The southern press., 1851-10-04

tration OF our government 10 take sides with
France and Switzerland, for freedom and Tree
institutions, speak Of France as she will be
after the elections in May. 1852.
therefore, explained the advantages OF Colts
invention to the President, in keeping of the
enemy for considerable time, and offered to
send the revolver, which had left Mt Paris, to
the confederation, on my return, and said that
had no doubt Mr.. Colt would be glad to see
them manufactured from that model, for the
service, by the Swiss government. My offer
was accepted Us made.
. When returned to Paris, sent the pistol to
the President, at Berne, with all its accoutre-
ments. There was no letter, and only an IN
scription on the band, with the words, "a Ia
Suisse, w. M Cory, Paris, Oct., 1850"
mention this as explaining, probably, the course
of the government in sending no instructions
with the carabine. They have done, with re-
spect to their present, what did with mine, and
they have avoided the improperly of returning
u gift in kind, by sending their carabine to the
United States, by my hands, instead of giving
it to me. ] am very glad Switzerland has thus
acted towards us; she would have done it to no
other country, and she'h has meaning which we
should understand and recipTocate. France,
Switzerland, and the United States, are des.
tined to cooperate on principle, system and
compact, for repubicanism, against the mon
strous alliance of European despots, who are
banded for the slaughter, without dscrimina.
ton Of sex or age, of all freemen found in arms.
Switzerland will not succumb, but the land
of Washington and Jefferson, of Franklin and
Madison, cannot allow feeble peope--a hand.
ful of men, women, and children--to be hacked
to pieces for protesting that political faith which
has made us 50 soon the first maritime and agri-
cultural, the most generally intelligent and happy
nation on the globe. She was not attacked by
her enemies last spring. as her friends expected !;
but it was their intestine troubles which saved
her for a season. The long and painful confer
ences Of Warsaw, Olmutz, and Vienna, were in
dispensable to the settlement of the designs
against Switzerland, and we are advised that it
has been further decided b., the despots there
assembled to attack even France, if the democ-
racy shall be- as it certainly will be, triumphant
at Che next elections. Time was necessarily
consumed in maturing this nefarious conspiracy (;
but on the opening Of another year, if God per-
mits, the south and east of Europe is to echo to
the Cossack's hoof. 1t is probable that before
the rising of the next Congress to sit in De.
cember, the execution OF republicanism-its ex-
tinction throughout the Old World-will be
attempted. 1t is not possible that an American
Congress will be deceived by traitors and bad ad-
visers, at home or abroad, nor that they will be
derilect in their duty, being at the head Of ma
tons, of at once taking part in the government
of the family; and by the Inauguration with
force, if necessarily Of the great code ofjustice
among states, establish the rights of man.
w. M. CORY.
.Col. A. Dudley Mann was the ablest officer, Of
any rank whatever, in the foreign service Of the
United States He was the most obnoxious man in
ID he N atran
Of freemen, in whose he constantly, but firmly
and calmly, wrote and spoke. His correspondence
with the Secretary of State since 1S47 very voum
NOUS and publicly compared with the Of folly
from other official sources, lying in that department,
contributed during the greatest period since the Chris
tian era would place him atthe head Of diplomatic
list. Congress should immediately order the publica
ton OF all those documents.