The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-07
THE INTERVENTION QUESTION.

! The enemies of freedom throughout this coun-
! try have been sadly disappointed by the recent
great speech Of Kossuth at the corporation din
ner given him in New Yorl-.
The first speech delivered at New York by
the patriot exile, was the signal for a furious on
saueht upon him By the Administration and It's
numerous bcaelcs, under the direction and con-
troll of their Austrian paymastcrs at Washington
and elsewhere The doctrine Of immediate and
active Intervention in the political concerns OF
European powers, by means of mon, money and
munitions of war, was at once clarcd as the
doctrine which he had come to palm upon the
American people, thereby seeking to entanglc
the nation in inex.rcable and interminahc dit-
fcutics abroad, TO the imminent peril OF its con-
tinucd and distinct existence, and consequent
sacrifice of the happiness and prosperity Of the
p,oplc. But the great Magyar, with wisdom
which is cqnaled only by his patriotism, has
with one blow dashed to the ground the pucrile
fears and petty apprchensions which were
sought to be raised in the public mind, by rep.
rcscnting him as fire brand thrown into our
midst, with which to light the torch of war
From the high position which pre- eminent viz
tue and patriotism have allotted to HIM the truly
proud Hungarian has at length proclaimed to
the people of New York the humanity Of his
mission. A mission founded in the laws of hu-
manity; dictated by every precept of nature;and
urged with potency of eloqucnce, made eln
qnent. by its emanntion from the fountains of
eternal Justice. No man, no freeman, n: chris
tan can deny the correctness Of The great point
upon which kossrth takes his stand before tho
American people. There is no question Of its
Justice, but only of lis policy; and no question
of its policy but only as to the time OF its adopt
ion. As for ourselves, we repeat what we have,
on several previous occasions expressed, that
the time has not get arr,red, and hope it
never may when the interests Of the American
people viii give such direction to our foreign
c,licy, as VIII require participation from them,
in any ass..om2t that my be deemed necessary
by enli ghcncd wisd ,si, to paradise the absorb
ng powers of despotc government
What then, is the mission which the Hunga-
rian has announced as the moving principle of
all his hopes and desires in visiting our shores,
and acknowledging the munfcent hospitality of
the nation, with an eloquence and power COM
mensurate with its destiny and his own true
greatness Is 1t that we shall 90 TO war to re-
store his fallen Hungary Is it that we shall
i'm prudently incur the displeasure, and invoke
upon our heads the vengence Of the combined
forces of all the dejpotsms Of the old hemis
phere, Is it that we should proclaim ourselves the
champions ofliberty the world over, going forth
cor rucring and to conquer Far from it, Kos
smith ma,.cs a most easonable and righteous
request Of the American people, but ii re-
mains for us to consider whether we are pre-
pared to grant 1t? We are willing but are we
abc2 This is the question: and We fear thattor
the present, it must be answered in the negative
We believe that we have not yet attained THAT
degree Of strength and consistency, recon-
mcndcd iby Washington, as Unnecessary, to give
us the command of our fortunes on an
unknown sea- That the doctrine of kossuth IS
right, there can be no question; that it would
be wise for us to adopt it is very questionable, at
this particular period in our history; but that
time Will come when we may and must, is IN
cvitablc if the signs Of the times arc 10 be ia
ken rs a basis
As matter of record and of history, we have
concluded to lay before our readers and the pub
lie the great speech at the corporation dinner, IN
New York, in which the patriotic hero and
statesman propounds to the American people the
tue nature of his mission amongst US How
far he NAV be successful, the future alone
determine.