New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-13
LOUIS KossUTH AND THE IRISH.
Letter or Michael Doheny.
Nrw-YnRK. WednesdaY Dec. 10. u


persiens cast on my fellow -couhtrymen for alb
staining from any marked participation in the Kos
,uth demonstration. have not yet heard SIN
,le charge that is not an exaggeration. One of
"A. most frequent, pointed and bitter is that
Archbishop Hughes commanded them 10 STAND
aloof. and that even those sworn to do military
duty were anxious to obey him rather than their
own solemn oaths.
This is doubly unfair. First, IT is utterly I'M
true tina, he ever gave any such order or any order
at all. directly or indirectly. 1t is not at all
clear to me that Archbishop Hughes knows
ahere is such a thing as the Ninth Regiment AT
all events, ne neithe, by word nor command nor
hint lnter(ered And. on the other hand, II he did
interfere he would do so in vain, as far as the
military are concerned. The lnslnuatlon is on
the face of it preposterous.
But there is no concealing or Disgusting the
fact that every IrIshman, or almost every Irish-
man in this country feels greatly estransed from
Louis Kossuth | regret this as much as any
man alive but it is nevertheless fact, | think
very lamentabe fact.
Finding it so, let us consider how far It IS
founded on justice on their part. And first, what
has it arisen from Most assuredly not from
any thing the Bishop has said done written,
except what might attach to his reasoning in refer
snce to Englands treatment Of the Irish Exiles-
The true source. the only source of Irshmens dis
ust OF Kossuth is his extravagant his unjustiiabe
praise OF England That praise is insulting 10 their
feelings and insulting to their common sense. They
regret II that account and some of them at least,
reUstit still more for its tendency TO confirm and
~,&ef
nocked and then impeded hberty,-rHE ENGLISH
CONVENIENT. From the hour that the Bastard Of
Normandy raised his robber flag at Hastings, AMI
sTasped throne, through sacrilege, regcide and
blood, to that on which Victoria las, assumed her
crown, the mission of England has been, 10 preach
liberty to the nations, and, the same time to keep
the yoke upon their necks William OF Normandy
vas wise IN his generation and plous With a. lie
sSn,eu W Ses possession oi the person OF tne heI
and sronT m s Msgs
affection, and exac,ing his love, that he would not
allow the young prince outside the pOrtculs of his
fsadal hold. lie bound him TO his heart by the re-
sistless embraces OF his castle wall While there,
in the solemn hour OF night within consecfated pre-
cints with his armed feudatOries around him, intu
encsd solely by his desire for his guests immortal
welfare, he unveiled the relics OF martyrs, COMES
and other canoniZed saints, and upon those rel
les he forced him TO swear that he abdicated his
right and his duties 10 himself TO his country and TO
truth and this robbery and perjury were duly SUB
oIned IN the name of the God OF eternal Justice
This was England In 1864. Let us take an instance
Of the same England In Isis.
Sicily had revolted. She had beaten the butcher
OF Naples from her shore. IL was assumed for Eng
land that abe had organized the uprising OF the he
Toes and herones OF that immortal Isle, never more
immortal than IN this last Titanic effort. She had
invested herself with sovereignty by blood She was
protectorate. Could she be made 10 subserye her
policy ambition and power such protectoraie would
have been extended. But Sicily thought she might
fAw hAfs A1f had m
her lethapy-FraDce, whose sons, IN recent times,
have carved the way TO universal liberty, however
their efforts may have been maned or their conf
dence abused--wrote the doom of tyranny IN the
dust Of her streets ana down-trodden man. an dun
icons rusting irons the world over, joined IN
The hosannas Of her victory. The heavily laden and
enthraled turned their eyes 10 the sky 10 look for
signs OF humanity's resurrection. What did Ing
land then Her Prime Minister one year aicrward
told the story her betrayal lie said England did
not officially interfere until there was a prospect
that republican principles would spread would be
established IN Sicily, and would extend 10 Italy ant
Germany. What encouragement Lord Mimic had
given to Sicily, he added, was Lord Minto's own
act but after the revolution Of France the same
Lord Minto acting officially, and on the ministers
boasted advice, betrayed the nation that trusted IN
him and in the honor Of his county, and aided IN
restoring the midnish, Neapoliian murderer. VIVA.
woes fouowed-the dungeon and the iron and the
giboet and the royal midnight howl-might be thus
inscribed These are the result Of trusting TO Eng
lands faith" Lord Minto IN fact, by his official acts,
has written the word lie over his promises
Englishman.
Between these two diplomatic acts INTERVIEWED
eight hundred years. | defy any man living 10 pro-
duce single act Of English diplomacy in contrai,c.
ton with them. Read the history OF the first ceniu-
ries OF Norman rule and Saxon suffering Does any
secord OF tyranny on earth approach IT, IN all tina, Is
INFAMOUS, perndiouS and cruel What crime post
BILE on conceivable was leit uncommted 10 root out
Tie Saxon people their laws, language, worship and
traditions What suffering and wrong and torture,
WITHIN the range OF tyrsnnc invention, did not the
people e0IQre--tne peODle OF that ENGLAND which.
according 10 Shakspere. endorsed BY the great
nNnsar,an, was never conquered" But 70 come
bravery OF Europe to crush the early French Re-
pubic who pIorped up the iotIering despotisns
Of the old world when liberty had sounded Their
knel Who sustained 'he DespO, Of the North,
when his sceptre lay shvered The held OF Auster
htz Who presided al the Congress of Vienna thai
crowned conspiracy against the liberty of man
Who legalized and enforced the lmpious edic;s
of the Holy Alliance Who aided IN dissectng
the dead body Of Poland'S nationality, and dung
his respective slice 10 each crowned cormorant
ENeLAND, ENGLAND ENGLAND There Is no deed
OF prescription against man. no overthrow OF M
uonality m the interest OF Despoiism 10 which she
has not set her seal speak not here Of Ireland.
In this connection ! exclude her name. Bar lei rs
turn our eyes elsewhere Had not the kafir IA.
tive, "fstAtr land"-was II not dear to him rs
Hungary 70 the Hungarian Did no. England strike
hm down-down ON his own hearth, before his
household gods-and sanctiiy The seizure of ais
nome and temples by the spilllns of his blood Hai
not ,ne Afghan home, Liberty, land he loved
Wen, Through his cleil heart she sTaspSd L. ami
raised her ruthless banner over the corpseS aal
sshes OF nation Follow her operations on the
Scnde. What are they More blood more treason.
and another nationality oyeIthloNn. IluStrous
hxiie, hast thou ever heard Of Dosi Mahonmet
ever OF The opium crusade ever Of a name ALREADY
Inscribed ON lloerty's mos, enduring monument
saaa9i me brothers Sandiara! Imagine to ihysslftAe
ssmus OF "Bn,snnis" presiding AZ the immolasion
i ~. srue martyrs OF liberty, holding the broken
-. 'se Post Oatce. the emblem of her IN acherv,
IN hsf nand. Imagine this and conSiier vShsthsr
u woSld not Be wise, whether il would not be IN
acceIe oe Wig my mission. all but Divine 10 ex.
purge rom 'nst sublime appeal a, Birmingham.
which thou Asst addressed thyssf ercent the o,,oD
avarice alone. speak not Of poor. blushny he.
nayed Liberty. but tell England Hungary free viii
consume much Manchester Fooas. Ia this arra