Southern shield., 1851-01-25
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III iuCotiol uuuOi any PiC'CAt, oy :" ioieio'' power. But, even if this were not so, Mir. Hulseman is in an error in stating that the Austrian Government is called an "lron Rule in MT. Mann's instructions. That phrase is not found in the paper, and in re- spect to the honorary instructions bestowed in MT. Mann's instructions on the late chief of the revolutionary government of Hun gary, Mr. Hulseman will bear in mind that the government of the U. s. cannot justly be expected, in confidential communica- ton to it's own agent, to withhold from an
 individual an epilhet of distinction of which great part of the world thinks him wor- thy, merely on the ground that his own government regards him as rebel. At an early stage of the American revolution, while Washington was considered 5y the English government as rebel chief, he was regarded on the continent of Europe as an ilIustriouS hero. But the undersigned will take the liberty of bringing the cabi- net of Vienna into the presence of its own predecessors, and of citing forits own con- sideration the conduct of the imperial gov ernment itself In the year TIT the war of the American revolution was raging all over these U. States. England was pros ecuting that war with most reSolute de- termination, and by the exertion of her military means to the fullest extent. Ger many was at that time at peace with Eng land, and yet an agent of that Congress, which was looked upon by England in no other light than that of body in open re- belIion, was not only received with great respect by the Anbas ssador of the Empress Queen, at Paris, and by the Minister of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, who afterwards mounted the imperial throne, but resided in Vienna for considerable time, not indeed officially acknowledged, but treated with courtesy and respect; and the Emperor suffered himself to be persuaded by that agent to exert himself to prevent the Ger man powers from furnishing troops to Eng land to enable her to suppress the rebellion in America. Neither Mir. Halseman, nor the cabinet of Vienna, it is presumed, will undertake to say that any thing said or done by this Government in regard to the re- cent war between Austria and Hungary, is not borne out, and much more than borne out by this example of the Imperial Court. It is believed that the Emperor Joseph the Second, habitually spoke in terms of re- spect and admiration of the character of Washington, as he is known to have done of Franklin; and he deemed it no infraction of neutrality to inform himself of the pro- greSs of the revolutionary struggle in A. merica, nor to express his deep sense of the merits and the talents of those ilIustrious men who were then leading their country to independence and renown. The under signed may add that in l7Sl the courts of Russia and Austria, proposed diplomatic Congress of the belligerant powers, to which
 the Commissioners of the U. States should be admitted.
 MT. Huseman thinks that in Mir. Mann's instructions, improper instructions are in- troduced in regard to Russia but the un- derSigned has no reason 10 suppose that Russia herself is of that opinion. The on. ly observations made in those instructions about Russia, is that she "haS chosen 10 as- sume an attitude of interference, and her immense preparations for invading and re- ducing the Hungarians to the rule of Aus tria-fron which they desire to be released gave so serious character to the con- test as to awaken the most painful solc- tude in the minds of Americans" The undersigned cannot but consider the Aus trlan cabinet as unnecessarily susceptible in looking upon language like this as a !" hostile demonstrations" If we remem. Der that it was addressed by the govern ment to its own agent, and has received publicity only through a communication from one department of the American gov- ernment to another, Ihe language quoted must be deemed moderate and inoffensive. The comity of nations would hardly forbid it's being addressed to the two imperial powers themselves. It is scarcely necessa- ry for the undersigned to say that the rela- tions of the U. States with Russia have al- ways been of the most friendly kind, and have never been deemed by either party to require any compromise of their peculiar views upon subjects of domestic or foreign polity or the true origin of governments. At any rate, the fact that Austria, in her contest with Hungary, had an intimate and faithful ally in Russia, cannot alter the real nature of the question beyond Austria and Hungary, nor in any way affect the neutral rights and duties of the government of the U. States, or the justifabIe sympathies of the American people. Itis, indeed, easy to conceive that favor toward struggling Hun gary would not be diminished, but increas- ed, when it was seen that the arm of Aus tria was strengthened and upheld by pow CT whose assistance threatened to be, over whelmingly destructive of all her hopes.
 Towards the conclusion of his note. MT. Hulseman remarks that eff the government of the U. States were to think it proper to take an indirect part in the political move- ments of Europe, American policy would