The republic., 1851-12-15
I1os.ulh and lntsrrentlou.

The intelligent Democratic correspondent at
Washington of the Philadelphia Ledger. ''OB-
SERVER" in recent letter to that paper dated
on the 10Th instant makes the following dis
passionate observations:
There is no disposition here in Congress. and
Kossuth will find, he goes along, none among
the people Of this country, TO aid the Of Eu
ropean freedom otherwise than by sympathy, pri-
vate means, and the glorious example set to all
nations Of the earth, by the harmonious operation
of our Government This will ever be the home Of
the oppressed and the asylum of all who have suf
icred in the cause of liberty.
"But farther than that neither the people nor
the Government Of this country will ever go; and
woe to the cause OF freedom throughout the world
II this country has once its destines dependent on
the battle fields of Europe. The United States by
their simple, majestic existence, their unprece
dented growth, the happiness of their people, the
extension of their commerce, and their rapid de-
velopment of power, will by their example, never
cease To rekinde the spark of liberty no matter by
what despot it may have been trodden out. There
10 u quiet, magic influence exercised by our coun-
try ON the rest of the civilized world, and popu.
lar impetus which, by their inccssant operation do
more for the appreciation If freedom throughout
the world than hundred battles dependent, not
on the cause OF truth and justice, but the geo.
metrical arrangement ofmen into lines and figures
dictated by some experienced general.
Wherever blow is struck for liberty there
the sympathies of our people will follow it, and
enough good will come from that sympathy, with
out an appeal to open intervention. Our destiny
is on this continent, which must soon outgrow in
power and importance the united five great powers
OF Europe; and we cannot therefore very soon be
asked TO make the greater destiny depend on the
smaller one. And if Kossuth depend on govern.
mental aid from this country, he will, and ought
10 be, disappointed. There great questions re-
garding all nations, such the liberty of the seas
aud others, for which we have already waged war,
and in which, indirectly at least the United States
have been the protector of all weaker nations
against the usurpations of the powerful ones; but
it is only in such practical that our Govern
ment can intervene with any reasonable hope of
being sustained by the people.
And mightjust as we'll add here that the Uto-
plan notions of socialism, as they are now propa-
gated by certain foreign fanatics or adventurers,
who have not yet proper knowledge of our own
institutions, much less the requisite intellect and
experience to improve thereon, and the npprehen-
sions they excite have not only injured the cause
of liberty in the old world, but are actually pre-
JUDGING it in this country DR.. Kinkel's tour
through the United States has already excited some
alarm here in Congress, from the fact, related in
the papers, that he has accepted aid from the black
population of some of the northern towns on condi
ton, II is said, that if the Germans are success full
they will in turn aid the negroes. do not believe
word of that silly story; ] cannot believe that The
Doctor has SO far forgotten the laws of hospitality as
TO add directly or indirectly to the excitement on
the dangerous topic Of slavery but the story is told
and it may have tendency to cause people to look
upon Kossuth himself with distrust and apprehen.
sion.'