Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-12-17
SPEECH OF KOssUTH
At the Dinner of the City Authorities
of New York.
CONTINUED.

| caring about the violation of international law; has
not bequeathed the doctrine of Ddifferentsm to his
COUNT ymen, but only neutrality. have shown that
these two ideas essentially different. have
shown that even the doctrine of neutrality he never
! intended to recommend TO his countrymen as last
ins constitutional principle, bnt only as measure
temporary policy, advisable until the United States
should progress in strength and consistency, to
which end, he judged twenty years to be sufficient,
alter which, he himself declared to be resolved to
espoise any just Now allow me briefly TO
consider how your policy has been developed IN the
oil time, witt respect TO the principle Of
intervention in foreign concerns.
will only recall TO your memory, the message of
President Munroe, when he clearly stated that the
United States would take up to protect the
American Spanish Colonies, now free Republics,
should the called Holy (rather uuhoIy) Alliance
make an attempt either TO aid Spain, reduce the
new American Republics TO their ancient colonial
State, to compel them 10 adopt political systems
more conlormabe to the policy and views Of that Al
lance. entreat you TO mark well, gentlemen, not
only the forced introduction OF monarchial govern
ments, but in general, the interference OF foreign
powers in the contest for independence Of the Span
ish Colonies, declared sufficient motive for the
United States protect the natural right Of those
nations to dispose of themselves.
| beg leave to desire you to remember that this
declaration of President Monroe, was not only
approved and confirmed by the people Of the
United States, but that Great Britain itself Joined
the United States in the declaration of this decs-
ion and this policy.
further recall to your memory the instructions
given in 1926, to your ENJOYS to the Congress OF
Panama, Richard Anderson and John Sergeant,
where 1t is clearly stated that the United States
would have opposed, with their whole force, the
interference Of continental powers with that strug-
gle for independence.
1t IS true, that this declaration to go even to
war, to protect the independence of foreign states
aganstforeign interference, was not only restricted
TO the continent of America, but President Mon.
roe declares in his message that the United States
can have no concern in European struggles, being
distant and separated from Europe by the great
Atlantic Ocean.
But beg leave to remark that this Indifference
to European concerns is again matter, not of
principle, but of temporary exigency, the motives
Of which have, by the lapse of time, entirely dis
appeared-so much that the balance even is turn
ed to the opposite side.
President Monroe mentions distance as reason
for the above stated distinction. Well, since the
prodigious development Of you: Futon's glorious
Invention, distance is blotted out of the dictionary
or rather replaced by the word time. Distance
Is no more calculated by miles, but by hours
And being so, Europe Is, of course, less distant
from you than the greater part of the American
| Continent But let even the word distance be
taken In nominal sense, Europe is nearer TO you
than the greatest part of the American Continent
! yea. even nearer than perhaps some parts of your
own territory.
President Munroe's second motive is, that you
are separated from Europe by the Atlantic. Now
at the present time, and in the present condition
of navigation, the Atlantic is no separation, bu
rathera connecting benefit the facilitating source
| of that commercial intercourse which brings the
interests Of Europe home to you, connecting you
with it with every tie Of moral as well as mi terra
interest
IA:--L:-n, H.. N.-l- 49, Efv5i fuuuceu u
speak 50; because New York is by lnnumerabl,
ties connected with Europe; more connected thai
several parts of Europe itself
1t is the agricultural interest of this great coun
try which chiefly wants an outlet, and market
Now, 1t is far more Europe than the America
Continent, to which you have TO look, in that re
spect. lhis very circumstance cannot allow yol
to remain Indifferent to the fate Of freedom on th
European Continent, because, be sure, gentlemen
and let me have spoken tnis chiefly to the gentle
men of trade, should Absolutism gain ground il
Europe, it will, it must, make every possible oh
stacle to the commercial intercourse of Repub
llcan America, because commercial intercourse j
the most powerful locomotive of principles; an,
be sure the victory of Absolutism on the European
Continent will III no quarter have more injur on
national consequences, than in the vast extent O
your agricultural and commercial interests.
Then, why not prevent it, while yet there is
possibility TO do so with none or comparatveI,
small sa'rl6ces, rather than to abide that fearfu
catastrophe. and TO mourn the immense sacrifice
it would then cost?
Even in political considerations now-a-davs .yor
have stronger motives to feel interested in the fat,
Of Europe than even in the fate Of the Central O
Southern parts of America. Whatever may hap
pen IN the institutions Of these parts, You are toc
powerful to see your own institutions affected b.
IT, But let Europe become absolutistcal, a
without the restoration OF Hungary to its ndepen.
dence, and the freedom of Italy SO strongly con
nected with Hungary, TO be sure it will, and YOU
children will see those words, which your natona
government spoke in 1927, fulfilled on large
scale than they were meant, The absolutism O
Europe will not be appeased until every veslige o
human freedom had been oberated even he re-. )
AND on! do not rely too iondIy upon your power
II Is great, to be sure. You have not to fear an,
single power on earth; but look to history. An
Client Rome has fallen, and mighty empires have
vanished from the face of the earth. Let not III,
enemies Of freedom grow too strong. victoriou.
over Europe, and then united, they would be toe
strong even for you! And be sure, they hate ,o,
with an internal hatred They must hate 70,
even more than me. They consider Won as thei
most dangerous opponents Absolutism canno
TRANQUILITY sleep while the principle of rebublican
ISM has such mrghty representative as you
country is.
| Yes, Gentlemen; twas the fear from the poDit
cal reaction Of absolutistic principles which niu.
enced your great statesmen, THAT principle which
they protested for Central and Southern America
not 10 extend 10 Europe also, and by no means
the publicly ayowed feeble motives. Every man
Hesitation Of your public life out of those times,
shows that am right to say SO. Europe's nations
were, about 1923, in such degraded situation
ihat indeed you must have felt anxious not to come
INTO any political contact with the pestilentiaI at
mosphere Of Europe, when, as Mr. Clay said in
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