The southern press., 1851-12-16

| lent act of hindering, BY armed forces, natio'
| from exercising that sovereign right must b
considered rs violation of that common publ
aw upon which your very existence rests, anc
1 which, eng common law Of all humanity, i
BY God himself placed under the safeguard
! III humanity; because 1t is God himself VIII
commands ns 10 love our neighbor as we los.
4 ourselves, and to do toward others as we deslr'
/ others to do toward ourselves.
Upon this point yon cannot remain Indifferent
/ You may well remain neutral to every war be
4 tween two belligerent nations but you cannot re.
| main Indifferent To the violation Of the comm T.
law of humanity. That indifference Washing
ION has never taught you. | defy ever, man to
show me out Of the eleven volumes OF Wash
ington's writings, a single word to thai effect
H recommended neutrality in the case of for
eign wars; but he never recommended ndiffer-
ence to the violation Of the common laws OF hr-
manity, by interference Of foreign powers with
the sovereign right of uatioas to dispose Of
/ themselves.
And he could not have reco amended this in
diffaren q without ceasing to be wise az he a.,
| because there Is, without justice, no w.dom on
! earth He could not have recommended il
! without bec,,miny Inconsistent, because 1t wa
this common law Of mankind which yonr fore
fa,hers invoked before God and mankind, when
they proclaimed your Independence. 1t was he
himself, your great Washington, who not Only
accepted but asked again and again foreign aid
i foreign help for the support Of that com mon
law Of mankind, in respect to your own indie,
pendenre.
! Knowledge and instruction are so universally
spread among the enlightened people of the
United States--the history Of your country is
such household science at the most lonely
hearths OF your remotest settlements, that il
may be sufficient for to refer, in that respect,
to the instructions and correspondence between
Washington and the minister Of Paris-the
| equally immortal FRAEKLIH--the modest man,
| with the proud epitaph which tells the world
that he wrested the lightning from heaven, and
the -cepter frosi the tyrant's hands.
! Thus have proved, | believe, that Washing
ton never bequeathed 10 you the principle Of
non.interference against the violation of the
sovereign right Of nations to dispose of them
selves, and To regulate their own Institutions;
hat he taught you only neutrality in respect to
the wars of foreign nations
| will go further. Aud state that even that
doctrine OF neutrality he taugh, and bequeathed
10 you, not as constitutional principle "A last,
ing regulation for all future Ii e, but only rs a
matter Of temporary policy. ] refer in that re-
-pect 10 the very words of his farewell address.
There h.. states explicitly that IL is pour policy
to steer clear ~ permanent alliances nth dnypor-
iion If The Ere.gn porLd" These are his very
words. Poiiry is the word, and you know pol
| icy IL not the science Of principles, but of ext
gencies: and that principles are Of course, by a
free and powerful nation, never 10 be sacrificed
by exigencies. The exigencies are passing away,
| like the bubbles Of rain; but the nation is i'm
mortal it mus consider the future also, and rot
only the egotistcal comfort of the passing hour
| 10 el.asf al
nothing can be II higher importance thsn i'm.
mortal principles
| will go yet further. ard state that even this
| policy of neutrality Washington taught you, not
as u permanent rule, but Temporary conve-
nence prove IL again br the very words Of
| his Fareweli Address. wEen he, in reference 10
his policy at nrurrali Y, xplictly lays. that 10Th
him (Washingtnn) Predominant mntire has been
10 en- edU0- 10 gia hnlr 10 your couPryt 10 se't'e
and mature us InStHuiwnS. aud n progress, ruth
oui interrrpiop, Ia that degree Of strength and
consistency phich is necessary 10 gire he em
mqnd Of ats orcn fortunes" Tne4e pre h rhly
memorable words, gentl-rnen. Here take my
ground, and casting glance Of admiration over
your glcrions land, confidently NIX you. gentle.
men, are your institutions settled and mt,urrd
or are they notl Are you, or are you not, coue
10 that degree Of strength and consistency 10 te
| the masters Of YOUR own fortunes!
| o., my God. how | thank thee for having
| given me the glorious view Of this country
| greatness, which answers this question for me /.
Yes! you have attained th,t degree OF strength
and consistency when your less fortunate beth
rem IL manki ID mly well clain your brotherly
| protecting hand. AID here ] stand before you
| 10 plead the ctuse Of these, your les fortunate
brcthren--ihe cause of humanity may sue
cerd or NAV fail. Bot will go on, pleading
4 A. TT A. Il.
Sere moved and may dis please Won, pefh p
still will say with Luther, /" May God help M
II can do not othe, rise
One wurd more 10 prove that Washington
never attached to his doctrine OF neutrality more
than the sense of temporary policy. refer 10
| one Of hi letters wrItrD 10 La Fayeite, wherein
he says" LIT u only have flocnty ysars 81
| peace, and our country will come To- -ueh a de-
| gree of power and wealth that We will be- abb,
| jaS cause, 10 defy whatever power on earth {"
"In a inst rnus :" Now. in the name ~
eternal truth, and by all that !. sacred and dear
| 10 man, since tie history Of mankind y recorded.
there has been no cause more Just than the
cause "f Hungary. Never was there people.
without TIE slightest reason, more sacrilegiously.
more tr acheronsly, and w fouler mems, at
tackled. than Hungary Never has crime curse
ambition, de-poii>m, and violence, in a mare
wicked manner united to crush down freedom.
and the very life, than agninst Hnnga'y! Never
was country more MORALLY offended than Hun
gary Is. All your suflsrines, MI your cpwplaini-,
| which, with so much ri .ht drove your forcfahers
to take mp arm are but slight grievances IN
comparison with those immense, deep wounds
out OF which the heart of Hungary bleed.! "
the cause Of my people Is not sufficiently just
TO insure the protection Of God,snd the support
of good Silling men, then there rs no just cause
and 90 Justice on earth. Then the blood Of no
new Abel will move toward Heaven. The ee.
Mus OF charity, Christian love and justice, will
mourningy fly the earth; heavy crrse will
upon morality fa!l--opptcss men despair, and
only the Gains Of humanity walk proudly with
impious brow about the rims of liberty on earth y
/ hive shown, gentlemen, that Washington
has never bpqusathcd to h,. country the doctrine
1 Of not caring about the violation Of interna
tional law; has not bequ- nd the doctrine OF