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J PUBLISHED BY SEAT ON GALES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNIIM 1 - f fair IMlicbtAll VtAanm Sflarp'd by party rage to lik brother. 11AI.BIGH. N. 0 ' " r ' , Saturday, Dec. 13, 1851 rwltb. That we .regard the wsries of acta known aa tta .. tJjuMme.it mau?c aa forming, In their mutual depen--deuce ami toauoxkm, a ystem of compromise the most an filiatorj ul th best for tho entire country, that could be s,btiuat from conflicting nocttonal interests and opinions, - .,1 tbivt, therefore, tfcey ought to be adhered to and carried into faithful exreatiou, as a final settlement, In principle and ubtwice, of the dangerous and exciting subjects which they embrace." RoaoiuUon of Whiff Congressional Caucus, December 1, 1801. I KOSSUTH, We publish, in exlenso, to dajf, ihe remarkable Speech of Kosscth, written out for the Press by tim, as he was unable, on account of the confu sion, to deliver it on the occasion of his enthusins. iic reception in New York, on Saturday last. Af ter reading that Speech, no one , can be at a loss to discover the real object of Kossuth's visit to this Country. He comes not, he lells us, however grateful he may WWnbtedlyi solely to thank this Government tor its generous kindness ad sympathy ; he has other aims to accomplish he comes touuse every honest exertion, to gain Mnatiie sympathy and financial, material and pAilical aid jornu country jrewwn m uc- fendtnee ! The whole tenor of Kossuth's Speech plainly indicates that he has been egregiously deceived as ihe purposes of this Government in its course toward hiin, by the Addresses of American poli ticians itr Europe and this Country, and by the tone of a large portion of the Press of the United Slates; and we cannot blame him, therefore, so nwch, for the candid and startling avowals he has made. The reproach lies mostly at the door of his dcluders. But the sooner he is undeceived the better ; and it is to be hoped, indeed, that he nwy not be further blinded by the smoking incerse which hundreds of poli ical demagogues are burn 7hv and will continue to burn before him. He jtliould be told once for all, that it lies not in Ids "nnwpr to develope anvthins under our form of i Government, and our Gonstituiion, beyond strong Public Opinion against, and detestation of Despotism and Monarchy in general. The strength Lnd sincerity of that Public Opinion he is hourly realizing in his own person. Since the founda tion of this Government, no man native or for- i 'n or however exalted and Valuable his imme diate services has been received, with such over whelming demonstrations of popular enthusiasm. The freedom of our Cities has been extended to him fetes and banquets, without number and without regard to cost, have been pressed upon his acceptance the heaits, and purses, and throat oi our entire population have been opened at his coming To a certain extent, this is right enough Kossuth is the exiled Champion of a brave and down-trodden race, down-trodden under the hee of the worst tyranny that ever existed; but we, who live at a distance and are removed from the immediate influence of all this excitement, can but be disgusted with much of the servility and loaJuism that are so unsparingly exhibited. -That Public Opinion, of which we speak, however, will not consent to have this Government mixed np either with the Ejolitics or Wars ot Europe. i Tne lessons taught jns by the Fathers of the Re-i public, and the teachings of our practical, living Statesmen and Patriots, are not to be unlearned ii one day, or disregarded in the bullitions of a momentary popular excitement. The late letter of the Hon. J. J. Crittenden, at that time Acting Secretary of Stale, to M. de'Sartiges, the French Minister, with referenee to matters growing out of the Cuban difficulty, declares, in pointed and manly termsf the true American policy: in sub stance, that European Governments, or Europeans, must not interfere with ihe politics of this Coun try, inasmuch as this-Governrhent has no right or disposition to meudle with theirs. Every right minded man and true patriot cannot too heartily deprecate that loose and licentious spirit, which prevails too extensively in our midst, and which, unless promptly suppressed, will send our Coun try on a crusade of propagandist embroil us in interim nab le difficulties, and pervert the Govern, ment from the noble designs of its good and wise founders. As to the Speech of Kossuth, the following remarks from the "N. Y. Express" embrace oar own sentiments so fully, that we substitute them in place of what we might otherwise have said : We have marked many passages fn the written ind revised address for comment, but our space, this morning, does not admit of it. We are glad to hear a man from the far off laud of Hungary declare, "lam a Republican," and we are sorry to hear him. necessarily or otherwise, qualify the praises he thought proper to bestow upon the offi cers of the Mississippi. We are glad to hear him ay that he will not mingle wilh our Party Poli tics, and sorry again to hear him declare that he means here to secure "financial, material, at-d political aid for his country's freedom and indepen dence." We especially regret the allusions and eemingly intended rebuke to this countr), for al lowing an Amencsa representative to the Court of Vienna, as if it had done wrong, or as if it was Q"t the best judge of its own honor and interests. We suppoaea representative from the United Sutes to Rusua would be quite as offensive, since Russia was thkgeat stumbling block to Hunga rian Liberty. Kor do we think it in good taste to pean ot "riulsemann s digesting ihe caustic pill hich Mr. Webster gloriously administered to him!" Not that we do not think "the pill" both caustic and seasonable, but that we also think it ould have been in better taste fur Kossuth to oave omitted the allusion in such a way; but es pecially do we dislike the distinction which this distinguished man luu already twice drawn in this tountry, bttween the Government and llie People. I he American Government and the American teople are one. It is the sovereignty of the last frhich makes the power of the .first, and they who ?araie the two mistake the character of this f'Unity. In no other country in the world is were such a daily reflex of the popular sovereign 'y is found in these United Stales, where the government is ever as quick as lightning to vin dicate the honor, the power, and the dignity of the American name. P S. Since the above was put in type, we have received further accounts of Kossuth's move nentff, by which it will be seen that he takes ex ption to and expresses dissatisfaction at ;h corie of Congress. We shall learn a lesson but of ihe Hungarian chieftain yet ! The Pensacola Gazette has hoisted the flag fw Millard Fillmore, as President, aDd William A- tjiuuAM, of North Carolina, as Vice President of ue I luted States, iu 1832. 