The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-18

eoquence, had instituted himself the head Of
mat people. Possessing the English tongue which
h SJuio use IN certain archaic form, the effect OF
Wnch surpassed that OF the purest diction Kossutl
nss enaIlea 70 str their minds by succession Of
nU pictures, and implanted the leAven Of anew
RuDhc .ns ncssuth indeed, fell into disrepute but
leaders vanished away there arose in it, sfead =
feeling and an impulse directly the reverse -thst az
using the Atlantic no longer as barrier Int "A a
medium, and Of seeking honor and nro6t az I'M
dulging the desire of excitement, and engaging i'm
the furtherapce of cherished principles bv Rterfer.
ence in the affairs Of Europe,
II the el0quense of Kossuth awakened the feeling
nis reason and experience suggested the method,
whatever may be the failings Of that remarkable
man, In this respect he has made the world deeply
ms debtor. BY his speeches, and the circulation
gwen " them he has uttered to the ear presented
to the eye, OF almost every adult in Europe and
pro positions ,startngly in contradiction
with every received opnion the first that the fall oe
Hungary Is not to be attributed 10 the aims of Aus.
tria or Russia but to the England and France:
the second, that the management Of diplomacy by
sc ret is fatal TO the interests Of the smaeY
Sta ties, and fatal to the character and liberties
of the greater empires Russia excepted. On tho
seed planted and the directi0s given, the re-
cent transactions in the East have fallen like April
showers, and thus suddenly crpp has covered with
verdure barren land. The baseness Of the great
States has been revealed; the contempt Of the re.
DublicaDs tor kiDgly governments and personal Ca
balls has been justited their nober feelings appeal
ed to by the exhibition o. another conspiracy, Of
which the Ottoman npire is to be the victim; be-
fore the erment bad cooled, without the wish having
had tine to frame for itself channel to issue into
toD the United States has found itself by the affair at
Smyrna involved practically upon the Hungarian
basis, and, in defence Of Turkey against the AUS
hian empire, and pso fqcto, against the Russanss
at the same time the gravest question Of interna'
tiOnal law is raised between them.
1t is indeed o remarkable circumstance that the
naturalization OF single Hungarian should unites
upon the same line, the United States, Hungary and
Turkey; but the result was only possible because Of
the utter prosraton and prostitution OF right in Gu~
rope, for was there ever such this, that at
the moment that Austria had committed At smyrna
act, we will not say Of but Of piracy, quito
as fragrant as that of Russia In crossing the Pruts
the powers of Europe should have associated with
Austria in mediatng between Russia and Turkeys
and made her their m ,uth piecef
THIS however is not all. Austria, by step Of the
most iDconcevabe infatuatiOn instead ct hushing up
the matter and knowing the responsibility upon her:
subordinate officers, drags it into all the courts OF Eu-
rope, compromising the United States government
into the necessity OF maintaining their act on every
separate field, and encouraging theta to proceed In
policy commenced under such favorable auspices
alike by the argumeI tive weakness OF her case, and
the revealed powerIessDess OF her government.
We were under moments apprehension lest tha
cabinet of the United States should shrink from &C.
cepting and adopting the act OF her representative at
Constan'in0ple and her nav Al commander. That act
has been adopted by the government; 1t has been
ceived with universal enhusa- IN by the people, and
thus K0ssuth In 1858, has realized the attempt Of
Russia in 1919 to involve the Union in the affairs Of
Europe.
Can we suppose that Russia has been all the while
Indifferent to what was going across the Atlantc1
II we did, the articles in the Times would be suf
icient to satisfy TO the contrary. Must we not
trace the attacks upon the American people, and
peciay upon Mr. Pierce, to the same source as the
| deDunciatiOns against Denmark the menaces le-
yelled against its constitution destroyed, the ef-
forts to SOW discussions with France and to excite
France against England and its whole course in re.
ference to Turkey? Those article. upon the United
OF something going on ut Washington. Blu, if She
has here an organ, she has there representative.
We warn the people of the United States that their
government IL actually In danger Let them scruti-
nize every word, wey h every mans character the
tempter is on tnem-seductons will be employed as
well as falaCCs-gOld as well arguments. Let
them be periectly assured that they have no man fit
to cope with ,sias agent whoever that agent may
be, and whOev they may employ. 1t is reported
by Iacitus, that when Sejanus wished to entertain
Tiberius privately upon some matter, that emperor
replied What you have to say put in writing, that
others may see as well us L."
We now announce beforehand, and with the most
entire and perfect convctOn that the issue of this
course will be unfortunate for the world and the
United States unless measures be at once taken to
stop all chamberngs in matters Of dpl0macy-un-
less, in word all communications from the Russian
Minister y. rrjee,ea except those in writing, and
that the writings be communicated to some body OF
men heyold those immediately charged with execu-
tive functiors. Let them be that the present
dlsgraceful character belonging the governments
OF Europe, nas resulted from The occult influence or
o cabinet whose plans and whose immortality were
alike above and beneath their conception.
II it be for Russia a viral question to pervert the
action OF the United States there here also FOE
them vital question: for TIE one is at stake the
project Of nnver nj domniop for the otoes internal
liberty. The means that will be employed by Russia
being secret and Eerfdous, if successful change i'm
act ard essence the constitution OF the Union sub
shutting secresy aud perfdy for publicity and re-
sponsbiity Let them not be too confident either in
their acuteness or in their remoteness They have
seen what has befaen an ancient and a lofty mo-
narchy, great and powerful republic. Distance
no protection against Invasion OF the spirit and
an Injection of the mind the United Sta .es
escape the fate OF England ard Of france, except
by guarding against the revealed secret OF their
| decline.