New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-17
THE PRESS BANQUET.

Gsrtl,msn am a little ike a riVer, 30 that If Won
stop me Dy cheers, u d2ms me no aac dOnt want
10 oe damned, (fireat laughter] Therefore hope
you viii lot cheer. tCries Of - 90 on, 60 on y
This is incorrect. The remark, we don't
want YOU damned, 4" was made by a gentleman
behind him. and Mr.. Beecher, m answer to some
mourning looks aoou, him, sand, Ny friend
near me saws that he does not wish NE damned.
The following are the Speeches We were
compelled TO omit from our Morning Edlt0a
of yesterday
DR. CHARLEs KING SPEECH.
/ obey your call, Mr.. President with
alacIity, and vet not without many mlsgiv-
inPs for who can hope 70 arrest your attsLu0n after
the ,onsummaie orator who has just taken MS seat
Who-eIcept in some sort under sense OF duty
would venture TO ask hearing from you, while your
hearts are vet swelling with the magic OF ms elO-
ousnce must then Plead that sense OF duty as an
apology for rising at alland shall De happy enough
TO secure any measure your attention shall De
careful not 10 abuse II by pfoll1ity.
[Dr King then proceeded TO deliver an eloquent
address, concluding as follows
And now, perhaps, should conclude, that may
mt occupy time that might be proitaoly oscu-
pied by others, but would fam addwlth the .ndul-
eence OF the audence-some remarks upon the claim
which this great Hungarian has upon our country.
IL impossible not 10 ASK ourselves no " came ne
herel and why came he here AS TO the how ne
was released from Punishment, Lot to say bondage,
in Asa, through the mediation OF the Government
Of tins Republic and under the protection OF It's nag
Christian soveregns-OI such as would fam pass TOT
such-the defender of the Greek and Roman Catho-
lie Church-had sought the life Of this l0stnous
exile even in his retreat IN Turkey. Tney nAd
called On the Sultan 10 surrender him TO their ten
der mercies--ihey had even threatened vengeance
in Of refusal But the Sultan, so often stigma
tlzed Inhdel i'd refuse-loftily refused 70 Oetray
the guest who had thrown himself upon his pr0tec-
ton he refused 10 violate on the demand OF Cnrs-
tlans that essential dictate OF all true Tegon-go
faith and kindness to the unfortunate Inc TURK
protected this discounted but not vanqulshed exile.
Fanaticism marTed indeed, in some degree, the no.
bleLess OF their prOtectlOn-foT fdnatlcsm Is nOA-
ious growth OF every cline and creed-so that even
here III our own land of absolute religious freedom
not federation, but rightful freedom-ln our own
city, We have too lately seen, IN connection with
this same illustrious individual, Illuminating and
discredtable instance Of 1t. The Turk tempted
HIM to purchase Freedom by the sacrifice OF Faith,
to renOunce his religion and at once regain lioerty
and power. But he, whose exalted enthusiasm In
the cause OF country rested on pure and religious
faith and hope, could not In an hour OF calamity De
false to that faith Earnest and impatient for ac-
ton as We know him TO De, he did not hesitate lie
embraced naction and all but prison, rather than
abandon the God Of his fathers That Gods 1t
pTesumptuous to utter the hope will not abandon
him
Lar gushing there In inaction, and under guard,
the news reached him that the American Congress
had sent a ship OF their nation TO ofer 10 nun
and his companions safe convoy to our country
Could he doubt that those who, Of their own mere
motion, and without any application on his part, IN
terfeIed for him, would carry out their kindness ana
welcome him to their land as they had In manner
so significant, and so full OF warning to old des-
potsm, invited him TO II Could he, this Exile,
doubt, should he have doubted that this Repub-
lie, which by sending for him national war ship
had III The most unmlstakaole manner I'M
Piled purpose not to permit any power to intercept
his nc pntUh yp nnCclnlv WOnlt
been attempted If he had been left 10 find his way IN
ordinary cOnveyances, should he have doubted that
the Official organ OF the GOvernment-the President
and Congress-Would be prompt 10 bid him welcome
on his arrival? Surely not. Yet what have
seem How shall We reconcile the Ill action of Con-
gIess-tO call II by no harsher name-with the con-
mon duties of hospitality, the reasonable claims OF
Just expectation
Surely, If IN the first moment of disappointment,
some feeling be manifested at such rebuff, we must
not hastily Judge our honored guest-and that brings
me 10 the why is he heTei He Is here, as we all
know, an earnest ardent, hopeful man-seekIng
nothing for himself, and, least of all, the mere
AND S% p OF sSs Of
his native land, and TO raise up for her, IN her
calamity, friends that will be friends.
