The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-01-10
FROM WASHINGTON.

and The Secretary of State, Mr.. Webster
was Communicated 10 Inc Senate to.day, by
1.-The President, in compliance with Gen
Cass' resolution Of The 26'h inst. ihe,e
are bot two letters, and both afe remafEao'e
documents. 49,.
The history of the matter is simply this
Gen. Teylor, Getting upon inforn'at'on re-
ceived from, Mr.. Stiles, cur Charge al Wen
ia. and from Hurgariuns here who had the
confidence OF their own people, appointed
Mr.. dudley Mann. an agent to proceed 70
Hungary and obtain Information as 10 me
coptiiion end prospects Of The people. anu
with q view 10 acknowledge heir indePen'
dence, i: they should actually ossert ma o.
c,,,eye il, The instructions ~ Mr.. Mann
were rot n.omu.e 9ied. and he had no pow =
er 10 act, except upon n con insencv. but
simply a power TO asce,ta in and report 'acts'
NJ. Mann did no, 60 to Hungary, FOR The
s.tugo!e resulted un'ovo'ably 10 The Hurea'
ran cause. Ia Murch last, Gen. Tayl"f,
upon call o. the Senate, communicated 10
that body the instructions 10 Mr.. MANI
! Through ID , channel, The imne!isl govern.
,nent ifs, QUA ;neu knowledge Of lhen'.-
The A u.,.isn "nisier received ms. ruc'
,iou<, as lie says, ~ enier a protest sgoi0s'
the us>ump; ,on< and Iaoguaae o. The in
/ ,iruci,uns, lest .n"v should he, BY i's 81
Ipnce. supposed 10 receive their sane D.
ChcvnI,e- HulIeman did not receiv" hIsos
dcrs III oouut the lime Of Gen. Tr, Tors
Jc1h, and he 10, bore i'om aciion on hem.
, III aztec the new administration was orgoD>
: vet; and ,hen, as he soys, he vas 2'ol'iipd
w Inc assurance, OF The Pres 'dent. upon bis
! receDiUn OF the fnre;.n d punia, c corns,
that The coarse oi III" u"'lrd States Gov
ernmenl towards oii"r Governments wuu!d
i,e. as be'eto'O'c, one Of; non intervention.
But, Of teu.ib. he Cbevoier addressed &
le,ier 10 Mr. Webster protesting rso'ns;
the cnounge Of The instructions, nod The
object OF Mr.. Mann, sgeocv, aud Inc nr'"-
ciples UpOn which II was ordered, as being
hostile and offensive 10 'br l,One'lo' Gov
ernmrn,. lie says that me United SAFES
GOvernmcn' s'.cd wi ios,"a"ce OF Tue c.
! sou ces Of Au>!ria-iwh.ch e.c"ej laugh
when it was rcad)-.;,al Aus ra had. Tor
twenty vears. pc s"vr'in.'v con'e"ted a.
nninsl ,'iancr, pud was ab'e, ~ 'r"
monhs, iC oul down al Iu>nr"r,ioa IN her
own domn.on.. He sad. 90. That 'hc ms
Austria, he Em,..rr Of Hl-, s.-i'n All
MISSION by ,he wov, inat ,he resources o.
Austria were 40. odeGuuis 10 suppress '"e
,,surrecion.) BIT again, be- saws thnt rs
Gnyetnn,"a; was Influenced by tine "m"hd"
cious rumu. p'oJasaed 1v he mes, vi tho
lriied t:.ae.,'--(wl,ich e%accd little
NOE 'auyh;e:.) Tic IemasEs bot alt Gov
ernmeu,s are sob :ct 10 ep.udes IN their
.rO.,l.s Vi .r-if. cc'jph sAd :cDe''i'n, and
hat It vas uear benz ,hr case u he Uni-
leI 5 ,:es, Gu'in: 'he I,>' yep; AMI he i'd
,non.hcs ,i,is Government h"' II" zone Oi
incr'crcncc rou'd be prrrd hs E"'onc"n
Government. be e, "a such an event. Tue
Chevaiier strikes H.s'n io'her ho'd. anu !"
lone that produced not ''itle Tceh"g,
when he intim,:es ,ha, the American agent
might have been treated ., n sPy. \" liz"
The whole Of the Chc,Ayr's 'e"'"'e was w.
~ A~----e- ~. A~,,,-ac ''.sc-.%p',
was eagerly lis ened 70.
MI. Webster, letter is lvng, because |,
embraces every point, anu, uDon some pom 5
it enla rses. lle ;eci, 10 'he protest Of the
Austrian Government acoinsta slep which
was T. -: W oh ain information; Owl 10 the
a..u'rp',"n j,,u. i; was on unNuo liiiable IN.
e i,,c..., ~ - lars o. the government.
tie cI.. i. ,cs ne proprety OF any "o;'ce
" The Austrian Government oil dO'"es'r
communication from one b.Unrh Of This gO-
.ernment 10 uno. her, aud regards 1t as on
interference in our private ouais; no reply
was, Theodore, co'Ied for, but respect for
The Austrian Government had Induced The
President 10 make one. Hs regrets hat the
lad X. n Z
ces Of the President renewed 10 the .'p'o'
,nat;c corps, and that The minister bod see"
lit 10 0ocn past Transaction. The wrs
! 10 govd ,uf,'o'c in r'qdtng s'a'cmehl o.
| he ,ca>Uns wtv lie past administration nPo
sought ~ o.. n ia i";O nation ps 10 the ac'"'
al sa;c Of things in Hungary. But he goes
at leng b, inio these reasons. Tie U. ,.
could not iouh, without inteies', upon
struggle for independence aud liberty any
where; aud tbs feeling had lis origin in tue
idea on which the American GOvcrnmen;
was founded. Tie Emperor Joseph the ii,
had timsc.; ,otsshadOwed ,he conseq fences
Of The Amer:csn Revolution, when ne said
~ France, IN regard TO her interpo''t'on,
That sit gave birth 10 reflections on free.
DOM" Tho Government Of Tue Cniled
S.stes was iounted On popular rights, and
elsewhere, lie rights Of line people were
held from crowned heads, md oil deviation
from That line had been denounced bv al
| Emperor of the German Empire, in an ad'
dress 10 the Def, as "iooii.h." But tho po>
pular institutions Of Inc United States had
Ilourished and, 10 a shoit time. had produ.
. ced results that comma nued the odmIrai ion
Of mankind. This country embraced. in
| its Limits on extent Of territory, compared
10 winch, al The possessions Of The house OF
Hopsbu. were but q patch on tie enrih's
surface. Lille, Liberty. and psoperiy were
secured TO all our citizens. Hence, The
American people were srden,ly attached TO
such institutions, aud their ~ n,pslhy in The
struggle Of the Hung was represented
by lie lale administration.
Hungary had q population three times
greater than we had when we engaged 10
| our Revolutionary struggle. and possessed,
in q separate language. an element Of ma
(; iionaiily that we had not. We take no part
in struggles in other nations. but If we see
a peopie engaged in The assertion Of their
freedom, We cannot remsin uncOncerned
spectators. Tie "men0aciOus rumors pro-
pagatcd by the American press" were drawn
from The European press, and wherever they
originated. they justified The late President
10 seeking true information. But the Aus