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conclude treaty of commerce with the same"
This, indeed, would have cen lawful object.
nut Mr.. Mann's errand was, in The first instance
purely one Of enquiry. lie had no power to
act, unless he had first come to the conviction
that firm and stable Hungarian Government
existed. The principal object the President
had in view, according to his instructions, "is
to obtain minute and reliable information in
regard to Hungary, in connection with the af
fairs OF adjoining countries, the probable issue
Of the present revolutionary movements, and
the chances we may have of forming commer-
cial arrangem ,nts with that power favorable TO
the United States" Again, in the same pa
per, it is said THE object OF the President Is
to obtain information in regard TO Hungary and
her resources and prospects, with view to an
carly recognition of her independence and the
formation of commercial relations with her.
II was only in the event that the new Governs
ment should appear, in the opinion Of the agent,
to be firm and stable, that the President pro-
posed to recommend its recognition.
Mr.. llulsemann, in qsu lifying these steps Of
President Taylor with the epthet of "hostie,'
seems to take for granted that the inquiry could
in the expectation of the President, have bni
one result, and that favorable to Hungary. II
this were so, it would not change the case
But the American Government, sought for moth
ing but truth it desired TO learn the facts
through a reliable channel. 1t so happened in
the chances and vissiudes of ham IN affairs that
the result was adverse to the Hungarian revo-
luton. The American agpnt-as was stated
in his instructions 20 be not unlikely-f,und
the condition of II Ingarian aff,irs less p.o 'pcr-
Gus than il had been, or had been believed to
br. lie did not enter Hungary, nor hold any
communication with her revolutionary leaders.
lie reported Against The recognition of her in
dependence, because he found that she had
been unable go set up firm and stable gov>
eminent. He carefully forbore, as his inslruc-
tons required, to give publiciti to his mission,
and the undersigned supposes that the Austrian
Government first learned its existence from the
communications Of the President to the Senate.
Mr.. IIul.emann will observe from this state
ment that Mr.. Mann mission was wholly un.
Objectionable and strictly within the rule of
The law Of nations, and the duty of the United
States as neutral power. lie will according
ly feel how little foundation there is for his re-
mark, that "those who did not hesitate to a..
sumo the responsibility of sending Mr.. Dudley
Mann on such an errand should Independent
of considerations OF propriety have borne in
mind that they were exposing their emissary to
be treated as spy A spy is person sent
by one btlgerent to gain secret information
Of the forces and defencts Of the other, to be
useI for hostile pursoses. According to prac-
uce, he may nse deception, under the penalty
ct being lawfully hanged it detected. To give
this odions name and character toa confidential
agen, of a neutral Power, bearing he commits
sion Of his country. and sent for purpose fnllv
warranted bv the law of nations i nnt onlv ~
abuse lanuuaue. but also to confnnrd ali ;,s,
ideas and to announce the ,v,Idcs, and mo-,
ey,ravauant notions. sucb "a were c,r,.inl,
moi IN have been eynnc,ed i, u or,ve and ii.
ploma,ic pan,r. and the Prcsdnnt droc,s tho
unJersirned to sav ,o Mr. UnI.om.un Tho, III.
American Government would reoard sncb IN
imnutation rnon il bv the C.hipet of Aus,r;a
as that il emnlovs .nies and thai in a onarreI
none Ct its own. as ts,i,ctlv offensive if !,
did not nresume. as i, i, w,liinr n nresnme
fiat tho word nsed in tho orioin.I r. ,rnon ,,,s
NOT of oonivaIout ma,n;rn Hi,h :. enc ), j., ,ha
Enolish language or Thai !, soma o,bor u,v
the emnlovmen, of such an onnroh,inns ,sr,n
NAV be exclaimed Haze the mineral Govorn.
mrnt of Austria subiectod Nr N.,n :, tho
tIeatment of a spv. il would have nlaccd ;,seI,
without the male of civiliz.d nations. and tho
Cabinet of Vienna NAV he assure tha, if i, had
carried or attemn,ed n carrv any, such Iayy.
less nurnose into efr,ct il, ,L. c..a or an,hor-
lied aupnt OT The (,ovarnnont bo cnri, IF
the n.nnle Of This conn,rv wand h.ve dam.nd,
g i immediate ho,,ilites II he wa1od nv ,ho NJ.
most cxerrion If tho noyor Of ito Rann,,;o
military and naval
Mr.. Ilulscmann proceeds to remark that
his extremely painful incident therefore, might
have been passed over without any written
evidence being left on our part in the archives
Of the United States had not General Tayl or
hought proper to revive the whole subject, BY
to the Senate in his mess ge Of
he 2S tn of March last, the instructions with
which Mr.. Mann had en- furnished on the oc-
,ason of is visit to Vienna. The publicity
which hls been given to the document, has
placed the Imperial Government under the ne,
,essty Of entering formal protest, through
It's "fclal representative, against the proceed !
ngs of the American q vernmcnt, lest the |
iov 9rnmen should construe our silence into
lppr ,baton or federation even, of the princi-
Pies which appear to have guided its action and
he means it has adopted" The undersigned |
'e-asserts to NJ. IIulscman AMI to the Cabinet |
IF Vienna, and in the presence of the world,
hat the steps taken by President Taylor now |
ct,1 hv tho tn- =,