Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-12-11
THURSDAY MORNING. DEC. ii, 1851
KOSSUTH.

kOSSU III.
The great Hungarian appears to be sorely non.
plused at the tardinsss of Congress in rendering
him formal reception in his frankly avowed ca
pacity of missionary of European Revolution
He has come to America, he declares, to claim
our 'active and operative sympathy" and, in his
Castle Garden speech, he takes no small pains to
attach peculiar significance to the course of our
Government in interposng its kindly Offices to set
him at liberty. Because the psople Of the United
States welcome him to our GLORIOUS Shores" he
evidently desires to assume that they mean TO
second his Interior purpose of en|isting our coun.
try in all the civil commoons of Europe. 1t il
not improbable that Kossuth has boon egregious-
ly deceived by exravagant representations OF the
character of public sentiment in the United Sta rs
touching this grave question. Mr. Robort J.
Walker is certainly responsible for assurances
which he had no manner OF right to give, and
which may have largely contributed to deceive
the Hungarian exile. Had Kossuth taken the
precaution to study Washington's Farewell Ad-
dress before he sailed from England, he might
have saved himself bitter disappointment, and
would have supplied himself with far better
key to the political opinions of the American peo-
Pile, than q dinner speech of a second-rate politi-
clan, who, az he was advised, occupied the equi4
vocal positiosqof candidate for the Presidency.
Nor has Kossuth any warrant in tho terms of
the resolution of Congress, to suppose that our
Government invited him to this Republic with
any view to his becoming propagandist of the
policy OF Intervention in European qunrrels. The
language Of the resolution is, that t'if it be the
wish of these exes to emigrate to the United
States, the President of the United States be
requested to auth orze the employment of
some one of the public vessels which may be
now cruising in the Mediterranean''t to receiue and
coauey 10 The United STATES The said Louis Kossuth
and his associates IN captivity"
The obvious meaning III nothing moro than
tender Of the means for the escape of Kossuth and
his companions in captivity to this asylum of he
oppressed.
We are happy to find our own views of the
mission Of Kossuth confirmed by an article Of the
Washington Republic, from which we extract
the following just and timely remarks:
Dvested of all the flowers of rhetoric. and all the
graces that are entwned about the oratory Of kossuh
his speech amounts TO appeal to the United States
TO take decided stand the side of Hungary
against Ausr and Russia and to be prepared to
der all the active ASSURANCE that may be necessary
carry alliance. We ate to do this with full
knowledge that bloody, protraced, and costly
struggle is at hand. and with clear consciousness
that the expression of determination to this
effect will embro us IN immediate difficulties with |
powers with which we have NO individual ground of
quarrel
desire 10 obtain help for the country with which all the
h pes OF his existence are identified We reverence,
as Ii men must, his deep s'ued patriotism, his lofty
spratons, lis intense enthusiasm and the power and
grandeur Of his eloquence; aud il Is because do
sympathize with his msforunes, and reverence his
or atness, that we leel constrained to warn him that
the indc in the address before calcula
ted to damp the ardlr OF NJ. hes: friends and |
ha IDLY ai in the end to add to his calamitles by
increasing his dilappontments. They are not his
est friend, who abuse his confidence by exciting expee.
tations of military aid which they know Go yern.
ment the people of this Rep lbilc will
to .ender. They are unworthy OF friendship whose |
ndiscreet-though perhaps homestead prompts them |
to tickle the OF the Industrious stranger with high
sounding but hollow, worthless words; who talk OF |
Youag America" rushing to the rescue, and would |
have the Magyars believe that the anxeties and
battles Of their lives all but ended Nor they be
xonerated from blame who renlan passive spectators
OF all these deceptive p!oceedlngs-whe refrain from
pal clpalng in Them, it ls true but yet sanction by
their silence representations which they we'll know TO
be false and unwarranted
kossuth is emphatcally ingenious. He speaks
frankly, without eqaivocaton disguise !; and
he ought to be me~n kinde ed spirit. Between the |
exlled leader of brave people, and the citizens of this
Republic, there need be, and there should be, no
guile He is too sensible to choose to be pleased with
WORDS and words only; aud we ought 10 be too hon
est to deal out to HIM phrases with full knowledge
that their meaning will never be sustained. Let
tell him freely, and at once, that the idea of armed
intervention by this country in the affairs OF Europe
is at direct variance with the principles laid down by
the fathers OF the Republic and rightly adhered to
til this hours and therefore, that 1t is which Meth
er the Government, nor any considerable proportion
of our citizens, can ever seriously entertain.
Let point to him that The principle of republic
canism, embodied in the American Constitution, |
does not en- all upon lis the duty of entering gem
eral crusade against absoutism anywhere and every
where. For our own rights ON this continent or
elsewhere, we have strugg ed with uniform spirit and
success, and the same vgor and glory will be dis
played 10 morrow il an occasion should occuf. But
there Is nothing IN the teachings OF statesmen or
laWgves which can require us to become universal
propagandss OF epubllcanism; and certainly there is
nothing in the existing circumstances OF the world to
Justify departure from the policy with which the
American name and flag have hitherto been den
he'd.
The sympathies and moral opinion of FREQ people
not powerless; they exercise not unimportant
influence in the cabinets OF despots and constitutional
monarcles-in Russia and in England; and these the
United States will cheeriuy accord to kossuth in any
tuufe struggle tor the emanc patton OF his county,
Whatever good may accrue from these he will assured
ly possess and much mistaken ii the possession
Of this support rendered good faith, will not be found
reliable aud etcacous in the hour OF danger than
tho promises of aimed intervention which Kossuth
is DESTROYS to obtan. Let him be content with
the assurance that, tiIht when where he will he
will have tie good wishes and earnest .ympathy OF the
Amer npeope; and IT, after al his eor prove unsuc-
cesul, he may be cheered by remembrance OF Am ri
can hospiiat es, aud the promise of their renewal
wheneS occasion for ii may arise
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