Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-01-14

e deeds, aud almost fabulous victories, or
:, loss made him refugee upon Turkish sol
y like myself But happier than myself, b
a succeeded in perscading Turkey Of the NJ
ces.ity of checking Russia, in her owe,
e weening ambition, and in curtailing he
t growth. On went Mehemet Balsorde
e with his Turks, met Peter the Csar, an
5 pen. him up in corner, where there wa
, no possibility Of escape. There Meheme
e held him with iron grasp till hunger cam
: to his aid But nature claimed her rights
and in counsel of war it was decided L
. surrender to Mehemet. Then Catherine
/ who was present in the camp, appeared il
person before the Grand Vizier to sue fo
mercy She was fair, and she was rict
with jewels of rameless value. She wen
to the Grand Vizier's tent. She CANE
back without any jewels, but she brought
mercy, and Russia was saved. From that
celebrated day dates the downfall Of Tur'
key, and that of Russia's growth. Out Of
this source flowed the stream Of Russian
preponderance over the European cont.
nent; and down-trodden liberty, and the
nameless sufferings of Poland and Of my
poor native land, are the dreadful fruits Of
GATHERINGS success On that day, cursed in
the records of humanity The second lady
who will be cursed through all posterity,
IL her memory, is Sophia, the mother Of
the present usurper of Hungary-she who
had the ambitious dream to raise the lin
tied power of child upon the ruins Of
liberty, and on the neck of down-trodden
nations. 1t was her ambition-the evil
genius of the house Of Hapsburg in the
present day-which brought desolation
upon US. l need only mention one fact
to characterize what kind Of heart was
in that cursed woman. On the anniversary
of the day of Arad, where our martyrs
bled, she came to the Cour: with brace
let of rubies gathered together in so many
roses as were numbered by the heads Of
the brave Hungarians who fell there, and
declared it gift which she joyfully pre-
sented to the company as memento which
she wears on her very arm to cherish its
eternal memory, that she might not forget
the pleasure she derived from the killing
of those men who died at Arad. This
very fact can give you true knowledge
of the character Of that woman. And this
il the second clam to the ladies' sympathy
for oppressed humanity and my fatherland.
I wish the free women of free America
will help my down-fallen land to get out
of those bloody fangs, and become indie
pendent and free.
Our third particular CLAIM, is, the be-
havior Of our ladies during the last war.
1t is no wanton praise-it is fact what
l say-that, in my hard task to lead on
the struggle and to govern Hungary, l
had no more powerful auxiliaries, and no
moro faithful executors of the will Of the
nation, than in the women Of Hungary.
{ Applause. You know that in ancient
nonir, afsv. ta.~ A-,.i e c----. -l:-I -.
won by Hannibal, the victor was afraid to
come down to the very walls of Rome.
The Senate called On the people spontane-
ou.ly to sacrifice all their wealth on the
altar of their fatherland, and the ladies
were the frst to do it. Every jewel, every
ornament, was brought forth, so much so
that the tribune Judged it necessary to
pass law prohibiting the ladies of Eome
to wear jewelry or any silk dresses, in or
der that it might not appear the ladies of
Rome had not, by their own choice, have
done so. Now, we wanted in Hungary
no such Law. The women of Hungary I
brought all that they had. [Great ap-
plause.1 You would have been astonished /
to see how, in the most wealthy houses Of
Hungary, if you were invited to dinner,
you would be forced to eat soup with iron
spoons and when the wounded and ths
,ick-and many Of them we had, because
We fought hard-when the wounded and
he sick were not so well provided as it
would have been our duty and our pleas
ire to do, ordered the ministry and the
respective functionaries to take care Of
hem. But the poor wounded went
IN suffering, and the ministry went On
slowly to provide for them. When saw
his, one single word was spoken to the I
aides of Hungary, and in few hours
her. was provision made for hundreds of
thousands of sick. Applause from the
gentlemen present And l never met
single mother who would have withheld
Ter son from sharing in the battle; but
lave met many who ordered and COM
handed their children to fight for their
atherland. [Applause.] 1 saw many
md many brides who urged on their BRIDE
,rooms to delay their day Of happiness
i'll they would come back victorious from :
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