1 Volume LIII. TRIAL OF MR. AVERY. We insert to-day what purports to be "an au thentic, account" of the trial of W. W. Avery, Esq., charged with the murder of Samuel Flem ming. Whilst we have, frc-m the first, sympa thized deeply for those whose hearts were wrung by the fatal termination of the difficulty between the parties named, and felt a desire that the ad ministration of the law should be tempered with the utmost mercy, or that the hand of Executive clemency should be extended, yet we feel it our duty to enter our protest against some of the doc trines advanced on the trial reiterated in this and, we fear, acquiesced in "authentic account,' by many, who, under the immediate influence i f sympathy, have not maturely considered the con sequences to which they will lead. In the firs: place, it was contended, that the jury were the judges of the law of the case as well as the facts. Now we contend that it is the duty of the jury, under their oath, to look to the pre. siding Judge for the law. It appears front this authentic account, that the Judge charged the jury, that though they had the "physical power to judge o f the law, as well as ot the facts, yet if they did so, it was upon their own responsibility .r With all deference, we submit that this "physical power" did not make ihe right. In a criminal case, the jury has the physical power to disregard the charge of the Judge on the law, and convict the prisoner, against the law, as applicable to the facts, but would any Judge permit such a verdict to stand ? Certainly not. If he were determined to do his duty, he would grant a new trial. The fact that when the jury acquits, the Judge has no right to disturb the verdict, does not lesser, in the least degree, the moral obligation resting on the jury, under their oath, to take the law from the Court. If they assume the "physical power" to acquit, against the law as laid down by the Judge, they depart as far from their duty, and do as much violence to their oaths, as when they convict in defiance of the law. It is this very principle which secured the ac quittal, against law, of the Boston violators of the Fugitive Slave law. Their counsel contended that the law is unconstitutional, and that the jury were the judges of that question, and had a right to disregard the instructions of the Court. Judge Curtis, who ns been recently promoted to the Supreme Court Bench of the United States, met this position with an argument which is unan swerable. It has been given to the public, and is doubtless familiar to them, and he shews con clusively that the establishment of such a princi ple will otherthrow ihe judiciary, and end in the total subversion of all law. We do not see how it could be otherwise, and we must insist, that if the jury in the case we are considering, assumed and exercised the "physical power" of deciding the law, against the instructions of His Honor, they did what they had no right to do they tran scended their legitimate and lawful authority, and, so far as they thus acted, did violence to the law itself. Again: From the facts given m this authentic account, upon mature reflection.we have beeu able, with all our sympathies for and leanings towards Mr. A., to come to no other conclusion, than that it was a case of murder, unless, at the time of the homicide, he was insane. Of course, the question of sanity was one for the jury, but we were under the impression, that it is not every species of in sanity which will excuse one. If one is grossly insulted by words, his reason may, thereupon, be temporarily dethroned, and he may be for the mo ment insane. Yet, if he slay the person thus in sulting him, it is murder, says the law. If one is assaulted, and under the influence of sudden fury, which is a species of temporary insanity, he kill his assailant, the law does not acquit him entirely, but mitigates his offence from murder to man slaughter. There is also an artificial, voluntary, contracted insanity or madness, such as drunkenness. Here there may be a total dethronement of the reason, so that the party knows nothing whatever of his acts, or their consequences, but yet the law does not, on this account, excuse one for any criminal conduct, but, on the contrary, declares it an ag gravation of the offence. If there be thought and design, a faculty to dis tinguish the nature of actions, to discern the dif ference between moral good and evil, then, the fact of the offence being proved, the perpetrator is, in the eye of the law, responsible : so, also, if in this case, the jury found that, at the time of the homicide, the prisoner was laboring onder legal j- i l insanity, having not the faculty to distinguish the nature of his action, to discern the difference be tween moral good and evil, between right and wrong, then they did -right to acquit him; but if he acted under the influence of passion, under the promptings of revenge, or a cool and deliberate purpose to avenge ihe insult given him, however gross that insult, the law says, whatever one's personal inclinations may be, that acquittal was wrong. This authentic account holds the olio wing lan guage 5 "The reason why murder is mitigated to man slaughter is, because by the provocation given, reason is dethroned, and the slaying takes place, whilst reason has thus temporarily lost its'empire that the length