Hannibal journal and western union. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1851-1852, 1852-01-08

We commend the following article y the at
,or,ion Of our readers. We copy it from the
B,,timore Patriot, Of the evening OF the lSlh
ut.: ...,.s soroc
H. s,iJ and done at the dinner given to Nos
.mij, H. Nev Ycrk, by The press, which might
10 one doubt whether this is America--hc
Rcrublip of the United States, AMI the country
Of Which history records George Washington as
he r,,hcr We noted some OF these things III
tho notice we made yesterday OF the proceedings
- n,a dinner. There is one thing we dIi not
MO anil HAT WIS that the letter o. Daniel Web-
s,er was Kissed? This fact was not st ted IN the
n,n,rs we looked over, but the Republic OF 'hls
noruing copies the following from the Tribune;
The letter Of Daniel Webster was received
with very audible Kisses, groans and other mani
frst.iions of resentment, at is c1Vihcrly pIltl
AMI unsympa hizing character"
The inicligcnc2r notices this disgraceiul act
-Iisgracorul no. only to those who COMMITTEE
!, but diSqraceru--we say il with the consohng
assurance that so will sly the people o. ihe
Irnied S atcs--lisgrucerul to those who sat by
and heard lhesc Kisses and gfoans without mani
fcs.ing their dispcasure and discpprobation OF
thc,n2.Le In.ciigenccr notices this Kissing OF
the letter OF Mr.. Webster, and expresses the
hone that ii was mot done by any American
present" We feel ourselves SAFE in saying
tcerainly not" No American would have
Kissed, or il he did, he was so only IN namc' not
in sentiment or spirit. ,.A.
The Inlclligcnccr cllls attention to tins Tact,
in connection with the recent outrage:
Now we believe it to be true that the first
movement made by any public man in Chr'Sten-
dom for the release Of Kossu.h and his com
panions. from their imprisonment, was made by
Mr.. Webster, in his letter TO the American MI :
lister at Constantinople, in February last; and
we think it altogether probable that, but Tor ms
letter, and the influence which it produced in
Turkey and elsewhere, Louis hosSuah would
still, at this day, have been prisoner in Asia
Minor"
If there be in the breast Of any American
present on that occasion, feeling Of love and
glory for his country, and pride in the name OF
those who have honorcd that country by their
intellectual abilities and their patriotic deeds,
how must his check burn with shame and SELF
reproach when he reads this, and remembers
who Daniel Webster is, and what he has done,
and vet allowed this inlignity TO be o!'eroi to
his n me without, ut least, taking instant m ans
to acquit himself Of all share in the disgrace Of
the proceedings
The New York Times says Of others:
The announcement Of the letter from Attor-
new General Crittenlen was received with
MINGLED Kisses and applause. The rcading Of
the letter, however, drew forthrcpcated demon
STATIONS of applause The letter from Post.
master Gcnenll Hall was also received with
marks of disapprobatiOn.
We copied Yesterday, from the New York
Commercial. statement that the Prcsilen, Of
the United Suites was not TOASTED ct this elmer.
The New York Tribune says tnat the omission
was not prompted by dsrespect; but it is sill
strange, very strange, dat il should have been
omi ted. It's not pretended that it was an acct
dent, and + will no. doto say it WAS from forget
fitness. The omission was, we are left to con-
Gu le, resolved on by those who hal the prepar-
alton Of The toasrs, and they had motive, VIC
may infer, TO Subseryc it, What was that mo-
tive?
The Republic notices the omission and per-
dnen.ly says:
Silence was not consdcrel sufficiently dem.
olstrltive o lisrcs pect, owaras the Executive Of
the United States. Actual insults were per-
mitcdanl pcrperated, as appears from the re-
por, Of the Evening Post. which inserts the fol-
lowing amongst the volunteer toast Of the night:
TuRsIsn lNrIDELs-M,r liberal than Re-
publicca Presidents, more Christian than CATH
olic Kings"
THE TURKISH IafIprL-A better Democrat
than Republican Presidents, better Christian
than Catholic King"
I'VE do not, )" says The Repu| lie, and its views
express our feelings ''advcrt TO these features Of
the entertainment with any view OF prciuIiciag
The movements of hosSulh, who is OF course al
togelher-irresponsible for the arrangements, and
for the offences Of omission and commission
connected herewith. But il is impossible not
10 feel that they grow almost naturally out Of the
connexions into which he has unhappily beer
enirapped since his arrival at New York. lie
has been made the victim Of n handful Of ollici-
Gus individuals, who are now using him TO adj
vance their own Interior ends,aud who, in full
iilment OF this purpose are engaged in lVborna
to place Kossuth in an attitude Of antagonism TO-
wards 60th Congress ana the Administration
A few more days may bring this fact more
plainly before the public eye. In the interim
we will only say further, that the Kissing OF The
letters Of Federal officers before they were read,
and the other insults 10 those officers and to
Congress, excite less surprise when it is re-
membered that majority Of the speakers at the
banquet and Of those who responsible for its
management, are decided Abotion;sts, and as
such hpye pretty ploin9reasons for adopting The
oougse to which we have alluded The issue
VIII, we expect show that despite OF all his
cautions Kossu.h has been LED uhwariy into an
eonanging alliance OF The yeFg worst dos-
erip.ion. Once out Of New York he will be
better able TO judge whether Qosc now mos
busy shout him are or are not his trussl friends '