The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-19

wandering over the Continent, or to read the
accounts Of Austrian despotism which MI the
London Daily .Nescs--end
Tears of compassion trembls our syelds,
Ready to fall 3 soon as we have learnt the
Pityful story.
If it went no farther than this, perhaps there
would be no harm in it. Tears are wholesome
provision of nature, to relieve man Of superfu-
Gus humor and bile. But we don't stop here.
When Kossuth lights among US, and doles out
rhetoric by the yard, we throw our hats in the
air, spend thousands in feasting him, quarrel
with foreign ambassadors for his sake, and
let him lead us by the nose until that re-
spectacle feature in Uncle Sans countenance is
unduly elongated. When another foreign exile
gets into scrape at SMYRNA place where
Heaven knows we have no more right to raise
our voice than the Khan of Tartary-we throw
the stars and stripes over him. dub him hero
straightway, write articles and sing songs about
his griefs. and fnally-for the truth must out
are obliged to use compulsion to induce our pet
to come to the land of his adoption. But
Kozsta is not the last Of the race. Another
hero, named Paperi, who, in 1s49, finding Rome
too hot for him. ran away to this country, grew
tired of our society and returned home short
while since there, reyerting to his old practi-
ces, got himself lodged in prison-hearing Of
Kosztas case, he thought OF claiming our protec-
tion and though he could not pretend to be
naturalized, and had no evidence of having de-
clared his intention to become an American
citizen, aroused good deal Of sympathy among
our countrymen. and contrived to induce our
representatives to interfere on his behalf This
worthy is fresh edition of the hero. We have no
doubt he is an undoubted hero by this time. We
daresay that songs will be written about Paperi's
woes, ard that our national honor will require
us to rescue Paperi from his Austrian jailers.
We shouldn't be surprised if Marcy wrote an
elaborate despatch proving that Paperi is
patriot, and that it is due to the greatness OF
this republic to bring him over in a war steam
err. In the language in which Mrs. Micawber
was accustomed to address her better half in
tender moments, Mr.. Marcy will assure the
world that the United States will never, new
er desert" Paperi. Whether the gentleman
himself. as soon as he has baflled the Austrian
police through our aid, will follow the example
of Koszta, and refuse to honor us with his COM
pany, remains of course to be seen.
Now, before we proceed further to establish
for ourselves the character Of knight Grants in
Europe, it will perhaps be well to devote
moment to investigating, calmly and soberly,
the natural consequences Of such a course. 1t
is clearly due to ourselves that the promise Of
protection to our citizens travelling abroad,
held out in President Pierce's inaugural, should
be promptly, theoretically, and unequivocally
redeemed. 1t is of more consequence that every
American, be he where he may, should feel that
he cannot be insulted with impunity, than that
Cuba should be annexed or Mexico admitted
to the Union. More Of our future power and
greatness depend on thorough understanding
of our intentions in this respect by foreign
nations, than can possibly be imagined. Aud
if any power or potentate on this earth dares
to violate the rights of a single freeborn
American, to maltreat his person, or modest
his property, we hold that the injury should
lie avenged, if it cost US ten years revenue
and half our standing army. Duty, interest,
honor, imperatively require it. We 60 further,
and add that where the injured indv dual has
any respectable show of claim to our protec.
ton, even though his citizenship should be
matter of doubt, we should deal with him as
though he had been born at New York or Bos-
ton. On this ground we uphold the conduct of
Ingraham at Smyrna, and regard it as one Of
the noblest deeds in our history.
But when we see foreigners assuming to
claim of us such distinguished honors as are
seldom awarded to our own citizens, on the
sole ground that they were nuisances in their
own country, and might have been hanged had
we not generously interfered to save them, we
cannot help regarding the proceeding as an un-
mitigated impertinence Here is this Martin
Koszta, for instance, whom we rescued, at no
small risk to our brave sailors, from the jaws of
an Austrian prison. This man no sooner finds
himself free than he repudates all obligation
to his prcserver, and absolutely refuses to fulfil
the bond on the strength of which he was claim
ed He wants none of us-dslikes the country
and is carried sort of prisoner on board an
American ship. A few weeks hence he will be
here, and there will be people to call for din
ners, feasts. meetings, and celebrations in his
honor. He will be lionised on the strength of
his having given us world Of trouble, and be-
ing supremacy ungrateful Horace Skimpole,
insisting on his claims to Esther's gratitude be-
cause he afforded her an opportunity Of paying
his debts and showing the goodness Of her
heart, acted on precisely the same principle as
Martin Kozsta.
1t must not be said that we are presenting an
unfaithful picture Of ourselves Kossuths ca
reer in this country can hardly have been for
gotten. Taxpayers at all events, have good
reason to remember the phrenzy of delight
with which we welcomed man whose only
claims to distinction were his rhetorical ability
and the memory OF having plunged his country
into war, betrayed her by his private jealousy
and ambition, and finally abandoned her in the
hour Of trial. They will recollect how we fed