of time allowed the passions to cool is to be determined by the character of the provocation. How long would it take a man's passions to cool, who has suffered such an indig nity as that offered the prisoner? The more he brooded over it, the more his possums would be in flamed, and the less prospect there would be for 'reason to resume her empire the physical pain lure was nothing ; it was the indignity, the loss of caste, of vosilion. of character, ' tiro Again : "Admitting his reason was not overwhelmed, had he not a right todoii J" Now, we undertake to maintain, with all due deference, we say again, that this is not only not law, but, that the establishment of such doctrines will subvert all law, and give unbridled license to those passions which the law was intended to curb. Let it be borne in mind that two weeks in tervened between the insult and violence of Flemming and the homicide. Admitting the principle is right, that "the length of time allowed the passions to cool is to be determined by the character of the provocation," it is certain i .,-1 Jfe' ,-IL AND NORTH - -v " , Jy not correct, that the law allows a man to nurse his passions, and keep them warm, for fourteen days ! But this is not all. It is here asserted, that this was a case of such gross in sult, that the more the person upon whom it was inflicted, ''brooded over it, the more inflamed his passions became." So that had three hundred and sixty five days, instead of fourteen, intervened, the prisoner would have been much more excusa ble ! This doctrine gives the passions scope and play permission to " brood" whilst the law bears tenderly with them, when suddenly excited, but commands them to cool down, more and more, as time passes! Such doctrines will justify the duelist, and legalize his deliberate taking of hu- j Freedom and home, what heavenly music in those man life will make word a legal provocation j two words! Alas, I have no home, and the free will make guilt or innocence, when blood is shed, dom of my pwpte is down trodden. Young g.ant j i e i of free America, do not tell me that thy shores are depend, not upon any certain principle of law, anMyIum to oppressed, and a home to the founded on. reason, but on the station, the grade,' homeless exile. Asylum if is7botall the bles the caste, the character, the sensitiveness of mind, sings of your glorious country, can they drown the revenge fulness of temper, &c., of him, who in ! no oblivion the longing of the heart and the fond any way, either by word or deed, may receive in jury or insult ! Such doctrines, when once es tablished, will be quickly followed by lawlessness and bloodshed ! We must express our regret at hearing such principles avowed in North Carolina, where obed ience to the laws, and a love of order, have al ways been distinguishing characteristics. We , . i ,l , ,, ... ,i i . I eo tor UDholdins' the laws, whoever may thereby i . fall! They, administered in their purity nnd with fidelity, are worth more than any set, or genera tion of men, however noble or exalted ! They are the only political master to which, as a peo- pie. we owe a lesiar.ee. but whilst thev are thus ! our mas'er. thev are at the same time our best i friend and protector! j F'LLMORE AND GRAHAM. The u Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) Patriot" hoists the names of Fillmore axd Graham to its maat-head for the Presidency and Vice Presidency. We are rejoic ed to see this demonstration in that distant region. It shows thai the conservative course of the Adminis tration is appreciated everywhere, throughout the whole county, by the honest and reflecting of the peo pie, aud that our own immediate distinguished fellow citizen is rapidly acquiring a National reputation. In hoisting the banner of Fjlljcobk and Graham, the "Patriot"' eloquently says : To day, we raise the name of Millard Fillmore, as our first choice for the next President, and that of the Hob. William A.Graham. Secretary of the Nivy. for Vice President. We do this va conformity with our well known views which we have protnulged from lime to time in the columns of the '-Patriot." We do so because it shall always be our endeavor to de vote whatever of talents we possess in giving ''honor to whom honor is due," in rewarding the deeds of those who have raised themselves high above section and party, but have had an eye single to the welfare of their country, their whole country, and nothing but their country who have shown themselves patriots in deed and in truth. Such a man we regard Presi dent Fillmore, and we honor him from the bottom of our heart. Nor are we single in our admiration of th patriot President. His praises are upon the lips of millions of his countrymen, and time only serves to increase and expand his already unbounded popu larity. We are not unaware that there are those even in our midst, who, from narrow and contracted views, and sectional prejudices, whoso minds never extend beyond the territorial feci ion in which they have been reared disagree with with us iu our views respectiiijr Mr. Fillmore. Such men regard him as the Draco of modern times, whose laws liwere written with blood and not with ink." Ger ret Smith calls all the friends of the Compromise, murderers, and those are not wanting who stand ready to echo far and near the semiments of Smith, Phillips, and Garrison. But the number of such men is small, compared to that ot those who look upon the Constitution as the guiding star of our destiny, and who are determined to adhere to its compromise at every liazard. Let us view the matter calmly and dispassionately. What has Mr. Fillmoro done that was not requir ed of him to do, both by his party and his country. Oer free, soil friends will say that he approved the Fugitive act. Well, what is the Whir doctrine iu reference to the veto power ? The law iu question was declared constitutional by the President's consti tutional adviser. Of course then, he could not inter pose his veto without treachery to the party that had placed him in piwer. Had he iuterposedT his veto, as the Abolitionists contended he should have done, he would have been consigned to