The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-02-01

The National Iaisiiigsaesr OF yesterday has put forth
in columns elaborate manifesto on the sub
iect Of Kossuths visit TO this country which, though for
the most part seems to merely TO beat the air ye.
demands from us few observations upon one OF two
distinct points. n
We begin BY laying on, OF view entirely all that the
iatsgs"esr has 10 say. in about one-ihd OF its whole
article concerning the difficulty and the mpoiey OF war
oil intervention by our country under any existing
probable circumstances, with view 10 right by force the
existing or prospective national international wrongs
and grievances among European powers No party in this
country has or can have any such purpose and few
men in this country have any such dream. There
fore, all discussion Of such event by the isgencr
is mere supusage. having reevance to any question
Of policy now in the public mind
We remark, in the second place. that while we hold
OF the proceedings and declarations Of Kossulh in
this country 10 have been gravely erroneous and i'll
judged. we yet totally dissent from the Inisgsneers APP
parent opinion that he here under any obligation
express or implied TO refrain from public speech before
people touching the great wrong which has crushed
his country 1t was fit for him 10 speak the subject
twas fit and honorable for people TO hear him with
sympathy and with respect Twas 1T for people and
our government 10 make known, solemny and aloud,
their deliberate judgment of him and Of his causether
sympathy with the suferngs Of his country, their
Of the wrong has endured, and their stern
and public condemnation OF the policy in which that
wrong inflicted So much this, just self respect
and just respect for the sacred principles upon which
national existence is founded, did Individually demand
from in this Of fragrant outrage Of the rights OF
Hungarian nationality; and beyond this point this jour
nal has never been willing TO proceed
With still more of emphasis-perhaps we ought 10 use
stronger ermdo we protest against the Integencers
wild and strange doctrines denying the right Of the differ
ent State OF conederacy TO express, by
suitable legislative declarations the opinion held By their
people touching those great public wrongs Of which
the of Hungary is an example That our readers
may credit in stating the ground deliberately assumed
by the hgeneer this point, shall quote its own
words. The legislature OF Pennsy has now pend
ing before il the following resolutions:
Rssoiusd, the sentiments Of this assembly, that the
people OF Pennsy lvana will with indifference an
attempt the part OF Rnisa interfere any time here
alter in the political institutions domestic
of the people Of Hungary.
Rsoicsd, That copies of the foregoing preamble and
olutons, duly aested, be transmitted tho President OF
the United States TO the senators and in
Congress from this Commonwealth and Louis Kossuth
Governor Of Hungary"
Citing these resolutions, the Inteliigencer says:
Evidence of this satisfies that no small part OF the
present generation has up in the beeftha in regard
to all foreign questions the State have the
right the of the United States take ground
This is great fundamental error, which few
of our readers would be likely fall into But that our
own silence in regard such motion, may be taken
for Indifference in matter serious, will briefly speak
TO H."
In the strain, after ayerrng that The pretended
right of OF State from the Union is sufficiently
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igeneer proceeds. more explicitly, as follows:
"Such declarations those contained in the foregoing
resolutions altogether ohe range State rights and
beyond the of State authority The subject of these
declarations is which the States, in their capa
city, haze conitoaal right to NEEDLE teifh To prevent
their individual in questions concerning for
egn relations indeed Of the chief OF this peo
pie. under the guidance OF assembly OF the wisest
lived in ordaning and establishing the existing
constitution Of the United States"
And, now what ground is this monstrous dogma put
forth that il is the constitutional duty OF every State legis
a,ure in this land TO stand gagged and dumb from any
expression OF the judgment Of its people touching any
foreign question event whatever Why, simply and
merely this that to the federal governments, excu
sively, and not to the State governments, belong the
war power and the whole management of the for
eign relations OF the United States Granted. Bat
what then What consolidaiionst, however open and
odious might be his consolidation principles, dared be-
fore this publication of the Iafgenee, maintain that
therefore State should express opinion. have
opinion, upon any point in foreign relations, the
international relations OF other counesl Our federal
government had the power, and exercised il in the
case OF Mexico. Did that fact preclude the democratic
State governments from declaring that Mexico had given
for war, and that the was just Did it pre-.
cude the wing State legislatures from declaring just the
contrary And did the Inteugenesr forbear TO rejoice
over such wing State declarations giving they did
give, "aid and comfort TO our enemies Then il
constitutional enough, in the Iatdfigsnesrs view, for
any State government Ito take ground" in relation TO
our foreign affairs and moreover, the Integene held
il to be patriotic enough TO DO, though the ground
usually taken by the wing States against our own
country pending war, and what the Ineigencr
in 1913 called "moral treason u How il the
Greek question Did the State authorities refrain
from declaring anything about that Or did the Iateh
gencer gansay their declarations violations Of the
constitution out OF the range OF Stale rights,
and beyond the scope OF State auhoriiyi' How
was with the South American Republics question in Mr.
Monroes time Had the State legislatures nothing to
declare about thal' And how would il now be In the
case OF Canada league Cuba guarantee treaty for
abolition purposes there, such as have recently been
much spoken of Would it be quite out of the scope Of
State rights for the legislatures Of South Carolina and
10 nm wing