The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-01-23
Editor q Proprietor.
NEW SERIES VOL. 1 NO. 40.

NEW SERIES; VOL. / NO. 40.
iii.so short period to bring their country
and the hemisphere to which ii belongs, to-
The notice and respectful regard, not to say
the admiration, of the civilized world -
r0everthelcss tie United States have alb
stained, at all times, from acts Of jnterfer-
ence withtlle political changes Of Europe
They cannot, however. fail 10 cherish al
ways d lively interest in the fortunes OF all
nations Struggling for institutions like their
own But the sympatliy;so far from being
necessarily q hostile feeling toward any Of
the parties to these great national ,strug-
giles, is quite consistent with annicabIe re-
Elations with them all. The Hungarian
people are three or four times as numerous
as the Inhabitants Of the United States
were when the American revolution broke
out. They possess in a distinct language
and in other respects. important elements
of a separate nationality, which tile Anglo
Saxon race in thiscountry did not possess;
and ifthe United States wish success to
countries contending for popular constitu-
tons and national Independence not as inn
laginary, but as real blessings Theyc claim
no right, however, to take part in the for
eign struggles Of foreign. powers in order 10.
promote these ends 1t is only in defense
of his own government, and its principles
and character, that tire lindersjgne has
now expressed himself OH this subject
But when the United States behold the
people Of foreign countries, without any
such interference, spontaneously moving
towards the adoption of Institutions like
their own, it surely cannot be expected of
them to remain wholly Indifferent specta-
tors
Mr. Webster freely admits the difficulty
Of obtaining correct Information here in re-
gard to the late occurrences in the Austrian
empire, and says:
But this difficulty is by no means to be
ascribcdto what Mr.. Hulseman-call with
little justice, as 1t seems to the undersigned
the mendacious minors propagated by
the American press For information on
TINS subject, and others of the same kind.
the American press is OF necessity almost
| wholly dependant nronthat Of Europe; and
if 1nendaciousrunior respecting Austrian
and Hungarianafairs have been any where
propagated, that propagation Of f;rlsehoods
has been most prolific on the European
continent, and iii countries immediately
bordering onthe Austrian empire.
lie then relates the history of the trans
actions leading 10 the mission ofMr. Mann.
La 1915, Mr.. Stiles. our Charge at Vienna,
had been applied to by Kossuth TO interfere
with the Austrian Enperorfora suspension
Eofhostilities MIR. Stiles s conduct in com
niunicating between the Hungarian and
Austrian authorities. was highly CONNER
ded by the Austrian Government, and was
approved by the United States. Inls48
and 40 numbered Hungarians came to
the United States and strongly solicited
the Presidentto recognize the Independence
Of Hungary; TIie United States would
have been justified by preccdcnts in ac-
knowledging theindependence of Hungary,
but they did not do 50. The object Of Mr..
Mann's mission was one of iry--to OBJ
tain Information in regard TO Hungary,
with a view 10 an early recognition of her
Independence.
he observation and report Of Mr.. Mann
respecting tleability Of Hungary To sustain
her independence being unfavorable, lie
Withdrew from the country.
The following para graph is marked with
much severity; but every word of it is fully
justified by the tone Of Mr. Hulseman's
letter
statement that MIR. Mann mission was
wholly unobjee tonal5!e q, and strictly with.
iii the rule of the law Of nations. aid Tie
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