Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-02-07

The New York Daily Times" of Tuesday COM
ments upon our article of Saturday last upon the
Hungarian Intervention in the affairs of the United
States, not approyingy, but in good temper Ap-
probation of oar course in resisting the attempt by
means Of the introduction of new and foreign ele
ment into the politics of this country to override its
established policy Of Non-Interyenton in European
contests for the balance Of power could not reason
ably be expected from the " Times" which had
gone SO far, before M Kossuth had set his foot on
our SOIL as to announce him the Peter the Hermit
Of new Crusade of whose coming here it was
predicted in the columns of the same journal that
"it would be the most Influential event OF many
years" Unexpected, therefore, dissent on the part
Of the Times to our opinions on this subject;
and we are not disappointed.
1t is due from us to M. Kossuth and to the
Times" to apprze our readers that that journal dis
claims for. NJ Kossuth any responsibility for its
language Of opprobrum directed against the Senate
and the Government for alleged hardness in the
recognition of his claims to reception by the con-
stituted authorities at Washington.
In making that disclaimer, the Chimes" dis
covers an analogy between the relation of the Ma
tional Inteigencer to the President of the United
States and that Of the g Times" 10 M. Kossuth the
former being represented as having been good deal
more confidential and perhaps less dsnterested than
the latter This estimate by the Chimes Of the re-
laton Of the National Integencer to the President at
once does us too much honor and to him less than
Justice We have no such confidential connexon with
the President of the United States as could make
him responsible in any sense for our poor judgments
Of and things, and it is not possible that any
intercourse can be more disnterested than that be-
lent gentleman. We trust we may claim, without
any derogation from the high respect which we owe
to him, to be as independent of the President he
is Of us.
The Times" does us injustice in another respect,
when it says that " the National Inteligencer, in
copying Count Batthyani's letter, omits all those
passages which vindicate the cause Of Hungary,
and inserts only that part which asperses Kossuth
We copied the letter of Count Batthyani as zee
found II, and with no intention to omit any passage
indicating the cause of Hungary" If the
Times" will furnish us out of its own archives the
of publishing the omitted passages Of that let
ter, we will cheerfully insert them We have never
said any thing derogatory to the cause of Hun
gary" unless it be considered to protest against
the Government of the United States making that
cause its own.
But the Times says, further, that Kossuth
'does not ask us to 60 to for the sake of Hun
gary, and if he did, we should most unquestonably
decline to do so"
If he does not in terms ask to ego to war"
he confesses that what he asks us to do would in
certain circumstances lead to war, and has even
ridiculed the objection of the People of the United
States to involve themselves in war for other inte
rests than their own Witness the following extract
from the Speech at the Bar Dinner, for attempting
to offer objections to which. the venerable Judge
DUER was hooted down, in the presence of the
Magyar, by his surrounding and admring neophytes
But may be answered, well, if we 1.-THE United
sStatesl make such declaration of admission Of the
interference Of Russia in Hungary because that is the
practical meaning of the word / win not deny and
Russia viii respect declaration then we might
have to go to war; And there is e ruJi Laughter
We'll, am not the to decline the consequences Of
my principles (Great laughter and loud applause
will not steal into your sympathy by slippery evasion
Yes gentlemen, confess should Russia respect such
declaration Of your country, then you obliged LITE
OBLIGED, VAR, else be prepared to be
degraded before mankind from your dignity Appause
Yes confess that poud be the But you power-
tul enough 10 defy any Powr earth in just cause
your Washingtons-and so may God help me, as it is
'true, that never there yet more just cause"
The admission of the "Times" that, if M. Kos
suth asked US in terms to 60 to war, eve should
most unquestionably refuse to do so" we consider
not only an important admission, but evidence Of
a change of sentiment in the "Times' establish
ment ITSELF which we trust may be but the dawn Of
returning reason upon this whole question.
The report of the death of JOHN G.. BIRNEY was
incorrect; at least so Mr.. Brney writes, by tele
graph, and we presume he is good authority on thi
point
Mr.. Senator BERRIEN has been suddenly callet