The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-12
Progress.

the editor OF the Union a. cOOlly ana as unblusl-
ingly endorses it.
Progress.
The progress of KossUTH since he turned his
face Westward has been triumphal march,
No conqueror, returning home flushed with VIC
tory, no patriot statesman after the successful
issue of some great public measure, ever reused
awider and more irrepressible enthusiasm, than
his presence seems to enkindle in the bosom.
of our Western brethren The financial and
material aid 30 earnestly asked for by him,
while fiattering Though empty public demon
STATIONS We're lavished upon him by the citizens
of New York, and elsewhere, meets him at the
cross roads in the West, and sturdy farmers stop
cause of which he is the incarnation. This state
of things is utterly unprecedented and "the
great and growing West" is too important
power in this cohfederacy to permit her voice to
be disregarded. The last despatch from Gin
cinnati shows that the excitement had risen TO
fever heat. We append it as a chapter of the
history of our times:
CINCINNATI Feb. 9-Kossuth left Columbus
this morning at o'clock, accompanied by the
legislative joint committee, together with Gov
Wood and LIT. Gov. Medill. At Xenia, Spring.
field. Dayton and Hamilton, he was most enthu.
siasticalIy received, but was unable, from loss
Of voice, to speak much.
About one thousand dollars were contributed
along the route, and at Hamilton, the people
by resolution, rendered FIVE hundred muskets, in
possession Of the county.
About o'clock this evening, the train which
conveyed the distinguished Magyar, entered the
Western Metropolis, amid the roar of artillery.
A procession, composed of all the military
and fire companies in the city, with other aoG.
cites, was formed at the depot, and conduct. "a
Kossuth through the principal streets, to the
Burnet House, where suit Of rooms had been
provided for the illustrious guest Kossuth an
peared on the balcony, amid enthusiastic cheers,
but owing to the delicate state of his health was
unable to speak. Mayor Taylor, on his behalf,
then appeared and stated that Kossuth would
endeavor to address the people on tomorrow.
During the whole afternoon, the city was in
state of excitement never before equalled.
No rejecting man can look upon these mani
festations ofpublic sentiment that section, and
the practical demonstrations of their sincerity
without considering the consequences to which
they may lead. When, too, we see that the de.
caying embers of the discussion on the KossUTH
doctrine have been famed up into fame in the
Senate, and revived by the breath of Gen. CAss,
and others, as potent element in the politics
Of the country, the conviction forces itself upon
US that this question is neither to be disregarded
nor despised. 1t is the habit of politicians in
their harangues to talk of the settled policy Of
the country "-but the policy of many of its
aspiring politicians, at this moment, seems to
be to unseAle everything. We are to be illu-
minated by "new lights in relation both to
our internal and foreign polcy-from the Fed.
eral interpretations of the States Rights doc.
trines by the Union, down to the equally novel
exposition of the plan of intervening to carry
out the doctrine of non-intervention.
Hence the Proclamation programmes of the
Union and the SEMpRorIUs-like speeches of
Gen. Cas-, feebly and timidly re .echoing the
wild shout Of welcome at the West to KossurH
and bis call. The greatest master of ambiguou.
phrases, in this or any other country, no mar
understands better than Gen. CAss the French
definition of the true use of language, viz tn
ooncedl'nsnt Of thought. His words always cove
up his ideas like a cloak and his exposition,
are always susceptible of double meaning
From the NICHOLSON letter down to this las
speech on Intervention, the General occupies
the position of Dame QUICKLY man know,
not where to have him." But his bunolinf
disciple, the ex-secretary of Gen. JACKSON, and
troubled spirit of the haunted organ, faces in
all directions on this, ms on all other subjects
A collection of the different notices Of Kos
sUrH and his doctrines from the columns of tn,
Union, would present most amusing picture
and display the inconsistencies and tergiversa
tons of its course.
But the oracular givings out of the Senate
from Michigan, and his echo, are but tn
straws which show the set of the wind. All tn
time taunting the opponents to their schemes
public pillage, either as to the rights of COMMIT
mites or individuals, as dsorgnnizers," thi
clique Of spoilsmen seek to disorganize mos
radically the very foundations on which our pc
ltical fabric rests. They are for Intervention
in all its stages and forms. Intervention by tn
federal government, for the suppression of tn
rights Of the States at home; intervention i
the aff.irs Of nations, between whom and u
rolls an ocean, and separated still more widel
by language, habits, and laws.