The southern press., 1852-01-03

70 Az sspssvtstioa When The Iron Crown o
81 6sspAsa h.A I'D shs limits of Hungary
Ujhaxy found = new asyium in land Of IRA
liberty, whore he has settled 10 til, peaceful co
joyment Of life no \ republican "a amer. Nov,
rsapsctfaliy ask Why = different grade Of CON
pliInent should be p I'd u Ass Magyar from thu
mark fsf Magyar received, admitting both u
have been eQuslly patriotic, snd equally con
spcuous In the cause Of their common counlrv
Why shall we pay higher honor n The osatos
Tor HE advocacy Of the principles VI liberty thsa
to the brave old soldier Who fought and peril~.i
all, and finally asserted the fv,scpls in ths very
tcrms of his most honorable cap,,u!stion io an
overwhelming force and necessity ] have in.
dulgsd IN these remarks 10 prove to this CON-
mittee that We are asked upon this occasion Ia
go too tar. mere precedents considered. But,
sir, for one, arm not willing to leave this sub.
Ject with cloud Of doubt upon it Ia another VI
its aspects.
We ara told that ko-suth Is the invited guest
OF the country; that Congress sent AZ ~ him In
national ship: that since his arrival, Congress
has welcomed him to lhe capital ard now that
he has actually reached tho city, Congress i.
bound in the exercise Of nm ordinary courtesy,
to welcome him into this Hall. ard that the
members Of Congress shall be- personally intro
duced &c, &c. Now. Mr.. Chairman, I voted
In the last Congress, II | remember correctly,
To suspend the rues To n.ider tho resolution
In regard 10 sending tho ship asfer Kossuth !:
but have no recollection that voted for the
passage of resolution. ! nav have done so
have no memory OF the fact. But there was nm
understanding In Congress at that day that the
lives OF Kossuth aud his associates we're in dan.
ger; that the Sultan was ia jeopardy because
OF his noble determination to perform the sacred
duties Of hospitality that Austria wished the
delivery OF the exiles into her power; that Rns.
sia threatened to avail herself Of this pretext 10
strike the long. medi,ated blow at the Ottoman
Porte, and that, after all, and above all, that
kossuth was anxious 10 emigrdfe hifher, and 10
follow Ujhnzy ard his companions TO the far
West, where the Magyar might plant his on n
vine under new and nobler auspices than he had
yet known. In all these repre esentations there
was much to excite the sympathy Of the Amer.
lean bosom. Sympathy for the exile from home
and country is Il common sentiment Of hunani-
ty--an emotion of the savage as well as Of civ.
lllZed man. But here was n case Of a patriot
exiled from his native land, because hc had con-
tended for her freedom aud her constitutional
rights, not to say ameorations, and we were
informed that from his prison graies he looked
wstfnlly to this great country, and probably de-
pended upon our aid for his existence
Sir, we didextend that sympathy, and actively,
too; but IL cas on The State Of case already made
'm. When the flag Of the Union hoatcd from
The quarterdeck of the Mississippi before the |
prison house OF kossuth, and he saw its broad |
1olds to protect him under the very Kgis of
Llberty-When America ,oaS at Kiianiah to bcsr |
llm from dungeon to freedom, the cause Of |
ler Intervention was disii ctly announced in the |
preamble and resolution ot Congress; which |
oroclaims thai Congress underSiotd IL pas Hos |
'ulh's oish and determination, ,o.en released 10
,migrate 10 The United Staies." Therefore il was
he national ship was employed Therefore il |
was the arm of this government was extended |
to aid him to reach shelter from the pitiless
storm that pursued him, and to find here again
nome and country. dare to aver, no member
Of thatCongress, at the time, dreamed of ,aakine |
Louis hossuth the Nations Guest, or of scenes
through which Wa are now passing. Well, sir,
n my opinion, kossuth was committed by his
acceptance OF the conveyance furnished, under
The character OF II resolution that accompanied |
the oiier OF the conveyance, to the distinct NC. |
4nlescence IN the correctness of our suppostiou /
that It mas his deliberate purpose, on being re
leased to emigrate to the United States."
When he came on board the Mississippi, il was
IN the character Of an emigrdm and Of an exile |
an asylum from oppression, and to raise here |
new altars to patriotism. If, then, Kossnth and
Congress .labored under mutual mistake ~ to
the intention of this distinguished character,
surely, when we ascertaned that his restoration
to liberty was but the signal for his renew ed ac
tlvity in the field of European politics. all Chris
tendon would have held US released from apy /
further obligations springing from the exertion OF
our sympathy in his behalf. He availed himself
OF very early occasion to announce that he did |
not intend TO emigrate to the United State-that
he was consecrated to the cause Of Hungarian
and that his mission was hence.
forth to preach that cause, and to arrange the in
strumentalities through which its success might
be achieved. After these disclosures had |
he been invited hither as an emierant-we
should have been under no obligation to receive
him as a political propagand,a HIS mission
was distinctly proclaimed in England. He FRO
claimed it after he was free, and after he had |
abandoned the conveyance of the frigate Mis- |
sissippi. Then we, as people, and Kossuth
were mutually released from whatever obioa
tions to each other.
But, Mr. Chairman, the mission to which he |
has devoted himself brought him here not our
lnvtation-if it be still insisted that he was in
vted. True to that apostolical character he as.
SumeS, hOSSutn commenced his iahOrs in that
mission Immediately on his arrival at Staten
Island. From his first speech there to this mo
ment he has, on no OCCASION, failed to proclaim
why he ia in America; what brought him to
America, and what results he expects to accom-.
plish by his visit to America He has accepted
every demonstration of popular adulation, az an
evidence Of appreciation of his doctrines En-.
boldened by the passive submission of the peo
pie to these, his conclusions, and intoxicated by
the more active and bold acquescence in his
political principles by desperate politicians or
mere holiday orators, be has at length CON-
menced the work of polling the American pop
ulation, in imitation of the mode adopted in the
Hungarian comitats, making up an expression
of the sovereign will of the people upon certain
political propositions of his own propoundnr,
which public will he is now bearing to the gov
ernment as testimony from the masses, to die.
tate future American policy, Methnks can
hear the sound and conservative voice of the
Interior, as it dwels with incredulity upon this
folly. Yes. sir, L is a fact
that from the capital of Pennsylvania the pro-
gramme of kossuth has been returned to him
indorsed by the people, and he has proudly pro
claimed The fact In New York he directed