deeper political in famy than John Tyler ever dream pt of Dut fealty to party alone did not dictate the course pursued by the President. Fealty to his country, her constitution and her laws, made his path plain, aud he did not hes itate. In all matters of domestic concern, and in our foreign relations, Mr. Fillmore has truly been the President of the People. The nomination of any oth er man would be virtually repudiating his Adminis tration. For one, we wish to see President Fillmore endorsed, as webelitve we will be, by the American people. We do not wish to see the country fright ened frora its propriety by the ravings and rantuigs of fanatics and disunionists We have associated the name of William A.Gra ham for the next office in the gift of the people, be cause we believe him to be pre-eminently qualified for the position, and one of the best men and purest patriots in tbe land. He is at present, Secretary of the Navy, and although this department does not af- orj. facilities for displaying one's talents, yet Mn discharging the duties of bis office, Mr. Graham has shown himself to possess eminent abilities. He has held at different times the several posts of Speaker ot the House of Commons in the North Car olina Legislature, U. S. Senator, and Governor of the btate , aad in each he discharged his duties with con summate ability " From the N. Y. Express of Monday. HIGHLY IMPORTANT! Kossuth's opinion if the recent debate in the U. S. senate., on live ioote ltesolulvm xprestions of Disappointment and Regrell The important speech from Governor Kos suth which we copy below, was delivered at the Irving House, here, Saturday, in reply to an invi tation from the Philadelphia Special Committee to visit that city. lhe declarations and admissions, we have un derscored, make this the most important speech Kossuth has yet delivered in America. (Ihe Committee bade him welcome to Independence Hall.) lo this Kossuth replied, substantially, that he was extremely rejoiced at this dernonsira:ion on the part of Philadelphia, and that he felt the high est gratification in being thus honored by the glo rious corporation of inai renowned city. But he went on to say that, at the present mo ment , it was quite impossible for him to declare at what time he could go there, and that, indeed, it was not certain that he could go there at all While he was sure the people of the United States sympathized in his object in coming to this country, he could not but say that be was deeply distressed at the action which had been taken by Congress. He hadthe highest respect and regard for Con gress he recognized it as the exponent of the 'na tional will, and in view of what it had done, his own movements were necessarily embarassed. Whether he will be content to go beyond New York he could not now say, but he was free to de clare that had the procedings in Congress to which he had adverted reached him before he left Europe, he would have hesitated about coming to this country utaU. . CAROLINA -GAZETTE. n --x- -' , AHH - r . . TV RALEIGH, N. C, DECEMBER KOSSUTH'S ADDRESS AT NEW YORK. M. Kossuth has furnished to the Press the writ ten Address which he bad prepared to bedelirered on-Satnrday last, on the occasion of his public re cepiion in the city of New York, but which he was prevented from formally pronouncing by the disorder which prevailed in his audience. We copy it entire, as follows: I am yet half sick, gentlemen; tosed and twisted about by a fortnight's gale on the Atlantic's restless waves, my giddy brains are still turning round as in a whirlpool, and this gigantic continent seems yet to tremble beneath my wavering steps. Let me, before I go to work, have some hours of rest upon this soil ot treeoom, your nappy nome. uestres lur uur u;ui,e iniiur my uciuveu uuiivc land! thy very sufferings make thee but dearer to my heart; thy bleeding image dwells with me when 1 wake, as it rests with me in the sh. rt mo ments of my restless sleep It has accompanied me over the waves. It will accompany me when I go back to tight over again the battle of thy I freedom once more. I have no idea but thee; I have no feeling but thee. Even here, with this Drod'urious view of trreatness. freedom, and hnnni. ness which spreads before my astonished eyes.my . . 1 ... ' , . '. 3 0 - ri t noughts are wandering towaru home; ana when r ook 0Ter these thousands of thousands before me, the happy inheritance of yonder freedom for which your lathers fought and bled, and when I turn to you, citizens, o bow before the majesty of lhe United States, and to ih ink the people o: New York for their generous share in my liberation. a,ul 'or 'le unparalleled honor, of this reception, I see, out ofthe very midst of ihi- great assemblage, rise the bleeding image of Hungary, looking to you with anxiety whether there b in the lustre of your eyes a ray of hope for her; whether there be in the thunder of your hurrahs a trumpet call of resurrection. If there were no such ray of hope in your eyes, and no such trumpet call in your cheers, then wo to Europe's oppressed nations! They will stand alone in the hour of need. Less fortunate than youwen,ihcy will meet no brother's hand to help them in the approaching crjant strug gle against the leagued despots of the world. And we also to m-'! I will feel no joy even here, and the days of my stay here will turn nut to be lost to my fatherland Inst at lhe very time whpn every moment is teeming iu the decision of Eu rope's destiny. Citizens, much as I am wanting 8'ime hours of rest, much as I have need to become familiar with the ground I will have to stand upon before I enter on business matt erg publicly, I tok it for a duty of honor not to let escape even this first moment oi your generous welcome without sla ting plainly and openly to you wh it sort of a man I am, and what are the expectations and the hopes, what are the motives, which brought me now to your glorious shores. Gentlemen, I have to thank the People, Congress, and Goverumeut of the United Slates, for my liberation from cap tivity. Human tongue has no words to express the bliss which I felt when I, the down-trodden Hungary's