The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-01-04

iuig ""iianteu by Ue law tl nhtl' IL, is not only
TO abuse language, but also 10 coniound all lust
ideas, and 10 announce the widest and most ey-
trayagant notions, such rs certainly were not 10
have been expected in n grave diplomatic Taper;
and the President directs the undersigned TO say
to Mr.. Hulscmann that the American Govern
ment would regard such an impuati,n upon il Nv
The Cabinet OF Austria, as tlat il omruyS spies,
and that IN quarrel meme CT its own. as distinct:
~ offensive II 1t did not presume, is it is willing
10 presume. that the word used in the original
German WAS nut Of equivalent meaning with
''spy'' IN the English language, or that in some
other way the employment ofsuch an opprob,ious
term nay be explained. Had Tie Imperial Gcv-
crnment Of Austria subjected Mr. Mann TO the
treatment OF spy, il would have placed itself
without the pale Of civilized nations; and the
Cabinet CT Vienna may be assured that if il had
carried, or attempted TO carry, any such lawless
purpose into effect. in the case CT IN authorized
agent OF this Government, the spirit Ct the people
OF this country would have demanded immediate
hostllltics 10 be waged by the utmost cyertiop Of
the power ofthe Republic, military and naval.
Mr.. Hulsemann proceeds to remark that, s'this
extremely painful incident, therefore, MIGHT
have been passed over, without any written cyi.
dence being left on our part in the archives of
the United States, lad not Gen. TAYLOR 1houubt
proper to revive the whole subject. by commun-
icating TO the Senate, in his message Of the 18Th
C26th) OF last March; the instructions with which
Mr., Mann had been furnished On the occasion
Of his mission to Vienna. The publicity which
has bcen given to that document has placed the
Imperial Government under the necessity Of on
tertalnlng formal protest. through its official le-
preventative, against the proceedings of the A.
merican Government, lest that Govcrnmen,
should cons!rue our silence into appreciation. or
liberation even, of the principles which appcar TO
have guided it, action and the means il las ajopt
ed.' The UNDERSIGNED rc-asscrts to Mr., Hulse.
mann. and TO the Cabinet of Vienna and in The
presence of the world, thai the steps taken by
PRESIDENT Taylor, now protested against by the
austrian Government. were warranted BY the
law Of nations and agreeable TO the usaees Of
civilized States. With respect TO the co,nn,uni.
cation Of Mr.. Aiann's instructions to the Senate
and the language in which they are couched, il
has already been said, and Mr.. IIulscmann must
icel the justice Of the remark, that these are do
nestle affairs, in reference 10 which the Gov
eminent OF the U. States cannot admit the slight
esl rcsr1n$billi! TO the Government Of his i'm
perlal Majesty. No State. deserving the anne]
lailon Of independent, can permit the language in
which II may instruct lis own officers in the dis
charge Of their duties to itself, to be called in
question under any prctext by a foreign Power,
But, even if this were not So Mr.. Hulscmonn is
in "n error IN stating that the Austrian Govern
m'nt Is called an E'iron Rule" in Mr.. Marns in
structions. That phrase is not found in the M
per; and iii respect to the honorary epithet brs-
toWcd in Mr.. Mann's instructions on the late
chief OF the Revolutionary Government Of Hun
gary, Mr.. Hulsemann will bear in mind that the
Government of the United States cannot Justly
be expected. in u confidential communicated TO
lis own agent, 10 withhold from an individual an
epihet Of distinction Of which great par, of the
world thinks him worthy, merely on the ground
that his own Government regards him as a rebel.
Al any carly stage Of tho American Revolution.
while Washington was considered by the Eng
lish Government as rebel chief, he was regard
ed on the continent of Europe as an illustrous
hero. But the undersigned Will take the liber
ty of bringing the Cabinet Of Vienna into the
presence Gifts own predecessors, and Of citing for
its consideration the conduct Of the Imperial
Government itself. In the year III the war of
the American Revolution was raging all over
these United States; gland was prosecuting
that war with a most resolute determination, and
by the excrtion of all her military means to the
fullest extent. Germany was al that time at
peace with England; and yet an agent of that
Congress, which was looked upon by England in
no other light than that ola body in open rebel
lion, was not only received with great respect bv
the Ambassador Of the Empress Queen at Paris,
and by the Minister of the Grand Duke of .rusca-
ny, who afterwards mounted the imperial throne,
but resided in Vienna for q considerable tine;
not, indeed, officially acknowledged, but treated
with courtesy and respect; and the Emperor sui.
tcred himSelfto he persuaded by that agent TO cx.
eri himself TO prevent the German Powers from
furnishing troops TO England TO enable her TO sup.
press the rebellion in America.
Noithpr Mr. IIuls,uiaun mr. bo h;r,, oc
Nicna, it is presumed, will undertake 10 say that
any thing said or done by this Government in re-
gard TO the recent war between Austria and
Hungary, is not borne out, and much more than
borne out by this example Of the Imperial Court.
1t Is believed that The Emperor Joseph the Sc
cond babitualiy spoke In terms Of respect and adj
lniralion Of the character of Washington as he is
known 10 have done Of that Of Franklin; and he
deemed il no niraclion of neutrality to inform
himself of the progress Of the Revolutionary
struggle in America. nor TO express his deep
sense Of the merits and the talents of those Illus
trous men who were then leading their country
to independence and renown. The undersigned
may add, that in 1871 the Courts of Russia and
Austria proposed a diplomatic Congress of the
bclligercnt Powers, to which the Commissioners
of the United States should be admitted.
Mr.. IIulsemann thinks tia, in Mr.. Manns III
in regard 10 Russis; but the undersigned has no
reason 10 suppose that Russia herself is Of that
opinion. The only observation made in those
instructions about Russia is that She .Fhas chosen
10 assume attitude of interference. and her i'm
mensc preparations for invading and reducing
the liungarians TO the rule of Abstraction
which they desire 10 be relca,cd-gave so scri-
Gus a character 10 the contest as TO awaken the
most painful solici,ude in the minds Of Amcri-
cans" The undersigned cannot but consider the
Austrian Cabinet as unnecessarily susceptible in
looking upon LANGUAGE like this as ''hostile de-
II we remember that il was ad-
dressed by the Government TO its cwn agent, and
has received publicity only thro' communication
from one Department of the American Govern
ment TO another, the language quoted must be
deemed moderate and inoffepsivc. The comfy
OF Eations would hardly forbid its being addressed
to the two Imperial Powers themselves. 1t is
scarcely necessary for the undersigned to say,
that the relations Of the United States with Rus
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