New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-13

teCtNeO oy those speeches which he na1 he lrt II
Europe, AID upon his first arrival here lie va
caseo upon also to welcome Kossuth a. a great i'm
pefsonauon OF free principles. Mr. Baiger ex
ahmed The nature of the struggle IN Hungary
sho oenled that Rspubhcanism had ever eRtere.
lhio lcaI contest. /, was war for the In
cepeboence and the supremacy OF the Magyar
elements, the Greats and Sclav0nlans TO remain IA
Tue same condition As before. He concludes BY re-
csP1uiatlng his objections. hosSu,h was invited
hefe not as guest but rs any other emigr2nt. 10
niEhI deslTe TO make this country his home. But
lnstesc OF coming an emIgrant, he came po-
hIical emissary, to inadme our people Was there
anything IN the past history OF the United States,
IL lhe coming future, to authorize welcome to 4
man VINO comes ayowedly for that purpose. There
was nothing IN kossuths history which would in
cuce congress to cepart from the policy of the
country, and pass this resolution II Il was to pass.
his associates ought to be included.
Messrs. FooTE and BADGER continued the debate
Mr.. SEWARD said-Suppose the resistance to this
resolution successful, and the measure IS los. !.
kossuth shakes from his feet the dust gathered IN
our SOIL and reilres. Retires whittier There Is a
land No To Turkey You have brought him
thence. To England, then Yes. England alone
ctn or care, give HIM shelter. are you willing that
III giand should cover and protect him when your
serves pronounce HIM the representative of Demo-
crazy Are you wiling 10 entertain him as
such But We will suppose kossuth has returned 10
Englano-wlll that be the end 1t Will be only she
beginning. There is a tribunal above hun and US
claims tothe respt mankind are founded on its de-
wees tits tribunal free from pass and prejudice.
Before that tribunal the States of the earth equal
Nay, the fallen and PROSTATE nations there are
erect and equal With the most 0~erful and majestic
empire. There the humblest subject be he Get, In
dian, or Serf is equal 10 the State 10 which he be-
longs, whether England America, or Russia. Before
that tribunal tins question must go. lie knew no
living man worthy to preside there. But he Imagined
he saw that august Court organized, and the re-
vered form OF Franklin occupying the judgment
eea On he 10 % o
resting on the arm OF koSSuih behind her are the
synpathIzng nations OF Europe. On tle other, the
United States, sustained by Austria Prussia Russia.
and France. IL is an omlnous conjunction. Hungary
complains that the nlied States have dIShoHoTed and
iDsuted her chef that they found him enjoying the
generous hospitality Of the Turk. but exposed 10 the
surveillance and menaces of Austria and RusTs-
that they gained to his place OF confinement,
and obtained his confidence by their symptthy-et-
fecttd hls release and transported him, IN the face
OF the aCmirlDg world, guest TO their own shores
That they turned away and left him unprotected.
