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The Mission OF kcs.uth.

New York. while, at the same time, we nave
ventured to. express the opinion that he is ask
ing allesstAer toe much from the American Gov
eminent aud People, when he asks them, Jas
he does explicitly in his Castle Garden Speech,
and as he did in effect uithin the first hour of
his landing upon our shores to recognize the
Independence of Hungary" and also to grant
our financial, material and political aid" 1--WE
use his own words in securing the freedom
and independence of Hungary. There is no
installing the length ard breadth of this de-
mlnd. Our "fulncial, material and political
aid" means nothing more nor less than OUR
MONEY, OUR ARMY AND ouR DIPLoMAcY and
this, we say is asking too much, and simply
because it is asking us to depart entirely from
the spirit and policy Of our government and in
stitutions--from the wise and prudent warnings
and counses of WASHING roS from the splr
it and policy that have, in short period ottime
given US standing and a power, among the
nations of the earth, that have elected the re-
rcated admiration and wonder Of KossUTH
himself Our maxim ia EQUAL AND EXACT,
JUSTICE TO ALL; ESTASGLING ALLIANCES WITH
>oNE.7 We verify and rcligiously believe it is
the only maxim. strictly adhered to, that will Sc
cure TO US the blessings we enjoy, and carry US
forward to the highest condition Of earthly pros
pcritr, As We have before said, we believe
our country was designed by a kind Providence
as an EXAMPLE to be initiated, not as polit-
cal Church Militant, TO carry its doctrines, by
h-e and sword, throug hout the world.
We are glad to see that we agree with many
OF the most influential presses of the Country
in our views. The Boston .4drcrtiSer than
which there is not a sounder or more truly con-
servative paper in the Union the National H.
tLigencer, the New York Courier s. Enquirer,
the Troy WItig, and other leading papers,
sanction our position in relation to the question
raised by the eloquent Hungarian. The Bos-
IN .4irertiser, in concluding an able article,
says -
Had Kossuth arrived in this country in the
frgate Mississippi, direct from the country of
hi. Imprisonment, as private individual and
ian exile" Congress would undoubtedly have
received him with cordial expressions of ADM
ration of his attempts to serve his country, and
of sympathy for his cause. But since he has
delayed his visit, until he could hold commu-
nication with tn Socialists and Red Repubil-
cans of Italy and France, and with the Radl-
Gals of England and has come here IN pub
lie character as their representative, as well
Us the representative of his own country-men,
and ON his first appearance before public as
sembly, at the port of his arrival, makes known
L. g.. 4 Of ba
independence of Hungary by the American
government if they see tit, and if not b. the
people, it was hardly to b. expected that the
Senate would suffer themselves to be taken by
storm in this way, or would suffer such a mis-
Interpretation to be made Of their resolution of
March last, as that which he has given to it.
What Kossuth asks!
Public ;ttcntion has become so aroused TO
the extraordinary demands Of Governor Kos
surH, thar he has felt obliged to authorize the
New York Tribune to make an exposition of
his aims and desires. |, is as follows, as con
tanned in the Tribune of the 9th -
Won Interrcntion- Kossuth.-An impression
having been made public in some of the jour
nails that the purpose of Governor kossUTH's
mission to the United States is to procure aid
from this Government, in the shape OF an army
or fact, with which TO repel the enemies, and
to secure the Independence OF Hungary, we
are authorized to state that such is not his de-
sign
KosSu,h asks simply that England and Amer
lea shall unite in affirming the policy that "ev-
cry nation shall have the right to make and al
ter its political institutions to suit It's own con-
diiion and convenience" and that the two ma
tons England and America shall not only res
pect but cause TO be respected this doctrine, so as
10 prevent Russia from again marching her ar
mes into Hungary.
The Tribune adds;-
1t is true that the actual po,oer Of our country
must stand behind It's diplomacy in this, as in
other affairs but by assuming this position he
holds that there would be no danger of our be-
ing involved in war
Now can we add 4 word to sustain the OBJ
icctions we have raised against the movements
of the greet Hungarian, beyond calling the at
tcntion Of our readers to the passages we have
placed in italics? II this country is called
upon to CAUSE TO BE RESPECTED" any dog
ma it may assert, with THE ACTUAL POWER
CT OUR coUSrRY," what is 1t but asking for
an ARMED INTERNEN1lbN III lilt dllhlTs VI QUIET
nations? True, the Tribune says of NJ. Kos
surH, that "he holds that there would be no
danger Of cur being involved in war" What
"he kslis'' is not the question; what he asks
NJ, that we shall PREVENT Russian interior
ence, land Rusa-2, as a sovereign Nation Of the
Earth, has the same right to interfere that we
haye) by "the actual power Of our country
that is, IT'S Army, its Navy, its Money, and lis
Diplomacy Thls means WAR WITH RUSSIA
and every other European. Nation that don't hap
pen 10 agree Nth uS,-and means, further, that
the time has come when tins Republic mus
take up arms 10 propagate Us principles and doc
tr.nes all which is directly in the teeth of tha
other sound and just maxim of Governor Kos
UTH:--that every people has right TO deter
mine for Itself what sort Of government it Wi
have, and, iof course, what sort ofgoyernmen
i, will SUSTAIN. If England prefer an Arsto-
cntical Government. and il Russia or Austria
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