The southern press., 1852-01-01

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occurring their liberty. The liberties Of tie pso-
pie of France have not been placed in epoper
hands. and they will tail ia Hungary if they fall
into similar hands. Whatever else may bs done
or accomplished in France, one thing has been
accomplished the divine right of kings to rule
has been broken and destroyed.
We have heard great deal said about peace
and war, but. as have said before, il this coun-
try is to be involved in war, want it 70 be on
her own account. never wish to zee an
American army guided by power alien TO us. |
never want to soc u war carried on except by
the direction Of our own legislation. wish to
see the American people carry it on under thdir
own guidance and for their own purposes; !;
otherwise that flag which has never traied in
the dust may be humbled And am unwilling,
while | extend freely the hospitalities Of the
nation, and the hospitalities Of the individuals Of
the nation, to Mr. Kossu,h,to commit the nation
to policy until know what that policy is.
repeat, if the struggle in Hungary is for the as
cendancy of the Individual who is to CONTROL
and not for the elevation of the masses, it is
matter Of utter ind florence to me whether they
succeed or not; but ii it is for the liberty of the
masses, they have my ardent hopes and my best
wishes for success.
Mr.. BAYLY, of Virgi ia. | do not regard
the resolution before this committee as CON-
mitting this government to the doctrines which
Kossuth has been attempting to propagate in
the speeches he has made since his arrival upon
our shores. II so regarded it, it would not
receive from me the feeble opposition which it
will now encounter at my hands. On the con-
trary, if lregarded it in any such light, should
esteem it solemn duty to my country to resist
it with every energy with which God has en-
dowed me. My opposition to the resolution is
not Of that high character; If it were, the reso.
luton should never pass 80 long az opposition
could delay it. If this government should ever
connect itself with the principles which Kossuth
has been attempting to propagate, it would be
to give it such blow as it has never yet re-
ceived, and which our liberties could not for any
length Of time survive. Ii would commit this
government to course of policy which we
have no constitutional power to carry out. |
shall not attempt to elaborate this view of the
matter at the present time, but shall feel it my
duty upon proper occasion to go into it more
at large. But desire here, to say that do not
regard this government as altogether bameless
in its conduct in reference to Kossuth There
is evidently misunderstanding between him
and US. He obviously regards the government
as, in some degree, committed to his doctrines; |;
and the government ought not to allow this de-
lusion to continue; if it does, it may involve
humanity in Europe in an extent OF suffering
snch as is not anticipated.
Suppose this deusion is permitted to continue
upon his mind suppose this government does
not, in some emphatic. manner, repudiate his doc
lrines, and with the expectation Of succor from
us, Hungary should again rise, and she should
again be put under the iron heel of despotism,
and this government should fail to interfere, as
we all know, and with absolute certainty, that
we should do, shall not we in a degree become
for the suffering and caauties which
that people would be subjected DIN consequence
Of permitting them to continue under tho delu
sion which Kossuth is obviously now laboring
nnder? If my counsel can prevail, he will not
leave this country until there is distinct nnder-
standing between him and this goveuument
such an understanding that nobody in Europs,
or anywhere else, shall be deuded into acts with
any expectation of succo. from ua. There
ought to be distinct understanding He is
:lear and explicit in what he asks; we ought to
be equally So do not understand this resolu
lion as committing this government at all. Ny
opposition does not grow out of any such i'm
preston it is based upon this think We are
offering an extent of adula!ion to X Kossuth which
his antecedents do not authorize. | have a feel
ing in respect to this aduation growing out of
another circumstance, and feeling which Icon.
fess has touched every patriotic impulse of my
heart Sir, Kossuth is not the first man who
has fallen in the fight for liberty in Europe who
has visited our shores. About 1893, | think it
was, when the fires of liberty were burning in
this land with ightness with which they do
not now burn: when the patriots of the revou-
ton were still living when our Washington
was still among us, Kosciusko, with whom will
not undertake to compare Kossuth, because it
would be doing injustice 10 the dead Kossuth,
who fell in the defence Of the liberties of Pc.
and-
A VOICE. No! Kosciusko.
Mr. BAYLY. Did say Kossuth? Ofcourse
mean Kosciusko meant that man Of whom
when he fell, the poet said "Freedom shrieked
when Kosciusko fell" His merits as Euro
pean patriot, undertake to say, were at least
equal to the merits of this man; death has eau
onized him, but canonze no man until death
has sealt d his character. But his claims upon
our gratitude did not stop with his claims to the
title of "frend of freedom" in Europe. He was
the companion in arms of Washington, and aid
ed in achieving those liberties which we now en-
Joy. DuL Wnen he came mere ana went nence,
he received none of those adulations which are
so lavshingly poured out upon Kossuth. When
| contrast the reception Of that man, upon his
arrival upon our shores, with the reception which
it is now proposed to give Kossuth, confess
look upon it not entirely without feelings Of
modification and shame.
But, Mr.. Chairman, when took the floor
did not design to go into this matter to the ex-
tent which my feelings have carried me. wish
to say here, and desire that it should 20 forth to
the country, that from an intimate association
wi members of the two Houses of Congress-,
and having made it "a frequent subject ofaconver-
sation with them, here assert-and hope it
may meet Kossuth's eye-that do not believe
there are twenty members in both Houses Of
Congress who would be willing to sanction the
doctrines he has attempted to propagate in this
country. And if there sre those who are carried
away by heenthusiasm which is running through
the land. who will for moment fall in with it,
either from motives of popularity hunting, or
from other motives--I say, if there are twenty
members of this Congress who are prepared TO
give way to this feeling-which am quite sure
is not the case-I believe that nineteen twen
tieths Of the American people are the other way.
From where | am now standing to the Rio