Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-01-15


We commend the following article to the
of onr readers. We copy it from
the Baltimore Patriot, of the evening of the
18th ult:
STRANGE PRocEEDINGs.-Ther were
some things said and done at the dinner Civ
en- TO Kossuth in New York, by the Press,
which might make one doubt whether this
is America-the Republic Of the United
States, and the country of which history ac-
cords George Washington as the father
We noted some Of these things in the notice
we made yesterday of the proceedings at the
dinner. There is one thing that we did not
note, and that was that the letter of Daniel
Webster was hlssed! This fact was not
stated in the papers we looked over, but the
Republic of this morning copies the follow
ing from the Tribune:
"The letter of Daniel Webster was re-
ceived with very audible Kisses, groans and
other manifestations of resentment, at its
cavalerly brief and unsympathizing charac-
ter.'
The Intelligencer notices this disgraccful
not only to those who COM
mitted it, but disgraceful-we say it with
the consoling assurance that so will say the
people Of the United States--disgraceiui to
those who sat by and heard these Kisses ana
groans without manilesting their diSpleasure
and disapprobahion of them-the Intelligent
Ger notices this kissing Of the letter of Mr..
Webster, and expresses the hope that it was
mot done by any American present" We
feel ourselves safe in saying certainly moi"
No American would have hissed, or if he
did, he was SO only in name, not in senti-
ment or spirit.
The Intelligencer calls attention to this
fact, in connection with the recent outrage:
>'Now we believe it to be true that the
first movement made by any public man in
Chrisendom for the release of Kossuth and
his companions, from their Imprisonment,
was made by Mr.. Webster, in his letter to
the American Minister at Constantinople, in
February last; and we think it altogether
probable that, but for this letter, and the IN
huence which it produced in Turkey and
elsewhere. Louis Kossuth would still, al this
day, have been prisoner in Asia Minor"
Ifthere be in the breast of any American
present on that occasion, feeling of love
and glory for his country, and pride in the
name of those who have honored that coun-
try by their intellectual abilities and their
patriotic deeds, how must his cheek burn
with shame and self-reproach when he reads
this, and remembers who Daniel Webster is,
and what he has done, and yet allowed this
indignity to be offered to his name without,
at least, taking instant means to acquit him
self Of all share in the disgrace of the pro-
ccedings.
The New York Times says Of others:
"The announcement of the letter from At
torney General Crittenden was received
with mingled Kisses and applause. The
reading Of the letter, however, drew
forth repeated demonstrations Of applause
The letter from Postmaster General Hal
was also received with marks of disapprc.
baton"
We copied yesterday, from the New York
Commercial, statement that the President
of the United States was not toasted at thi,
dinner. The New York Tribune says tina
the omission was not prompted by disrespect
but it is still strange; very strange, that
should have been omitted. 1t is not pre-
tended that it was an accident, and it vii
not do TO say it was from iorgettulness.-
The omission was, we are left to conclude
resolved on by those who had the prepara
ton of the toasts, and they had motive, w
may infer, 10 subserve it. What was tho
motive?
The Republic notices the omission an,
pertinently says:
'Silence was not considered sufficient,
demonstratiye of disrespect towards the EX
ecutive ofthe United States. Actual insult
were permitted and pcrpetrated, as appear
from the report of the Evening Post, whicI
inserts the following among the voluntee
toasts of that night;
TURKISH INrIDELs-More liberal tina
Republican Pressde1sts, more Christian tina
Catholic Kings"
THE TuRKIsH INrIDEL-A better Dem
ocrat than Republican President, bette
Christian that Catholic King"
We do not says the Republic, an