The southern press., 1851-12-30
SOUTHERN PRESS
WASHINGTON CITY.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 80, 1851

tN- KossUrH is expected to arrive in this cit.
to-day, and public expectation stands on tip to-
to see and hear this lion Of the day. Although
the admiration for his elcquence and patriot,
purposes prevails here. as well as everywhere
throughout the country, with few and feeble ex
ceptions, yet il cannot be denied that the enthu
siasm at frs. excited by the man and his cause
has cooled down considerably AS he moves
Southward, contrary 10 the usual law, he finds
less explosive ardor; and though the warnest
welcome is rendered to the exiled patriot, his
doctrines are not received with the same favor
nor bis policy approved of as Internationally as
in the North and Northwest
With entire frankness he has proclaimed his
settled purpose, and his pre- e-conceived plans-his
determination OF returning to the continent as
the missionary Of revolution--his plan of enlist
ing the aid and courtenance of this government
and people in support of his schemes.
In pressing these points as pertnaciously as
he has done, he doubtless believes that he is
doing his duty to that country to which he has
declared his undivided allegiance to be due until
death but by the very openness of these
avowals, he has, to great extent, frustrated his
own object. Misled by the incidents which pre-
ceded and followed his arrival, he believed the
response of the New York sympathizers to echo
the voice of the whole people, and took his
ground accordingly. Subsequent events, and
his own sagacity, soon satisfied him of his mis-
take, and he sought to retrieve that error as far
as possible, but had gone too far to recede en-
tirely. Hence, his position now, and that of
Congress, are both delicate and embarrassing.
KossUrH has repeatedly declared that he
attaches no value to mere complimentary recep
tions, but wants substantial and material aid in
his enterprise. Congress, on the other hand, has
very clearly indicated its disnclnation to do
more than extend cordial welcome to the illus
trious exile; and it is curious fact, that while
the Senate has appointed special committee to
Introduce him, the popular branch has not
having refused to suspend the rules for the in
PRODUCTION of that resolution last week. So the
matter stands; and it would seem, from.present
indications, that KossUTH will be able to accom-.
plish less here towards the tactical development
OF his views, than in any place he yet has visited
lie will, however, have the honors of an ova
ton at Cincinnati, where his platform has beer
fully endorsed by great public meeting. TIL,
reason for this apparent cooling off here ant
elsewhere, arises from the reaction occasionet
by the avowals of KossuTH himself, and the de
monstrations made by such supporters of bot
as Mr.. WALKER in the Senate, and the speech
makers generally at the Northern entertain
ments. Although willing and anxious to d
honor to one who deserves 80 well of the lover
OF liberty, many of the most ardent admirers G
The man cannot endorse his doctrines, nor Sc
the propriety or necessity of involving this cour
try in a foreign war, in the more than doubtf,
hope of thereby affecting the liberation of Hur
gary. Since he has landed on our shores he ha
had to contend against the open and covert as
sauts of such foreign sympathisers as the Ma
tional Intelligencer and the Courier and En-
qu'rer, and the still more fatal friendship of In
Freesoil organs, such as the Tribune and Time,
Vainly has he endeavored to shake himself fre,
OF this last incumbrapce, they cling to him will
an obstinacy which is not to be moved. Tn,
assaults made upon him have only excited sym
pathy and indignaton-but the friendship OF
the Freesoilers 1--WE rereaD has been fatal to
the furtherance of his mission, here and else.
where.
II is not our purpose to cast any censure on
the approaching guest, by these remarks. We
merely desire simply to give the real state of
facts, and the reasons which will probably cause
his reception here to be less gratifying and
profitable Than ne or his immediate sympathisers
may have expected.