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dom is an accomplished fact, and at the call of those 

 who bestowed it. 



" We have seen with a thrill of joy, such as free- 

 dom can only feel, that sorrow and suffering, the 

 deadly sting of a devilish treachery, imprisonment 

 and exile, have not broken your brave heart, but 

 still retains its firm trust in God and the right. We 

 pray that during your sojourn with this great people 

 that that trust will gather renewed strength, and 

 that your heroic soul may be nerved to fulfil its 

 mission — the final restoration of Hungarian nation- 

 ality. We pray that the dark cloud which now 

 overshadows your beloved country may be speedily 

 removed, and that you may be spared to be to your 

 countrymen in the future as in the past — a Pillar of 

 Light. 



" The Sons of St. George therefore bid the noble 

 Magyar welcome. They know that his cause will 

 surely triumph, for it is in the safe keeping of one 

 who with patient endurance will bide his time, and 

 as certainly drive the Austrian before him like a 

 whirlwind, as that to-morrow's sun will rise ; they 

 know that a just and right and true cause is in the 

 hands of God and it must triumph. We would re- 

 mind your excellency that our own Saxon Alfred 

 was defeated — that the Scottish Bruce was twelve 

 times overthrown, losing all but hope and honor. 

 They conquered despair, and their success came at 

 last. It came of faith and endurance, and so by 



