire satisfaction in his condition
if he does not live under the government of his
own nation--his own country, whose votions
and sentiments and sympathes are like his own
Who is perfectly happy in any country when
he must say, "Ths is not my country; it is the
country of another power; it is a country be-
longing to somebody else" Therefore j say
that wherever there is nation of sufficient in
tegence and numbers and wealth to maintain
government distinct in its character and its
history and its institutions, that nation cannot
be happy but under government of its own
choice. Applause.
Then, sir, the next question is whether Hun
! gary, as she exists in. our ideas, as we see her
and as we know her. is diclinct in her national
! ty, is competent in her population, is also com
petent in her knowledge and devotion to cor
rect sentiment is competent in her national ca
pacity for liberty and independence to maintain
government that shall be Hungarian out and
out? Upon that subject, gentlemen, | have no
manner Of doubt Let us look little at the
position in which this matter stands What is
Hungary! | am not, gentleman, about to IA
| tigue you with long statements but wish to
say that, as ! understand the matter, and | have
taken some pains TO look at it, Hungary con-
tars sufficient population TO constitute ma