The republic., 1851-12-20
The Democratic Party and Kossnth.

The Democratic Party and Ikossuth.
Encouraged by the success of the Abolition
lists in their efforts TO convert KOssUTH into a
political card 10 be played as occasion may re-
quire, the democratic Republican General
Committee" of New York have labored to re-
alize to their party similar advantages. Be
tween two such hawks, political pigeons
ordinarily experience very inconvenient pluck
ing; and, with all his experience and tact,
KossUTH can hardly be expected TO escape
without bearing marks Of the ordeal through
which he is passing.
We give a pretty full account of the inter
view of the Democratic Committee with the
Hungarian leader, and invite attention to
the consummate impudence which charac-
terizes the address presented on the occa-
sion on behalf of the Tammany Hall con
stituency. It puts forward statements that are
notorously untrue, with all the gravity that
belongs to actual fact; and it deals out with
liberal hand promises which, though pleasant
to the ear of a stranger and an exile, are re-
garded by every one acquainted with the coun-
try as mere moonshine, manufactured to serve
the purposes of an hour, and then to be for
gotten.
| Perhaps the most striking of the statements
of the address is the declaration that, if the
Democratic party had been in power in 1913,
the whole influence of The American Govern
ment would then have been g effectively ex-
erted to maintain the republics Of Hungary and
Rome" The Democratic party ,cere in power
at the period referred to- we had Democratic
Executive and at the time the revolutionary
outbreak occurred in Europe, Democratic ma
jority occupied the halls Of Congress; yet no
sign was shown of Disposition to exert the
power of this Republic in the way indicated in
the address. The New York Erpress, referring
to this portion of the document read by NiI.
SiCKLES, remarks:
"Mr. Sickles ia neither knave nor fool, but he is
very deeply touched with both knavery and folly,
and thoroughly imbued with the character of n
dema gogue, to make such a declaration as this.
Will he and his coadjutors tell us what party
but the Democratic party was III power in lS4S!
| will he tell who was President, if it was not
| James Polk who did not retire until the Sd of
! March of that year? Will he tell us why Demo
cratic Congress did not then take the bull by the
horns and resolve to intervene in behalf of the
! free governments OF Europe? 1t will be said per
haps, that Russia had not then interfered against
Hungary. Granted. But certain things had hap
pened. The Hungarian struggle had commenced
when Mr.. Polk President and Democratic
] Congress in session. But we heard nothing
| of Hungarian sympathy then from these Tammany
Hall professors Rome, too, had begun her strug-
gle, and there public speeches made out of
Congress, before the populace, by Messrs. Cass,
| Allen, Richie, and others there were by Whig
members Of Congress-; but Mr.. Polk did not recon-
mend, and Congress did not enact, what Mr.
Sckles, with more assurance than truth, declares
it would have done. The revolution in France be.
gun much earlier than in Italy; but where was
Democratic sympathy then? The people had de-
throned the king, proclaimed republic, and there
was an abundance OF lip service for the French ma
ton, as there is now for Hungary; but there was
nothing of what Mr.. Sickles declares there would
have been had the Democracy been in power"
Perhaps Mr.. SIcKLEs is as forgetful of the
history of his own country as Of the real char
acter of the past struggle Of the Hungarian ma
tion. The man who speaks of the ''republic
of Hungary" as in existence in 1913, may well
be excused for his ignorance of the date of
President PoLK's administration. The Tam
many Hall Committee could not have chosen
better mouthpiece. "Brass,'' not brain, is the
one thing needful on such an occasion.
Another feature in the address is its entire
reputation Of England an ally in any fu-
ture operations in Europe. KossurH eulogizes
England as Tue only really free country in the
| eastern hemisphere, and the one whose co-opera
ton is essential to a successful onslaught upon
continental absolutism. ROBERT j. WALKER,
the free-trade oracle of the Democratic party,
and the nominee Of KossUTH for the Presidency
echoes the,opinion, and praises JOHN BULL to
an extent measured only by his capacious slon-
ach. Consul CRosKEY does the same; and so
do whole host Of others. But on this point
kossUTH and WALKER talk in vain. Remem-
brances OF revolutionary conflict in our land
sonspire with the antipathies of millions of
Milesians to render political alliance with
England an impossibilty; and hence the Tam
many committee point TO France as the only
possible ally of the United States in the work
of Intervention. They admit, however, that
before even France can become an ally its CON
stituton and government must be regenerated.
The task of regeneration involves time, and is
to 90 on simultaneously with similar work in
Hungary, Germany, and Italy. The only
chance Of success depends upon the concurrence
Of the struggles to time, in order that the re-
sources of absoluism which would be inesist-
ibe if concentrated may be weakened by diff
fusion and division. Looked at in this point Of
view, the Tammany Hall buster sinks to a
very low level. It's promises are valueless, be-
cause dependent upon contingency which can
not occur IN season The help they proffer is
subject to help from France; France can give