Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-01-23

with institutlng an inquiry into the truth
and reality Of alledged political occurrences.
Mr.. Hnlsemann incorrectly states, unin-
ienlionaly certainly, the nature of the mis-
sion OF this agent, when he says that Z.
States agent had been dispatched to Wen
IA with orders TO watch for a favorable mo-
ment TO recognize the Hungarian republic.
and to conclude a treaty of commerce with
the same" This, indeed, would have been
a lawful object, but Mr. Mann's erraud was,
IN the first instance, purely one of enquiry.
lie had no power to act, unless he had first
come to the conviction that a firm and stable
Hungarian government, existed
" The principal object the Pfesidsli has
IN view," accafdiaf TO his instructions 50 IS
TO obtain minute ll reliable iniormsfisa in
regard 20 Hungary j., connection with te
affairs ofadioinlng countries, the probable
issue OF The prcsCtn goiutouary movements
aud the chances we may have of forming
commercial arrangements with that power,
favorable to the United States" Again, in
the same paper, 1t Is said The object of
the President is to obtain information IN re-
gard to Hungary aud her resources and pros
poets, with view to an early recognition
OF her independence and the formation of
commercial relations with her" 1t was
only IN the event that the new government
should appear, IN the opinion of the agent,
to be firm and stable, that the President pro-
posed to recommend its recognition.
NJ Husslemann, IN qualifying these steps
of President Taylor, with the epithet of
hostile" seems to take for granted that
the enquiry could, in the expectation Of the
President, have but one result, and that ia
yorable to Hungary. If this were SO, 1t
would not change the case. But the Amer
lean Government sought for nothing but
truth; it desired to learn the facts through
reliable channel--It so happened IN the
chances aud ycisslludes of human affairs
that the result was adverse to the Hungarian
revolution. The American agent-as was
stated "a his instructions t. be not unlikely
found the condition of hungarian affairs less
prosperous than II had been or had been be-
Ieged to belle did uot enter Hungary,
nor hold any direct communication with her
revolutionary lenders. lie reported against
the recognition other Independence because
he found that she had been unable to set up
firm and stable government. lie CAREFUL
" lorbore, as his instructions required, to
give publicity to his mission, and the I'M
dersirned supposes that the Austrian Gov
eminent first learned lis existence from the
communications of the President to the Sem
ate.
Mr. Hulsemann will observe from this
statement that Mr.. Mann's mission was
wholly unohlcctionable and strictly within
the TO lie Of the law of nations, and the duty
ct the United States as neutral power
He will accordingly feel how lutle iounda-
ton there is for his remark, that those
who did not hesitate to assume the resposi
biIity of sending MIR Dudley Mann on such
an efraud should, independent of consider
atious of proprlety, have borne in mind that
they were exposing their emissary to be
treated as a Spy" A spy Is person sent
by one bgllelerent h. gam secret in
formation of the other, to be used for hos
tile perposes. According to practice he
may use deception, under the penalty of be-
Jug lawfully hanged If detected. 10 give
this odlous name and character TO conf
Dental agent of neutral Power, bearing
the commission Of his county, and sent for
a purpose fully warranted by the Law of
nations, is not only to abuse language but
also to coniound all Just ideas, aud to an
nounce the widest and most extrayagant
notions, such as certainly would not be ex-
pecled IN grave diplomatic paper; and the
President directs the undersigned to say IL
MI IIulsemauu that the American Govern
ment would regard such All imputatIon up
ON II by the Cabiuet of Austria, as that II
employs spies aud that ia a quarrel none
of us own, distinctly offensive, If it did not
presume, as &c Is willing 10 presume, that
the word used ia the original German was
not of equirocal meaning with spy" IN
the English language, OF that IN some 9th
or way the employment OF such an oppro
brious term may be explained. Had the
Imperial Government of Austria subjected
Mr.. Mann to the treatment OF a spy, 1t would
have placed itself without the place of civil
lied nations and the Cabinet of Wen
ma may be assured that fit had carried, OF
attempted to carry, any such lawless pur-
pose into effect IN the case OF an authorized
agent of this Government, the spirit OF the
people of this country would have demanded
immediate hostlites TO be waged by the ut
most exerlion OF the power Of the Republic
military aud naval.
Mr. lIulsemann proceeds to remar k tina
this extremely painful incident, therefore
tIlIHt HiNt btth lideoAh ''Nlt NAAllHhh az.
written evidence being left on our part II
the archives of the United States, had no
General Taylor thought proper to revive The
whole subject by communicating to the Sen
ate IN his message OF the 18th lSgh of las
March, the Instructions with winch Mr.
Mann had been furnished on the occasion
OF his mission to Vienna. The pubhcit,
which has been given to that document Ia
placed the Imperial Government under thI
necessity OF entering formal protest
through ITS official representative, agalns
the proceedings of the American Govern
menl, lest chat Government should constr
our silence into APPRECIATION, or federation
even, of the principles which appear to have
guided its action and the means II IA
adopted" The undersigned re-asseris Il
Mr. llulsemann, and 10 the Cabinet o
Vienua, and IA the presence of the world
that the steps taken by President ray lor
now protested against by the Austrian Gov
eminent, we're warranted by the law OF ma
lions, aud agrceeble TO the usages of civil
ICED States. With respect to the commu
ncatlon OF Mr. Maan's instructions to thu
Senate, aud the language IN which they ar
couched, II has already been sad, and Dir