wandering chief, saw the glorious flag of lhe stripes and stars fluttering over my head : when I first bowed before it with deep respect ; when I saw around me the gallant ofEcers and the crew of the Mississippi frigate, the most of them the worthiest representatives of true Ameri can principles, American g;eatness, American generosity; and to think that it was not a mere chance which cast the star spangled banner around me, but that it was your protecting will ; to know that the United States of America, con scious of their glorious calling as well as of their power, declared by this unparalleled act to be resolved to become theproiectors of human rights ; Jo see a powerful vessel of America coming to far Asia to break tlis chains by which the might iest despots of Europe fettered the activity of an txiled Magyar, whose very name disturbed the proud security of their sleep; to feel restored by such a protection, and in such a way, to freedom, and by freedom to activi.y you may be well aware of what I felt, and still feel, at the remem brance of this proud moment of my life. Others spoke you acted ; and I was free ! You acted ; and at this act of yours tyrants trenililed ; human ity shouted out with joy ; the down trodden peo ple of Magyars the down-trodden, but not bro ken raised its head with resolution ami with hopp, and lhe brilliancy of your star was Greeted by Europe's oppressed nations as the morning star of rising liberty. Now, gentlemen, you must be aware how boundless lhe gratitude must be which 1 leel lor you. lou have restored me tj life, because restored lo activity; and should my life, by the blessings of lhe Almighty, still prove useful to my fatherland and to humanity, it will be your merit, it will be your work. Way you and your glorious country be blessed for it ! Europe is on the very eve of such immense events that, however lei vent my gratitude be to you, I would not have fell authorised to cross tho Atlantic at this very time only for the purpose to exhibit to you my warm thanks. I would have thanked you by facts contributing to the freedom of the European continent, and would have postponed my visit to your gloiious shores till the decisive battle for liberty was fought, if it were my destiny to outlive thai day. ihun what is the motive of my being here at this ve ry time? Tho motive, citizens, i that your gen erous act of my liberation ha? raised the convic tion throughout the world that this generous act of yours is but the manifests tion of your resolu lion to throw your weight into the balance where the late of the European continent is to be weigh ed. You have raised the conviction throughout the world that by my liberation you were willing to say, " Ye oppressed nations of old Europe's continent, be of good cheer ; the young giant of America stretches his powerful arm over the waves ready to give a brother's hand to your future." So is your act interpreted throaghout'ihe world. You, in your proud security, can scarcely imag ine how beneficial this conviction has already proved to the suffering nations of the European continent. You can scarcely imagine what self confidence you have added to the resolution of the oppressed. You have knit the tie of solidari ty in the detinies of na'.ions. 1 cannot doubt that you know how I was received by the publie opin ion in every country which I touched since I am free, and what feelings my liberation has elicited in those countries which it was not tnv lot to touch. You know how I, a plain, poor, penni less exile, have almost become a centre of hope and confidence to the most different nations, not united but by the tie of common sufferings. W hat is the source of this apparition unparalleled in mankind's history ? Tbe source of it is that your generous act of my liberation is taken oy the world for the revelation of the fact that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity. It is hence that my liberation was cheered, from Swe den down to Portugal, as a ray of hope. It is hence that even those nations which most desire my presence in Europe now have tinamrnosly told me ; " Hasten on ; hasten on to the great free, rich, and powerful people of the Uniied States, and bring over Us hrotherly aid to the cause of your country, so lntiiua ely connected wnhEu ropean liberty?' And here I stand to plead the cause of the solidarity of human rights before the 17,' 1851. great republic of the United Statef. Humble as I am, God, the Almighty, has selected me to repre sent the cause of humanity before you. My war rant to this capacity is written in the sympathy and confidence of all who are oppressed, and of all who, as vour elder brother, the people of Britain, sympathize with the oppressed; my warrant lo lhiscapacity is written in the hopes and expecta lions you have entitled the world to entertain by liberating me out of my prison, and by restoring me to activity. But it has pleased the Almighty to make out of my humble self yet another opportunity for a thing which my prove a happy turning-point in the destinies of the world. I bring you a brotherly greeting from the people of Greai Britain. I speak not in an official character, imparted by diploma cy, whose secresy is the curse of the world, but I am the harbinger of the public spirit of the people, which has the right to impart a direction to its Government, and which I witnessed, pronounc ing itself in the most decided manner, openly, that the people of England, united to you with enligh tened brotherly love , as it is united in blood; con scious of your strength as it is conscious of its own, has forever abandoned every sentiment of irritation and rivalry, and desires the brotherly al liance of the United States to spcure to every na -tion the sovereign right to dispose of itself, and to protect the sovereign right of nations tgainst the encroaching anogance of despots; and lea gued to you again -t the league of despots, to stand, together wiih yon, god father to the ap proaching baptism of European liberty. Now, gentlemen, 1 have stated my position. I am a straight forward man. I am a republican. I have avowed it openly in the monarchical