Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-12-29
CasS en- K0Ssuth,

1'he following tire tAe. remarks by the
distinguished Senator from Michigan, on
The os>uth Resolution in The U. s. Senate:
Mr.. Cass considered that Kossulh came
here The Representative off great principle,
a.id as such, should be treated with honor
and respect. The effect of oil the amends
men,s was 10 destroy The compli nen:s pro.
posed BY the resolution. II was 10 say that
Kossolh hid been invited here as any ordi-
nary emigrani who comes among us 10
take his one hundred and sixty acres Of
land, and sci himself down to lis cultivation.
Congress never INTENDED that their invita-
linn should be so considered, Something
beyond tha. was intended. Ii was an i'm
posing cere.nohin', conveying an expires
sion of our respect for him. 1t was so
heralded forth from Caliio7ni, to Siberia,
and conveyed everywhere where the press
was not trodden benelih the iron heel OF
despots. Kossuth needed no eu!ogy from
him. His eulogy was written in The record
Of his own deeds, md in The history OF his
own country. II was objec ed that Huns
gary, in the commencement Of her srug-
gle, had professed loyalty 10 Austria, and
! Austrian power. Was moi :his a ch,pter
Of our o1n history? Did not our fathers
profess loyalty to Great Britlan? Did they
/ not express a desire 10 remain under
the protection OF The mother country? Did
| they not remind the British throne of their
| services, tni the scenes where they had
eyinced loyalty? Would moi small e1n
cession then. have aged the growing Rev.
| olutioi.? The cuse was the same with
| Hungary. No revolution ever took place,
where the first demands were not small
ones. Those demands increased with the
rise OF the Revolution, and kept ON ncreas
! ing Till the result was determined. He
was in favor of that expression OF welcome
and sympathy which was sustained in Mr..
! Foote's Resolution. In it he saw nothing
which could be offensive to any nation. Ii
was an expression oil. welcome 10 q man
who had distinguished himself in the cause
oil Liberty, and was now on exile IN conse.
| aue,ce. There was no nation in Elrope
who had not done more than this Eng.
land at one time contained within her Limits
Louis Philippe, and the Revolutionists who
had been driven from France ESled or
wandering princes and kings ere eon,in
ual;y 10 be found in Europe, protected ano
rnanlained by the powers 10 whose terrific
ry they had tle1. Ii was well known tha,
all such persons were supported by con,ri
hutton lron other kings and governments
and yet no one has ever thought this con
duct 10 be cause ssor war. No man Co q
contravene The assertion, that il was we
established doctrine of the law of nations
that no power has the right to interfere il
any way with The domestic affairs Of othe
nations. kpssuth usked no more than this
He complains that this principle has beer
violated Russia h,d in n.eryened, and hat
unquestion1biy violated the law. VIVA
can other nations d.? The law of nation.
was n Lond OF protection among nations il
the security Of their rights.
Now, il this b md be broken, does it no
give the other nations The great moral righ
TO go to war k,r .he maintenance and oh
seryance of lba, bond2 Whether the,
will 60 10 war OF la,l on that accouat,
another question. But the righ, is TN
! doubted They may choose no. To go 1
war. md may enter a protest against III
act rs is done fequsniIy. They ma,
protest ag siusl tie vlnlation Of the law n
: against their consent, and declare ngains
such conduct being considered part Of III
: law Of nations. Elareferrel 10 numeron
e cases where such p olests hao been mad
O by England md France. 1t had bee
said, that il We mass ilns resolution, sF