Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-01-09

r'gn State, the v'ry thing which 10 the
ground Of ito compla nj against The Uni
TED States.
Ibis Department has, OH former occa.
sions, informed The Ministers Of Foreign
Powers thar a communication from the
President to either House Of Cong ets
10 regarded as a domestic communi. a
tion, Of which, ordinarily, ne foreign
State has cognizance and, in more re-
cent instances the great Inconvenience
ofmaklng such communications subjects
Of diplomatic correspondence and di'-
,'ussion has been lull. shown. lfit had
been the pleasure OF his Majesty the
Emperor OF Austria. during the struggles
IN Hungary, To have admonishfd tie
Pro, isional Government or the people
Of that country against involving them
selves in disaster, by following the evil
and dangerous example of the United
States of America in making efforts for
the establishment Of independent Gov
1 ernments. such an admoniiion from that
Sovereign to his Hungarian subjects
would not have originated here diplo-
matte correspondence. The President
might perhaps, on this ground, have de-
clined TO direct any particular reply to
Mr.. Huis-mann's note but out of prop
er respect for the Austrian Government.
| il has been thought better TO answer
that note at length and the more es-
pecally as the occasion is not uniavor-
able for the cypr ssion OF the general
sentiments of the Government Of the
United States uIon the TOT les which
that note discusses.
A leading subject in Mr.. Hulsemann's
note ~ thar of the correspondence be-
tween Mr.. Hulsemann and the predeces-
sor Of the undersigned. in which MIR.
CLAYTON by direction of the President.
informed MIR. Husemann " that MIR,
Mann's mission had no other object in
view thau TO obtain reliable information
as 10 the true state Of affairs in Hunga-
~, by crSoral observation" Mr. Hui
semann remarks that :" this explanation
can hardly be admitted, for it says very
little AS to the cause of the anxiety which
was felt to ascertain the chanres Of the
revolutionists." AS this. however Is the
only purpose which can with any aP
pearance vi Truth be attributed 10 the
agency. rs nothing whatever is alleged
by Mr.. Hulseniann 10 have either been
done or said by the agent Inconsistent
with such an object. the undersigned con
ceives that Mr.. Clayton's explanation
oug to be deemed not only admissible,
hut quite sati factory. MIR. Hulsemann
states, in the course his note, that lis
instructions to address his present com
munication 10 Mr.. Clayton reached
Washn gtou about The time Of the la
nienied death Of the late President, and
taat he delayed from sense Of proprie-
" the execution Of lis task until the
new Administration should be fully or
ganized )" delay which he now re-
jpces at. as il has given him the opror-
tuniry of asceriainng from the rev
President himself on the occasion Of The
reception of the diplomatic corps. tat
the fundamental Obey of the Unite"
States so frequently proclaimed won'"
ruide t e relations Of the American
Government with other PoAers." Mr.
tjulsemann also sbserves that II IL ~
his power to assure the Undersigned
.'ilal tie Imperial Government Is dlspos
ed to cultivate relations OF oiirendship and
good understanding with the United
States" The President receives this
assurance of the dis; oslion Of the ImEe
rial Government with great satisfaction
and. in consideration Of the friendly re-
latiuns Of the TWO Governments thus
mutually recog"iz. d and oi the peculiar
nature OF the incidents by which their
good understanding is supposed by Nr
Huscmann to have been, for a moment
disturbed or endangered, the PresLi'n n
reyre,s that Mr.. HuIsemann did not feet
himself AT lib rty W oily TO iorhear IRON
the execution oiinstrurtions which were
,t course transmitted from, W. NJ a with
out a v iorcsi ght OF the state OF thingr
under which they would reach Wash
incton. II Mr.. HulsemanD W in the
address of the President TO the Di loma,-
lc corps, satisfactory pledges Of the sell
timent. aud the poliry Of this Govern
menl, in regard to neutral rights and
neutral duties. it might, PERHAPS, have
been better not TO bring OH discussion
of past transactions. But the undersign-
ed adiIy adults that this was ques'
ton fiji only Tor the consideration and
d.riri u OF Mr. UuIscmann mseli' and
although the President does not see
a any good purpose can be answ cred
by re ope in the inquiry into the pro-
priety OF the steps taken by President
Tay or TO ascer ain the probable issue
OF the late cvll war in Hungary, justice
to his memory requires the undersigned
briefly to rc-s,ate the history Of those
steps, and to show their consistency with