but fr-e Eng land, and I am happy to state that I have nothing lost by this avowal there. I hope 1 will not loose iu republican America, by that frankness which must be one of the ef qualities of every republican. So I b.'g leave, frankly and openly, to stato the follow point s : First, that I take it to be a duty of houor and principle not to meddle whatever with any party question of your own domestic affairs. I claim for my country the right to dispose of itself ; so I am resolved, and must be resolved, to respect the snme principle here and elsewhere. May others delight in the part of knight errant for theories. It is not my east-. I am the man of the great prraciple of the sovereignty of every people to dispose of its own do mestic concerns, and I most solemnly deny to every foreigner, as to every foreign j ower, the right to op pose the sovereign ficuiiy. Secondly, I profess, highly and openiy, my admiration for the glorious principle of Union, on which stands the mighty pyra mid of your greatness, and upon the bans of which you have grown, in the short period of seventy-five years, to a prodigious giant, the living wouder of the world. I have the most warm wish that- tho star spangled banner of the United States may forever be floating, united and one, the proud ensign of mankind's diviue origin, and taking my ground on this principle of union, which I find lawfully existing, an establish ed constitutional fact, it is not to a party, but to the united people of the United States that I confident ly will address my humble requests for aid and pro tection to oppressed humanity. I will conscientiously respect your laws, but within the limits of your laws I will use every honest exertion to gam your operative sympathy and your financial, material, and political aid for my country's freedom and irxfependenoe, and entreat the realization of those hopes wbich'your gen. erosity has raised in me and in my people's breasts, acd also in Kurope's oppressed nations. And, there fore, thirdly, I beg leave frankly to say .that my aim H to restore my fatherland to the full enjoyment of that act of declaration of independence, which, being the onhr rightful existing public law of my nation, can have lost Dothing of its rightfulness by the vio lent invasion of foreign Russian arms; and which, therefore, is fully entitled to be recognised by the people of the United States, whose very resistance is founded upon a similar declaration of independence. Thus, having expounded my aim, I beg leave to state that I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest. I came not with the intention to gath er triumphs of personal distinction, or to-be the object cf popular shows ; but I came an humble petitioner in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitu tional chief. What can be opposed to this recognition which is a logical necessary consequence of the prin ciple of your country's political existence? V hat c:m be opposed to. it f Tho frown of Mr. Hulseman, tbe anger of that satellite of the Czar, called Francis Joseph of Austria ; aud the immense danger with which some European and American papers threaten !rou, and by wh'.ch, ot course, you must leel extreme y terrified, that vour minister at Vienna wi!l have of fered him liis pnssports and that Mr. Hulsemann will leave Washington, should I be received and treated in my official capacity. Now as to your minister at Vienna, how you can combine the letting him stay there with vour opinion of the cause of Hungary I really dont know ; but so much 1 know, that the present absolutist at mosphere of Europe is not very propitious to Amer ican principles. I kno w a man who can tell some cu rious facts about this matter. But as to Mr. Hulse mann, really, I dont believe that he would be so rea dy to leave Washington. He has extremely well digested the caustic pills which Mr. Webster has ad ministered to him so gloriously. But, after all, I know enough of the pub'ic spirit of the sovereign neo- p'e of the United States.to know that it would never admit to whatever responsible depository ol the Ex ecutive power, should he even lie willing to do so, (which, to be sure,' your high-minded Government is not willing to do,) to be regulated in its policy bv all ine nuisemansor an tne r rancis o osepns m- me woria, So 1 confidently hope that the sovereign of this coun try, the people, will make the declaration of Jndepen dance of Hungary soon formally recognised, and that it will not make a bit of it if Mr- nulseman takes to morrow his passports. Bon voyage to him. But it is also my agreeable duty to profess that I am entire ly convinced that the Government of the United States shares warmly the sentiments of the people in that respect. It has proved it by executing in a ready and dignified manner the resolution of Con gress on behalf of my liberation. It has proved it by calling on the Cougress to consider how 1 shall be treated and received, and even this morning I was honored, by the express order of the Government, by an official salute from the batteries of tbe United States in such a manner as, according to the military rules, only a pub.ic high official capacity can be greeted, Having thus expounded my aim, I 'beg leave to state that i came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happv rest ; I came not with the intention to gath- . r " j i . i er iriumpns oi personal aisunciion, out oecause au humble Detitioner in my country's name, as its freely I, choseu constitutional chief, humbly to entreat your generous aid ; and theu it is to the aim that I will devote every moment of my time with the more assi duity, the more restlessness, as every moment may bring a report of events which may call me to hasten to my place on tbe battle field, where the great and I hope the last great battle will be fought between liberty and desootism a moment marked by the linger ol God to be so near that every hour ot delay of your generous aid may prove fatally disastrous to oppressed humanity, And thus, having stated my position to be that of an humble petitioner in the name of my oppressed country, let me respectluly ask, do you regret to have bestowed Upon me the high honor of this glo rious reception, unparalel led in history? 