Shall we not listen and il we feel, shall we not
speak Must We then, the free sons of this land,
bai e our bresth-shal We be fngh.ed when mad
man staresl Shall webe false TO our hearts, because
the Austrian has been false TO his oath
And vet, Mr.. President, | do not suggest would
not be Understood as suggesting, or looking TO, any
appe al to arms But ask that BY our united voices
should foriify the verdict OF all true mnds-the
feeling OF all true hearsthat the cause OF Hungary
is holy cause, and that they who seek its overthrow
are the enemies and oppresSOrs OF the human race
And If It shall be answered that these are mere
words and that the cause demands swords stu
Say, No Europe has swords enough ready to start
from their scabbards defense OF the cause, II only
pusc opinion the mistress of Empires and OF states,
be thoroughly and hrmly united and pronounced III
their behalf.
IN no doykraes n Austrian dpSnOtem this
voice is not unheard or unhe eded, witness the
language III that note s the Chevaller liulsemann,
which brought the reply that we all know. lie there
says. IN alludng 10 the mission OF Mr.. Mann
WAS IN return for the friendship and confidence which
Austria has ceased manifest toward them that the
United States became impatient foI the downfall OF tue
Austrian monarchy, and sought accelerate that
BY the ut,rance OF their wishes to that effect
The monarchy, then, by the admission of Us DE-
fender may be shaken by the voice of our wishes.
Let US Teduphcate that voice, TIL its laundering
echoes shall cause 10 shake both the throne and him
that occupies IT, and compel nm 10 pause IN the ca
reeT OF oppression and wrong.
see now why the doctrines Of the famous reply
to that note, which were so acceptable to our pso-
pie, and Which were circulated by millions oil copies
through all the countries and III all the tongues OF
Europe, should not, BY the same able head, and from
the same lofty position, receive some f1rtner euci-
datCn. That correspondence was called iorth Of
the mission OF an American agent, to ascertain the
precise nature and prospects OF the Hungarian sug-
gle, with the avowed purpose OF recognizing the
State, If cut OF the struggle new Stale should
arise. To AustTia's objection 10 that mission the
victorious reply of Daniel Webster Was complete
Thai reply asserted our right and our purpose
whenever 1t seemed good TO 10 exercise the righ
OF mani, sting sympathy with the struggles OF free
dom OF whatsoever people, and If that struggle were
successful, OF recognizing the Government emAniI-
iLg from II.
4 sequel 10 that letter, in like spirit with perhaps
more power and force, might Well express our re-
gre,-why not our indignation at the bloody close
ohthe Hungara struggle, brought about by the over
VIE m'ng arms OF country as 10 which hungary
Is ss Iisbtfuly independent II IS OF these Cnite
States and 20 which II had given no Just cause OF
Should Ne not, in order to be consistent with our
own principles, protest againS the night OF any oes
potlc negbboI to exinguish IN blood, the s9Iinglng
up OF these principles among another people II
putting faith IN our declaration OF the inaliena)le
r ghi OF all men to freedom. and the means of pur
sung happiness, q European people CLAIM the Den
eft 81 that right, may We not should we not treat II
as a wTOng done to us to our Institutions, and -
mn ME IL denounca ana nunlsl cLIne