Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-12-18
ARRALD OF The TIMES.
THURSDAY, Dec. 18th 1851.

uf%The calm observer, # there "r
many such, has had much to see and re-
feet upon during the last two weeks IN
the various demonstrations OF resptet'o 10
Kossuth which have taken Ilace III New
York. We in America are very lar re-
moved from the scenes o. the Hungarian
difficulties. and althoug h we may have
studied the case with great deal Of
care, vet il is utterly Impossible Tor any
of US thoroughly to understand the whole
matter, with anything Of degree OF
clearness. We have all learned more
in reg, rd to Hungarian affairs from Kos
euth's various speeches in England and
in this country, than from all other sour
ces and this intelligence must be taken
with a considerable allowance for the
nature of,he channel through which 1t
comes. We do not mean by this, that
kossu,h is not a man OF honor, or that
he would equivocatc or intentionally
misrepresen,; far from 1t. On the con-
trary. he has certainly exhibited, on all
occasions remarkable degree OF candor
and sincerity. He is man OF great
,alrnt,-aye, more,-he is man OF bril-
liant genius, and possesses one Of the
most marked minds which any age or
nation has produced, But all his
thoughts, all his feelings and his very
existence are absorbed by burning and
auenchless desire for his counIry's wei
fare and freedom. He has no thought
which is not for her, he performs no act
which is not for her, and his whole life
is religioiisIy devoted to her. His bril-
liant talent, his tremendous energies,
his versatility Of power, are all most un-
rcservedly laid upon the altar OF Hunga-
ran freedom; consequently it cannot be
otherwise than natural that he should
give us glowing picture ofhis counlry's
suferings, and tie repeated wrongs
which her enemies have constantly in
flcted upon her. 1t is not possible. even
for him TO measure on, whatever justice
Austria and Russia may lie entitled to.
OF the merits of the matter which con-
stitu,es the object of his mission, we
have Lothing.to say, in this connection
because it is entirely foreign to the char
acter OF our remarks. We simply speak
now OF the nature OF his VISIT and the
duties and obligations ofour Government
in the matter.
Kossuth conceals nothing he fully
and freely avows the object ol his com
ing, with rrankness which is commen-
dable. He asks the United States to
interfere so far as TO compel Russia to
remain passive, and permit the Hunga-
rian people to fight Austria, and secure
. their rights; and he asks also for Pecu-
mary aid to carry ou, this object. In
his address at the Corporation dinner,-
and this address is far the most powerful
which he has yet made,-he ingenlously
argues the question OF Neutrality, and
contends that the words Of Washington,
ia his Farewell Address, do IT anticipate
or apply to "a question like the present
one. And he struggles hard to make
the Americans believe that they have
never yet understood tie true meaning
of WashiDgton's words, or else he
would have us think that Washington
did not know hat he himself intended
by his words. Now the policy OF the
founders of cur Government undoubted-
ly was that this nation should not inter-
fere with the difficulties or contentious OF
any of the nations OF the earth and up
on this policy our Government has ever
been administered at the same time,
whenever any nation has struggled with
another for frcedoni,-and struggl ID
successfully, it has always been our ma
tional policy Immediately to recognise
The successful strugglers for freedom,
and to welcome them to the household
Of Republics. That is, to acknowledge
their success, and to treat with them as
a nation, instead of treating with those
to whom they were formerly allied
This has always been done with the
South American Republics, and il was
also done with Greece. But IN all these
instances the recognition took place i'm
mediately, and because the oppressed
were successful in throwing of the yoke
which had subjugaied them, Our Gov
ernment did not interfere in any Of the
struggles, it did not say to one nation
you shall not assist another in this con-
test,-.but it remained passive until those
who were contending for freedom were
successful, and had established Gov
ernment, even de tacto, if you please,-
and then the recognition Immediately
took place.
But how is il in the case now under
consideration Kossuth is not here in a
diplomatic capacity, because there is no
Hungarian nation; the Huns have strug-
gled with Austria, but they were unsuc-
ccssiul, and they are still under the con-
trol Of Austria, and, by the law oi ma
tons, and its own policy, the United
States Government is conf eled 10 ad.