The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-08-24
From the London Morning Advertiser.
ENGLISH POLTROONRY AND YAM
KEE PLUCK

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To those who look around upon The savage
of conspirng despotisms and triumph
ant force, who see might insolen,ly trample
upon right, and the conquests of civilization,
and the legacy of ages, jeopardized by treach-
cry and cowafdice, there is one bright spot, one
green basis, upon which the eye may rest. Ar
istocratic factions may betray the cause of lib
erty, from selfish instincts, tyrannous sympa
thies, or slavish tears-constitutional monarchies
may recall vain recollections, or nourish guilty
hopes-the thirst for speculation and the fever
of the Bourse may drown in its ntoxicaton
every generous impulse, every manly thought
the trading spirit may corrupt communities,
and make them, like the meddlar, rotten at The
core before they are actually ripe-but there is
young world well an old-there are An
glo-Saxons who have history to make, tradi-
tons to achieve, and glorious mission to &C.
complish-and there is giant Democracy in |
the West, which burns to meet, and will uli- |
mately overturn, the new Attila that marches
on us.
Peter the Great was right His prophetic
vision saw our own tmes--our gross MATERIAL
sm-our base effcminacy-our beastly groyel-
ling selfishness. Trade breeds luxury, luxury
egotism, and egotism national decay Each for
himself Wealth is God, and poverty is He'll
"lnterest! INTEREST,"" is the Allah il Allah that
rings from every seeple. 1t is creed, pater-
noster, ave. everything to every Christian sect.
A nugget is the new badge Of the Crusaders
That is the modern symbol of faith and of re-
ldemptioJr-that the moderR cross
"Which Jews will kiss and infdels adore"
| Yes, Peter the Great was right In his ties.
| lament to his descendants, which he commend.
ed to their care, like the tables of the law to
| Israel, he declared that the Most Holy had
selected him and them for "Providenlial Mis-
sion'
| The nations Of Europe had arrived, he thought
at cadacty, or were marching fast to it. A
young aud new people would subdue them. The
degenerate Romans were thus ovcrrun by the
valiant tribes of the Lord. The Barbarians
were in the Nile whose aflu,nce would inun-
date and ferilize the used up soil. The Em-
peror Nicholas, is heritor to the enthusiasm, as
well as the testament of Peter. He has rei-
giously followed his prescriptions; he is reli-
giously following them now. One was "a
sacerdota supremacy in Turkey, and for
that he has preached his crusade. The Emper
o.. Nicholas has proclaimed and proclaims him.
self, the champion of despotism, the res,orer
of authority, the destroyer of reform and revo-
luton.
The Governments of Western Europe axe
PROSTATE to the mission and missionary The
despotism of the Emperor of the French, and
the Coalition Cabinet of England, cover in the
presence of the Czar-The two greatest naval
powers in the world lay their ships at anchor in
Besika Bay, and stammer apologies for their
audacity! Our pale faced diplomatists inquire
anxiously what Austria thinks, or what Prussia
will do, to help their mbelicity and cowardice.
Every sinister rumor, every plausible rumor, is
eagerly caught up, and TREMENDOUSLY poltroon-
cry.
But while these parallized aristocrats are
q Shi CHI n, linz
like sophists and leaning to the lash like slaves,
the young Democracy rising in the West as
serts its privilege of blood-The
Pontica Pinus,
| Silvwe fila nobis,
ploughs the Eastern waters, braves the Austrian
blast, illustrates its ancestry, shames our bast
ardy, maintains the rights Of nation, vindicates
its own, and proves to the world that the pass
port of America is the only true safeguard against
tyranny.
When the Austrian Consul, in contempt of
all laws, and in defiance of all decency, hired
notorious ruffians to seize M. Koszta in public
cafe, and transported hin, on board an Austrian
brig, then lying in the port of Smyrna, he
thought, perhaps, he had only Englishmen to
deal with. He recollected the ,lnsuits and the
injuries that his Government had heaped upon
this country. He knew the impunty with
which British subjects may be sabred, plumb
cred and imprisoned. M. Koszta was not
British subject, cursed with British sspro-
lection" Fortunately the aid. de-camp of Kos
suth possessed an American passport.
An American corvette, the ST. Louis, entered
the harbor or lay in it. Informed of the facts,
the Captain boarded the Austrian brig He in
sisted on seeing the prisoner, would take no re-
fusal, and would listen to no subtelfuge. Mr.
Koszta was produced. Bleeding, stunned, he
could give no explanation, and maintain no
claim. The American commander was com.
PEELED to leave him till accurate information was
| procurable. But he warned the Austrian not
to weigh his anchor, and put himself in posi-
ton to prevent a flight. The passport was
| found and the Captain of the St. Louis re.de-
manded Mr.. Koszta He armed his boat, clear
ed his decks, and showed he could act as well
as talk. NJ Costa was set free. is now in the
CT arge of the Consul Of France, and is saved
| from the gibbet by the friend Of Aberdeen and
"young hope of his country
We have something to say and something TO
ask.
| We say, what all see, that America can, and
that she aoiU protect her citizens and guests.
She has no standing army-she has scarce
navy, but her flag is safe upon every sea, and
the name of sAmerican," and the passport of
America, is warrant from affront and outrage.
Unarmed, unframed, she takes her place among
| the nations, and is treated with respect and
awe. We saw this in the Hungarian war, when
Daniel Webster made the Austrian Govern.
ment abjectly eat the leek. We see it now.
The reason is plain. America represents that
principle of liberty that makes every people her
ally. American statesmen speak and write in
the interest of country, not of class. The
act Of this American captain is the theme Of
England, of Germany and France. Their
journals express what the people feel. Even
the Charirari jests no more, but shouts, tLong
| live America
"The refugees, the Pariahs, the maligned Of
Europe, are living men once more.-America
claims these waits of liberty, and offers them
the safeguard of her flag. The hulks of Aus
tria, motionless beneath the pointed cannon of
America, render up their victims. The noble
conduct of her marine at Smyrna is great fact
in history. The news of the demand Of nj. de
Kozsta by her Minister at Constantinople, sets
the seal upon her magnanimity. March for.
ward, Young America, in humanities cause
and shout that rallying shout-"Go ahead -
| which makes every heart beat high!
| Yes, the Chayirari, the light, the testing,
hooking Chariuari, has bitter gibe for Aus
tria, defiance for the Gar, and hearty Tiuat
for America. For wisdom reasons behind the
comic mask, and cou rage throbs d generosity
respires beneath the motley coat. Would the
Charirari write, would felt, were the jubject
| hot tIo AmCiiOau ou' liS SJSoPh-
ant of Austria, the servitor of Russia, the das
tardly ''assassn, of Italian 'patriots,' the tex
| cellent Aberdeen"
| We ask how it is, that what America can do,
| Great Britain can mote Our countrymen are
not protected, our passports not respected Our
interests are sacrificed, our dignity degraded,
our remonstrances unheeded, our satisfaction
shirked, and our threats, If we do threaten,
laughed at.
This takes us TO wider question and seri-
Gus one.
We possess-that is, we pay for-the great.
est navy in the world. We build, cut in two
and rebuild at cost which would keep the
whole States of America, leviathan vessels of
war. We spend on them six seven millions
la year. Ministers are eternally dunning in our
ears, "Money, money, money for the Navy
The estimates have been increased, and are
increasing. More pay, more men, more
ships.
| For what?
To defend our coasts? They are defended
Camps, batteries, ships, militia, regulars sea-
| Il, "a d.