The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-01-08

OhDlhci VI vienna may DC assured mat II
II had carried, or attempted TO carry, any
such lawless purpose into effect, in the case
Of an authorized agent Of this Government.
the spirit of the people Of This country
would have demanded immediate hostil-
ties 20 be waged by the utmost exeriion of
the power Of the Republic, military and
naval.
MIR. 11ulsemann proceeds to- remark that
this extremely painful incident, therefore
might have passed over, without any written
evidence being left on our part in the arch
ives of the United States, had not General
Taylor thought proper to revive the who'll,
subject, by communicating TO the Senate, in
his message of the 18Th T2Sth1 of last
March, the instructions with which Mr..
Mann had been furnished on the occasion of
his mission TO Vienna. The publicity which
has been given 10 that document has placed
the Imperial Government under the ncces,i.
~ Of entering formal protest. through its
official representative, against the proceed,
inGs of the American Government. lest that
Government should construe our silence into
appreciation, or federation even, Of the prin-
cipes which appear to have guided lis action
and the means il has adopted"
The undersigned re-asseris TO Mr. IIuse-
mann, and to the Cabinet of Vienna, and
in the presence of the world. tha, tho s,nns
taken by President TAYLOR. now nro,cs,dJ
against hy the Austrian Government wcrc
warranted by the law of nations aud ogrcc.
able to the usares of civilized States. With
respect to the communication Of Mr.. Nonn's
instructions to the Senate. and the lanruooe
in which they arc conrhod, il las already
been said. and MIR. lIulscmann must feel ,br
Justice Of the remark, that these nrc domos-
tic affairs, in reference TO which the Cow
crnment of the United States cannot mimi,
the slightest responsibility TO the GOVERNMENT
of his Imperial Majesty. No State. dc,erv.
ing the appella;ion OF ndeocndent can pcr.
NIT the language in which IT may instruct
its own officers in the dscharre of their din.
ties to Itself TO be called in onesion. under
any protcxt, by .oteien Power.
But, even if this we're not so. Mr.. IIulsc.
mann is IN an error in stating that the Ans
tran Government is called nm "Iron pulc &"
in Mr.. hlann's instructions. That ,hrase is
not found in the paper; and in respec, to
the honorary cpthot bestowed in MIR.
Mann's instructions on tie late Chief of the
Revolutionary Government Of Hungary Mr.
lIulscmann will bear in mind that The Gov.
eminent of the United States cannot insily
be expected in confidential communication
TO its own agent, TO withhold from an inli.
vlual an epithel Of distinction OF which a
great part Of the world thinks him worthy.
merely on the ground that his own Govern
ment regards him as n rebel.
Al an early stage oil The American Revo
luton when Washington was considered by
tie English government as a rebel chief ae
was regarded on the Continent Of Europe
as an i'iuStrious hero. hut the signed
VIII take Inc liberty OF bringing the Cabinet
OF vienna mo the presence OF IFS own pre-
heceSsorS' ana oil citing tuf lis consideration
the coGdrc, OF the Imperial Government it.
sell III Inc year l'h The war oil the y
mercGh revolution was raging all over
these United states; England was prosecu
ting that war with most resoluic determin-
alton, and 10y the cXeriion Of all her military
means TO the fullest extent.
Germany was at that time at peace with
England and yet an agent o; iha, Congress
winch was looked upon by England in no
other light than that OF bOly IN open re
bellion' was not only received with great re
spoct by the Ambassador OF the Empress
Queen at Pdris, and by the Minister OF the
Grand Duke OF Tuscany, who afterwards
mounted the Imperial throne, but resided in
VIENNA Tor considerable time; not, indeed,
Officially ac knowledsed, but treated with
courtesy and respect and the Emperor suf.
teTed himself TO be persuaded by that agent
10 exert himself TO prevent the Germpn
Powers from furnishing troops 10 England
to enable her TO suppress the rebellion in y
merlca' Neither Mr. lluisemann, nor thr
Cabinet at Vienna. it is presumed, viii un-
dertake to say that an. thing said or done by
this Government III regard 10 the recent war
between Austria and Hungary is not borne
ont, by this example OF the Imperial Court.