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Show TilE Ll BEH'D' JJ};Ll,. As Northern,- by tho hateful auction-block, Whereon arc daily sold God's children clear, tn lots to suit the vena] purchasers ! Ay, in tho presence of three million Slaves, 'Vhosc chains would. fall beneath rm Austrian flag; t Compared with whom, thy countrymen arc free, And unto heaven, in point of privilege, 'l'he old bcMncU wllh the red lustre of conr[u08t, now du.rkeued lJy oppression's gloomy night; yours beams with/radom's bright ray(.') At the view or the old1 nations trembled ; at tht t•itw of yours, humanity lwpts (.') In tho o\d1 tho terriblo l'a! 1:icti.J wllil tho rule; in yours, JlrOUctiOII to the opprtsud, ma/c(!ictiol~ to ambitious 01'f1rU· sor.(, Clll'l coii.JOlfltioll to the t"«llqltishtd ~~~a just cauJt(.') 'Ihere&at men, boasting their will to be tho iO,·erdgn! of the world; hat sit nun, wlwse glory;, to achwwltdge tile I!IWS of Nature am/ of Nutun's G'od"{!!)-[Spttcll Qtthe ConguuiomrlBanqutt at ll"uM· in~;ton, bt'fore the tnactors lllld ll})holdus of the world-abhorred Fugiti~:t Slat·t Lt1w1 tht atrocious Sl«l"t Code in tJ111 District of Columbia, at tlu Ulltml Mat of S{a~:ery a11d the SUwe 1'radt.J "I am sure tho.~ tho BYPlpathy of Baltimore(!) will be such ns to respect t\1o eaUJICl of liuugnry1 for tho people and the authorities aet in Jlerf~>et haruJOny together In thla Pltltl: country. • • • L am not egotistical for myself, but for tho great tJrlnelples or liberty, which mnko your country so great1 1!0 glorious, and 110 free, and al8o rhe lm11.l of 11fOttctiolt for the }»trsuuttd son.'! of frudom amoug thB great brotherhood or nations." -[SJ»etell at .lk1ltimort, Maryland.] t "Every man, by right of nature, snnctioncd by refiBOD, must be con~idered a. free person. El:try SUwe buomufrtefrom tht momtltt ht touches the A u.Jtrian 30il, or an AuMrifl/~ !hip."- [AII.!trion De· cree.] TO LOUIS KOSSU1'U. 205 Exalted, and no sympathy can craye; 'Vhosc groans and cries, commingling with thy words, .\.11 eulogistic of their merciless lords, As starting friends of suffering liberty_ And of this land as without stain of crime _ Turned them to mockery, and thee to shame ! Yes, shame upon thee, Kossuth!- Thine own land ~o longer should regard thee ns her chief . For being falso to freedom here, alas ! ' And pandering to the worst of tyrants' lust, Thou hast been false to her; henceforth, be dumb! Some other voice must plead her sacred cause . Some other hand must bear her standard up; ' Some other leader to the rescue come, Of loftier principle and stronger mould, 'Vhoso brows shall wear the wreath of victory J Say not-let not thy blind mlmirera sr~y In vindication of thy tortuous course - |