unacknowleged and UnrecOgnized 10 be the SCOT OF
his Ell emies and OF the enemies OF his cause Inc
United states hodup their right hand, and pleadnot
guilty. The records Of the last Congress are read
the Presidents message, and the records OF this Sen
ate respecting this resolution. Hungary rests her
cause The L. 5 appear by counsel The ardent Seaa-
tor from Alabama-the earnest SenatOrfor GeOrgta-
the astute Senator from North Carollna-tne candlu
Senator from hentucky-and last, and greatest, the
learned and venerable Senator from Georgia. The
de tense is made the court pTonOunces Its judgment,
tire lightning hunter, ard the practical common
sense of Poor Richard. You plead that your invita-
ton Just fed no expectation OF welcome. iio~
then came kosSuth, England France, the world,
your own President and People, TO understand II so
When YOU were bearing the honored Hungarian chief
through the Straits OF Gibraltar would YOU not have
resented an insult to him as an insult to your own
lagi Since when was II that you reversed the card
OF invitation to see how cheap the hOspt tles which
would save your honor You plead that tyrants ex-
lied him, and that you invited him as an emigraht'
to take up his lot within your borders. is recep'
ton less due 10 him now when ne comes 10 thahR
on, and declines, than IL would be II he became
perpetual guest Was your object merely 10 afford
an aSy lum to HIM and his lew associates, or vas 1t
not rather TO honor Hungary, and give moral AID TO
her great but declining cause You plead that am
bilious aspirations moved these hOnOfs In your SEN
ate. Had, then, the American Senate sunk so low,
that there no real patriots there 10 ylndlcale
the national honor by giving their gracious Volcesto
a Government comics eddy great \ on pie All thas
Kossuth was not only noble by birth, an aristocrat
bv ASSOCIATION but he sustained the hereditary throne
and he Id his foot hare pressed upon the subject
rae es until disaster oVertook nun anu ne heu ~,
ss M & %fc you moi Know before
on invited him " your shores II you did not, how
Will you Justify ignorance SO great, inconsistencies
so absurd But who was 1t that taught you the
Magyar was noble, roy allst Not a pleoeian OF
Hungary not the CIoat but the deSpots VINO crushed
palrlots plebeians, Croats, Sclayes and HuDgafans
TO the earth. The youth Of hossuth was spent IN
efforts 10 abolish feudallsm. Ills years npened. ana
his frame hardened III the dungeons vi iSStu, III
perance for his labOrs to establish the equality
Of races and Of man. The first act OF ms
Ministry on the restoration OF the NATIONAL CoDSH-
tuition, TO establish equallty oil representation
suffrage and taxation ana the abolition OF all the
terms OF sertdom. Did not the Congress OF tAe peo-
ple of he United States maintain their loyalty 10
The British throne for whole year after they had
been outlawed fIom its protection WHAT course
different from this could they have pursued or
could kossuth have pursued You say that YOU
would have freely accorded the welcome, but Kos
How, when, and where, did he demand It : Did he
ADDRESS himself 10 the Senate President, or Con-
eress at all No, but he was overheard, Ia ans yer
ing the congratulations OF the people, TO say thdl
he expected more. You then deliver MN from
Prusslan surveillance IN Asia TO establish
more severe espionage over him IN America
generous host would have closed ms ears
against reports to the prelDdlce OF suca
informal welcome Did that absolve his claims TO
such a welcome You tell me II Genet was Tue
mister of France sent by grown bellgerent pow
er, Kossuih was an exile invited by yourselves
Gfuetv Was denied by the Government and apPe iled
from the Govern meDt 10 the people Out hossdlh was
denied nothing and made no Appeals ana II )Ssu1u
should have asked more could lie nave asked more
than Franklin asked. and received TOO, IN your De-
half from France Why did you not wait unit! ne
asked and then decide on ms petition You pie al ina!
YOU left him 10 the hosptatles OF the peSpIe, anu
he received from them a generous welcome. True ,
but hf that was all that was Intenced "hy dld you
not leave him IN his exile 10 be sought out ana
brought TO your SnCTts Ol PIl' at y -
mar Was enough and was justified, why do you COM
plain that Kossuth spoke Of the people being soye-
Ieens o,the Government In adopting the hospitalI.
ties as your own GU sanction the compliment ne pAli
10 them You say you stood Oh precedent you hn1lng
no prececent save that In the case Of La Fdyelte
That Congress could not unite IN cordial welcome
10 him tie more shame to that COngress-th.r DIS
agreement Was a custom more honOred IN the
hJeach than IN the observance. But where were
kossuth's merits less than those Of LaEa yette La
Fayette contributed to deliver your country pui
koSsuth finding your country free. tined for the de-
livery Of his own-he sought 70 ralss her, and win
her PROSTATE Germany and Italy You say the non
oTs proposed to Kossuih would have been an insult
TO Russia. Have you then given Russia the rshI TO
prescribe the guests whom you shall receive and the
quests you shall Tepel II So you are much 10 ser
than the Turk. But you fear that . would lead W
intervention In European affairs There IS no occa'
SION and 10 chance for Intervention. Russia has IN
telyened, and you ana England looked on Hungary
breaihes no more, and Russian Intervention mas
ceated. All but Hungary and Italy may rise again
nextyesT, or some other year. True, and they u ~