Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-11-21
KossUTH AND MR.. R. ]. WALKER.

tie hnanclerlng operation connected with the con-
strucon OF the llnois Central Railroad if mis-
take not Having been Secretary of the Treasury
under the administration OF Mr.. Polk, and being
wihal strenuous advocate of Free Trade, his name
has been "honourabIy mentioned" in the British Par
lament This has given him a European reputation;
and upon the strength of this, he visits England Tor
the purpose OF persuadng some Of John Bulls unsus
pectng capitalists to loan him a small sum Of money
only mere trhe-to aid in building one OF
the most promising railroads in all the land He only
sixteen millions of dollars now for which lie
is willing to pledge per cent stocks-whether Union
Bank Mississippi State Bond, we are unable to
say. How much more he may need, before the work
shall be completed, he does not vouchsafe to inform
his friends the English capitalists; but if his calcua-
tons IN relation to this enterprise shall out to
be as WIDE of the mark as time has proven most o.
his predictions with regard to the finances of the
country to have been, there is no telling how much
more he may need
Mr.. Walker is emphaticalIy ''fast man'-belong-
ing to what is known III this country as the 'manifest
destiny school of politicians He is in favour of ex-
tending the area Of freedom to the utermost limits
OF the habltabe globe. He was present at the Ban
quet to kossuh in the city of Southampton and in re-
Spouse to complimentary ausion to the United
States, delivered of the most remarkable speeches
nations against Liberty the continent of Europe he
INDUCED the following fancy-for mere fancy ii is
unstable the pillows which break upon the shoes Of
the "fastanchored ISLE and as unsubslanal as the
dreams Of the verest enthusiasts:
elf this alliance of despots with Russia at its head
should Intimate to England, it did Hungary that
It must give up It's free institutions; If it should say to
England, abandon your Queen, give up your throne,
give up your Parliament, give up your trial by iury
give I'D your h0beaS corpus give up all those great fun
damental principles which mark you free people;'
II these tyrannous demands should be made, and
the people of England should say their YetQtiUes-
for they felt that they related to them in blood
and IN language. and bysa thousand endearng recol-
econs OF the goTles of the past-[Cheers] they
would be related too, he believed, looking at those
two flags (pointlng to the flags of the two nations in
the room) by the still brighter glories of the future
and IT this country should ever say to the United
States, The time Is come when the great conflict
must commence between the PRINCIPLES of despotism
and those OF hberty'-,a conflict which he believed
was close at hand-t Hear, hear there were millions
OF his countrymen who would delight 10 Rock TO the
shores OF Great Britain, and der its and their stand
a'd to orerthro'o despotlsna. Immense eheerngJ
We imagine the people of the United States ha
long since arrived at the conclusion that the great
conflict ''between the principles of Despo,ism and
those OF Liberty has begun and that Ireland has for
a century past been the battle-ground Still. not a
corporaps guard of the $4,000 900 of militia" whom
Mr. Walker boastngIy assured John Bull were rea-
dy to leap upon Abon's shores In defence of Soon
stutlonal liberty, have yet yentured to set foot IN
on Irish soil.
These declarations Of Mr.. Walker, however, have
naturally cted gre aen ion and are the subject
OF extended commentaries in the London newspapers.
They have been invested with the greater importance
because they come from gentleman whom Lord
Dudley Stuart introduced at the SOUTHAMPTON Ban
quet as "a MAN WHO WAS LIKELY SOON TO BECOME THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED States"
As the reader may teel curious to see the specula-
tons OF the English press relative the new foreign
policy Of The United States as foreshadowed bv Mr..
Walker, and which will be carried out when the peo.
Pile shall place him at the helm of affairs, we an
leading article on the subject from the London
News ofthe Both October.
at would seem that the great war of freedom
which Louis kossuth waged IN Hungary and which
the invasion of the Russians caused to end in his over
throw and exile, was but the first act of great drama
the starting point Tor new struggles and events-n~
stead OF remaining an isolated piece of history ter
mnating, like that OF Poland in oblivion as well as
discontinue.
The great fact which opens new era in the history
OF Europe is, the readness--we may add the eager.
ness-ot the people, and consequently of the govern
ment, OF the United Sta es forward and take
part in those struggles which convused Europe and
which affect even the empire of Asia Hitherto
the Americans have been spectators of Eoropeau
events and tits but true to add, that, as spectators
their desires rather against Great Britain than
for it, because the Americans could not but see that
the power OF Great Britain curing the war and for
long time after it, was directed rather to the support
OF despotism than in hostility it, long period has
nov elapsed during which not only the sympathies
OF Engllshmen, but the efforts of their government
have been mainly the right side
And we see the Americans stepping forth at length
not to be antagonists but to be our brothers and
allies. This new birth OF America to lively sympathy
and interest in European politics might have remained
still IN an intantine state, growing but yet dormant
but tor the striking events which took place in Hun
gary, so well calculated to captivate admiration and
give to politics that invgoraton OF sentiment which
they 80 often want Heroes rare and are States
man before whom The masses, OF foreign and dis.
tant countries, bow. But Kossuth seems to be one of
these and the greatest result OF the Hungarian struggle
has BEEN perhaps, to create and deveope such man
Ills appearance and character have advanced bv
perhaps halt century, the period when the United
States were TO fling the sword aud trident into the Fin.
ropean balance of power This they have already
done The vote of Congress in favor of Kossuth the
vessel sent to receive and take him to constitutional
lands, the preparations for his personal reception the
enthusiasm OF public opinion necessarily embodied and
expressed in the opinions OF all those who have filled
or hope to I'LL, offices of importance in the United
States, all indicate that il, within the last century
Russia has sprung up like colossus, to uphold the
VIGOROUSLY waving banner of desposm, and that with
a consistency, a determination, and a power which
France and England the natural antagonists Of such
principe, want the courage the unity TO combat
new power, equally colossal with Russia equally ar
dent has sprung up ia another hemisphere to raise the
standard anlagonstc 10 Russia and Jealous TO crv
stop" to the aggressive march OF despoiism
We Will not deny that there are many circumslan.
ces connected with this great fact of the day. that
one might have wished Otherwise Il would have
been more satisfactory for example, had Great Brita
alone, or Great Britain and France, suiced to de-
lend the nascent and progressive liberties of Europe;
Tor we are not cetan that, the sword of America once
ileshed IN European strife, it may be led astray
by the errors of young ambition and love of gorv |
as superior to that OF justice. The fault, however
ls that OF our weakness to defend the cause of
European liberty and the readiness OF our Anglo Saxon
Ie eVe to take it up. How mach this new phass