The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-20

advanced in the most explicit manner the great
doctrine of non-interierence, for which we are
now contending. But neither the Pwenees nor the
protest stopped The French army II piishsd lis
mission, and lhe independence Of Spain erpiyed as
The last gtin--it, funeral gun, indeed -,oas fired
from Cadis. England left her protest upon record
but she left no other memorial Of her dsapproba-
ton.
'Both England and France protested against
the occupation of Cracow, but tcittout effect and
without war"
Our Boston contemporary comments in a
satlrical strain on the illogical character Of
General CAss's reasoning and the probable re-
suits of his proposed coup d'etGt:
''In what school did General Cass learn his ar
of reasoning? He offers resolution prospecfiu'
in its language? 1t protests against the doing of
certain act. 1t is therefore designed to pr event
the doing of that act or it has no design at all
is the business, therefore, of its author to show
that it will tend accomplish the end in view anc
yet he goes deliberately to work and proves con
clusively, by labored collection of precedents
that it will have such effect The very facts by
which he shows what his argument alone required
him to show, viz: that protests do not necessarily
imply war, chow also that they have, under these
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ferent. Why did not the General leave out those
passages which have marked with italics
But hat surprises us more is that he should have
put them in the strongest language he could
command The whole of his argument upon
this point is prolonged bull. The General
will allow US add one more precedent to his col
lection. We shall not go abroad for it, but take il
from own history. The ancient Dutch settlere
| IF Maui cd i,Ja tlx,
the General proposes to protest. against the act OF
the Mary FLANDERS i'll taking possession of the Schuyl-
kill and the adjacent country. They sent valiant
| naval captain, Admiral Jan Jansen Apendanl,
with two soops, to carry the protest. We extract
the account from that veracous work, 'The History
of New York, by Diedrich Knckerbocker' Here
speech in low Dutch, which the wary Keft had pre-
viously put in his pocket wherein he courteously
commenced by calling them pack of lazy, louting,
dram drinking, cock fighting. horse-racing, slave
| driving, tavern.hunting, misunderstanding, mu-
latto breeding upstarts-and concluded by orderin
| them to evacuate the country Immediately; to
which they mostlaconicaly replied in plain English,
| they d see him id first. Now, this was reply
| for W hch neither Jan Jansen Alpendam Wilhel-
mus Kieft had made any calculation; and finding
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rebuff with suitabIe hostility, he concluded that
his wisest course was TO return home and report
progress If to the protest of the American Con-
gress the AutocIat of Russia should say ego to the
DEVIL all should have to do would be, sup
| pose, solemnly to decline; to leave on record our
solemn refusal, but no other memorial of our dis
| APPRECIATION
"NIany Of readers will rccollect that when
General Cass, just previously to the Mexican war,
| was urging some warlike measure in the Senate,
and some of the members were apprehcnsive of the
| consequences, the General minated that in pro-
| posing the measure he did not purpose TO injure
| the Mexicans, but only to Brighten them. Mr..
| Webster compared him to Bottom, the weaver
who would have Snug, the joiner tell the aides he
was no lion; since his speech would reach the
| Mexican government as soon rs the measure in
| question, and kindly inform them that il only
| intended to terrfy them. Now here we find the
| General copying again to the life his old exam
piar, Nick Bottom, the weaver. If the protest re-
ceive the vote of Congress, his speech will 60 with
il TO the Gar. 1t will, in effect, say to him. My
| dear CARVE have protested against your inter
| ference in the affairs Of Hungary; and you may
think that protest from the great Republic Of the
! West imports something terrible. Methinks see
| you quaking with fear. But read my speech, and
the precedents, and be Gained and comforted.
Protests seldom lead TO wars; indeed, they sell
| dom lead to any perceptible effect, the prece-
dents will show. ! therefore repeat, be Gained
| and De comforted Pire paieous o."