, 1859-04-26
uunxary-Thc Bu1waFk OF C1aFtstian-
the H0n0Rrfau Benevolent Society.


lty-J1ltan Kuness Lecture 8&tofe
the Hungarian Benevolent Society,"
The lecturer referred to the fact that the ami
versary Of day dear 10 every Hungarian heart
WAS fit occasion for view Of Hungary's past
history and for solemn retrosdective glances not
ouly BY her patriot Sons in exile bnt By Aner~
cunR who pri1ing their Own national blessings,
aud holding dear the names Of the founders of
/ t,eir free institutions sympathize with nation
who assayed to follow in their footsteps to drink
from the same fountain and enjoy thu same
Liberty
Ten years ago to-day nation on the shores
of the Danube was aroused from the lethargy
Of death, in which crushed aud held down By
ROYAL md imperial tyranny and tsskmasters she
lad lain for three centuries. She was roused
IL feel thrill through all her veins, IN infusion
Of fresh blood. On that day at the foot Of the
altar in the Lutheran Church Of Debritzcn, the
Hungarian Jef1ersons, and Henrys, and Lees,
and Hancocks, and Adamses we're assembled to
deliberate upon the welfare Of their ruined
country. On that day it Was published to the
world that Hungary will, By the Grace Of God,
henceforth live and take her rank among inde-
pendent nations"
Ten years later few scattered Hungarian ex
lies here assemble tonight in the Far West Of
tue country Of their adoption to celebrate the
sainted memory Of that day which ilusively
painted to that band Of patriots national joys
aud blessings 50 deceptive.
The lecturer said that with nations Us with in
i,iduals it somtines occurred that some strange
i,rtuitous chain Of circumstances kept BUNDLED
aud depressed those who with every seeming
quality for success, with hearts to dare, anu
kill to design and purposes the most sincere,
u be surpassed by others there interiors, in the
>cale Of earthly prosperity. Thus Hungar,
with the finest natural gifts end qualities suffers
chained ike criminal upon whose !ieblood sur
rounding enemies 1uie veuomous and treachcr-
srenter crime than her lure and fealty to the
.4use Of Universal Freedom, and her striving to
distribute equally to all upon her ssl the su1ne
.4visl bounties nature has given to her. Ehifer-
ri Progress is the only hope Of oppressed Hun
+,sry, and come it must md will, her duy Of re-
ltase nnd c1a1tatiuu.
The lecturer gavc sketch Of Hungary's &C.
o5rAphlcal position and natural resources. ler
territory is about equal to that comprised in the
>ix New England Suites with New York and
New Jersey. The Magyar: country is one Of
e.rth's most fertile spots, md in Europe stauds
prccmipent. She yields to Europe her best
.;rain, the choicest bullocks from her pastures,
wines from her vineyards md fruits III profu-
sion, one half Of Ill the gold, more copper
han any other country except England. anl
sill commercially she has no comparison will
tue slnallezt State in this confederacy, aud this
because the hand Of the oppressor is hcarily up
usl ler. The Hungarian Oh lis natiye sol pa, :
! heavy duty for the suit hewn from the rock
apon which his homestead stauds. Every IT,
sourse is taxed aud drained.
The chief cause Of Hungarr's slow advance
the battles Of Chrisiendo1n, maintaining The
s'ross against the Crescent, other European
osates about her enjoying the lull purchased BY
:.er activity and zeui marched quietly Oh towards
civilization and prosperity,
Hungary WIS converted to Christianity one
thousand years after the Christian Era under
ST. Stephen, her frat king, conquest If faitlI
not accomplished without persistent aud blood,
opposition, The lecturer passed from briel
review Of primitive Hungary to that cru Of her
history wlcn her resistance to tie Aosle1n III
sader, ia the Turkish inroads upon Hythiuia,
i'll 1870, beat back the gravely threatening dun
,.cr to Christcndom.
The Magyar race, monothcistic people, were
II the language Of the speaker, thrown lnso this
up ~ III IL LIE IbA1QN43 n&4A OolH II 4 bFkhEIA
Christianity and Mohammedanisin. That por-
ton of Hungary's history her struggle with tho
turks, succeeding the fall of Coustantinope,
when, III sultan Aohamcd poured north and
westward his hordrs to tr0mpfe on the cross,
but one European prince, Hungary, Governor o1
Hungary, dared TO make and Acllleye SUCCESS
lul opposition tho speakers ketchcd most graph
iculls in solnc Of these achievements, among
1tl4crs ii!c siege Of Belgrade.
An irlrpprable misfortune was referred to in
This connection, suffered BY Hungary at thc
:annds Of her more modern oppsc6sors, who
have actually aimed to control moi only her pres
cnt, but bury her past by the destruction Q!
manuscripts, documents and other materials OF
History ordinarily kept with care by nations,
destroying every tangible reuiniscenee andyest.
.;,e Of her former grratnes of Hungarys bet
ter days.
After the death Of King Matthias Of Hungary
natio1 in the words Of the lecturer, which for
centuries had shed its bfuod for ChHst.ndom,
was carried to its grave Oil Aug. ~, 154G, Oh the
tirld Of Aohats ii was looking upon the pre-
.,nratons for this field thai Christian bi4hui,
remarked a. the inexperienced young mouaretI,
Louis H., led his army forth agains, SoIyluau
tile Grent, "Herc 20 twenty-siI thousand Hun
yariuns under the guidance Of the Franciscan
romory. into the kingdom Of Heaven: better
were ii that the Chancellor should seek zt Rome
ops, twenty-eight princes, Tvs hundred nobies,
and twenty thuusAnd Aagyars are buried in the
monument Of humblcd Christendom at Mohats,
the Grave Yard Of Hungary. - -
We have not the space 70 follow the lecturer
further in his sketch Of country's history. which
BETRAYED the marks Of research and discrimina-
ton, especially his review Of the later struggles
Of his countr31nen. the anniversary Of whose at.
tempt VIA the occaaiou Of tue lecture.