New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-17

Ma PRESIDENT AND GESfLEMgN White
! | am ready. at all Ilmes Ia disc barge any
| DUTY that NAV h. iaii upon ne. must ask psrn's
sven q Vou. SIR and the honorable ComnItiee 81
Arrangements 10 say that aztec t.e full, the lnxi
nous ana sstriafIOry uanqH Ell - when ana unlef
Winch have lusr AZ DOWN, tae toast you nave a.
| sened 10 me Is ogetfer DIV. The lncipe 4 as
seis SIR seems ibet,e, 6llsc for senatorial discus
son for legs ave actOn or for executive ENFORCE
nent. than for thIs occasion. But l; should 0e ro
| men hereo. Slr mai ms J. nos SIMPLY fonNiNal
occasion We are not net here merely Tor eol's-
! ment or for Hospitality We came mere i"l p'ai'
| neal business purpose We are assembled here 10
night for the purpose OF extending pr.ctcA - np'-
thy and effective dIi 10 lne cause Of hugsantn IN
| DEPENDENCE Moreover, SIR, the Press N TINS age,
and especially this couatry, claims and exercises
jurisdiction over every possible subject ~ interest
! or importance 10 the world Therefore, Sr'
| II is proper that even so grave topic Ms
! ms should receive consideration here. Bat,
| SIR certainly the principle asserted cannot
| leed bate The very idea OF national existence
implies the idea of national sovereignty IL cannot
| for a moment BE doubted that cnme is commlttei
| against public Law wherever the constitutional no
eItes of any nation shall be trodden under foot ~
despCtic power Every one Will admi thls rs an
abstract principle IL Is only wnen We come 10
practical application of II that DOUBTS arse and th
hesitation Is felt or feigned But SIR, does any nan
! here doubt that Russia committed crime against
public law when she tired the independence OF hnh'
| fary 20 the earth beneath her feet tCneS, No
| no y Why, Sir consider what Hungary was, NO
nation the face of the earth ever held existence
:
those which guaranteed ner rights TO Hungary
than those wh en- upheld the Constitution OF Han,
gary. She held them, SIR, not only by lmmemonal
usage not only by every sanction OF treaties wnich
esht hundred years could give them, but oy s'i.i
higher and still hoer saDctOn-the Will OF Aer peo-
pie II TO the time when Austria claimed the uni
versa possession and subsection OF hungary us
her night, the people, while claiming exclusive rght
| to tnelr own government, while exercising all
legislative power over matters OF purely domestic
and local concern, cheerfuliy accorded TO Austria
ff.,Ff II
That was the extent OF the voluntary acceptance OF
Austrian Government. They made laws Tor 'her
own domestic concerns and exercised the sovereign
power which they enjoyed IN tneu own right lhey
emancipated the great ass OF the people from the
burdens lard upon them. They, the nOoles, In Det
assembled holding supreme control over the natlon,
acmltted the serfs Of the nation TO an equahty OF
political po ser That, SIR, venture to say Is an
act which stands alone In the history OF nations III
was this very act OF extending political power 10
the Of the people 1t was TINS very act OF max
ing their Constitution democratic IN all It's essential
features that brought Austria down upon Hungary
with all the forces of her myriads OF troops but,
Sir, that force not sufficient. Inc free spirit
OF a free people determined TO assert and maintain
their rights II was, il always will be- too po YER
fu for the hired mmlOns OF an Imperial despOt
Hungary asserted her rights against Austria and she
maintained that assertion. She drove the Austrian
armies from her borders. She crushed the treason
of Ban Jeachich. She would to-day have STOOD
one OF the Independent nations OF the EARN, an
Independent Republic by the side OF the United
States bur for the gigantic crime against Whch
| stand here tonight TO protest. but Russia
having no claim upon Hungary, having nothing more
than We have to Go with her so far as rish.is con
cerned-Russia sent her troops into Hungary on the
account of Austria and by mere brute force tdnpleu
down Hungary. II there is one frlend OF the nus
sian despot within my hearing, VIII argue WIN t
him if there is not, will proceed TO speak OF the
most important point which can come up before the
people OF the United States. Is no part OF me
duty of the United States to take any concernlh ts
matter [CTies of" Yes, yes y Wen, Sir, II depends
entirely upon the position of the United States and
her relations to national law. II the unl,ed states
were a despotic power-lf thousands OF ieagues IN
teryened and we were beyond all intelligence oc
thought of when or where these scenes were gong
on, then might claim exemption from Tue uuty
which falls upon all nations. She IS one oil the ma
tons of the earth. To her as TO all other nations
is the guardianship OF national law committed. she
cannot suffer that law 10 be trodden IN the aust ana
it's sancty violated, any more than any other natlon
ON the face Of the earth without weakening her posi-
ton and her power. She is bound TO protest, az
nation can protest with all the power OF the nation
The back Of that protest ssahs 1as OF
tend TO France, II has already extended TO Rome
Ii may be extended TO CUBA and tor aught we know,
it may be extended to the United states we nave
been a continued and living protest against TINS KIND
OF Intervention.
