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KOSSUTH IN AMERICA. ICossuth's speech at...
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be strong , sooner or later , against the serried armies of the Asiatic policy . If on the one side the soul comes up to the battle with an imperfect and ill-defended body , on the other , the body is wholly without a soul , and must , in the end , fall to pieces . The best part of the mind of Western Europe will make itself a body by dint of action , and the pressure which must bring out its forces ; and it may be doubted whether it could become duly embodied in any other way . What forms of society may arise as features of this new growth neither you nor I can say .
" We can only ask each other whether , witnessing as we do the spread of Communist ideas in every free nation in Europe , and the admission by some of the most cautious and old-fashioned observers of social movements that we in England cannot now stop short of a " modified communism , " the result is not likely to be a wholly new Rocial state , if not a yet undreamed-of social idea . " England and France are awake and watchful , and so many men ofevery country are astir that we may rely upon , it that , not only are territorial alliances giving way before
political affinities , but national ties will give way almost as readily , if the principles of social liberty should demand the disintegration of nations . Let us not say , even to ourselves , whether we regard such an issue with hope or fear . It is a possibility too vast to be regarded but with simple faith and patience . In this spirit let us contemplate what is proceeding , and what is coming , doing the little we can by a constant assertion of the principles of social liberty , and a perpetual watch for opportunities to stimulate human progress . "
Writing on the subject of the Prometheus squabble , the Mbrning Chronicle incidentally lets slip the folllowing : — " The ' War Correspondent' of a New York paper may threaten the British race with extermination—but we are accustomed to receive this sort of menace without the slightest ill feeling , because we believe in the free institutions of the Republic , and because we know that , in spite of all commercial rivairy \ the Americans , as a nation , xoouldprefer uniting themselves witli the Anglo-Saxon champions of European liberty to forming a dishonourable alliance with the despots of Eastern Europe . " Another recognition of the Anglo-American Alliance .
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Kossuth In America. Icossuth's Speech At...
KOSSUTH IN AMERICA . ICossuth ' s speech at the Castle-garden on the 6 th , in reply to the address from the Mayor and Corporation of New York , contains some noble passages .
kossuth ' s position . The motive , said Kossuth , which led me to your 6 horep , the generous act of my liberation , was the manifestation of a resolution on the part of the United States to throw their weight into the balance wherein the fate of Europe is to be weighed : — " You have raised the conviction throughout the world , that by my liberation you were willing to say— - ' Ye oppressed nations of old Europe's continent , be of good cheer ; the young giant of America stretches his powerful arm over the waves , ready to give a brother's hand to your future . ' So is your act interpreted throughout the world . You , in your proud security , can scarcely imagine how beneficial this conviction has already proved to the suffering nations of the European continent . You can scarcely imagine what , self-confidence you have added to the resolution of the oppressed . You have
knit the tie of solidarity in the destinies of nations . I can ' t doubt that you know how I was received by the public opinion in every country which I touched since I am free , and what feelings my liberation has elicited in those countries which it was not my lot to touch . You know how 1 , a plain , poor , penniless exile , have almost become a centre of hope and confidence to the most different nations , not united but by the tie of common Bufferings . What is the source of this apparition , unparalleled in mankind ' s history ? The source of it . is , that your generous act of my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity . It in hence that my liberation waH cheered , from Sweden down to Portugal as a ray of hope . It ; it ) hence that . even those nations which most desire my presence in Europe , now have unanimously told me ,
