New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-13

4 the Jfn;tea - - ~ =
4 lations, at the head of which NJ 1su ,vea niacsd
i Very soon after fhe yeSarsnc = he sa,,tsd 80
solution accamnana a.s " re-
full OF wigo N rat~.s;s, .9 ~ -
unusually large numi,er N canies ~ Il .ra j. onea
printed and circulated throughout the cauntry,
Il It's effect in canin0 IL ,b ;aa ,ne ~
ately felt and our eornnere;aI taras.s e ,a.s ~
revive. In few days th resan,cn -
4 ing the report was adyoca1ed H.. H. Sia, 4;
of his most powerful temneratc snd y. gps
speeches Hc sustained tRe prss;au NV ~
Il that the fulffiIment of The freaf, ahd e .e1
ON at every hazard, bnt showed I'M
Of hasty and hostile action This resolution
modified, received the unanimous nnrovaI II NV
Senate, and led to the prompt fnSIlment II shs
treaty. Thus by the wisdom and 1noderat;an ~
Mfr. CIay's counsels another foreign war ~ va q
averted and relations of amitv vraya re.saraa -.
4 tween our country and her former Reyaluf,onarv
ally. -
Another notable instance of the same wisdom, IN
regard to our foreign affairs is 10 be fornd IN tfe
i course of Mr.. Clay on the resolution irtrodneed
4 into the Senate in 1850 bv Gen case irstrneti
the Committee on FOREIGN AfIairs f innuire srfS
| the expediency Of suspendfnc Diplomatic inter-
course with Austria. The enormfties perpetrated
/ by that Government upon the suffering people ii
/ Hungary excited an universal sympathy for them
especially in this country and led 10 tte ntToduc.
ton of the resolution.
/ Mr. CLAY. when apnealed to nv the DISTINGUISHED
Senator who offered II to give Il the meas5re the
/ high sanction of his suDnort. laclined to do so
4 In speech remarkable for its arrumentatiye
power. its wisdom and justice, he pointed out the
i dangerous tendency of The measure and demnn
strated that IT involved the nrincinia ~ assnmno
on the part of this Government q right 10 pass
| Judgment on the conduct of foreign powers to-
wards their own snhiectsza RIGHT Which onening
new field of collision. termiuatins nerbans in
\ war would EXPOSE us ia the reaction N fnre;gn
powers. who might, in turn, assume with eou5aI
propriety the right to Judge OF our conduct. Here
4 again did the counsels Of this great man Il, a San
/ ate opposed to him preserve the nrineinIe of
neutrality, which, inaugurated under the admins
tration Of the Father Of his Country has cor,tr-
buted more than any other principle of our for
eign policy to preserve the peace and exempljfy
4 the sense of impartial Justice Of our country,
4 1t was in the calm and matured expression of
these counses that his voice was last heard upon
Il public affairs. Ispeak Of the interview between
him and Kossuth,
\ Kossnth had lately reached our shores. He came
almost as the guest Of the nation. Landed in New
York, the excitahle population Of that CITY award
ed him the honors ofsa Roman triunnh Svmna
thizDe with the canse Of His down trrodaen conn.
try tley sought in the attentions thev sho,yered
upon him. to sgpalize their love ef liberty, His
addresses were listened to y thousands of hearers
and shouts Of applause went IN at them that
seemed to ring throughout the whole circle of the
land, The honor Of a seat ia the Senate -house q,
the Nation was voted to him. and bis Journey "a
n the CapitoI was an uninterrunted ovation. nj;
speeches had. meantime. advocated not merely
II sympathy with his country. lint had solieited ms
Il teriaI aid. Emboldened 5v the momenfary effect
of his brilliant eiouuence- and flushed nv the m
oyerturn the established nolicv Of our country
and nresumed To hold mn before us now lights III
wheI, we were to read The writings of onr fathers
and fo fprn;sb ms with inter,ret hi
. tbe cherished caunseis IF washington. =
Arrived at the seat Of onr National Cavernment
and after receivinc listinauished honors he sonrht
, imDortunatey and at last obtained an Interview
with Mr.. CLAY. whose life was fast ebhing ayvay.
He saw him.
. Tho great statesman Law strotcbed unap his
concb snffsring nnder the weaht Fl wars ay,d dis
, ease. He thanked Kossnth far the honor of his
Wait He told lin of h;s 1--we If i;bertv and az his
symnatbv for ounressed Hungary. Hut Al the same
time he added that he jnnst nrotest AGAINST the
noIicy Of intervention which Kossnth had pronosei
, Kindjinc with bis then,e he smoke with the ela
! anence II HI noble natnre tIe nointed ant N,
isdom the advanfag ge the iusfica and tho I,atriot
ism Of our uninterrapted neutrality. which ha,
! preserved us from being involved in Inc tangle,
. web of Euronean noltics TINS eoudneino to IN
. nnnrecedented prasnerity. and effactjng bv 81
annie more for tbe cause If Iibertv throneho1t III
!, world than arms cnnld have achieved
: What a lagacv IF w;s5om for noeteritv ID tI,er
in these last connaes of the dynn statesman
. cnunsels nnIooked far from one whose voice n
. earth was deemed sienced under the trials of dis
!. ease Tins have We beheld the evening snn
sioIi si,line in tbe yyast benea III vaii ~ onds
ond seam;nly a. ,ast snddeniv hnrst fortb again il
the fnll gngies Of his aoJan snlendor to ilinmin
the snrroun linz horizon in baze of iirht ere hi
9 broad disk dsaDpeared behind the hills 70 His diur
' nal slumber.
Z This remarkable interview was soon made pnb
lic n CHALLENGED the ileliberate consideratiop q
4 refleeting minds and aroused them to a inst sens
r Of patriotic duty. The smell which Kossuth.s ge
4 Mus and oratory had woven was broken Th
/ nnrnose of his ftrtber ionrneyinns became vain
and before he left our shores for hs native Europe
i, he had learned. through the wholesome vet kind
:. rebuke administered bv the diving Iips Of Hcnr
II CLAW. how little that man comprehends of the spjr
4 and intelligence of the people Of the Unite
STATES who endeayors to lead them astray from th
r faith Of tie Fathers Of The Republic.
: - Among alI The impertant services of Mr., Cla,
n throughout his long and eyentful career there al
. none more consnicnous or better emitting him to til
lasting gratitude of his country than his ahors n
the enreservation If the ITnion His natriotisIn was
y love of hs whole country NJ narrow iiu,i;
!, bemmed If in. His comnrehensive mind. withoI
!, Iosng soht of the 1eogra nhica lines
nnan ths man ths difsrent states Of the tIniar
). considered these States as sections Of 4 eommo
!, country one in history one in origin. one in lar
!. sruaoe nne in government one in affection. an
Il one In oIorv His heart was wranned nm in tn
!, Nation IA disunite its component parts-Ito ser
r. orate them into distinct nationalities-w hay
been to destroy his sublime patriotism.
If It was this exalted patriotism which induce
II him on every occasion where the permanency {
s the Union was involved, to stand forth its bodies
n most earnest and most effective champion.
It When the question of the admission of Nilsson
!, occupied the public mind, which Mr.. Jefferson d
d clared the most momentous that had ever threa
\ nned tho ITnian,, natr;nt in the land +rar