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Show 208 TilE LtlmllTY D~;Lr,. " 'fhero is a hope for freedom on the earth, Dccausc there is a people like yourselves, 'l1o feel its worth and to subscrvo its cause,"' Vhcn the one " institution, of our land, l\Iost cherished, guarded, as divinely given, Never to be abolished or impaired, Is chattel Slavery, unparalleled In hate of man and blasphemy of God, " Sum of all villanies," exceeding far All other tyrannies of earth combined ; - Or thy endorsement of our fiendish war, Waged wantonly, a hellish encl in view, 'Go.inst weak and unolfcnding Mexico,• 'Vhosc soil was coveted, because it gave " " Tho gloriou~ struggle you had not long ll.gQ with Mexico, ln which Ocncra.l Scott dro\·o out the President of that republic f\·om hlscapital."-[Kossuth's Sptuh at State•~ I s/(tn<l.] "T run aware that your wnr with Mexico waa carried on cillelly by ,·oluntecrs. , It Is a duty to eonl'ei!B,lhat those who fought in 1hat war hnvo high clnims to rm acknowledgment of their brilliant neblovcmentll. 1 know what dlstinguishod t>art tho volun· tconofN11wYorktook In that war-In tho alegoof \'eraCrur.,in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contrcraa, Molino del RRy, Chcrubusco, and Chcpultcpoe, and how they Jlllrtook In tho Immense glory of en Wring -n hundful of gallnnt men- the motroJIOiis of 1\lc;\:\co." [Spuch a1 New York.] 1'0 LOUIS KOSSUTII, Protection to nll fugitives from hands, And conquered and dismembered by our arms, Solely to plant therein our u1Jns tree,_ 'nmt on tho limbs of millions yet unborn, The galling fetters may be made secure, And a vast market opened for tho trade T n human flesh, now limited and dull. This is not all, 0 wise and prudent man ! 'fhou couldst not utter even one poor word For tho down-trodden here, because, forsooth ! Thou art a foreigner; and thy creed is, t< That every nation has the soyereign right 209 To shape n.nd regulate its own concerns, Unc1ucstioncd, unrebuked, by foreign tongues " ! • . • "My principle is, tha~ e;ery nation hM tho soJ·ore\gn right to d.i8poec of Its own dOmC8tlc affairs, wiUJout nuy foreign intcrfcrcncc. I, therefore, ahnll not meddle wllh any domestic concerns of th U~:too State&."- [Kosstdh's Address to th~ People of tl1t U. Statts.~ I anll myeelf of this opportunity to dcelaro once more that I no1'crdldor will do nuythlng, which, i11 tht nmotut way' could lntorfcro with tho matter alluded to, [American SIM'Cry.] 1 ha1"e de~~: e;! It openly IJ(lveral Ume~~, and ou all and o"ery opportunity, and proved~ be !Ill good lUI my word.''-[Spudt at tlu Citi::r11,,· Banqutt at Plukultlphia.) |