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what, yer is alleged bv Mr.. lIusemann to have
either been done or raid BY the agent incuns st.
ent with such an object, the undersigned COM
ceives that Mr.. Clayton's explanation ought T.
be deemed not only admissible, bnt quite salts
factory. Mr. Iulsenan states in the cou 8 uf
his note, tlat his instructions to address hs
| present communication to Mr.. Clayton reached
Washington about the time of the amented
course transmitted from Vienna without a,y
foresight Of the state OF things under viii IA
they would reach Washington. II Mr.. Hulse.
mann saw, in the address # the President tn
The Diplomatic corps, satisfactory pledges of
The sentiments and the policy OF this Govern
! tnent, IN regard to neutral rights and neutral
dutIes, II might, perhaps, have been better Mt
to bring on a discussion Of past tansIct'ons.-
But the undersigned readily admits that ,hi,
was question III only for the consideration
and decision of NJ. II ilsemann hmssIf; and
although the President does not see that an,
! good parpose can be answered by rc-opennp
the inquiry into the propr ETY. OF the steps taken
by President Taylor, to ascert n tn. probable
issue Of the late civil war in Hungary, ius,ic,
to his memory requires the und .rsIyned briefly
TO rc-s'aie the history Of those steps, and to
show their consistency with the neutral policy
which has lnva ariaby guided the Government
OF the United States in its foreign relations, a.
well as with the established and well settled
principles OF ma ional intercourse, and the doe.
trlnes Of public law.
death of the late President, and that he DELAYED
from sense OF proprlety the execution of his
task until the new Administration shall oe fully
organized: " a delay which he now rei,ccs a..
as 1t has given him the opportunity of ascer-
tanning from the new President himself on the
occasion Of the reception of the diplomatic
corps, that the fundamental policy of tie Uuited
States, 50 frequently proclaimed, would guide
he relations OF the American Government with
other Powers" MIR. Husemann also observes
that it is in his power to assure 70 the uid.r-
signed that the Imperial Government is dispos.
ed to cultivate relations Of friendship and good
understanding with the Tn It'd States. The
President receives this assurance of the d.Spus-
ltiOn of the Imperial Government with great
satishcil N, and, in consideration of the friend.
ly IT lauons OF the two Glverumcnti III Is nu.
tually recognized, and of the peculiar nature of
the incidents by which their good understand.
ing is supp sed by Mr. Hulsemann to have b"en,
for moment, disturbed or endangered, the
Presldelit regrets that Mr. IIusemann did not
feel himself at liberty wholly to 70 bear from
the execution Of instructions which were of
The Undersigned will first observe that the
President Is persuaded His Majesty the Empor-
or ot Austria does not think that the Government
OF the United States ought to view, with un-
| concern, the extraordinary events which havo
occur ed, not only in his dominons, but in mary
. her parts Of Europe, since February, lS4S.-
The Government and people of the United
States, like other intelligent Governments and
communities, take lively interest in the move
Inen's and the events OF this remarkable age,
IN whatever part Of the world they may BE- ex-
hlOlted. Bu; the interest taken bv the United
States, IN those events, has not proceeded from
any disposition to depart from that neutrality to-
ward foreign Powers, which is among the deep
est principles and the most cherished tradi-
lions Of the political history of the Union 1t
has been the necessary effect of the uncxam-
pied Character OF the events themselves, which
could not fail to arrest the attention of the con-
temporary world, as they will double less fill
memorable page it, History. But the unde:.
sgnel goes further, and freely admits that in
proportion as these extraordinary events ap-
peared to have their origin in those great IDEAS
of responsible and popular Governments, on
which the American conslitutols themselves
are wholly founded, they could not but COM
mand the warm sympathy OF the people of this
| country.
Well known circumstance in their his.
tory, indeed their " hole his ory, have mlde
them e reprcsen atves of purely popular
principles of Gov rnmnnt In this lig they
stand be ore the world. They ouli not, if
they would, conceal their ar cter. tn ir con-
d.ton, or their destiny. They could not, if
! hey so desired, shut out from the view of man
klnl the causes which have placed them, in 80
short nltonll career III til, st ito which
they now hold among tn CIVILIZED States of
/ the world. They could not, if tney desir d it,
suppress either tn thoughts or the hoes
which arise in mems m nds. III other countries,
! from contemplating their successful example
~ free government That very intelligent and
distinguished ersonlg the Emperor Joseph
the cond, was anon c fir to discern this
necessary consequence of tn American Revo-
luton on the sentiments and opinions of the
/ people of Eu ope In letter to his Minister
| in the Netherlands in l7S7, he observed, IT is
remarkable that France by the assistance
which she atfnr ed to the American ga
birth to reflections on trecdo -" This f ct,
which the sagacity of that monarch pcrc ived
at arl ay, is now known and admitted
BY Intelligent Powers all over the world. True,
udenl, it IS, that tic prevalence on the other
continent of sentiments tavorabl" to republican
lib rty is the result of reaction of Ame-ica
upon Europe and the source and centre of
this reaction has doubtless been, and n W is,
in these United States The position thus BE-
| nLng to the Unitnd States is fact as H.
organization, AMI t cir character, as the OPP
positc position of the Po crS composn the
European alliance is from the history and con-
stitutlonll orglnz ltion Of til" Gov rnncnts of
those Powers The sovereiTns, who for that
alliance, have not untrequcnty felt it their
right to inter ere with the poll icll mavem nts
of foreign Stpt ; ana have, in their mrnifes-
toes and declaration denounced the popular
els of the are IN rms 50 CON rchcnsive as
q noccssit to include he United States, AMI
their forms Of government 1t is well En wn
that one ofth leading principles announce
by the allied s. eregns, after the restoration
of the B1urbonS, is, that all popul ,r o. cons,itu.
tonll rig IS are holden no otherwise than rs
grants a inlulgenceS from crowned heads.
Useful an eceSslry ch mgcs in adminstri-
ton an legiSl ton" says the Llybarh Circu-
lar of May l-4l, ought only to man,tc fro
'the free will AMI intelligent conviction of
those whom God has rem Tered rcSpons bic for
/ power; all TINT deylltes from this line nnces-
'sIrily le IDS to d sordcr com notIoos and evils