The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-12-14

raneah 10 receive d convey the United States the said
Louis kossuih and his associates In captivity"
Now sir the preamble OF that resolution asserts in the
first place fact, and then alleges contingency. upon
which contingency and upon which alone, The operative
part OF the resolution is founded and IS TO take effect
The fact affirmed is the sympathy OF the American people
for these exiles, and estimate OF the honorable
duct OF the Turkish government IN giving the refuge
the contingency is whether not those exes desire to
eTsrae TO the Uuted States II they desire TO emgrate,
the President requested authorize the use OF one OF
our ships then cruising in the Mediterranean sea to bring
them to the United States knd sir i they did not mean 10
emgrae, il not the intention OF the act OF Congress
that the President should furnish them any national ship
Now, presume that, wthou, any particular deXlery
in this dark, barbarous, Greek derived science OF phi
lology, we have pretty oleabe understanding IN this
country OF what is meant by emgrant and emigration
II an English or French gentleman to this
country TO visit II, TO look at It's railroads, its steam
boats, It's harbore or TO contemplate its government to
look into the condition OF It's people, we do not call him
think we have clear and distinct meaning attached to
the term II is man who leaves Europe and to
our shores with view 10 make oaf country his home
who comes to settle among us, TO become one Of our
people, TO enjoy the privileges and protect which our
laws give him, and ultimately, in due time, and At no very
distant day. TO be allowed TO participate equally with US
in all the political privileges conferred BY the consn-
tion. Then 10 whom did this resolution apply y APP
piled 10 kossuh and his companions in captivity desir-
home. it Was intended 10 afford them The facility. in
shipof war; OF coming here in order that they might be-
come domieled That is the plain, unmstakcabe mean
Now Mr. President, besides the meaning of it, as appar-
ent from the terms, do we not all know that is the way
in which understood il! We took il for granted
the outbreak in Hungary having been crushed by the
power of the Gear added 10 that OF the Emperor-the
country being restored to lis original condion-ihat s,
10 snbjecon, and stripped ~ many OF ITS privileges anu
eXenpions-we supposed that Kossuth, languishing IN
Turkish prison, desrous 10 come 10 this country TO
lection OF our laws, and TO DO what he could not DO in
| Europe-live peaceable and happy le, and die u
quiet and Christian death That was all, sir, This was
nota resolution passed for the benefit OF Kossutb the
late governor OF Hungary by way Of doing him honor in
the character which he had lately sustained II was not
resolution which bears upon its face the slightest allu
sion the fact that for short time he had been
ed Of and had exercised the sovereign power IN hun
gary. II Louis Kossulh, as an exile in captivity,
and seeking escape from the nauspcious condition OF
European affairs, and place himself as resident and
denizen upon our shores No man can successfully
deny that.
desous that the President should transport kossuth and
his associates here in public ship, which would not oc
cur agana least never has heretofore in the case Of
any other person desiring to emigrae We all know that
the Emperor OF Austria considered hs entertainment IN
Turkey offence TO him. We know that he demand
iy OF the Sultan. We all know that he sought 10 seize
him and bring him within his jurisdiction and authority,
in order to subject him to such punishment. as nc might
deem suited 10 the occssion II therefore important
that when the Sultan gave permission to The exile ana
his associates 10 leave his domnions they desired TO
come to the United States as emgTants we should put
them under The protection of flag. which would effect
uay prevent The Austrian power IRON becoming possess
ed Of this man,
what authority gentlemen say that by that Tesoullon
we have invited kossu,h to shores. Is there word
in it expressive Of invitation Is there word s.i IN II
which declares that the people o the United States de-
sire that be should come TO our shores! Not one SIR;
The condition imposed by the word II was 10 be solved
there not not ii the resolution word TO intimate that the
United States cared anything whether he decided to come
or not to cone me nothing 0bt THIS ins II no man 4 W u
know that, under the existing state OF things, II ne
leaves Turkey for this country without coming IN pub
lie ship, he may be interrupted IN the exercise oil his
free wish come; and therefore tender to him an
opportunity OF coming under the protection oil the ma
,onal flag of the country, That was all. he was no
invited guest OF the nation-not b more the invited
guest OF the nation than the humbles emigrant that
leaves the shores Of Europe and finds himself in the port
OF New York And, SIR i the fact OF charging Sa INA, snip
our shores the fact that he was brought 10 our snores
in ha, shp-coud have constituted him the guest Of the
nation he did in the ship He left II at Gbral-
tar and made his excursion England He left his as
under flag, and he comes here after
wards in private packet How, them he to be dis
nguished in the particular to which am referring IRON
any other emgran that seeks shores. he can IN no
way be distinguished. Other who come here are
more humble; they may not have achieved name !;
they may live and be known in the little circle that
rounds them here, and then be forgotten forever while
his name may remain and be pepetua,ed by the pen OF
history succeeding generations: but so far as gen.
erous desire TO give our hospitality to those who need
it, TO succor the distressed, TO offer refuge to the
prosecuted, extends Louis Kossuth stands no particle
higher than the meanes and humbles downtrodden IN
dvdual from Europe who ever reached our shores In
deed sir far claims TO sympathy are concerned,
surely TO generous mind there are particular reasons
why It's sympathes should be opened, and flow forth
more towards the lowly, the oppressed, the humble,
whom no one knows say, then, lhal taere oeng
nothing in the original resolution but simple propos-
ton 10 bring this country who was supposed TO be
desrous OF emigrang here, there is no more reason
none in the worldwhy should pass resoiuuons wei
coming him TO shores than those thousands OF num-
Bile individuals who over here, not under parcu-
lar resolution which furnishes ship to bring them but
under the general invitation held forth by our const'u-
ton and laws 10 the oppressed the poor, the mum
| Bile OF every Stale in Europe.
But if there were, ask, how is il possible to resist the
conclusion that the amendment offered by my honorable
friend from Georgia ought to be attached 10 nis fesolu
,ion and that the honorable senator IRON New fork,
when he drew it, should have inserted in that resolution,
not the individual names, bat the names descrpuve oi
ali those persons who embraced IN the original act
of Congress which gave rse TO the proceeding lhe
resolution of the last Congress makes no distinction az all
among them The President is requested to furnish to
each and all OF them, Hungarian exlles IN caphviv,a
massage to this country. II includes kossuh and his as
socaies captivity say, then, what strange specta
Gle we exhibit when our friends the other side reso-
utey refuse TO permit the associates OF kossuth TO be IN
corporaed IN resolution OF welcome TO kossnth VINO
is Kossulh that il can be considered degradation to HIM
TO put alongside of him this resolution his associates
keep company with them, 10 be with them, to De prison.
ers together, 10 receive their afecuonale mihsuauos
and their aiectonaie sympahies, my oPhlon 70 us.'
he has the soul OF IN his bosom, ne wiz eees VIC
idea of a compliment being paid 70 nun whGn eaves
them ont When during the war ol isi2 OF uuIhg me
recent war with Mexico, one oil your commanders han
gained victory and Congress- by resolution express
ed ,he sense OF the nation upon the subject, pray
Won sir were the thanks OF this body expended upon the
chief and were the officers and soldiers