The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-12-20
THE THINGS TALKED ABOUT.


said to be "bronchitis of the right
lung" is preying upon him and detains
him from his duties. There is rumor
that he will resign. We begin to fear
the career Of this great man is nearly en-
ded. In the natural order of things this
must be 50. "By reason of strength" he
has we'll nigh reached fourscore, and
soon we know the great light of his in
tellect, which so long has glowed, the
very sun of our political sky, must 60
down. Forty five years ago it blazed ef-
fulgent in the U. S. Senate-the same
theater III which it dilated with a glow
intenser than ever before during the late
Congress. His remarkable intellectual
power, eloquence and influence, have
been "things talked about" for the last
half century.
Kossuth, his speeches and aims, are
general topics of remark, and we should
not wonder that the newspaper reader
was growing little tired of the all en-
crossing theme. But it is an exciting
subject, and very grave subject in
some of its bearings as we'll; and we can
not be regardless of it, if we would.
The fact is, this kossuth business is to
make nark-it is to make page in
history and there seems a probability
that it may make page in ours. Assu-
redIyit might make bloody page, if
some of our people had their way.
The following Joint Resolution, orig
mating with Mr.. Seward IN the Senate,
has passed both Houses-the Senate by
a vote of SO to 6, and the House by 1871
TO 16:
Resolved, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States, in
Congress now assembled, That the Con-
gress Of the United States, in the name,
and in behalfof the people of the Uni
ted States, give Louis Kossuth cordial
welcome to the Capitol of the country.
So kossuth will soon visit Washing
ton. He leaves New York for Phila-
deIphia on Monday. On Thursday
evening he spoke in the Rev. Mr.. Beech
er's church in Brooklyn, and yesterday
in Tripler Hall; tickets of admitrance to
each $5;-to be devoted to the liberia.
ton Of Hungary.
In one of his speeches kossuth said,
''to be born citizen Of the United
States was the greatest honor and the
proudest lot of which any man can
boast" but notwithstanding all that he
loved his country better than ours. The
Washington Telegraph remarklng on
this, says:
ave entreat every American citizen,
whether native or naturalized, to remem-
Der, that it is his duty to initiate the ex-
ample of the noble Hungarian. He
loves his own country better than he
loves ours. So weshould love our own
country better than we love hls."
By that, The Telegraph means that
we should avoid allowing sympathy for
a foreign people to induce US to lead
our own country into war, with its
accompanying disasters to our COM
merce, navy, army and Treasury. TO
show what the feeling on this subject is,
in some quarters-and indeed it seems
the very general feeling-we quote from
The New York Tribune:
"For some years past policy has
been tacitly assumed or openly pro.
claimed as American, which seems to us
most unworthy of that designation. Its
governing idea would seem to be THAT
this Continent is the only legitimate the.
ater of American power and influence,
and that Liberty or Slavery in Europe |
is comparatively unimportant to us. Its
PidCtlCd' HeSSdge I'd tne crowned deS-
pots OF Europe has been, only let us
conquer, annex and domineer over our
sister Republics in this hemisphere,
and you may work your will uncheck.
led on the crushed and fettered Nations
of the Old World And even down
to the late Diplomatic Correspondence
with France and Spain concerning Gu
ba; our Government seems to cling to
the assumption that we have peculiar
rights Outside of our own territory in
tbs hemisphere, while the European
powers have corresponding rights on
the other.
We protest against this doctrine, and
trust it will be condemned by our PEG.
pie. Right is right and wrong Is wrong,
no matter in what latitude or longitude.
and any Nation which does wrong to