Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-01-09
United States ard Austria.

The correspondence between the Austrian
charge and Mr. Webster is published Hulse-
manns letter being dated Sept. 80. and the re-
ply of our secretary Dec. 81. The charge
speaks of the ignorance of the late cabinet
with regard 10 Hungarian affairs, and the
mendacous statements of the American press.
He complains OF the mission Of A Dudley
sent out to acknowledge the independence of
Hungary in case of her being able TO m intain
q. How is it possible he asks. Ito recon-
eile such mission with the principle of non-
intervention, sanctioned with so much solemn
i;y. by the president in his inaugural address
Of March ). 1850 :" And he reminds us that
The Austria which struggled . years against
the + ench revolution was not likely TO yield
! rebellion in her own domin:ons, and that
civil war is possible occurrence every
where" The whole note is quite sharp in
rebGke of the TAYLOR cabinet
MIR, Webster's reply is four times as long as
the chevalier's protest. lie defends the action
OF Tay lor and Clayton, and takes an eoauen;
lean ideas and example nf liberty. quoting
from the emperors Joseph II. and Francis /.
and tie Laybach circular Of lS4l. The pow
er Of the republic. he says. "A, the present
moment, is spread over a region. one of the
richest and most fertile on the globe, and of an
extent, in comparison with which. the posses
sions Of the house OF Hapsburg, arc but as
patch on the earth's surface It's population,
already twenty-five millions. will exceed that
OF the Austrian empire within the period dur
ing which It may be hoped that VI. Hulsemann
may yet remain in the honorable discharge of
his duties to his government" He then ius,i
hcs our sympathy with republicans everywhere
and reminds Mr.. Hulsemann that if the Amer
lean press propagate "mendaeious rumors,'
they obtain them from the press Of Europe.
and therefore Gen. Taylor did right in seeking
true information from authentic sources, The
course of Mr.. Stiles, our former charge. is an.
proved by Mr. Webster, as it was by Austria.
The application of the word spy" to Mr.. Dud-
ley Mann is Indignantly resented BY Mr.. Web
ster, and NJ. Hulsemann is plainly told that he
misrepresents the instructions given 10 Mann
by Clayton. In conclusion Mr.. Webster saws
" Ii would be idle now TO discuss with Mr.
Huisemann those acts of retaliation. which he
imagines may possibly take place at some in
definite time hereafter. These questions will
be discussed when they arise, and Mr. IIulse.
mann and the cabinet at Vienna NAV rest as
sured that, III the n can time. while perform
ing with strict and exact fidelity all their neu.
trail duties, nothing will deter either the gov.
eminent or the people of the United States
from exercising, at their own discretion the
rights belonging 10 them as an independent
nation. and of forming and expressing their
own opinions, freely and at all times upon the
great political events which may transpirt
among the civilized nations of the Garth
I Their own institutions stand upon the broadesr
principles of civil liberty; and believing those
/ principles, and the fundamental laws in which
4 they are embodied. To be eminentlv favorabl.
/ 10 the prosperity of states-to be- in fact. the
! only principles OF government which meet tht
demands OF the present enlightened age-ths
President has perceived, with great sa,isfactio,
| that. In the constitution recently introduced
INTO the Austrian empire. many of these grea
principles are recognized and apylicd, and h,
cherIShes sincere wish that they NAV produc,
the same happy effects throughout his Austrian
maJe>;y's extensive dominions that thew HAY,
done in the United States
Mr., Clay opposed the printing of 10000 ex
ira copies of the correspondence. rhereh,
soothing Mr.. Bodisco, the Russian minister
who had been quite tdsety in the lobby of th
senate. while Mansum and Walker were de
nouncins Austria and Russia. a despatch il
the Tribune says
1t is confidently stated that the Austrian
minister addressed his note 10 Mr.. CLAYTON
and was offered his passports unless he with
drew it. The friends Of Messrs. CLAYTON ant
Webster are exceedingly angry about Mr.
Clay's speech.