New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-13

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srS,lt, ever mates friends ana those that Il does
brig are grateful aud enduring.
Again. then. ask. v nv not vineica,e sne la~ OF
,a-,ors nv our n,ofe.tf One SeDagor (Mr. Clemsns)
o,sxs an arsuntut against the exercise OF National
,,mpstn, from character and conduct he iupl'es
10 Louis Kofsuh and Re presents hlm as having oeeh
rscxls,s ard nIcslenlatlng before dagger a2
r,osehed and weak and yaciiating and shrinking
xhen II Was coming on as having abandoned MS
country u nile he had yet one hundred and thirty
five thousand men; ana as havins .urieaasIea tne
state uprece,sariy or un~uey 10 one who fof
months be had believed traitor; and az being,
Therefore, not hero and finally as addicted 70 Mill
tary difplsv. and irreverent OF ihe ashes Of WASH
iTo;on and therefore not Republican.
Sir II these assum p,ons we're as correct and Just
as II has Sufficiently appeared that they are erro-
neous what would they or the objection raised upon
them have TO do here and now Thus Is . trai OF
Russia at the bar OF the pubic justice OF the world
How can the verdict be affected BY any imagined
misconduct Of Louis Kossu;h here after Russian in
ieryeniiOn in Hungary was ended, or even by any
errors or misconduct before Of Which hungary alone,
rot Russia, had night to complain The objection
is az much out OF reason as out OF place The char
acter of Louis Kessuth was preliminary question,
ard has been decided by Congress with unexampled
gnanmify and by decree awarding such honors az
the Ape rican people have before found none worthy
to receive but the constant and generous La Fay
cite.
Gods, Of vhatsos'tr degree.
Resume not " hat themselves have given.
Freedom Sir. often undertakes, and sometimes
fire nds but tyranny never is deceived
in her enemies. Let the honorable Senator from
Alabama INT. Clemens) convince the treacherous
feared. or the old and subtle Metternich that LOUIS
Kossuth is not man to be hated. Until then, We
must stand upon the judgment We have ahesdy
rendered.
once more, then, l ask why withhold our protest
Tho Senator from Alabama (Mr. Clemens) would
reply, that HuneaT is An integral part oil the AuS
trisn Empire, and entitled 70 our declaration oniy
when she shall BY successful revolution, have essao-
lished her Independence. The form OF my pfopo-
sftion defeats the objection Hungary had slssys
enjoyed and in that very way had estaoisheo ner m
dept ndence when Russia interviewed. Certainly
those who maintain that we could not now employ
force to separate Hungary from Austria, when Rus
to protest against the crime that Russia thus COM
mitted. II would indeed have been better 70 nave
protested during the period OF the act Itself Bur
the period was short, and we remote. Inc act 10
vet recent, and the prospect OF a new aVemps OF
Hungary continues the transaction, and renders q
censure OF the past and protest against the appre-
henoed renewal OF Russian Intervention important
and Reasonable.
There remains the objection that flows so readily
from all conservative pens and tongues on this side
of the Atlantic, and still more freely from the spen.
diary presses Of Paris and Vienna, thas protest
would be departure from the traditional poncy OF
our country, and from The precepts OF Warrington:
1t is passing strange Sir, that Louis Napoleon and
Francis Joseph should take so deep an interest In our
adherence to our principles and in our reverence
of the memory OF him who inculcated them, not for
the immunity oftyrants but, for the security OF our
own welfare. I know by heresay that an assoca-
ton during our last contest with Great Britain,
clothed themselves with these same principles, and
even with that lllustrious name that they called
themselves the Washington Benevolent Society,
celebrated the nativity, and quoted the Farewell
ADDRESS OF Washington 10 embaIras the administra.
ton in what they were pleased to call an unjust and
unholy war, even when Il had become war OF M
tonal defense. / have known a faction, too, that
planted themselves on the same sacred text TO coz,
fine to persons of American brth the privileges Of
Ame' lean citizenship. good cause needs not the
sanction Of that awful name bad one often seeks,
although it cannot justly claim IT, Therefore al
ways take the liberty to look underneath the mantle
of Washington, on whosesoever shoulders lind II.
