Daily American telegraph., 1851-12-24
stolen Thunder.

Mr.. Webster denounced Mr.. Wilmot for having
his thunder Mr.. Bayly stole this beautiful
metaphor in his late letter to the Southern Ar
gus" from Mr.. Websters denunciation of Mr..
Wilmot. We are disposed to give the devil his
DUE and have therefore recently shown, from the
record, that Mr.. Websters complaint against Mr..
Wilmot was well founded. For, as far back as
1919, Mr.. Webster proclaimed Freesoism and
!" the EXTIRPATION OF SLAVERY as a mea-
sure deeply concerning the honor and safety Of
the United States" On the questions of slavery
and abolition Mr.. Webster is therefore justly en-
titled to the appellation Of "he great agitator -
as Mr.. Foote, by his resolution, reopening the
questions which he would have us believe re-
Gently threatened the very existence Of this glo-
rious Union has won for himself the title Of " the
little agitator."
The " National Intellgencer" recently claimed
for Mr.. Webster the Kossuth thunder also. 1t
says: Z" The first movement made by any public
man in Christendom for the release Of Kossuth
and his companions from their Imprisonment
was made by Mr.. Webster, in his letter to the
American Minister in Constantinople, in Febru-
ary last" &c., SC,
We are not yet informed what claim Sir H.
Bulwer has to participate in this thunder, by vir
tue of his having prompted Mr.. Webster to take
that step. But we observe that the special organ,
the "Republic, taking its cue from Mr. Fillmore's
more special organ, the "Albany Register" has
recently thrown out several indications of de-
sire to get rid of Mr.. Webster and his thunder ;
and this morning it contains funny editorial, in
which, passing over the joint claims of Mr. Web
ster and Sir H. Bulwer altogether, it discusses
the claims of Messrs. Cass, Douglas, Stockton,
Cory and others, to the Kossuth thunder. The
"Repdblie" also passes by Mr.. Tefft, who, in his
book, claims all this thunder to have been orig-
nally his own. So that if anybody is entitled to
the foreign vote for the Presidency on this score
it is Parson Teft. The ssRepublic," having its
eyes fixed on the Presidency and Presidential as
pirants, also overlooks the jealous support given
by Gen. Shields to the Kossuth resolutions Now
we think the gallant General entitled to his share
of the thunder; and he is no Presidential aspi-
rant, he has our greater confidence. He is a gal
liant, noble hearted Irishman, thoroughly Ameri-
canized, and an ardent friend of republican lib
erty. But if, instead of Hungary and Russian
despotism, he would turn his attention to Ireland
and British despotism in that poor and oppressed
country, our sympathies would be more cordially
with him. And still more so, if he, who in the
late fought SO gallantly against Mexico, would
now take some measures to protect her against
the British blockade with which she is threat
ened, for the purpose Of enabling the Barings &
Co. to cheat her out of the indemnity which the
United States promised by the treaty Of Guada-
lupe to pay for California and New Mexico.
We believe that Sir Henry Bulwer, Lord Pal
merston, and Mr.. Webster are at the bottom Of
this Kossuth agitation, and that the purpose is, as
Kossuth has himself declared, to involve us in a
war with Russia, and thus make us fight England's
battles for the protection of the British East In
dies against Russia. We do not believe that such
is our mission. But we do believe that it is our
duty to befriend and protect the nations Of Amer
lea against Great Britain, and any or all Euro
pean powers which may attempt to "oppress
them or control their destinies," by blockade or
otherwise