New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-07
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against Kossuth, in the following language
In oisabusing the public mind Of erroneous i'm
pressons under whose influence IL mas oeen
wrought into a feverlsh excitement, as II for the
purpose of nveigng this people, and of course this
Government, In the schemes of ambition OF pro-
grtss OF revolution, OF aspiring individuals In the
different Governments OF Europe, It's publication Is
surely merltorious act
Let Us beware now, as at al times, how we suffer
ourselves to involve OgT own country IN The intes-
tire divisions Of other nations, whether European
or American. The sentiment IS As Just now as
when II was originally delivered by the revered
WAsHINGTCS to his cOtItYymen ION his retirement
from the Presidency thai the great rule OF conduct
for US is ever 10 avoid euiangling our peace and
prosperity III the tolls OF European politics
III the object of the oftr by Congress to kossUTH
aid hls associates Of passage to the United states
vas any thing more than &C. afford them the meansoi
reaching an asylum from persecution-a home IN
which, identified With The naive Republicans OF the
United States they might become respected and pro-
tected citizens, why, then. we must say, we have
entirely misunderstood both the motive and the ac-
ton OF Congress and the feeling of the People oil the
Uni'ed States, IN that matter.
Congress certainly never nteEdedto enlist tbs
Government, or this People, IN any scheme OF hos
svth and his associates for revoluronizing Europe
We do not apprehend that Congress, IN
Offering Kossuth a National ship for his
passage to this country, intended to do any
thing besides showing honor to man who
had done great things IN defense OF the in-
dependence and freedom OF his own people,
and whose career and character had enlist
ed the universal sympathy, not only of the
citizens of the United States, but of free
men everywhere. Certainly we trust that
among the representatives who voted, snd
the people who have approved this tribute
to greatness and misfortune, there were not
many with souls small enough to suppose
that they were binding the Magyar leader
to abandon the native land to whose inhabl-
tants his name is still a guiding-star, and
make never another effort for his country
and his kind. We trust even that fe " were
stupid enough to suppose that such man
could forsake a cause which years OF lone
" imprisonment had not made him swerye
from. and forget alike his brethren aud their
enemies in the back-wOods OF Iowa. NO,
these was no such coalition, no such expect
alton. What the United States sought to
do, was to rescue Kossuth from Turkish
confinement, to show that they dared honor
the hero of liberty, though all the tyrants In
the world should gnash their teeth with
rage, and to leave him free to pursue the
career of his duty in the way thai his ludg-
ment might point out
The Intclligencer is much mistaken In
sneakinp of the enthusiasm with which the
approach of Kossuth was hailed, as fever
ish excitement got up on purpose. Never
was ANYTHING more spontaneous and genu-
inc there was no other purpose in it than
the natural and every way healthy impulse
TO do honor to a great man who had distin-
ouished himself in a great cause and If 1t
has been thought necessary to publish the
petty complaints of officers, and the copious
illusions of spiteful attaches, with view to
cool down this fever, by assaultlng the
stranger and the guest when nothing could
he heard from him in his defense, why,
We can only say that the men who see fitto
take such course will probably find them
selves the object of anything but fever
ish excitement" Of appreciation on the part
of the American people. And we appre-
bend, also, that the effort to make that peo-
pie square their judgment upon Kossuth by
the views Of Prince Schwarzenberg, Louis
Napoleon, OF the Emperor Nicholas, will
prove unavailing.
1t is toe late in the day for solemn plati-
tudes about enlisting this people IN schemes
for revoluticnizing Europe We are all
ready enlisted past recall in every scheme
for the overthrow Of tyranny and the ex-
tension Of freedom, and we cannot nope 10
deny it, 1t is vain, too, to think of keeping
back every generous impulse practically to
render aid in the war of the European IA
items against their oPpressOrs, until victory
shall have rendered the contest respectable
even in the eyes of old fogy dom, and made
all assistance useless. The history of the
past shows pretty coDclusively what is the
djsrosition of Americans ia such cases
Show them how effective help can be
given and they are there. What was done
for Greece. what would have been done fer
Ireland, will be done for Hungary, for
Italy, for Germany, whenever the cali is