Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-02-07


conclusion wonld be 10 declare war im'ne-
liaely against Austria, it she had COM
mit,ea such enormitirs though. from the
impossib'lty OF coming in co's,ct with
her, this recourse might be difficult OF ac-
co'nplishment. But, sir, there is ano,her
mode that is much more congenial, much
more compatible with the course we ought
10 take. The exiles from suffering and
bleeding Hungary are now scattered
through all quarters OF the globe; some
have reached our hospitable shores, some
are now vending their way hither, and
manY are scattered throughout, Europe
Let the honorable Senator bring forward
some original plan for aliording succor and
relief to the rxiles of IIungary-some-
thing that sha'l he worthy Of their accept
ance, and the bes,owiny of which upon IA
brave and generous people shall do honor
10 a country rich in houndless resources
-somcthng that shall be worthy Of n
country which is the asy lnm ofthe wretch
ed and oppressed from all quarters Of the
worlds something that shall be worthy
the acceptance Of the salian'ry and pa'ri-
oii>m " ith which those eXi|cs fought in
defence OF their own country. When the
honorable Senator shall have done this,
| then lie may call on me, and call not in
vain, Tor snccor and support in behalf OF "a
proposition such as have indicated.
! Why. sir, grea, is the incongrui,y be-
tween the premises oil The Hon. Senator
and his conclusion, 10 recall our charge
! d'affairS. Sir, think. instead Of pursu-
! i"g that course, 10y which we shall close
/ the door OF intercourse with Austria, by
which we shall gain nothing in behalf o.:
i the suffering llunsarians, and the suffer-
ing exilcs from Hungary, very d'fEeren,
| course. indeed ould have been the one
THAT ought 10 have been suggested by the
honorable Senator. Instead of suspend
! ing our diplomatic intercourse, | would
have sent from this country some eminent
and distinguished and enlightened citizen,
some one who possessed the confidence
of the conniry-ihe honorable Senator
himself would have been very fit and
suitable representative on such an inter
esting occasion III would have sent him
10 the Court nf Austria 10 plead the noble
cai>e oi ,iie Huugarians, and il she would
roi open her ear. 10 the dictates Of hn-
,nanitv. which might be infused into her
through an agent snch a> have de>crib-
ed. wonll have instructed him 10 relnon-
strate in the name OF suffering humanity
in the name OF Chri>lianity-to rebnke
her for her inhumanitv.
The honorable Senator, among the 9th.
er documents which he atduced Oh the
a<al,4-is-'s es ls--i--tcfvsiirg aeasise.e. seller
red 10 what had been proposed by eighty
Three members of the British Parliament
10 Lord John Russell and 10 Lord Palm
er>ton. Wha. did they propose? To
stop inirrcnurse--to deny TO the British
Government any access 10 Anstria-io re-
call, in Il moment ot resentment and pas
sion, the Minister wh" represented them
nj the court of Vienna? No, sir ! mol
/ The reqni>iion uE these members OF the
British Psrlidment, consisting of Lords
and Commons, WAS that Austria should
settle the question between herself and
Hungary upon some ground, that would
DC satisfactory 10 bn,h-io suspend the
atroeiou> executions of The victims that
had fallen in.ul their power. In short, the
course proposed by the eighiy-three mem
bers ofihe British Parliament was 10 keep
open the door aud not 10 suspend all inter-
course with An>tria. But, sir, 10 look "A
little further into this sui jet, we naturally
inquire, wha, is the object of foreign
Munster. Tie honorable Senator from
! Michigan does not propose, as some OF Tie
writer's in the beginning OF this century
did, TO Ito away with ambassadors alto
gtthcr, regarding them oaly as a sorl Of
privileged spy i'll a foreign country. He
does Eoi contend thai there is no OCCASION.
under certain circumstances, of maintain
! ing intercourse with Austria. He puts il
on none Of these grounds. He puts il OF
the sole ground Of Austrian tyranny, Aus
irian excesses, Austrian buichcry, Aus
,rian disregard OF Hungarian liberty
4 What, sir! do we send minister abroad
for The sake OF the country 10 whom the
Minister is depu,ed? take il 10 be for
American interest that he goes and resides
abroad that it is 10 take care OF colamrr-
cial affairs; to- take care of eur seamen; 10
see that the treaties existing between
those countries and ours are faithfully ob-
served and executed. These are some of
the duties that aprerlain 10 d foreign Min-
i>ter. We are asked, then, by the honor
able Senator from Michigan, by way ol
furnishing Austria Tor her harshress and
i'll. usage towards the Hnngarians, TO pun
I i>h ourselves, TO deprive o,,r merchants,
and the sailors OF orr country OF what BEN
efs might redonnd from having Minis
ter resident al Vienna.
Sir, my worthy Ifiend from Michigan.
among the considerations which he seem
ed tothink entitled him to expect my sup
port, did me the honor 10 quote what |
have said Oh Il former occasion, and par
iicularIy upon the occasion of PROPOSE
'ion made hy the for the recognition Of
South American independence. The gem
tienan seems to think that the course
which marked out for myself on that oc-
! casion necessarll y calls upon me to coop
crate with him upon this. Sir, what was
that occasion? |. was the bringing of
nation into existence. or rasher-for that
is putting il entirely in too presumptuous
IA torm-,he Object was TO introduce irto
the family OF nations those who had been
gailaisiIy and gl-rionsly establishing ;heir
inde epeh.lence. The propos i'ion here is
! unt Ia in! fntiuoe pev NAT inn into III, e.,