' Hasten on , hasten on , to the great , free , rieh , and powerful people of the United Slates , and bring ovei its brotherly aid to the cause of jour country , ho intimately connected with European liberty ; ' and here 1 stand to plead the cause of the . solidarity ol human rights before the great . Republic of t he United States . Humble as I am , ( iod the Almighty has selected ine to represent , the cause of humanity before you . My warrant to this capacity i . s written in the sympathy mid confidence of all who are oppressed , and of all who , as your elder brother , the people of lirilaiu , sympathize with the oppressed -my warrant to this capacity is written in the hopes and expectations you have entitled the world to entertain , by liberating me out of my prison , and by restoring me to activity . Hut it has out of humble sell
pleased the Almighty to make my yet . another opportunity lor a thing which limy prove ; a happy turning-point in the destinies of the world . I bring you a brotherly greeting from the people of ( ireat lirilaiu . I . speak not in an o / Iieial character , imparted by diplomacy , whose secrecy Ih the cuihc of the world ; but I am the harbinger of the public npirit of the people , which has the right to impart a direction to its ( Government , and which I witncKHed pronouncing itself in the most decided m inner , openly—that , the people of Knglaud , united to you with enlightened brotherly love , uh it is united in blood , coiiHciouH of" your strength an it . in conscious of its own , bun for ever abandoned every HCiitimcnt . of irritation and rivalry , and det < ire « tho brotherly alliance of the United Stilton to nucuru
to every nation the sovereign right to dispose of itself , and to protect the sovereign right of nations against the encroaching arrogance of despots , and leagued to you against the league of despots , to stand together with you godfather to the approaching baptism of European liberty . "
HIS RULES OP CONDUCT . " 1 . That I take it to be duty of honour and principle not to meddle with whatever party question of your own domestic affairs . I claim for my country the right to dispose of itself , so I am resolved and must be resolved , to respect the same principle here and everywhere . May others delight in the part of knights errant for theories . It is not my case . I am the man of the great principle of the sovereignty of every people to dispose of its own domestic concerns ; and I most solemnly deny to every foreigner , as to' every foreign power , the right to oppose the sovereign faculty . 2 . I profess highly and openly my admiration for the glorious principle of union , on which stands the mighty pyramid of
your greatness , and upon the basis of which you have grown in the short period of seventy-five years to a prodigious giant , the living wonder of the world . I have the most warm wish that the star-spangled banner of the United States may for ever be floating , united and one , the proud ensign of mankind ' s Divine origin ; and taking my ground on this principle' of union , which I find lawfully existing , an established constitutional fact , it is not to a party , but to the united people of the United States that I confidently will address my humble requests for aid and protection to oppressed humanity . I will conscientiously respect your laws , but within the limits of your laws I will use every honest exertion to
gain your operative sympathy and your financial , material , and political aid for my country ' s freedom and independence , and entreat the realization of these hopes which your generosity has raised in me and my people ' s breasts , and also in the breasts of Europe ' s oppressed nations . And , therefore , 3 rdly , I beg leave frankly to state that my aim is to restore my fatherland to the full enjoyment of that act of declaration of independence , which being the only rightful existing public law of my nation , can nothing have lost of its rightfulness by the violent invasion of foreign Russian arms , and which , therefore , is fully entitled to be recognized by the people of the United States , whose very resistance is founded upon a similar declaration of independence . "
EXHORTATIONS TO ENLIST IN" THE DEMOCRATIC CAUSE . " La Fayette had great claims to your love and sympathy , but I have none . I came a humble petitioner , with no other claims than those which the oppressed have to the sympathy of free men , who have the power to help—with the claim which the unfortunate has to the happy , and the down-trodden has to the protection of eternal justice and of human rights . In a word , I have no other claims than those which the oppressed principle of freedom has to the aid of victorious liberty . Then I would humbly ask , are these claims sufficient to insure you generous protectors , not to myself , but to the cause of my native land—not to rny native land only , but the principle of freedom in Europe's continent , of which the
