The southerner., 1852-01-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, Dec. II.

Washington, Dec. II.
The Senate resumed the consideration
Of the joint resolution extending to Lou
is Kossuth cordial welcome to the T.
nited States.
Mr.. Mallory advocated the adoption
of the resolution. However he mi chit
differ from other gentlemen, he WAS at a
loss to conceive how any nation could
have just cause of offence with our giving
! the illustrious exile cordial welcome,
Mr.. Badger, in the course of his re-
marks, said that as we had invited Kos
suth to come here for purposes personal
to himself; but he disavows such purpo-
ses, and says that he is on a political
mission, that he has placed himself in a
position to stir up the people, and asks
for means to make the declaration of
armed intervention cffcctual. No sane
ton whatever had been given by the
Executive branch of the Government to
welcome him in any such character. 1t
is one thing to welcome him as an ilni-
grant, and another thing to welcome
him as political agitator. Itwas in
exceedingly bad taste, in his Mr.. Bs,)
Judgment for foreigner, who has just
set his foot On our soil, to become pro-
pagator of his opinions, and the disscm-
inator of measures beneficial to his own
country and not to ours-to intimate
that, whatever may be the opinion Of
Congress, he will appeal ''from us to our
sovereigns." Whenever a foreigner
comes to settle among us, to enjoy the
privileges of our institutions, and the
blessings Of civil liberty, and to help to
build up and perpctuate the prosperity
Of the country we bid him welcome; and
whenever foreigner comes, as he should
do, to shed glory on Our country, to direct
the thunder Of our armies in the field,
and add grace and council to our legisla-
ton, we should ever be ready to bid
them welcome, as we do the Senator
from Illinois, (NIr. Shields,) whom he
clasped nearer to his heart He thought
that no foreign missionary should come
here and attempt to instruct us in our
duty.-Whether a foreigner, member
Of the British Parliament, land on our
shores, to get up an agitation, and en-
deavor to shake the fabric of our insti-
tutions; or whether Hungarian excile
shall come hither, and by his acts ex-
pose us to the derision of mankind, by
endeavoring to induce us to mingle in
European broils, and spend our blood
and treasure, from which we are to OBJ
tain no benefit, he should obtain no
sympathy It might be that he Mr..
B. had not yet caught the idea Of pro-
gress. An armed intervention in the
affairs of foreign nations was not only
against our uniform policy, but against
our laws.
Mr.. Foote. The alien and sedition
laws are repealed.
MIR. Badger, replied, it was fortunate
for Kossuth that they had been. But
although the laws have been repealed,
it has not made sedition honorable.
Mr.. Foote briefly replied, defending
Kossuth, and said that he would have
travelled five hundred miles, riding the
most disagreeable horse in christendom,
without any cessation, and without sleep
submitting to all the discomforts ima-
ginable in preference to hearing such a
harangue as that which the Senator had
delivered. ....<
Mr.. Badger, explained. A short time
ago we had another political visionary.
George Thompson, a member of the
British Parliament, who exercised the
liberty of speech, addressing public
meetings in the New:England States.
Mr.. Foote. Thompson made speech
5 against our domestic institutions.
After a few more tart sayings between
ne two, Mr.. Rhett suggested that the
vote be taken. The resolution was then
'assed by vote of 33 to s,