New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-14
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.


.,,, Roston. II is rather too good
to be genuine besides we do not recoilec'
.nv such paper as the Austria" "ose''e
., euro.lty has been felt 10 see the reply
=, the Austrian Minister to "eos'efs famous
slsc,ioneering dispatch about the agent sem "
Hungary Il appears to have been sent as ieng ago
,he las, a,h of July, but Webster has not been
- ~ hurry 10 publish IT, We give Dei""
ty.nsia,ion OF this remarkable document
,r,om thu Austrian Gazette. Sept d. lSoLJ
- ,ns Cbs,aiier Hul,emann, Austrian charge aes
xaIs. the Csun al ~ siss Of The United State,
Of America Aus1RI.S LEGATION, July 4, 1851:
nasys;pned Charge des AfalIes OF ms Ma
-, The Emperor OF Austria, having submitted 70
=" Emperor your Excelency's dlspa.ch' bearing
Sste Dec a. 1850, has been Instructed 10 make Tue
following reply tA;o,,ho
da,.,oned had heretofore complained, IN sending
an agent 10 Hungary 10 open communication Win
Abe rebes there arms then against ms Ma esty tne
Emneroy appears to be justified In the said dspasch
On ne Ground that the United States the repre-
sentat,on OF purely popular principles OF Govern.
nent- principles on which the Covernmehts o,
,hose States are them selves wholly iouhoe1
Whence Just and rightful sympathy on the part oil
he people and Government of the United States on
fehan OF all movements, wherever and oy "hohso-
ever made in behalf OF liberty and equality:
Whether, il such truly were The foundation OF the
American Government, IT would JUSTIFY the course
Of conduct OF which the Emperor coiapiahs' !. -
not necessary nov to inquire, since ths dssu "p p
on the part OF the Amerl"an OoVefnmehts 10 VIC
wholly founded upon" and Ito be the representa-.
lives Of purely popular principles OK go'eILienen.
does not &c EN- the Emperor TO rest on any suc'e'
foundation. -, A. 10 a,..r. Tho,
Xour Excellency can hardly fan 10 De aware, thaI
IN two OF the United States, TO wit South Cdioilna
and Mississippi, the majority OF the inha arc
kept in state OF degrading personal sery'tude, VIVA
total pohloltion of political anc social gnls ut'ei
Nv unknown IN any portion OF the Austrian Sol i
IONS that in fourteen out OF the mlrlyohe STATES,
the same is the case with very large pofoh oi tne
na,ive horn inhabitants that even those states IN
whch this ey stem does not exist arc ple0geu 10 sup
mott il in the others for which purpose the General
Government is the instrument ana agent aluhcuon
,,hout the perpeuaI discharge OF which, as no one
knows better than your Excellency, especially IN .he
scrupuous return Of all refugees from sefVi'ude, the
Union could not continue To exist.
Your Excellercy has been pleased TO quote the
Iayback Circular OF May 1871, as II 10 Illustrate
some marked distinction between the principles VI
the Austrian and the American Governments Inc
following is the passage quoted
Useful and necessary charges In legislation ana
administration ought only to emdnate from the lree
will and intelligent CONVICTION OF those whom "oa
has rendered responsible for power. All that ue-
yiates from this le vel leads 10 disorder, CONNEXIONS
and evils far more lnsufierdbe than those Which
they pretend TO remedy" And can your Exceiiency
saw that there is any doctrine here laid dow not
perfectly consistent with the principles and practce
Of the American Governments Does your Excel
iency admit any right on the part OF the saves-that
is TO say the large majority OF the native population
Of South CaToha-to rise against and to oyerturn
the rule of their White masters Is not the HoVeni-
ment of the United States pledged TO interfere TO
put down any such insurection DO not me slave
holders OF South Carolina, and OF the other states
clam 10 hold their power directly rom God ana 10
be responsible 10 HIM alone for IT'S exercise Ana
do they not rely on the Bible TO prove Inc un,
dersigDed begs leave to entertain the opinion, and
he boldly appeals TO the civilized world for the
ustice OF IT, that the night OF the Emperor OF Aus
Mia TO decide alone and exclusively upon the pont-
ical changes necessary and proper to be made IN
Hungary is at least good as the title OF hundred
thousand American slave, holders 10 Keep IN sore
dependence upon their VIII ana pleasure upward OF
three millions of their fellOw-countryme men, Whue
they reduce the remaining twenty million OF nom
NAL ireemen TO the hardly more enviaole condition
Of slave. drivers and slave hunters.
As to the exercise OF this power claimed IN 0oth
cases to be of divine origin, the Emperor OF AUSTRIA
has not yet found necessary TO prohibit, under Sc
we're penalties, the teaching any portion Oh nus SUP
iects to read and write. On the other hand all Aus
ttian parents required by law send then ""'-
cren 10 school TO be instructed IN these necessary
accomplishments.
The Emperor of Austria is no eneWy To popular
right He reigns the people of Austria for their
good not for his lie IS willing 10 receive hght
In the discharge OF his august duties, from every
Cuavter But he does not look for information =" on
the great ideas Of responsibility and purely popular
principles VI government, TO the representatives. OF
an arisocracy OF la,eholders, very similar IA one
pressed IN Hungary that of preaching democracy
with their tongues while their whole lives consist IN
the daily exercise over their ello" men OF afoUIy
power, In the most repugnsut forms.
But although the Emperor cannot IN any wise al
nit the prelensons of the United states 10 be the
representatives Of purely popular principles OF gov.
eminent" he has no obecnon that the relations OF
the two Governments should stand upon that basis
OF mutual interference with the internal concerns
Of each other, on which the American Government
seems disposed to place IT, In common With the rest
OF Chrlstendom, he has long regarded with hearty
commiseratlon the Degraded serNiiude as II seems
to him. disgracetul to Christianity IN which SO large
a portion OF the common people are kept and he
cannot doubt that the uprising before long OF some
black kossuth VIII furnish HIM with an opportunity
Of carrying these new principles lao DOM py the
American Government INTO practice, ana thereoy
serving the cause OF human happiness, ever dear To
the Empsror's heart 49,.
Having thus commune atod the sentiments Of his
Majesty ON your late dispatch, embrace this oppor-
tuny 10 renew to your Excellency assurances OF my
high consideration. HVLSEMANN.
To His Excsllsncy, Daniel Webster, Secretary of
State Of the United States.
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