The Kanzas news., 1859-07-02
The War in Europe.
GREAT SPEECH OF KossuTH.
The Battle of Palestro.
The Austrians Defeated and Flying
GARIBALDI RALLYING HIS FORCES.
Kossuth on the War in Italy.

Kossuth made very powerful speech, which
was listened to by a large audience, at the
London Tavern. He urged the neutrality of
England as the only position consistent with
her honor and safety in the present crisis;
pointed out the leaning of the Ministry
to the side of Austria; and argued strongly
the necessity of Parliament and public opin-
ion holding the Government to a strict OBJ
seryance of their declared neutrality. Con-
cerning the treaties of 1915. he used the
following language:
Il now come to the pretended inxiolabil-
| ity OF the treaties of 1915. It is the more
important to have the mists of prejudices
cleared away in this regard, as it can admit
of no doubt that should it so happen (Which
God forfend) that England were to depart
| from the principles of neutrality it would
be done in favor of Austria, it would be
done on the ground and under the pretext of
| the inviolability of the treaties of 1915. It
is woeful to remember, my lord, that the
sovereigns who, on pretence of asserting
the liberties of Europe, enticed the nations
to 81 ed their blood in streams for nearly a
quarter of century, and to waste away the
prosperity of generations for the preserva-
ton of dynasties. at last requited the delu-
ded nations at the Congress of Vienna, by
selling and bartering them like cattle. and
by treating Europe Ike an allodial farm
Hear. hear.) Thus it is that Lombardy.
thus it is that Venice, the FAIRY City, rob-
bed of its glorious independence of thrice n
hundred years standing, were tossed over
Ike cricket ball into the grasp of the
House Of Austria. Hear. hear These
last forty four years of Italian life. with
their groans, with their ever growing hatred
and discomfort, with their ever-recurring
commotions. conspiracies. revolts, revolu
lions, with their scaffolds soaked in the blood
of patriots, with their horrors of Sprelberg
and Mantua, and with the chatting anger
with which the words, "Out with the Aus
trians. =" tremble on the lips of every Italian
these forty -four years recorded in
history as standing protest against those
impious- treaties. The robbed protested
loudly enough against the compact of the
robbers. Cheers.) Yet. forsooth. we are
still told that the treaties of 1915 are invio-
label Why, have heard it reported that
England rang with merry peal when the
stern, inward Judge, Conscience, led the
haud of Castlereagh to suicide; and shall
we in 1889 be offered the sight of England
plunging into the incalculable calamities of
great war for no better urpose than 10
uphold the accursed work of the Castle
reaghs, and from no better motive than to
keep the accursed house of Austria safe
| loud cheers. Inviolable treaties, indeed
| Why, my lord, the forty-four years that
have since passed have cribbled those trea-
ties ike sieve. The Bourbons, whom
| they restored to the throne Of France, have
vanished, and the Bonapartes whom they
prescribed, are restored. Hear, hear. -
Two changes-the transformation of Swift
zerland from confederation of States into
a confederated State, and the independence
of Belgium, have been accomplished in spite
of those treaties, to the profit of liberty;
but for she rest, the distinctive feature of
the cribbling process through which those
treaties have passed is this, that every poor
plant of freedom which they had spared has
been uprooted by the unsparing hand Of des-
potism. From the Republic of Cracow,
poor remnant of Poland. swallowed by Aus
Iria, down to the freedom of the Press,
guaranteed to Germany, but reduced to
such condition that in the native land of
Gutenberg not one square yard of soil is
left to set a free press upon, everything that
was not of evil in those invioiable treaties
has been trampled down to the profit of des-
potism, of concordats, of Jesuits, and of
benighting darkness All the violations of
the inviolable treaties were accomplished
without England once shaking her mighty
trident to forbid it; and shall it be recorded
in history. that when the object is to drive
Austria from Italy. when the natural logic
of this undertaking might present my own
native land with a chance of that dsliveT
ance to which England bale God depeed with
a mighty outcry of sympathy. rolling like
thunder from John O'Groat's to the Land
End-that deliverance for which prayers
have ascended and are ascending still to the
Father of mankind from millions of British
hearts-shall it be recorded in history that
at such time, that under such circumstan-
ces, England plunged into the horrors of
war-nay, that she took upon herself to
make this war long and universal, for the
mere purpose of upholding the inviolability
of those rotten treaties, those high waymen
compacts, In favor of despotic. priest-rid-
den, bankrupt Austria. good for nothing on
earth except 10 spread darkness and to per-
petuate servitude.
Turin, MAY 3Ist-A fresh victory has
been gained by our troops.
At 2 O'Clock this morning force of 25,-
600 Austrians endeavored to retake Pales-
tro. The king of Sardinia commanding
the fourth division in person. and Gen. Ci-
aldini at the head of the third regiment of
Iouaves, resisted the attack for a consider
able time. and then having successfully as
sumed the offensive. pursued the enemy,
taking thousand prisoners and capturing
eight guns. five of which were obtained BY
the Zouaves. 500 Austrians were drown
ed in canal during the fight. e4 -
Another fight took place in Confzsna, in
the province of Lomelina. in which the en-
emy were repulsed by the division Of Gen J