Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-02
The Hung arians Another Ad-
, nv dress from KOssulh.

II
i .,, dress from KOssuth. ,r-.
Kossuth published in the Hungarian Ian
sguage, soon after the victorious invasion of
Bohemia by the Prussians, the following
address tO,the " Hungarian Hation;p 20
There are historical moments in the life
of nations when the question OF their ex-
istence is. decided forever. Such is the
present momeut for Hungary and Tran
sylvania, as we'll as for Croatia, Dali
malta and Sclavonia. The war already
I9begun O. will solve @ many questions
Iibeyond those in which 1t original
led. !. f-The future fate of Hungary, noBl less
lthan that of Croatia, Dalmatia and SCla-
| vOpia will be determined by it.rqlt is, in-
Edeed, selt-evident that if Austria were to
retain them under her sway, by achieying
| success in this war, she would press down
upon these countries with the whole weight
OF her reinforced strength, in order to real
lize, by their complete absorption, the unity
hof the Austrian empire; while defeated
and diminished Austria would employ more
craftily than ever al, her wonted arts to
bring about the assimilation of her lost
Provinces in. order that by-their fusion in
| to the same one rule, the family OF the
| Hapsburgs may stilbhOld the rank of a great
! power. But in either case the existence of
/ Hungary, and of Croatia, Dalmatia, and
Sclavonia as State and nations, would be at
] an end Races and natiOnalities THEY might
| remain, nations never. Here, then, is an
absolute alternative, unalterable like fate,
| between the necessity of committing ma
| tional suicide, ior of lighting for national.
| Independence Who would chose to die
when lie may be won by a bold dctermin-
alton? 4idmus .y .7lraa gaaI.aasI o..
| The Hungarian question is no longer
misunderstood by the clear-sighted among
| the great powers OF Europe. May 1t be
understood at last also by the public at
large. May 1t no more be COMPOUNDED with
| mere revolutionary restlessness. The Hun
| garians are nOtreEOlutiOnists. We are not
| men fond of political 0rsocal experiments.
Wear q people addicted to order and tran
| guilty, and loyal, too, even to excess, ready
to sacrifice much always, but not our coun-
! try at any time. ,Religlously attached to
| what good our predecessors lett us as a lna-
| tional inheritance, we are the, devoted par-l
| tisans of organized freedom, enemies to all
| anarchy. The, mOuarchical sentiment runs
| through our,whole body national. But a
nation.we are, and nation we will remain;
a. free nation to be ruled by no. laws save
our own;l developing freely that national
1 life which is our own. And we wish to be
q State subject to no foreign people, to no
| foreign interests; a self-governed State.
| such as we have rightt to boz entitled as
we aretoitby unconstitutional eXis ;ence one
| thousand years old /; by International COM
pacts; by the extent of our territory as
| well as by the number and genius of our
population, the sixth by rank among the
nations that may claim place and voice in
the European couhcil Of independent
States. This is what we Strive for since
such Is our right. Our claimsare on level
| with our rights. But, then, between the
| realization Of our rights and the rule ofthei
| House of Lorraine -Hapsburg there is an iho
| SIperable antagonism. And naturally, too,
! since of all the reigning houses the Adstfi-
an Emperor Is the only one which as d soy
ereign has neither country nor nation that
she can call her own, and is merely the pos
! sessor of certain lands. The Austrian Eui-
peror Is not the chief of a nation, he Is only.
ghieftain in a family, the Clan Of Haps0
burgs. ',' y" y,'2l.';''o 'lugc oi
Of Europe be penetrated with this truth,
that il the Hungarian nation raises the flag
| Of 1S49 again, it is moved by norevoluti0n-
ary restlessnpss, but merely by the instneti
| Of selEpfeservation And she will raise it,
| sinceit would be her, death not to raise it,
1 and since it is, evident thatnpwor never is,
| the time to rise and live. ltwould be sin,
shame, madness, suicide, if she would neg--
leetnthis ofayOrable opportunity given, her
| by, Providence Il The will, of God reveals
1 itselfin historical evants--and these are, ,un7
commonly propitious, The sdemeanor, of
/ Hungary has iflwaNs nbeen1 of paramount
! Importance in all wars which the, House of
/ Austria was engaged in by choice orvleces-,
| sity. In the time of the first French en-.
pire Austria saWfher provinces Vienna IT,,
SELF occupiediby theenemy;yet for all that,
and merely ibeeauselthe fesourceslpf Hum
gary were at her disposal, she came out of
that longistruggleH stronger than ever,
i while the great Emperor died in exile at
ST! Helena. fBut ouinoopreyious occasion,
4 was perhaps, Hangaryuut such weightlin
1 the scale of fortune for or against Austria,
as she issin this present war. !, The STRATEGY
ical7impOrtanceD Of her position now lis Of
the utmost consequence. lAadl never has
4 Austria dragged 10 the battlefield so many,
! Hungarian and Crotian soldiers as now.
\ ntbitterderision Of the Dlet,thep vet sit-
] ting id Resth, recruits were levied, taxes
I were raised continually atiana unheard Of
rate, without the2 assent Of theoDlet; and,
byl this exeFeiseiof despotic, power, crown
ed withmooke cry, theIAustfianlarmy receive,
| Sdafightin9 host stofthirtyrthreeH Hun 1gaEian.
and one Cfotian regiments of the line, four
| teenregiments Of HungarlaR hnssars, and