Washington sentinel., 1854-06-30
From tho London Times.
Kossuth at Nottingham.


On the sth inst, public meeting was held in
The market place at Nottingham for the purpose
Of hearing M. kossuth proceed with the exposition
Of his sentiments with regard 10 the objects TO be
obtained BY the esiaiing war and the method Of
n-iu continuation Of the speeches
delivered recently n effeld-and for passing
popular resolutions thereon. For this purpose, q
, substantial platform had been erected, which was
covered with emblems ex pressive OF sympathy with
Poland and Hungary Oneoithese was a rude map
Of Poland, quariered-" This was stolen by Rus
sia"-" This was stolen by Austria This was
stolen by Prussia" being written thereon. M.
Kossuth was surrounded by con siderable num-
Der Of Poles and Hungarians, and other foreigners
and by large multitude of working-men, but the
number Of influential inhabitants present was very
M. Kossuth, having been introduced, COM
menced by heartily thanking the people of Not
tingham for this generous reception, and for the
of sympathy they had accorded TO him.
Your country the continued) is an asylum for
exiles, whatever may be their political
opinions Why? Just because il is free and
independent country. tCheers.l II personal Sc
curty were not inherent 10 your situation, then
you would not be freemen-you yourselves
would be dependent, partly upon arbitrary power
and partly upon the impertinent pretensioDs of
foreign arrogance. Therefore, the right of asylum
is essential TO countrys freedom and indepen-
dence. Hear, Hear.l !, for one, in my asylum
here. have met with many an annoyance from cer-
tain quarters, but have also received many
kindness from the people and from individuals.
lCheers.] For this have TO be thankful and will
be all my life. But, from those TO whom gladly
owe thankfuIness never have heard the claim,
that in return for the right ofasyum have 10 for
swear the sacred duties Of patriotism. Quite the
contrary [Cheerl Those TO whom owe grati-
tude have honored mo with kindness and sympa-
tiny, precisely because they found me unwaverng
in attachment and faithful TO my duties TO my ma
tive land. Loud cheers. II is to this | owe the
kindness and sympathy with which the people Of
Nottingham honored me on my first arrival in
England, and on the present occasion. II is this
appreciation of faithful patriotism which has been,
and is, the source of that generous attention and
operative succor with which the people of Not
tngham have alw ays assisted, and continue to
assist, the Polish and Hungarian exiles-a fact to
which desire TO bear testimony here, in the face
of high Heaven, and TO thank you for il publicly,
in the name of all my companions in exile, 10 whom
you opened your hospitable doors, and let them
rest n your tiresides. and gave them work when
they were wanting work, and lent them brother's
hand when they were in distress. May our Father
in heaven bless you and yours for IL ICheers.l
But il is curious that those from whom never
meet but scorn, persecution. aad insult-these
come on every occasion whenever happen TO
speak true word which does not suit them pre-
cisey, because it is true---they come and charge
me that it is unthankfuness on my part, in return
for the asylum enjoy, 10 say and 10 do what they
for all declare do not hold il from the favor OF
any person. do not hold il as special privilege,
accorded 10 me particularly--I hold il from the
constitution and the laws of England Hear,
hear hold II from the fact that you desire to
be free and independent nation. In return /
obey your laws and pay my taxes, [hear, hear,]
and upon my soul, they are not over-easy for an
exile Laughter and cheers.l They are not over
easy for an exile who, having had all the millions
under his control. can glory in the fact Of having
JnrAI Ia
(Applause.] Even so, never intended TO do,
knowingly, anything against your laws, but am
firmly resolved to have all my freedom within The
limits Of your laws, and will never consent to give
up one bit of il. Hear, hear / certainly never
will acknowledge that the thanks owe for the
right OF asylum consist in ceasing to be good
Hungarian, only because some powerfnlin your
country are little too good Austrians. IHearl
Now, will and shall do all can against Austrian
iespotism for Hungarian liberty, and liberty in
general. lCheers.l Am ! right in this, or am /
not? rs Yes."l Well, if ! am right, allow me to
Dc true TO this determination on the present occa-
,ion GeRtlemen. in the war in which you are
low engaged, your country has q double aim.