independence of Hungary is the indispensable keystone ? If you consider these claims not sufficient to your active and operative sympathy , then let me know at once that the hopes have failed with Europe ' s oppressed nations have looked to your great , mighty , and glorious liepublic—let me know at once the failure of our hopes , that I may hasten back and tell Europe ' s oppressed nations , ' Let us fight , forsaken and singlehanded , the battle of Leonidas ; let us trust , to God , to our right , and to our good sword ; there is no other help for the oppressed nations on earth . ' But if your generous Republican hearts are animated by the high principle of freedom and of the solidarity in the destinies of humanity —if you have the will , as to be « ure you have the power ,
to support the cause of freedom against , the sacrilegious league of despotism—then give me some days of calm reflection , to become acquainted Avith the ground upon which I stand ; let me take the kind advice of some active friends on the most practical course I have to adopt ; let me see if there ; be any preparatory steps taken in favour of that cause which 1 have the honour to represent ; and then let me have a new opportunity to expound before you my humble requests in a practical way . I confidently hope , Mr . Mayor , the corporation and citizens of the Kmpire City will grant , me the second opportunity . If this be your generous will , then let me take this lor a boon of happier days , and
let me add with a sigh of thanksgiving to the Almighty ( jod , t . hnt . it is in your glorious country which Providence has selected to be the pillar of freedom , as it is already the asylum to oppressed humanity . I am told that I will have the high honour to review your patriotic militia . () Clod ! how my heart , throbs : at the idea to see this gallant army enlisted on the side of freedom against despotism ; the world would be free , and you the saviours of humanity . And why not ? The gallant men take part , in the mighty demonstration of the day , proving that I was ri ^ ht when I . said that now a days even the bayonets think , ( - 'itiziim of New York , it . is under your protection that I place the isacred cau . se ol" freedom and independence of Hungary . "
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Till-: RKFOltM CAMI'AKJN : RKI'ULSK . Iiiist , woe : k Lord John Russell returneel a cool and Hiipcrciliemn refusal to the application by Mr . Milucr <« il ) M > n for an interview e > n behalf of the ; elcpul . iit . ion appe > in | e : d at , the . ' late Oonfereiie-. e ul , Mane : he'sl , e : r . Of eiouise ; , MuiiclwinLer ceudd not eiuietly submit te > Huh ; unel accordingly the : gentlemen e » f the (' onfere-ne ; *; met on Tueselay , uneler the : prc , side : ne-e ) of Mr . ( ilee > rg <; VVilson , to mark their wense ; of the uHront . Mr . Wilneni thought Lord John woulel " exevoelingly regret" what he ) hud elone ) , uh it wemlel not " cemtiibuto in the blightem degreej to tho maintenance of
the proper spirit of communication " betw ^^ T ^ r " Chester and Downing-street . He furtW ? , * - Lord John had " done wrong" ia nof , Z th & t the deputation , composed as it was of the rJ ! ' ? g the of members of Parliament , whose only feSit nts they had too uniformly supported the Premier Mr . Bright , M . P ., considered the reason n v the Premier as " evasive and unsatisfactory . " y " He had formed a very improper notion of the d ,, r of a Prime Minister m a constitutional and rJZ es tive country , if the conduct of Lord John RumIh ta " be approved , ( Hear , hear . ) If his lorShi p haTii tended to bring forward a measure of reform «« ni . ™ * ™^ JL ™ * of that }™ S * Party in the 2 * " auvuuaieu reiorm at
« uu nau au , it appeared to hi ™ riuf * Bright ) that , instead of confining himseli * to Z fiff ' circle of his own party connections , or contenting himl % with the meagre information which any individual of his might pick up in various parts of the » n ,. « f it should have been precisely what his lordshinffi that a dozen or twenty gentlemen of education Tnli ' fluence and great knowledge of their respective loeali t £ " should meet him in Downing-street , and have a frep versation with him on the subject . ( Hear , hear ) Wh ^ was the good of men going to see Sir CharlesVnaH and he confessed there was not very much good in u ~~ ( ' hear , hear , ' and laughter )—but what was the eoa ^ Tt any deputation going to see the Chancellor of theT chequer previous to the introduction of the budget > m aid
