The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-12-14

You say that your Invitation the Magyar Justified on
his part and on the part of Hungary expectation of
welcome" How. then. came Kossutb. how Hun.
gary. how the world how came YOU how came
your President misundeIs,sn the invitation which
rssssd the exile! When did you Arst revise your
diplomacy ascertain to what extent you might abrdge
The hospil sies 10 which you had invited him Not
nnnl you were committed before me woha. lou say
citizen Of the United Ststes-and that he came, the
contrary transient guest" Grant 1t what them Is
welcome less due to him whom you have invited
perpetual guest when he comes thank you and decline
the courtesy, than II he had accepted and become per
Peua charge upon your hosPalites' You say that the
honoIs TO kossuth "wee moved IN your Senate by
bilious asprants for place and Distinction Has, then
my country degeneaed SO much that there are no true
genuine patriots in the Senate OF the United States who
could lead that usrous body in the discharge OF 30
great q national obllgaion'
You plead that the Hungarian chief twas noble By
BIRTH an arstocrat by education and association. and
that he had devoted himself eo, not disseminate
the spirit OF universal liberty, but 10 oiy the privileges
of the Magyar race" If that be did you not know
when you invited him Ii you did not, how can you
Justify your ignorance OF character that was blazoDed
10 the worldl But is not true kossub's hrs public
action in early youth was an effort, through The Hun
garian Diet TO extend equal privileges OF representation
of suffrage and OF taxation 10 all the people OF Hungary
without distinction OF rank. or cast, or race, For
his fidelity the great cause OF human equaliy aud Tree
dom he imprisoned three long years IN dungeon in
the Castle OF Pesh by the hand OF The Austrian despot
When he came out IRON that captivity, he commenced
that OF agitation for the restoration OF the consi
tuition OF his country which ended with success in the
year lsis. When be had wrung that charter from the
Emperor OF Austria his king, the first ex
ercsc OF Hungarian authority by the Legislature which be
directed which abolished all the ieuda ten
ures that brought land within the reach OF all and put
the Croal, the Waachian. the llyan, the Jew and the
Magyar upon the platform OF equality before the
law equality before the government equality in repre-
sen,aton, equality in suffrage, and equality ia enduring
The burdens o. was LOT ns III. ns' 20 ne was
shores. Who pursued him there with reproaches OF
fasehood to freedoms Not the Jew, the Croat, or the
Sclave but the ,yTant OF Austria who has reduced all
the people of Hungary, OF whatever rank, race,
| cast, to the level of slaves.
You say that you willing to give Kossuh q vel.
come, but that he demands more How did you know
that he :. demanded more" How did you learn that
Kossuth demanded more than cordial welcome! Where
dd be ask OF son even 50 h aea Aid az h ahs.s
extruvagan, and offensive defamation Was II to your
Presidents TO your ministry to your Congress! No;
all alike refused 10 receive him. refused even to hear him
speak; and yet you say he demanded too much. You
closed his mouth before he had time TO tell you what be
thought, and what he wanted, or whether he wanted
anything But you say that he overheard to say that
he expected arms, men, money. material aid and inter-
venlion" Overheard! What did you deliver Kossulh
from Russian surveillance in Turkey TO establish an es
pionage over him of your own! Shame-shame lo,lhe
country that lightly regards the sanctty OF the charae
ter Of stranger and exile But you say that be would
would YOU have been less able to have met that unrea-
seasonabe demand after having accorded to him the exact
justice which his due, than you are now when you
have done him injustice, and thus clothed him with the
sympa,hes OF your people and Of mankind But you
say that he spoke reverenty OF your authority be was
overheard say the ou'gushng OF his gratitude 70 the
generous people who received hun on Staten lsand that
the people the soyeregnsthe government Of the
United States. And you cannot pardon that offence Wha
ne ss say Of s WSh
your senators representatives dare Geny IN his place
that the people are his sovereigns'
But you say that you had precedent; that you once
took offence at minister OF France who assumed the
same position. You refer TO Genet But there is no par
alle Genet was a minister OF government actually
hostile, almost belliserent. lie was IN negotiation, and
his demands denied. He took an appeal from the
decision OF your government 10 the people But Kossuh
Or 10 sh s
vtaiion TO enjoy your hospitality. You have decided
nothing against him. He submitted appeal
| do not say that you ought TO have granted nteven
ton had il been demanded Blu, do say this that the
Hungarian would have demanded no more Of you than
n less than his, solicited aud obtained for
the United States of America from the Bourbons OF
France. Could you not have pardoDed him for asking
what you bad asked and obtained for yourselves
Was it great fault in him suppose that in the
day of greatness prosperity and power, you might
not be unwilling TO DO Tor Hungary what, IN the day Of
your infancy. poverty and weakness, France had done
By whom es s She ' By S"D Was
Hungary concluded by such precedent And what
precedent The precedent OF the reception given to La
BY the Congress OF the United Staes II the ashes Of
Lafayette could be terminated, and he could present
himself again upon your shores. would you not now will
lingy accord him greater than the welcome he before
received at your hands IA welcome, such rs was pro-
posed TO give Kossuhl Wherein does the parallel be-
tween kossuh and Lafayette fail Lafayette OnK4n bis
a soldier OF liberty the OF your country
but he pursued II through life in effort establish
republic in his own beloved land. kossuth found the
duty which frs, devoyed upon him to wage a s,rug
gle for freedom in his own COUNTRY When overborne
there, he became, like Lafayette, champion OF liberty
throughou the world You say that the Russian might
have taken offence Is America, then, brought low
that she fears TO give offence when commanded by the
laws of nature and of nations What right had Russia
TO prescribe whom you should receive and whom reject
from.you hospitallties Let no such humiliation be
confessed.
Thus in The tribunal OF the public opinion of mankind.
all pleas disallowed We have exposed ourselves
to the eensme will say the der,son of he porid
IL Is said Mr. President, that there danger OF inter-
venton il accord these honos that Intervention will
follow them No. SIR II is not question OF Intervention
future, but OF Intervention past There has been inter-
vention already Russia has interviewed and ungay has
fallen by tina, crime kossuh is an exile upon our shores
in consequence OF IT, What have done already was,
by maniiestng sympathy for him, 10 express alb
houence Of the Intervention OF Russia, which has worked
great injustice and TO rebuke and prevent such inter-
vention hereafter. What do propose to do' To
grant welcome 10 kossuih IL il but the fl conclusion
OF anacton already nearly complete geaty fear that
do not understand interests in this great question.
We cannot extnguisb sympathy for freedom else where
without extngushing the spirit OF freedom, which Is the
lie OF our own repablic.
Again, sir, you may reject kossuih you may II you
please proptae despoc favor by Iamplng the exles OF
all Europe under your feet. But what will you have
gained This republic is and forever must be, living
offence to Russia and Austria, and TO deepoc powers
everywhere. You will never, by whatever humliatons.
gain one friend ally in Europe or America
ism are numbered We do not know whether ito end is
this the atteY--In thla