American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-11-08

| Now, what are the people of this country
wasting their enthusiasm and sympathies about I
Some propose to contribute $l 900, and are en-
deavoring TO raise 100000, for the exclusive
advantage of o man who acknowledges that he
has taken up arms against and urged his coun-
trymen to resist and throw off the yoke Of the
Emperor Of Austria, merely that Hungary should,
according to its ancient constitution, be governed
by . king, and potan emperor! Kossuth, as a
patriot, did his duty !; but in doing this, nm
inclined to think he never dreamed of such a
thing as q republic: and if he had, it would
have been mere dream; for such government
could by no possibility exist, and certainly would
not have been permitted to exist, in region
surrounded. as il is by powerful despotisms,
deeply Interested in crushing the very embryo
/ OF republication. And Kossnth, the defender
and supporter of monarchy, Is to be sent for
liby the Government of the United States; thou.
sands of dollars are proposed to be raised for
| his benefit and those who accompany him; and
to be feted and received everywhere with the
most distinguished honors: while poor Carl
baldi, the genuine republican and patriot hero,
was almost unnoticed and unhonored! ds a1
"Can such things be, without our special wonders"
lEta4i Sc Sa1aasa fa ANT-HUaBuG.
P. S.--Since the above was written, it would
appear that this Hungarian patriot is not at all
desirous to come to the United States, and has
quarreled with the officers Of the steamer Mis-
sissppi, generously sent to convey him to this
country; and because Captain Long would not
stop where he pleased to land, in violation of
orders, and where he wished to produce an exT
citement against Austria he threatens TO make
an appeal to the people of the United States, to
prove his gratitude, and to show that the govern
ment is tyrannical and oppressive and that the
kind people will do him justice in his efforts to
throw Europe into commotion, for his special
glory and benefit. ,.i III. .a.s.r....
| Remarks by the Editors.
We thought we were pretty well informed in
| relation to the character and designs Of Kos
suth, and regarded him with high admiration.
| If, however, the late accounts are authentic,
our impressions have been erroneous; but we
are still held in doubt by the incompatibility Of
the conduct attributed to him with the higf
order Of ability and intelligence that has hitherto
marked his career.
An objection made by our correspondent ]:
not valid with US. If, firstly, as he says, re-
public was impossible in Hungary, then Kos
suth acted as wise friend of freedom in de-
manding nothing more than was possible
namely, the reduction of absolutism to a con-
situtional monarchy-and should be none the
less honored by republicans for the prudence
| by which his ardor was restrained. But, Sc.
condly, o greater than Kossuth has won OIL
undying fame by securing republic when, il
the first steps of his movements in the cause o
reform, he contemplated nothing more than tn
exemptions and guarantees to which his coun
4 try was constitutionally entitled under tn
| British monarchy. Kossuth, also, under th
lash of tyranny, adyanc ed much farther as the
struggle of Hungary progressed; and the Sc,
qusl has shown that, had he not been over
powered by the minions of imperial power, the
EQUALITY OF MAN would have been proclaimed
throughout his native land
| While Russia and Austria are ever ready-as
our correspondent appears to well know--tC
crush the cause of liberty wherever it may ap
pear, and while the fox-like hypocrite who, 70,
| the present. suffers himself to be called PresideR
of France, is but too eager to earn their aid il
any special warfare he may have against the
peoples rights, we would fain ask our corre
/ spondent and others to pardon the involuntary
indiscretion that betrays US into throwing VI
our cap and shouting Viue la Liberte! We or
as much opposed to man-worship as any, an
think we have seen too much Of it in th
our happy country but unless Kossuth I'm
really acted, unlike his former SELF as he
described to have done, we would greet hin
with warm cordial and generous Ecicom,
to the land whose freedom has 50 long been thu
theme of his praise