The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-11
TlIIRTY-sEcoNp CONGRESS-.
wEDsEsDAY, December 10, 1851
SENATE.
FIRST SESSION.

oint committees on Printing and the Library; also
that Rev. l.. F. Morgan had been chosen Chaplain
by that body.
A large number of memorials and petitions of a
private nature were presented and appropriately
referred.
Mr. HALE gave notice of bill increasing the
salary Of the district judge OF the district Of New
Hampshire.
Mr. BERRIEN moved that the memorial of the
members of the bar Of the District Of Columbia,
asking that the salary of the Judge of the criminal
court be made equal that of the assistant judges
of the circuit court, be taken from the files and
ferred TO the Judiciary Committee; which motion
Mr. UNDERWOOD submitted resolution di-
rectng an inquiry by the Committee on Roads and
Canals into the expediency of making the necessa-
~ explore tons and surveys, together with esti
mate of the cost of constructing artificial reservoirs
the Ohio river for the purpose of keeping
igation open on that river which was read and
adopted.
LAsD ron RAILROADS., &c.
Mr.. CLEMENS introduced bill granting land
to Alabama, 10 aid in the construction of the Go
raud railroad.
Mr. DODGE, of Iowa, introduced bill granting
land to Iowa, to aid in the construction OF rail-
road in that State.
Mr. GEYER gave notice of similar bills for roads
In Missouri.
MIR. WALKER introduced a bill for the improve
ment Of the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin
rivers.
NOTICES OF BILLS
Mr.. BADGER gave notice OF a bill for the relief
of the executors of Lewis Warrington deceased,
and others
Mr. PEARCE gave notice Of bill providing for
the settlement of the accounts Of officers who have
collected moneys by military contribution or other
wise in Mexico.
AssIoNMENr OF LAND wARRANrs.
Mr. UNDERWOOD, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported back, with an amendment,
the joint resolution making land warrants issued
under the act of September 1850, assignable
WELCOME TO KossVTH.
The Senate then proceeded 10 the consideration
nft he oi Mt hOsEuth
cordial welcome.
Mr. SUMNER said: Words are sometimes thin gs;
and cannot disguise from myself that the resolu-
ton, in honor OF Louis Kcssuth, now pending before
the Senate, when finally passed, will be an act of no
mean significance in the history OF our country.
The Senator from Georgia right when he said
that il was no unmeaning compliment. Beyond
its immediate welcome to an illustrous stranger,
it will help, combine, and direct the sentiments
OF our people everywhere; 1t Will inspire all IN
other lands who engaged in the contest for free
dom; it will challenge the disturbed attention of
despots; and it will become precedent in the
thick coming events Of The future, whose import
ance will grow with the growing might of the Re
public. in this view il becomes US to consider well
what we do, and 10 understand the grounds of our
conduct. For myself am prepare 10 vote
for it, without amendment condition any kind,
and on reasons which seem to me at once obvious
and conclusive In assigning these shall be brief;
and let me say that, novice as am in this scene,
and in all legislative halls, nothing but my strong
interest in the question and hope that may say
something strictly upon it, could prompt me thus
early TO mingle in these debates.
The case seems to require Statement. rather
than argument.
AsI understand, the last Congress requested the
President to authorize the employment Of one of
our public vessels to receive and convey Louis Kos
suth TO the United States. That honorable service
was performed under the express direction of the
President, and in pursuance of the vote OF Con-
gress, by one of the best appointed ships of our
navy the steam- gate Mississippi. Far away
from country-in foreign waters, in the cur.
rents of the Bosphorus-the Hungarian chief, pass
ing from his Turkish exile, first pressed the deck
of this gallant vessel, first came under the protec
ton of national flag, and for the first time IN
his life rested beneath the ensign of unques-
toned Republic.
in a eloquent speech OF an hours length
MIR. STOCKTON would not have said any thing
this subject had it not been that the observations
of some of the opponents OF the measure compelled
him TO mingle in the debate. This resolution sim
ply carried out the hospitality commenced by the
act of a former Congress. That was the whole case
There the argument began and ended, He
garded the honor OF the Senate somewhat com
mitted to THE welcome, and he regarded the honor
of the Senate as above all other considerations
He deaired TO say to the Senate and the country
that the sentiments uttered by Kossuth and others
on the other side III the Atlantic in respect TO the
monarchy Of Great Britain, and its practical work
ings upon the people, were not his sentiments.
He was glad the people OF New York had given
kossuth the welcome they had. The people of
America would welcome end receive him as their
guest. The people of New York had done so. The
stration that those who strike blow for liberty
will find in this land and among our people gym
pathy in their msiortunes and an asylum for
their repose.
In proportion to the ferocity with which they treat
ed the advocates and champions of liberty in Europe,
80 would we increase the degree of our hospitality.
Suppose, by the resolution, dlpomatists do make
an cutlery, had we not Secretary of State who,
by one effort of his gigantic mind, would scatter
their cobwebs to the winds. Suppose it should pro-
woke blows, had we not navy which would chow
them that blows could be well 4
ceived.
He considered the weakness of our Government
and the other causes which prompted the neutral
ity Of the days of Washington, did not exist now
The infant Hercules had been nursed.
He then adverted TO the character of the British
government He knew nothing in her history show
ing that she had ever taken one step forward in
the cause of freedom. That government was mo
narchical and its principal effect was the degra-
usuoh OF 'ne masses. her Jaw Ihaxlng power was
reposed In the hands OF few, and the masses were
in the worst practical slavery. They owed and
performed duty to masters who were under no
corresponding obligation to protect them.
Under the system Of her government the great
mass Of the people were oppressed, and the conse
quence was that her poorhouses and workhoues
were filled to OVERLOOKING.
He urged that the destiny OF this nation was su
preme power-a power superior to that OF any other
in existence When that day arrived he considered
that war, a last resort for national difficulties,
would cease In the power to dictate, this nation
would dictate peace TO the world.
MIR. CLEMENS said this was not only subject
for good speech, but one also which allowed those
who knew the least of it to make the best speeches
The public reception which proposed TO be
given was placed on the ground that Kossuth was
a republican. When did he become so2 Not until
defeat and misfortune compelled him. hestrug-
gle in Hungary, al its commencement, was war
of races. Mr. G. read from certain papers addressed
by Kossuth to Austria, in which aid asked
against the Sclayonian people His prayer to Aus
tria for aid TO establish the supremacy Of the
Magyafs, and the suppression OF the Sciavo-
nians--a race double the number Of the Magyar.
He considered that much of the sympathy that had
been expressed for the cause of reFubicanism in
Hungary misplaced
Koseuth preached repubIicanism un-
der the shadow of throne, had been said, but
he did preach il till he had failed in his claims
for an iron rule in the hands of the Magyars.
Mr. {. denied that there any thing in the
Joint resolution Of Congress placing vessel at the
service Of Kossuth and his companions, III case
they desired to engrate TO this country, justify
the assertion that he here the invited gues OF
the nation. BY that resolution he understood Con-
gress meant nothing more than to afford them an
asylum and the means of reaching il If they de-
sired 10 come TO this country