1 say un paralelled in history, though I know that your fath ers welcomed Latayette in a similar way ; out fayette had mighty claims to your country s gratitude, he had fought in your ranks for your freedom and independence, and, what was still more in the hour ol your neea. oe was tne iiuk oiyour inenaiy con nection with France a connection, the result ot which were two French fleets of more than thirty-eight men of war, three thousand gallant men, who fought side by side with you against Cornwall's, before York- town ; the precious gift of twenty four thousand mus kets, a loan of nineteen millions of dollars, and even the preliminary treaties of your glorious peace, nego tiated at Paris bv vour immortal Franklin. I hone the people of the United States, now itself in the happy condition te aid those who are in need of aid , as itself was once in need, will kindly remember these facts; and you, citizens' of New York, and you will yourselves become the Jbafayettcs of Hungary Numter 11. 4tt Lafayette had great claims- to your love and sym pathy ; but alas, I have none. I come an humble petitioner, with no other claim tlian those which the oppresssd have to tbe sympathy of free men, who have the power to help; with the claim which the unfortunate has to tha happy, and the down-trodden has to the protection of eternal justice and of human rights. In a word, I have no other claims than those which the oppressed principle of freedom has to the aid of victorious liberty. Th?n, I would Iiumbly ask, are those claims sufficient to ensure your gene rous protection, not to myself, but to the canse of my native land not to my native land only, but to the principle of freedom in Europe's continent, of which the independence of Hungary is the indispensable keystone ? If you consider these claims not sufficient to your active and operative sympathy, then let me know at once that the hopes have failed with which Europe's oppressed nations liavj looked at your great, mijrhty and glorious republic ; let me know at once the failure of our hopes, that I may hasten back and tell Europe's oppressed nations, "Let us fight, forsa ken and single handed, the battle of Leonidas ; let us trust to Gorl, to pur right, and to ewf good award there is no other help for the oppressed nations, on earth." But if your generous republican hearts are animated by the high principle of freedom and of the solidarity in the destinies of humanity ; if you have the will, aa, to be sure, you have the power, to sup port the cause of freedom against the sacrilegious league of despotism , then give me mie days of calm reflection to become acquainted with the ground up on which I stand let me take tbe kind advice of some active friends on the most practical course I have to adopt ; let me see if there he nny preparato ry steps taken in favor of this cause which I have the honor lo represent ; and then let me have a new opportunity to expound before you my humble re quests in a practical way. I confidently hope, Mr. Mayor, the corporation and citizens of the Empire city will grant me the second opportunity. If this be your generous will, then let me fake this for a boon of happier days ; and let me add, with a sigh of thanks giving to Almighty God, that it is your glorious coun try which Providence lias settled" to be the pillar of freedom, as it is already tbe asylum of oppressed hu manity. 1 am told that I will have the high honor tc review your patriotic militia. Oh, God ! k w my heart throbs at, the idea to see this gallant band en listed on the side of freedom against despotism-; the world would be free, and you, the saviours of human ity. And why not? These gallant men take part in the mighty demonstration of the day, proving that I was right when I said that now a-days even the bayonets think. Citizens of New York, it is under your protection that I place the sacred cause of free dom and independence of Hungary. PRICE &0 CENTS PER VOLUME- Abbott's Illustrated Histories. THE series comprises Alexander the Great, Alfred the Great. Charles the First. Charles the Seeond. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Constantino. Cyrus the Great, Darius. King of Persia. Elizabeth, Queer of England Hanaibal the Carthaginian. Josephine. Juliux CtB ar. King John. Madame Roland'. Maria Antoinette. Ma.y Queen of Scotte. Nero. Queen Anne. Richard tne First. Richard tbe Third. Romulus. William and Mary. W illiam the Conqueror. Xerxes the Great Forsare by H. D. TURNER, S. C.Book Store. Raleigh Dec Hill, 1851, tflOO Tlie Auiiuat ITIeetiiisof tbe mem ber ot "The North Carolina iUii- tual Insurance Company" will be held at the office of the Company, in the City of Ral eigh, on 1 uesday the Uih day af January next, at 12 o'clock, M.,for lhe purpose of electing a Board I directors lor the ensuing year. JiNO. C. PARTRIDGE, Secretary Raleigh, December 12th, 1S51. lul Calhoun's Great Work. (. C. CALHOUN on the Govern ..u.i Wllliie UOVCril. OB incut and Constitution of tlie j? tilCi .... 1 ... Vol. 1, now ready, - 00 J ust received and for sale by W. L. POMEROY. 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Price-91& Y'.'-tj- THE 8wllow Barn : A Sojourn io'tW Old Do. inrnionNtiy the Hoo. J. P. Kennedy, iUouatd witb 20 tin engravings on wood, frora original designs by Sirother 1 Urge vol 12 mo. This remarkable bmk was firt published 30 ymrt ga acd mle nensation. It baa barn ainre thn quite O P." This edition is revised tbrouiKoit ipd the illustration are vera happily characteristic of Southern lit ad manners, r tor gut at ihe- i N. C, BOOK STORE. Raleigh. Tc. 12th. 1851. , 191 OXFOKO JnALE ACAOEJ1Y. GRANV32JLZ2 GOUXETT, N- C THE next eion of ibis institution will com me nee the 2nd Monday in Januaryy under the eoo- duct of Mr. J. H. Horner as Priiieipal. Mr. Horner was prepared for College' under I bar ' tuit'iou of MV. W. J. Uingham, sad war graduated! ' a the Universityof N.C. in Jtms with- th- highest distinction in sn anoawtU tiamerows slsw. iuce that tiine be ba baen comibiUy 'gngad In , the business of Teaching, aud tor ibv last fow , yeaw hs had eharne of tha JSiahs Acadeny, at Hamilton. NX. Be brings with bin the tnt f&t.' tenng testimonial" of high morsj character and of . his eminent success in the goveraajent waViastniei lien of boys Tuiiionin theEogliah DeporlBaerX, per ttmrnan of 5 months, j $13,60' Tuition in' the Classical! d 16,00 Oxfui d is considered one- of ihe prnttfrsTand moK moral tawns in the State; and is situated in s on doubiedly healthy reyon. It in thirteen miles titstm1 H nderson depot on the It. & OB. Road, which; renders it very accessible to the Eastrrn part of the Si te. THO. . LITTUSJOHN, Pru't. Tmos. H. Wjtue.