The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-21

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The French and English Press are specializing
largely on the KossuTH proceedings here
Mr.. WEBsrER's speech at the KossUTH ban.
quet in this city, has provoked sharp animal
version in several of the Paris journals. The
Journal des Debates deems the purport Of the
speech and the toast, " extraordinary, strange,
repugnant to law and history" The Assemble
Rationale says:
"The most serious attention is due from the
great European powers to what has passed at
| Washington. The government of the United
States, imPelled by the Democratic passions that
rule over it, has abandoned the policy of George
| Washington. 1t no longer restricts itself to the
interests of trade and navigation, but dreams of
exercising its influence on European politics.
| ANY measure taken against the envoy of Austria
at the American capital, must be considered, not
AS the quarrel Of Austria alone, but as the COM
mon quarrel and concern of the old world re-
sistng the absurd pretensions of the American
republic"
| Referring to this matter, the intelligent cor
respondent of the Journal Of Commerce, writing
from Paris, relates the following anecdote, CIV
ing the opinion Of the late King of the French
on intervention:
Many years ago, | accompanied General
Cass, in an evening visit to the Orleans Royal
family, then at ST. Cloud While the General
was occupied in some other part of the grand
saloon, King Louis Philippe, in the embrasure
of window, made some remarks to me respect
| ing some particular backwardness of the gov
eminent of the United States on certain Euro
| pean questons-I cannot remember precisely
what. But rec0llect well asking His Majesty,
whether he thought the United States ought to
commit themselves to the vortex or labyrinth of
European politics, and receiving in reply most
emphatic and honest" No, SIR" His momen-
tary pause, and his rejecting men, left deep
impression on me a more competent arbiter
did not exist. The No applies with at least as
much force to the present era.
The London Netos, liberal journal, thus
speaks of the political prospects of KossuTH
"However notifying to himself, it is not
surprising to us that Louis Kossuth should find
the Americans, and especially those Americans
charged with the responsibilities of office, as
much less boldly liberal, much less ready to en-
brace the cause of democratic movements in
Europe, and much less prone to quarrel with
European powers, on the ground of their being
arbitrary and despotic, than they were some
months and years back, when Congress voted
public honors to Kossuth, and when Secretary
Webster rated the representative of Austria in
good set terms.
There is, no doubt growing wish amongst
Americans to take part in the contentious of
Europe, and to hoist the democratic flag here in
support of the people who struggle for it. But
for the present the struggle is at an end Jona-
than is too late; he has awakened his sympa-
thes for European liberty just as the last spark
of it was being tr0dden out There is not left
on our continent a government even de facto,
scarcely political party, whose cause it would
be possible for the Americans to take up. And
instead of entertaining hopes for the emancipa-
ton of man in the east of Europe--hopes which
the noble resistance of Kossuth gave birth to-
we are not merely haunted with fear, but ap-
palled by the reality, of the restored political
servitude Of man in the most civilized regions,
and upon the very shores which rise in sight of
our own.
That Europe, and every country in Europe,
will extricate themselves from this slough of
slavery and despond we are fully confident; and
we are equally convinced that the oppressed
countries of Europe must and will do this for
themselves, cheered, perhaps, by the sympathes
of the English race, which cannot but applaud
every fair struggle for liberty. But more than
svmpathes the English race have not to give.
Neither England nor America have armies and
whatever little money, or arms, or volunteers
could be CLEANED from private enthusiasm, were
mere drops of water added to the tide of Eu-
ropean revolution, whenever that fearful current
shall set in. Louis Kossuth has been led to
form different opinion He has been induced
to expect active aid for recommending immedi
ately the great struggle, and certainly what has
most contributed to make him expect it, has
been the welcome, the attention. and the frater-
nization promised and held out by the Americans
and their government In this, Kossuth finds
himself disappointed, and, with the frankness of
| great man, who is above the mere trade of
| politics, he owns it. We cannot but consider
| Kossuth to have been in this hardly used
| Upon his issuing forth from his captivity of
| Kutayah, there were two lines of conduct open
to him-the calm, the silent, and the expectant
and that line to which he was melted by the
sympathies of the English people, and of the
American Legislature He has been blamed for
choosing the bold, the popular, and the out
spoken course but was not the ex.liberator OF
Hungary encouraged, and, as it were, compelled
to it, by the reclamation of millions on both
sides of the Atlantic?
Louis Kossuth will have received a hard and
unwelcome lesson. His hopes of immediate
succor for the fprtherarce of his purpose will be
dashed but he will not the less command the
sympathies of the generous English race or
both sides of the Atlantic, for any fresh attempt
at liberating his country which circumstances
may open the way for Then, ifthe enthusiasm
of his friends has in any degree abated for Kos
suth, 80 has the inveteracy of his enemies The
voice Of private scandal has been closed The
voice of mere malignity is hushed and we only
hear some voices from the liberal arstocracy
criticizing Kossuth, and affecting to argue tina
had the liberal cause and constitutional move
ment been entrusted to them, the Esterhazy.
and those under them, il might have triumphed
or been saved from utter ruin.
H- We commend to the attention of tn,
Republic the following statement, which W,
find in the Boston Post:
In New Hampshire, the stoutest Wing compro
mise men are forming coalitions with the mos
ultra Abolitionists to elect members to the leg
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