The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-06-23


attitude which II becomes the English "a.
ton TO assume in relation TO the war 10
Italy-M. Kossuth attended and made an
eloquent speech. The Lord Mayor Of Lon
don opened the proceeding N. Kowuth,
who was enthusiastically received, spoke n
follows:
As an exile, rs q Hungarian, a. q men,
Der OF an oppressed nationality, ms . man
identified in oil his aspirations with the
cause Of its emancipation, ] repeat, a. an
ardent prayer, what your lordship advanced
a. the well.matured vote Of an English pat.
riot-thAt England should deliberately I'd.
here to the policy Of honest neutrality and
Of strict non-in,ervention. Hear, bear.
H. 10 consequence Of this concurrence Of
opinions, ] were 10 be asked whether an
ticipate that the war which il Just com.
mcncing may eventually result to the advsn.
tage Of the cause with which every aspiration
o. my heart Is identified, should unbcsita.
tingly declase that do anticipate such m
eventual result, provided England does not
divert into q wrong channel the natural
course Of events by interfering with the war
(Chcrs.) This anticipation docs not How,
my Lord Mayor, from the excitement which
recent events must Dcccsssrily have operated
on my feelings. Adversely is great teacher,
my lord, and the icy finger OF time "
mighty disenchsnter. have much suffered
in the last ten years Of my tempest tossed
life, but In compensation ] have learned
something--I have learned not 10 clutch
with eager impotence the iieeting 6relock u
iusory hope, ! have learned with calm
reflection 10 trace the law Of confederation
between cause and effect which presides over
The logic Of history.
g0ssUrH ON THE TREATIES Or 1873.
now come TO the pretended inviolability
Of the treaties Of 1915. II IL the more i'm
portant TO have the mist Of prcjudiecs cleared
away in this regard NJ il can admit Of no
doubt that should IL 80 happen (which God
forefcnd J that England we're to depart from
the principle Of neutrality ii would be done
on the ground and under the pretext OF the
inviolability Of the treaties Of 1873 II il
woeiul to remember, my Lord, that the
soverclgus who, on pretcnse Of asserting the
liberties OF Europe, cnticel the nations to
shed their blood In streams for nearly foil
quarter Of a century, aud TO waste away the
prosperity OF generations Tor the prcserva.
lion OF dynastes Mt last requited the dcludcd
nations, at the Congress Of Vienna, by sell
ing and bartering them like cattle, aud by
treating Europe like nm alodial farm. Thus
it Is that Lombardy, thus il Is that Venice,
the Fairy City, robbed Of its glorious indie.
Pcndence Of thirteen hundred years standing.
were tossed over like cricket ball into the
hands 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
cvcrrocurring commotions, conspiracics, re-
volts, revolutions with their scaiiods soaked
in the blood Of patriots with their horrors
Of Spiclbcrg and Mantua, and with the
chatting anger with which the word.
"Out with the Austrians !" tremble on
the lips Of every ltalian--thcsc forty
four years are recorded in history rs a
standing Protest against these impious
treaties. The robbed protested loudly
enough against the compact Of the robbers.
(Cheers Yet, iorsooih, We are still told
that tho treaties OF 1873 are inyiolable
Why, have heard that England rang with
a merry peal when the stern inward Judge.
conscience, led the hand OF Castlereagh TO
suicide and shall We, In 1859, be offered
the sight Of England plunging into the in
calculable caiam,iles ola great war hr no
better purpose than to uphold the accurscd
work oi the Castlercaghs. and from no bet.
ter motive than to keep the accursed home
of Austria saie2 (Cheors) lnv,olable trca.
ties, indeed Why, my lord. the forty iour
years that have since passed have crlbbleJ
those treaties like sieve. The Bourbons,
whom they rcst,r,l TO the throne OF France
have vanished, and the Bonapartcs, whom
they prescribed, are restored. (liear, hear
Two changcs-the Transformation IL Swift
zerlaud from confederation OF States iuto
u confederate State, and the independence
Of Belgium--bsye been accomplished in
spite OF those treaties. 20 the profit OF llbcr.
~ but FOR the rest. the distinctive feature
OF the cribb'ing process through which these
treaties have passed is this that every poor
plan, oi freedom which they had spared has
been uprootod by the unsparing hand of des-
po,ism. F-om the Republic OF Cracps, poor
remnant Of Poland. swallowed by Austria.
down TO the freedom OF the press guaranteed
TO Germany, but reduced 10 such condi.
ton tina, in The native land OF Cutie lbcrg
no, one poor square yard of soil is left TO
sci ire press upon, everything that was
not Of evil in those iuviolabe treaties has
been 'ramplei down, To the prof, OF des.
po,ism. OF coneorla,s ol Jcsu,s. aud Of be.
nlsh,ng darkness. All these violations Of
the mvlolable treaties were accomplished
wi,hoa, England once shaking her mighty
trident 10 forbid I, and shall |, be recorded
ia history that when the object is To drive
Austria IRON Italy, when the natural logic
OF this undertaking nigh, prcsen, my own
native land with a chance OF that delyerauce
TO which England babe Gli speed with
mighty cutlery Of sympathy, rolling like .
thunder from john OGroa,s to the Lands
End-,hat dcliyerauce for which prayers
have assembled and are ascending still to the
Father Of mankind from millions Of British
Al Z.