Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-02-06

e"co"i"S "eHi Nhtci Is gwen 10 Tue Spirlt
of insurrection and of disorder, most fye-
gently falls back upon those who seek to
aid i, in its developments, in spite Of JUS
tice and wise policy.
The undersigned avails himself of this
occasion to renew TO the Secretary Of State
the assurance of his distinguished con>il
ration. HULSEMANN.
To the Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER.
Secretary Of State of the U. States.
Secretary OF State to Mr. uulscmann
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. J
WAsHINGroN, Dec. 81, 1850 !
The undersigned, Secretary of Stale Of
the United States, had the honor to receive
some time ago, the note Of Mr. HulScmann
Charge d'Aifairs Of his Majesty the EN-
peror of Austria, of the 30h September.
Causes not arising from any want of per-
sonal regard of Mr. Hulsemann, or of pro-
per respect for bis Government, have de-
layed an answer until the present moment.
Having submitted Mr. Hu!semann's letter
tothePresident the undersigned is now di-
rected byhim to return the following reply:
The objects of Mr. Hulsenann's note
are, first, to protest by order of his Gov
ernment, against the steps taken by the
late President of the United States, to as
certain the progress and probable result OF
the revolutionary movements in Hungary;
and; secondly, TO complain of some ex-
pre>sions in the Instructions Of the late
Secretary of State TO Mr. "A. Dudley Mann
a confidential agent of the United States,
as communicated BY President Taylor TO
the Senate, on the 2S,h Of March last.
The principal ground OF protest is found
ed on the idea, or in the allegation, that the
Government Of the United States, by the
mission of Mr. Mann, and his Instructions
has intsr'ered in the domestic affairs OF
Austria, in manner unjust or dIsrcspec'
tul toward that power. The President S
message was a communication made b, him
10 the Senate, transmitting Il correspon-
dence between the Executive Government
and confidential agent of its own. This
would seem TO be itself domestic trans
action, a mere instance of Intercourse be-
tween the President and the Senate, in
the manner which is usual and indispensa-
ble III communications between the differ
ent branches of the Government. Il was
not addressed ei,herto Austria or Hunga-
ry; nor was it any public manifesto, to
which any foreign State was called on to
reply. 1t was anaccoun; ofits transactions
communicated by the Executive Govern
ment TO the Senate, at the reques; of that
body made public only because such is the
common and usual course of proceeding ;
and it may be regarded as somewha,
strange, therefore, that the Austrian Cabi-
net did pot perceive that, by the instruc-
,ions given 10 Mr. Ilul>emaun, it was itself
interfering with The domestic concerns OF
a foreign State, the very thing which is the
g'onnd Of It's complain, against the United
States.
This Department has. on former occa-
sions, informed the Ministers Of Foreign
Powers that communication from the
Pre>iden, to either House of Congress is
regarded as domestic communication, OF
which ordinarily, no foreign State has
cognlzance and in more recent instances
the great inconvenience Of making such
communications subjects Of diplomatic
correspondence and discussion has been
fully shown. If it had been the pleasure
OF his Majesty, the Emperor of Austria,
during the struggles with Hungary, to
have adinoni>hed the Provisional Govern
meht or the people of ,ha, country agains,
involving themselves in disaster, by fol-
lowing the evil and dangerous exam pie of
the United States of America to making
efforts for the establishment ofindependent OF
Governments, such an admoniton from
that Sovereign TO his Hungarian subjects
would not have originated here a diplo-
matte CORES spondence.
The President might, perhaps on this
ground have declined to direct any partcu-
lar reply TO Mr. Hulsemann's note but
out of proper respect Tor the Austrian
Government, it has been thought better
10 answer that note at length; and the more
especially as the occasion is not rnfavora-
ble for the expression Of the general SEN
,iments Of the Government Of the United
States upon the topics which that note dis
cusses.
A leading subject in Mr. Hulsemann's
..'S - '''a' VI ''iS WI iCs poiiueiiCe UetNeen
Mr. Hulsemann and the predecessor or ofthe
undersigned, in which Mr. Clayton, by d.
recton Of the President, Informed Mr.
Hulsemann 'that Mr. Mann's missicn had
no other object in view than TO obtain re-
liable information as to the true state of af-
fairs in Hungary, by personal ooserva-
tion.' Mr. Hulsemann remarks that 'this
explanation can hardly be admitted, for it
says very little as 10 the cause of the
anxiety which was felt TO ascertain the
chances of the revolutionists." As this,
however, is the only purpose which can
with any appearance of truth be attributed
to the agency as nothing whatever is al
legged by Mr. Hul>emaEn to have been eli.
,her done or said by the agent inconsist-
ell, with such an object, the undersigned
conceives that Mr. Clayton's explanation
ought to be deemed not only admissible,
but qnite satisfactory. Mr. Hul>emann
states, in The course of his note, that his
instructions to address his present COM
munication 10 Mr. Clayton reached Wash
incton about the time Of the lamented
death of the late President, and that he
delayed from sense of propriety the ex-
ecution Of his task until the new Admin
i>tration should be fully organized ;"a de-
Law which he now rejoices at, as it has