&y Titos. J. Hicks Robeit B. Gilliam, Jaha U, Ts ..ur, Jos. T. LkiUjefen, Jno- C tfenritau W Mr Young, R. W. La Mirer, Tnmtee ' Oxford, Dec. 13tbr JMSl- w 10 MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. TOf TBAfTOJt AXD LEA2X13 Of HOT, THE undersigned respectfully represents; thai, in his native country, Germany, be was, for sitteW yeara. Professor of Mosie iu a Government Sdreol tor the education of Teachers, and aa tbe Irott el his long experience, he has periected a method of in 8rueAu for Piano-playing which combines s' thorough kaow ledge ot priuciplea with a great sa ving of time and labor to the pupil in one year may he acquired a pleating exeeutienr of tke turttaj. Parlor Music, nnd, in anotaer, rae-severer Studies of the great Classics, Huydnr Mosarl, Baethoven sad) Handel may be successfully entered upon Tb undersigned will communicate lo-other tea chers bis method of instruction with the necessary exercises for $25. And he wiVl five lessons to learners on the Organ, Piano, and Violin, iu Stag ing aud the art of Compositioni. in any place M the South, where a d iss of fifteen o:iabe secured, at on., dollar the lissoa. oy No charge will be mt!e if after six es-ions, entire satisfaction U not given. The undersigned will soon publish several com positions, written since hisarrival in this country, the schemes being popular and some of them nation! iu their character. BESRY WEBER, Address to the care of Rev. Dr. Wheat, Chanel Hilk Professor Weber comes- introduced to me by a friend now travelling in Europe, and iu the highest terms of coniiuendaiioa With the best means ef ' judging fur myself, t do not hesitate tossy, thai I hve never met -with his aqual. He is not esJjr a very fluent and brilliant performer; but employ .Viusic.il notation, with as mueh rapidity as I ao the letters and words of .ihis note, whether he would ike down au air that a lady is singing at a party, or an ongiual composition, as be ajc daily at my Study-table. J. T. WHEAT, Dec- 10th, 1851. 100 Plants, Tre aud Shrubs. 5 HAVE just received a large lot of,choic Plant and Trees, among which are many varieties ra -cently introduced from China, Mexico, Chili, frc. My stock is now .sufficient, both aa te quantity and quality, te justify me ia sefciag orders fer a most any thing in my fine. Hants and 1 rees can be sen any distance, packed) in boxes, wi tb perfect safety any time duiiog wmte O. LUTTKRLOff, Rowan street, Fayettwille. December Urn-, 1851. 1U0 3t P. 9. Flower Pole aVwsya kept for sale. F71I)RRiS"& CO.. (SUCCESSORS OF D. PAINE & CO.) managers of Lotteries. WE have again the pleasuie of aotioanciBg to lhe public the arrival ef two mow Mag nitkent Prizes sent lo this Agency. On - tbe 22d of August we sold to a citizen of Richmond the whole of ihe Capital or TWENTY THOUSAND DOL LARS, and on the next day we returned toy tb want of a purchaser, the whole of the Urand Capital of FORTY THOUSAND, making three CefMtal Prizes sent to this Agency in the short pce of days, amounting ut ONE HUNDRED and TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS' In adduioa to- these we have sold since the first of August, Prize of 6,000,2,000, 1,1)00, and numerous smaller owes , Let it he remembered these prizes he all been toM in lotteries Qndertbe management of F. Morris -Co. More of the same aoit cnft.be had, and to eh-' ,.; them .lir-t ...nr'nnlM. tn K MOUKI JU : ,w DimiRi.t. u:. a ' More Brilliant Prizes at Pureell't! $20,000, SOLD. Drawn Numbtrs of the CONSOLIDATED1 LOTTERY OF MARYLAND, Class No. 47, drawn Aug. 22nd. 5 11 5 48 75,31 1 1 39 65 18 70 31. Whole, &, 1 1 ,25, the Capital ef TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, sold sm paid tt sight by Furcsll $40,000. Drawn Numbers ol liKAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY, Class 21, drawn Augtrat 23rd. 33; 52.49,46,44, 3, I, G6 2 13 15 2d 48 JO 34 26, 19, 37. VV bole 35, 49. 52, the tRAN VKt ITAL f FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, returned from this Agency by PUKCE-LI fur wait ol a puichaser. - 60,000 DOLLARS, DrawnNu ruber ol GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY, Clays N, drawn June 14. ft4, 8, 24, 6, 71, 7 9 41 65, 5U 75 67 62 2137 32 CI 68. Whole 8, 24, &4,tbe GRAND CAPITAL of FIT TY THOUSAND DOLLARS returned t th Managers far want of a purchaser. Spleitd id Scheme for Dec.1831. , Grand Capital, $52,418. Grand Consolidated Class A, to be draws at Bal timore, ou Saturday, December 13th. 7 No. t& drawn. Grand Capitals, ' 1 prise ef 33 41S 50 do 5,00 114 do U Tickets $15, Halves 750, Quarters 3,75- $30,000, 20,000, 10,000! Susquehanna Clats fi to be draws st BaUimert on Wednesday, Dee 17. 75 No 14 drawn. CAPITA',. 1 of 30,000 1 I of 3 56- 1 of 3 0,000 25 of low 1 of 10,000 I 25 of 50 1 of 5,000 25 of 3W Tick- ts 10, halves 5, quarters 1 SI. Certificate of a package of Whole 130 aba in proportion. 40,000 ! 30,000 ! . 30,009 Grand Consolidated Lottery, Class 2, to drawn at Baltimore, Saturday, Decern 20th. No?. 12 drawn. he 7 Graud Capital. prize of do do do 40,000 3(H)U0 20,000 1 prize of 5.600. 2,60v 1.250 ' i 1 do 20 do 2J du 10,000 Tickets 12, halves 6, quarters 3,00. Orders for Tickets in any of the Maryland Lotteries will meat the most prompt and confidential attesliou, il addressed to . .. J F. MORRIS fc CO., Managers,; Or to C. W. PURUEU. Richmond, Va, Richmond Dec. 6, 1S51. 80, q Biij i received a superior article oi iaguira ui Q Rio Culfcxe. ST1TUCQ
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