Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-12-20
TO TIE EDITORS.

WASHINGTON DECEMBER Is, 1851.
GENTLEMEN read your article of last Saturday headed
Foreign Policy Of the United States' with attention
and in the general Of the article Itappears
to me- however, that you do Mr. r. o. WALKER great in
justice by attempting hold him responsible for the
of KossuTH in supposng the Government of this
country ready enter into alliance with England to
the despos of Europe that they will hereafter be
allowed interfere with the efforts of the people of ano
Their Government than that of their to change the
form of government under which they live To sustain
this imputation on Mr.. WALKER you quote from his
Southampton speech Now, have read that quotation
several times but discover particle warrant
the inference you seem have drawn from it. He uters
the conviction that the time is when combined eff
fort the part of the despots Of Europe will be made
put down all constitutional Governments in Europe and
England that unless she takes stand against their
intervention in time she may be crushed by this comb
nation. He adds that if England should by this
find herself unable to withstand this combined effort to
crush her. then the people and the Government of this
country would to the Of England and that
then the oppressed people Of Europe would also rise
upon their oppressors.
The whole tenor Of the quotation presupposes that the
despos win first combine to crush liberty in Europe and
that when it had been crushed in every other part
England too would then be rodden down by this comb-
ment He nowhere recommends suggests combina-
ton offee Governments put down despotc Governments
What is his language in referring the despoc comb
nations An alliance Of dcspots, violating the great
and just rule of Intervention must necessarily dd
in sedeence to ON alliance Of Gee Governments to
maintain their own rights and institutions AssALED
does not even urge that England should
combine with any other free Government of Europe
assa the despoc ones, but throughout looks to the
despotc combining in advance of any action by the
free ones destroy the latter The United States
where in his speech invoked proered by him to Kos
suth England to form alliance put down Euro
pean despots He does advance the opinion, however
clearly and boldly that if this despoc combination should
succeed in crushing all vestiges of freedom in Europe
except England and should then attempt crush her.
they undoubtedly would the people of the United States
would the Atlantic to her by millions, and
that the Government too, would come with the people, if
from other consideration, from that of sepespaon
feel sure gentlemen, that you cannot find fault with
such sentiments but would be among the first respond
Win you read carefully the quotation made by you and
while you doing SO, forget Mr. VS. fresrade doc
tes and predict that your candor will force you to
admit that nothing that you quoted having been said
by Mr. Walker at Southampton would warrant Kossuth
any else conclude that the United States
ready and willing to enter into alliance with England
put down despotic Governments in advance of their
combination and concerted action put down free Gov
ernments Yours, &C. A CITIZEN.