The first is TO secure Turkey from being absorbed
'y foreign powers, because that would be very
dangerous 10 the world, and very dangerous 10
,our owncountry; and, in connexion with this, the
second aim is to reduce the dangerous power of
Russia. Now gentlemen in my humble opinion, this
object cannot be attained by the policy upon which
iour government appears 10 be bent, nor by the
means which it employs The means are insufficient,
md the policy, in my opinion, is dangerous SUBJ
yersive Of the very aim of the war, and causing
you 10 pay numerous millions for a result which
$ contrary 10 your advantage and your wishes.
As to the means, you, OF. course, understand that
,either England nor France can send hundreds Of
thousands OF men SO far of by sea. and yet hun
ireds Of thousands of men required TO gain the
object for which you went TO this war. But YOU
iave yonr feet, you viii say. Yes, you have il
md well may you glory in il; it is the mightiesi
ieet the world has ever seen, and the brave boys
IN board OF Il will bravey answer your immortal
Nelson's address, England expects every man
Q do his duty" lCheers.l But then, unfortunately,
'our fleet cannot swim on the sand plains of Rus,
'ia; and yet il is on these sand plains that deci-
i've battles have to be fought. Not one battle,
,ut many. Hear, hear.] These wars cannot be
disposed of by little boxing, however brave. You
perhaps may feel somewhat mortified not to hear |
,f some naval exploits from your brave tars; but
hat will not do gentlemen. They would fight if
hey could come 10 il. The car Just prudently |
teeps his ships hidden in snug harbors out of the
ange OF your guns, Therefore, all that your
'rave tars can do is 10 give ahouse arrest to the
hips Of the ezar--to keep them at home [Hear / |
That is all. But with this, with little coast
blockade, and with battering down some stones |
rom ,fortresses, Russia is not to be vanqushed. |
Now will tell you, gentlemen, how YOU can |
'est employ your fleet as to gain your OBJ
ect. Sign petitions that your government shall |
'ermit Brave Charley" as you call him there.
n the Baltic, TO land, and make such Nelson
peech to gallant and heroic Poland, as Rise
'oys, and fight! here are some good arms, and
ome dry powder for you, and here am 10 back |
'ou.n Loud cheers.l Upon my SOUL Brave
charley" will be glad to do it, and Poland will rise
ike hurricane against your enemy, the czar |
The inhertors Of the ancient glory of Poland will |
ray TO God, and fight and keep their powder dry |
Appause.l Now, gentlemen, that is the best |
means TO make useful your fleet, and the only /
means Of attaining the object ofyour war. With
'ut Poland fighting, you cannot vanqulsh the 7
zar-you cannot reduce the dangerous power Of 4
iussie. The reconstruction of Poland is your |
1ictory, or nothing is. Again, gentlemen, You |
mean TO fight for freedom, do you not [Yes, yes,I
Ve ify yon do, will tell you in what way YOU I
an best do il. Sign petitions, and call on your
government TO declare 10 Turkey thai England
as no objection 10 Turkey taking the Hungarian
aion for its ally, instead Of accepting the treason
bile friendship Of ambitious Austria, red with
he blood Of murdered nations. (Cheers.l Have
ou any objection to see Hungary afforded better
ecurity for resurrection and liberty and greater
olitical safety? ICries OF No, no " and three
roans for Austria. Ii you have no objection TO
! neither should your government have, because
ou are a constitutional people. Your voice has
My 10 be heard, because il is you who have 10
Iced and pay for war. (Hear, hear,l But. really
cntlemen, believe it is a very moderate wish
ghen don't ask more from your government. If
does not meap 70 do any good 10 Hungary, at
l.