Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-01-03


which nations split is PROSPERITY This man says thu
have grown to be giant and that we may depart from
the wisdom OF our youth But say that is the tim
to take care; we are great enough let be satisfied
prevent the growth of ambition prevent our prd
from swelling, and hold to what we have got Do 70,
remember the story of the old governor who had beer
raised from ragsy His king discovered in him merit ane
integrity, and appointed him satrap ruler over man,
provinces lie came 70 be great and it his custom
to be escorted throughout the country several tnes dur
ing the year. in order to and be seen He was re
ceived and acknowledged every where great man ane
great governor But be carried about with him mys
FERROUS chest and every and then he would lock into
it. and let nobody else what il contained There was
great deal Of curiosity excited by this chest and finally
he was prevSed upon by some of his friends let them
leok into it, Well he permitted it, and what did they
see? They saw old ragged and torn suit Of clothes
the clothes that he used to in his humility and la his
poverty and he said that he carried them about with him
in order thaS when his heart began to SWELL and his
ambition to rise, and his pride to dilate, he could look
the rags that reminded him of what he had BEEN and
thereby be enabled to resist the emptaonsef prosperity
Let see whether this illustrate any thing in our
history Raise the VEIL If there is one, which conceals
the poverty OF this Union when there but thirteen
States Raise the veil that conceas the rags of our sol
diers Of the revolution Lift the lid of the chest which
contains the poverty Of beginning in ORDER that you
may be reminded like this old satrap of the days of your
poverty and be enabled toresist the advice Of this man.
who now tells you that you wise in your youth but
that now you giant ad may depart from that wis
dom Remember now thu use Of adversely, and let us
IL,
the man. and greater is thu nation that can resist the
chanting smiles Of prosperity
In referring to humble beginning, and our great
and astonishing growth am induced to pause a mo-
ment, and ask why is it that should so lightly and
carelessy treat propositions of this sort which involve
it is admitted this proposition does involve the very
principle by which We have grown to present cond-
ton? What the cost of this great and glorious Con-
federacy? We cannot find it by going back and search
ing the old Quarermasters reports We cannotnd in
dollars and cents we know not how to estimated by this
method The true place to find the cost is in the battle
fields of the Revolutions in the rags the deprvaions
bleeding feet of your sodershe history Of those brave
who fell in their youth In this contemplation can
not arrive at estimate of the cost of these States Now
ask it is wise in this legislative assembly lighyand
careessy to pass by the wisdom Of our fathers
In reference to this question Of nonntervention Mr.
Kossuth rather exultingly asks in otec
tons, France did not give active and material aid in
the days of the Revolutions Certainly but that her
business and not ours that her policy and ours
1t is very simple in Mr. Kossuth to ask such question
He should read history the little tags he picks up from
editors and reporters and comforting friends will suffice
Do the advocates of this resolution the advocates the
abandonment of non-nterventon depend upon this
question as argument for them Is it not known in
history that France had possessions contiguous the
onies and that 1t was her business to protect them It
was her policy to here and afford aid against
England well for her sake ours There is an
answer to any little exutation any may have in
ferrng to the French question. say it her policy
to desire to defeat England well her inclination aid
which brought her to our shores
And now, as have few moments left beg leave to
call your attention to another fact have passed over
many things which should like to dwell upon but tnrn
to consider another question: which is part of his mis-
sion, and that is the question of RELIGION RelgonE
have book written by his biographer and of course
his friend in which he says that of Kossuth objects
is to beat dorm the Catholic religion ~ That in the
struggle in the Hungarian controversy depended the free
dom of the Protestant region That is the Protestant
religion would rise or fall with the Hungarian struggle
This man to show that Kossuths object is to de-
stroy the Catholic religion (Tefts Book. | refer to
this in order to ask whether freedom in religious worship
is not one of the conerstones of institutions. ask
it proper in the Congress of the United States by its
assembled wisdom, to say to this man, "Come here
STIR us up, in order that he may superntend secret
petitions against Austria; here to feast drink,
Loaf and lounge, teach politics. and interfere with our
religion aso Shall say this Sir, our notion Of
religious liberty is derived from the Pilgrim Fathers
founded upon the Rock of Plymouth and is diused
through all institutions, that the humbles log
cabin in the Far West if dedicated to christian wor-
ship as sacred in the eyes of the law the loret
cathedral in the Eastern world And yet you invite this
to here carry his crusade subjects Of re
gion. Crusade word that reminds of the days of
chiyary; and IL we would yield moment to the false
appearances of this day, might say that Burke
wrong when he exclaimed q The days of chiyary were
gone The apostles of this have already proclaim
ed him to this country another Peter-the- Hermit Oh
there is another exhibition Of the religious part of his
mission am willing to acknowledge, that Kossuth must
fed Of that fact have read his speeches with great adj
miration, naked up with a little indignation and that
opinion have expressed | not q to turn my
eyes from the ace of genius Wherever it exists what
ever may be its sentiments love to look upon it. because
know that in the face of genius there is the image of
God am willing to say that Kossuth possesses all the
charms to make him most accomplished man and gen.
tleman, and should consider it my misfortune If he
should through here without my seeing him. and if
dared should venture to make his acquaintance
do not think that the idea of mission like that of Peter
the-Hermt win be tolerated in this country What was
the object Of Peters mission 1t raise an nnu-
merable army 10 fight in the Of religion He was
said TO be Of great and exceeding eoquence MS no
doubt he must have BEEN to have produced such won
derful effect ask you then, ready for another
Peter the Hc+acus Are ready to be instructed by
some Eastern monk Why, sir have enough orators
at home-men born In the West Graded in the wilder
ness, where every thing around them is grand and il
men grow where grandeur surrounds them they cannot
help being orators. IL we want any Peter we do not
want him from the East We want Peter the Hunter from
the West:
Westward the star Of empire takes its way"
Let our instructions come from that source.
will make another observation and that is in refer
ence to the idea of establishing republican Governments in
Europe New Governments there are continually rising
and falling and have they not been trying to establish
republican Governments there for the last thousand years
Have they ever succeeded? And why not Because of
their antiquities and their breathing smack
ing, and smelling Of nobility and royalty and because
half of the people magnaes. Where that state of
ciety exists, will always be superior to
the Others and the idea of human agraranism is mere
absurdity. Look at the present condition of France
What mockery upon republican institutions. Having
driven out her King-having achieved the first step
having done all that necessary she could not take
common name for her President She had take prince
y namea connected with royal and prncely blood
What mockeryl What chance would such republican