Sir, granting for moment thar Washington In
culcated Just such policy as is claimed BY my op-
poDents, Is 1t entirely certain that il ought al
ways and under all circumstances, to be pursued
Here is message ofshis that illustrates the policy
he adopted toward, not one only, but all the Bar
barry Powers; and 1t received, think. the uDani-
nous and favorable response of the Senate of the
United States:
To the Senate Of The United States:
If The President shoud conclude Convention or Treaty
teen American citizens captivity there for sum not ex
ceedre $4,000 all expenses included will the Senate APP
with the Government of Algiers for the Of
with them at expense not sxceeding pad
ward during the continuance Of the treaty would the SEN
ate approve the same G. WASHINGTON
Sir, you and /, and all rus, would have answered
in the affirmative to these questions, had We ilved
6xQ OcCup1eO THESE pdCeS III tiio idcs
sire to ascertain how many votes such treaty
would receive here now. And address myself 70
the honorable senator from Rhode Island, iMr.
ClarkeJ who moved resolutions against any depar.-
ure from the policy OF Washington. Would you.
Sir, pay Barbary pirate e4o 600 to ransom thirteen
captivee and $4,000 bonus, and $25,ooo annually,
for exemption from his depredationsf lie looks
disseDtin9ly. appeal to my emu0us friend nom
New Jersey, (Mf. MIller) Would you. Sir No,
notI demand from the ether honorable Senator
from NewJersey, (Mr. Stockholm who, in the triple
~ md Cana
presided at the Birthday Congressional Banquet in
honor OF Washington, and disaopor OF his Hunga.
rian disciple, kossuth-wOuid you, Sir! No, not ne.
All no are In favor of such treaty, let them say,
Ave. What, Sir, not one vote in the Senate of the
United States for the continuance ofWhat was In its
time a wise and prudent az well as humane policy OF
Washington No, not one: And why, sir The
answer is easy the times have changed, and
have changed with them. No ore has ever thought
that the Spaftans wisely continued the military
monastery after their State was hrmly established.
No one ever has thought that the rape OF the Sa-
bine women by the Romans was policy to be con-
tinued.
But, Sir, to come 10 that part of Washinstons
policy which is directly IN question l snan main
tam that it was this Ii consisted In avoiding new
tntorgi,ng alliances ana artificial ties with one Of the
belhgersnt powers in general European war but
II admitted OF expressions, assurances ana mani.
feststions OF sympathy aud OF interest In behalf Of
nations coIteIdiBg for the principles OF the Amer
lean Revolution. and Of protest, earnest and de-
cided against the Intervention OF foreign powers to
suppress tntSS pflbCipes of lpfCo anu tms, JUL
such have defined II, is the traditional policy Of
tie United States, and has been pursued until this
vtiy day ant this very hour.
Mr. PiesiceDt, 1 might we'll excuse myself from
proving the truth OF this proposition, inasmucn as
on tie principles | have established, the United
States, being moral person, could not but cherish
all that devotion 10 their osn just and true system
OF politics which the policy have described implies
and being, moreover, an enlightened we'll as sen
circus power they could not but desire to see IL sue
cessfuly adopted by other nations and being, hnal-
ly, free nation, they could not fail to speak ou.
20 scop IT, and TO utter their indignation AZ armed
Intervention BY oespoiic powers 10 deprive them Of
night so absolute, and Of benefits so ineslnaole
Least Of all could George Washington, tho highest
human preservation Of justice anu benevolence have
iuculcated sny other policy than that which have
described But the issue is of profound and last
ing importance And therefore history shall prove
my proposition TO be true and vinticate my country
and her immortal founder.
Political philosophy. as the last century was sp-