The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-02-20

will be perpetuated upon the living tablets OF
the hearts Of freedoms votari.s throughout the
4 world. The spirits Of the martyrs shall whisper
/ hone and consolation to the hearts OF her sur.
yiying children; and from out the dungeons oi
her captive patriots shall go forth the spirit oil
/ liberty to cheer and animate their countrymen.
"And when thy sons to fetters are consigned,
! To fetters and the damp vaults dayless gloom'
/ Their country conquers with their msrtyruoIh,
And freedoms fame finds wings on every
D wind"
1 What nav be the future Of Hungary, it ie
1 not given us to know. No eye but Gods can
penetrate the thick veil which separates the fu-
/ tnre from the present. Bat we know that her
cause is Just and we have an abiding faith that
Justice and right will ultimately prevail. And
/ when her brave sODs shall again put on their
armor 20 battle for freedom, we trust that the
law Of nations and Of humanity shall not be
again outraged BY the Intervention Of foreign
power.
Yon are engaged in high and holy mission.
The redemption OF your Fatherland from op.
preston is worthy Of your efforts, and may God
prosper them; and may you find in this fires
land such sympathy and aid as will strengthen
your heart for the stern trials which await you
Einyour own country. We tender you the hos
pitalities Of our city, and assure yOu OF the
sympsthies Of our people, and we indulge the
hope that Hungary may become the bulwark ol
liberty in Europe, and stay the tide Of despot-
ism, as in former days she repelled the iniidel
hosts, aud protected Christian Europe from the
advancing tide Of Mohammedanism.
After Mr.. Smith concluded, GOVERNOR
KoSSUTh gracefully bowed to the great mass
of people above, below and around him, and
then addressed them, as follows:
SIR: Before answer you, let me look over
/ this spirited ocean of men that might deeply
impress upon my mind the recollection of how
! look those who, almost within a wink of the
eye transformed the wilderness Of primitive
forest into an immense city, of which there ex-
lists a prediction that by the year of our Lord
1000, it will be the greatest city in the world
The Westl the West the region of the father
of riversl there thou canst see the cradle of a
new born humanity. So | was told BY the
learned eXpOunders Of descriptive geography,
who believe that they know the world, because
they have seen it on maps and glanced at it
through Spectacles, the cOncavity of which re-
duces the gigantic limbs Of an elephant to the
modest propo tions Of flea.
The West a cradlel Why7 A cradle is the
sleeping place Of a child wrapped in swsddling
clothes and crying for the mothers milk.
People Of Cincinnati! are you that child,
which, awakening in an unmatched moment
liberated his little tender hands flom under the
swaddllng band, and stretching them out in un-
wouted comfort, swept away by his left arm
the primitive forest planted by the Lord on
creations dawn and raised by his right hand
this mighty metropolis2
Why if that be your childhood's pastime
work, am awed by the preseutiment Of your
mauhJods task, because there is written that it is
forbidden to men to approach too near to ON.
impotence.
And tha. people here before which l bow
with deep respect which created this rich city
and changed the native woods Of the red man
into a iiourishug seat of Christian civiiiz ,tion
and civilized Christianity, aud into a living
workshop Of science aud art, Of industry and
widely spread commerce; and performed this
change not like the drop which BY falling in
ceosauLIy through centuries, digs gulf where
a mountain stood bnt performed it suddenly
within the time Of the proud-like magician
that people achieved a greater work than the;
giants Of old, who dared to heap Ossa upon
Pelion; but excuse me, the comparison is bad.
Those giants Of old hesped mountain upon
mountain, with the impous design to storm the
heavens You transformed the wilderness of
the West into the dwelling place of an enlght-
ened, industrious, intelligent Christian commu-
nifty, that it may flourish living monument of
the wonderful bounty Of Divine Providence
temple Of freedom which glorifes God and
bids hope to oppressei humanity.
And yet when look at you, citizens of Gin
I r
uncommon frame; | see men as | am wont to
see, since live, aud have lived almost long
enough to have seen Cincinnati a small ham
let composed OF some modest log houses, sep.
sraed by dense woods where savage beasts aad
savage Indians iurked about the lonely settlers,
who as the legend Of Jacob Wetzel aud his
faithful dog tells, had to wrestle for life when
they left their poor abode.
What Is the key Of this rspid wonderful
changer Who is the hero of your historyi
Who founded your city as the glorious cities oi
> old we're founded BY heroes whom posterity
called demi- gods and whose name survived
their work by thousands Of years. Who is the
! hero2 Who stood god father at the birth oi
the Queen Of the Vests looked to history and
found not his name.
But instead of one mortal mans renowned
name, find in the records Of your CiLy'o his
tory, an immortal beings name, and that is ht
people; and that name sparkles with the lustrC
Of a life invigorating flame, and that flame il
LIBERTY.
Freedom regulated by wise institutions, based
upon the great principle Of national indepen
dence and self guvernment-this is the magi
cal rod by which the great enchanted, " the PeO.
pis baS achieved this wonderful work.
SIR, there is mighty change going on in the
development Of humanity. Formerly grea
things where done by great men, whose namet
stand in history like mile stones, marking thu
march Of mankind on the highway of progress
1t was mankind which marched, and still i
passed unDoticed aud unknown. 1t was no
him history has rewarded but the mile stones
aud called them great men-the lofty frame o.
individual greatness oVershsdowed the people
/ ready to follow, but not prepared to 20 withou
being led.
Humanity and its progress, was absorbed By
lndiViduslities; because the people, which stood
low in the valley got giddy by looking up to thC
mountain top, where its leaders stood 1t wa
/ the age Of childhood for nations. And chill
dren have not the Consciousness of their OWL
strength; he who has not tried 10 walk by him
self clings TO the leading strings as to necessi
ty, and takes it for benefit to be led.
But the leaders Of nations changed soon il
kings. Ambition claimed as a right what meri
has gained as free offering. Arrogance sue.
ceeded to greatness and out Of the childish at
tachment for received benefits, the duty Of blnC
obedience was framed by the iron hand of vic
lence, and by the craft of impious hypocrisy
degrading every thing held for holy BY men
religion ltself-to tool of oppression on earth
1t was the era OF uncontroVerted despOtism
which, with sacralIgious arrogance, claimed the
title Of divine rank; and mankind advanced