The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-04-17
Kcssuth's Speech at St, Louis.

Hungarian Chief. as hc denies IN it, the charge
which alarge portion Of our citizens have brought
against him, viz that he was making war upon
tho Catholic religion How far this answer
will prove satisfactory to this class Of our people
we leave for those who feel interested TO Judge for
themselves, We give the speech in full.
GkNTLiMEN: Duing my orief sojonrn in your
hospltable city, have heard so much about petty
local matters and petty party politics in,erwea.
wing their spider webs with the cable Of the great
cause of the Christian world which | humbly
plead, aud have SO much heard about the hy.
pocrtlcal tactics Of men, imported from Austria
to advance the noble cause of Russo Austrian
despOtisni in America, aud chiefly in your city
here that indeed | became longing for the pure
mir where the merry sunshine NJ well as the me
lancholly drop Of the rain, the roaring Of the
thunder storm, and the sigh II the gentle breeze
tells TO the oppressors aud their toolcs as well
as the oppressed that there is a God in Heaven
who rules the Universe by eternal laws; the Al
mighty father of Humanity omnpotcnt in his
wisdom beautiful in his omuipo,euCe Just in
his Judgment and eternal in his love; the Lord
who gave strength to the boy David against Go
llah-who ofed makes ont Of humble individuals
efficient mst.uacUlalltes TO push forward the
condition Of mankind toward that dcstiny which
his mcrcylul will has assigned TO this VII
against which neither the proud ambition Of ar
rogTut dcspOts nor the artificial sI,il of their ob
s,qUiuus tools can prevail. In him | put my
trust aud 90 checIiuly on TO my duties. Still |
may be excused for the slight weakness that
when pent up now and then, into The close air If
obsolete politics, my breast hcaycs with sorrow
aud my heart becomes sad tut when have be
Il l.,
conquered soul, and its generous instinct, then I
feel again al Is well, and that God Is with me
Gentlemen, you have been pleased to bestow
ths, con,Ul.tlun to my sad heart. thank you
for it, gentlemen have sech many storm
Advcrclllos have never bent the resolution Of my
heart. Often | tumhlei upon the rocks which
lmrious vice threw INTO my way, but the Al.
mighty raised ne with increased strength from
every fall and here stand, though tempest torn
and pcr-ecutcd and homcles. exile, still uuOrO
ken and uubent, feared 10y pots and hated and
prosecuted by lholr satellites in my very exile
Oh, thank thee. my God, f,r this hatred, this
persecution, and tins fear They show too clear
ly that the cause ! plead Is not a dead CAUSE
Ghat there Is life IN the present and success in the
future and that am IN the right way To benefit
the cause, noble and just aud great, to which |
devoted my life. Else i there were no success
III what am engaged IN, they would neither fear
nur hate, nor pursccuic nc.
| thank them for that persecution, it imparts
mare hope to my lrta,t than all the kindness ui
my friend. could DO and | give You my word
that If | have the cuucou>ncss of having well
mcr.tcd in my past the hatred and the fear Of
tyrauts aud their instruments, so may God bless
me- a, | will do all mortal man can do To
merit that hatred and that fear still more.
Why Am | not standing on the bank Of tie
Mi,si.-ilpi, chcered. welcomed and supported
as warmly and rs heartily as when stepped iirst
upon your gloious shores' Distance. and the
history Of what | suffered and what | did, had
cast some halo of expectation around my name
tie halo Of distance and expectation vanished
like u dream, and 60 on wandering from city to
city, plain common man, rcpusing rather than
attracting affection by the gloom Which is cast 10y
tolls aud suilerngs around my brow, and STAN
meriug my bad English with strange nCcentua.
,ion, bad as you seldom hear, and opposition
hostility an v-nomou, calumuy and impious ma.
ligni.y have eXpausted every means to check
that sympathy Of the people which rose to the
position # public opinion, the more powerful the
more it j. opposed and has that sympathy sub
sdcdi Has IT ahatcdl Is it chccked' No; it
rolls on, swelling as | progress Here | have
again an improving evidence before my eyes
here in St Louis, my namcSake cty-where 70
much and that So pcrscyCrently, was done to
prevent this evidence. Yes, it rolls on, swell
Iug Us progress IN my mission, and 1t will roll
ON swelling I'LL 1t will finally submcrge all en-
deayors to mislead the natural incnations Of
frecmcn TO tcttcr the energies Of the nation,
to stItic its spirits and to check the growing
aspirations Of the peoples strong. noble heart.
Well 60 much | dare to take for sure that
when the first roaring Of cannon echoes over the
waves, announcing TO American that the great
battle is engaged which has to decide what
principles shall rule the world, Libcrty
or Deyotim, there is no power, no presumed
wisdom ofstaionery policy on the earth capable
to compel the people Of this mighty republic 10 re-
main an iccle and Indifferent spectator Of that
great struggle, where its own future also is to be
decided because in the scale ofthnt approaching
struggle the destihies oithe Christian world are to
be weighed.
SO much dare take for sure ami, indeed,
it cannot otherwise come, because That il an
mperlous necessity of your countrv's position
and the circumstances OF the world.
Let me briefly tell how matters stand; When
the Emperor Of Austria, beaten down in his sac
iilegious attack by our victorious armies prosira.
ted himself at the feet of the Car, mendlcating
his assistance, the Car, about to commit the i'm.
mense crime Of violating the laws Of nations by
his invasion on Hungary issued proclamation,
in which he told the world that all the Poen.
tatcs must league against Liberty, and they
must all consider the rule Of ofunlimited nb.olutism
as n common cause that he would help the
young yrant OF Austria in the hour of his need,
but under the condition, that, after Hungary had
been crushed. upon the ruins of our national cNis.
teucc, the allied de.pots must so on to crush the
spirit Of freedom every where and not only not
make any concession to revolutionary move.
ments, but not TO stay till the dangerous ex
ample of every Constitutional Government is
abolished, and Liberty bloted out entirely from
the earth
That war against liberty is now going on,
and IT is that Internal work Of oppression, against
which not only Hungary, but all the oppressed
nations the European Continent, are about to
rise.
Well, can America remain an indifferent spec
tator Of this struggle, in which America is almost
equally interested ut IT was in its own domestic
war for independedcel Yes, gentlemen, make
this comparison by design, because it is not less
important to conserve thi' independence than it
was to acquire It, And it is mathematcally sure
thai il all Europe becomes Cossack because ruled
by the protectorate Of the Car, America cannot
conserve its republican institution, its union aud ts
Independence.
| am told your country is invulnerabe, But |
say quite the contrary, that country is the most
vulnerable which can be approached at thousands
and thousands Of points from the sea; since the
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