they go trom Manchester and Liverpool about thi tea duties and from the metropolis about the window duties ? Merely because they happened to have astron ^ r sense of the injustice perpetrated , and were , therefore the * people the soonest and the loudest to complain If Lord John Russell had any wish to ascertain the opinion of people such as the recent deputation was composed of and unless he was better acquainted with the feelings and wishes of the country than he ( Mr . Bright ) supposed he was , he had lost a good deal by his conduct ( Hear hear . ) Probably Lord John thought that if he admitted this deputation , he might soon have another from Birmingham ( hear , hear ) , and perhaps he might . But he ( Mr . Bright ) did not know what a Prime Minister wig for , unless it was to endeavour to conduct the
Government in accordance with the principles of the constitution and the wishes of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) If his lordship meant to shut himself inWoburn-abbey , or some other aristocractic seclusion , and to take only the opinion of his own immediate party—if a dozen or so members of a clique were to draw out what was to be the Government of the country for some fifty years to come we were really in no better position than some of the nations abroad that we had been pitying so much of late . ( 'Hear , hear , ' and applause . ) Lord John Russell might have a better reason than he had chosen to give ; all he ( Mr . Bright ) would say was , that the reason given was wholly unsatisfactory , and what was more , he was bound to tell his lordship , that he did not think it was the true one . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Bright moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting regrets extremely that Lord John Russell has declined to receive the deputation appointed at the late Conference , and oannot but regard the reasou assigned as evasive and unsatisfactory . That on a question of an improved representation , the opinions of a deputation appointed at a Conference , representing to a large extet . t the feelings of the population of the two most populous counties in the United Kingdom , cannot be without influence , and have a strong claim on the respectful consideration of the Government ; and this meeting expresses its apprehension that the course taken by the Minister ir , not calculated to increase the confidence of the Reformers of the United Kingelemi in his intention to bring forward a substantial measure of Parliamentary Reform . " Mr . Kershaw , M . P ., neconded the resolution , and
concurred . Mr . G . IIadiield suggested that the word " evasive " bo struck out of the resolution , as it seemed to him almost ungeiillenumly , although lie would not Bay it vviw untrue . After some eemverHatioii it was agreed that the words " niehst unsatisfactory" . should be substituted . Mr . Henry Ashvvorth said , that il the eleputution had bee-n erne about Papal aggression , not a word would have been wiid against it . [ A Voice : Or about bishop-making . I ( " Hear" and lamjh ' er . )
, The resolution was unanimously adopteel . ^ J " Hcenicntly , Mr . Bright . suggested that ineme : y would be reejuired ; and the mee : t . ing agree . 'd te > a resolution stating that it . wus the ; eluty ol' thewe who are in favour of Parliamentary Reform to pay the expe : ntte ) H e > l ng' - tation . Mr . Hright ami Mr . ( i . Had field promised fifty pounds each . That i . s the sum of the meeting .
Thk (K)Min(I Struck At Manciikstk- K. It...
THK ( K ) MIN ( i STRUCK AT MANCIIKSTK- K . It in rumoured that tho operatives at MancheiHtei are going to strike work to obtain certain . set objects . They are urged on , it in averted , by tho Irnele . . Union . The ) object * are thus united in a letter to tin : Times , Higned Amiens , evidently with a strong bins aguinut the men :---" The Union demands :--" I . That , thi ) Kyntein of working extra hours or overtime , be abolished , excepting in e . aseM of breakdo wn ; am that when kiic . Ii e > vertime is worked it shall bo paid H" ' double rate . . i " 2 . That the HyKteni of piece or task we > ik bo entirely discontinued . " . ' ( That the ) uianteiH at once ? , and without reiHe-rve , eliHcharge tho e : lann of peiHonn e-ugageul in nnd l "" lr > trained te > the working of Helf-actiiif < iniiejhmes , unu employ in their utoud mecliuuicu , mombora ol tho Union-
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 27, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27121851/page/8/
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