We set the example of claiming independence
and freedom for nations, and the nations are taxing
courage from our example. They are LOOKING Iot-
ward To the nights OF their destiny, encouraged oy
this example they are aspiring TO the same shrein
the Government which We ENJOY. Is II nght - say,
H.
are busied with our own concerns, and we cannot
even think Of her Sir, If selhshness or cowafdlce
to that extent have usuTped the fountains OF our ne
we are doomed 10 the loss OF selfrespec and OF all
the moral qualities which belong TO our pOsitlOn
MI President, although the occasion invites US,
il cannot be necessary, ana am sure IL "ouC not
be tolerated If were 10 enter INTO an examination
of the reasons that urged against OOsylnB tls
instructive dictate of the republican neart OF the
American people We are bound forsooth 10 neutral
iy II Is our duty TO be neutral. we have nothh9so
II
est,d in the Sc movements Of the people OF Europe
Have We no connection with Europe ana mas hu-
rope nothing to do with us why co they how
Struggle to attain the same rights whlch We nave
for vars enioyed' Sir, neutrality enJOlns no
such indifference 10 the fate OF the people Vi hu
rome or of any other people IN the world ih'e Veeh
accustomed 70 look TO the present Secretary o, odte
AS the expounder OF the Constitution OF the hltou
| states II IS very likely that many here VIII amer
| from me In this, but even they Will concur IN MS
opinions when they happen 70 sup rOi nis sraa
| sneech when the Panama question was upon the
| CARPET defined what our neutrality meah'-hot
| blind and stupid indifference 10 WHAT was passln5
around rs not total disregard oil approaching eFs
| bnt said ne our neutrality not only Jastnes
but requires our anxious attention 10 the ponucat
Opnions y hlch take place IN TIE "oilu, sAii4tul
| and earlv anticipation OF their consequences anu
| 6rm and timely assertion OF what We nold 10 DC
government rights and government huuenIe
That's tie &c fnltion OF neutrality, when Tor one,
am very willing accept and Apply 70 the practcl
ohiec, before MS saw Sir that our neutrality does
not reoure US 10 be indifferent 10 the sIusBies III
Fn,ons on the contrary, II not only Justhes but re-
oures Us to assert, III the face OF the "ofil wh"'
We believe 10 be our rights and Interests IN connec
uCn herewith. But II IS sAio We shalI hA'C W.
n inevitable and II Is Tuinous but If We say any
| thing about Russia We shall have war sir' nave
| only this answer to make TO ihls-the ana yer
which our Commissioners made "hen Tue ho'y ~
| ance protested gamst an interference III oentioi
the reyoted Colonies Of Spain IL Is the priFuese
anc The pIerogatNe of the United states ~ cohsu.
tAsr rights and their duties rather than elf ie4is
| ANY nation Sir, that conducts IT'S foreign pOHcy
| under the predommaiIng influence OF Tear oi war
| does not ceseTve 20 have foreign relations al
| Let US take courage n we need couTaSer-eI us
follow the example. five need an example irom me
| Turkish Porte. When Russia and Austria lying
upon hlsborGers with their Imperial armies, hurnls
| hem upon his very frontiers, demanded tn1' ne
should surrender 10 them 10 Il man Wno mas SraceA