Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-11-22
SPEECH OF Hos. ROBERT ]. WALKER.

AT Dinner to KossUTH, at which the Mayor OF South
ampon presided, Lord DUDLEY STUART ujoced that Eng
land Turkey and the United States had been associated in
the great work Of KossurHs liberation. He could not
help feeling proud Of his position the present occasion.
On one side Of him was man who had been governor Of
Hungary, and who, he hoped, would be governor
again and by remarkable coincidence, bis other side
was man (Mr. r. j. WAIKEn) ,cho ,oas likely soon to
become the President of the United States" Loud cheers
Rev. Mr.. WrID proposed The Constitutional Govern
ments Of England and the United States"
Hon. RoBERT j. WALKER, of the United States, respond
ed He said he ejoccd in the privilege of speaking in the
town Of Southampton, endearedas it Americans by its
reception of Kossuth. Az American he felt miserable
jealousy that Kossuh had first landed British soil,
would any such jealousy be entertained by bis countymen
That was due to country which had exerted iseso much
for his liberation. Most Of the great fundamental principles
of the free Government Of England embodied in the
Constitution Of the United States and he would declare his
conviction that if their municipal institutions ovehrown,
the result would be anarchy desposm That republic
under all circumstances favorable to freedom
shown by the example Of neghbong land where half
million bayonsts employed to sustain the Government
against the people. The Americans had INDUCED in
the vons which had dszled 50 many Europe They had
supposed that abores would be by the desuc
ton Of that capital without which wages could not be paid
Hear, hearl He delighted to hear their iustrious
friend audo to free trade The United States struck of half
the shackes from commerce. and God be thanked intended
to strike Of all the Cheers The people Of the United
States had always maintained, their able representative at
that port had set forth address which he had read with
peculiar pleasure the doctrine Of nSn-interrenon shut
few years since they infant State they
approaching manhood and they still held sacred the doctrine
that no Government had any right interfere in the domes
tic affairs Of another country Hear, hear If the people
of other countries desired the chains Of despo lot
then daw the shackles around their limbs but if they de-
sired freedom let despoc power be permitted to impose
shackes upon them They ia favor then, Of the doc
Of and hoped that every nation in the
world would establish for itself whatever institutions might
think best calculated topooe and other interests
Nor the Americans propagandist except far pro-
pagandsm might arise from the Of their
ple But he desired NOW to endorse the sentiment Of the
American Consuand the people Of America would be ready
endorse tooha whilst they opposed any inter-
vention in the concerns Of other countries the time might
when, despos should combine overthrow the libe
ties Of any nation the people of the United States would be
prepared unite with their Loud cheers amidst
which Kossuth and gratefully acknowledged the
the speakers remarks.]
These islands were from their remarkable insuar position
Of breakwate Of liberty between the American and the
European continents, and Americans felt that the suges Of
de.potsm TO break their shore, they
frs, overwhelm this country Hear, hear If then, this
alliance Of depo headed by Russs which the soul and
body Of the WHOLE hear, hea should attempt to make
upon free Governments If should intimate to England,
it did to Hungary, that it give up its free institutions
if it should say England, abandon your Queen give
up your hrone give up your Parliament give up your trial
by jury, give up your habeas corpus give up all those great
fundamental principles which mark you free peoples
if these yraunous demands should be made and the
people Of England should say their relavesfor they felt
that they related to them in blood and in language
and by thousand endearng recoecons of the gores Of
the pas [cheer and they would be related, too, be
believed looking and pointing to the Asgs Of the
nations in the ROOM by the still brighter glores Of the
future. And if this country should say to the United
Slater, The time is come when the great conflict must
commence between the principles Of dessm and those of
liberty conflict which be believed close hand
ltear, a-there millions Of his countIymen who
would delight flock the shores of Great Britain, and
under its and their standard to overthrow despos Him
ense cheering] Why should England ard America united
fear me world in arms Hear hear and cheers Was
moi the ocean theirs Did not their commercial and naval
marine amount to nne enhs OF the commercial ard naval
marine Of the whole world Hear hearl But he would
not boast Of their power All no would saw was that in
Amerca there were 100000 Of militia and he believed
that II the day which he had indicated should the YES
sells built and those which would be created bv suh an
occasion would not contain the millions who would rush TO
The Of Liberty at the call Of their oreahers loud
cheers As to tbs welcome which awaited Kossuih in
Amercs, be believed would be welcome from everv heart
and every lip; welcome would beam from every Cheers
They would take him to their hears. and give him such
welcome had before been extended any except
their illusrous benefactor Lafayette. Chccrs. His re-
eeption would be TENDER This llustrous man
came to them exile be TO them man who, for
the sent had been struck down In the Of liberty Like
Lafayette he had been in Austrian dungeons, and like La
ayee, he had suffered for liberty Every party would strive
70 do honor TO- who had done more, they believed
the cause of liberty than any other Of the present
tuy He would conclude BY proposing the following sen.
Louis Kossuth, without wealth office, but
feared y the depo Of the world than army with banne