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r. CAROLINA TIIIUI.UIU.UIt" ROITI tiMLISl"fiwwful li iitdlrrlail, nenl 4 pkytlnl rtswrtti, the lojU of inr tini ni kimt tf nr ittrrtloBi!" VOL. XLIII. RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1852. 3. : STAR '"Ibtiiiimi0-1 O "" rstls.rUos KBt tBssrtioe- J SPEECH OF MR. BADGER, or WOT CiftOMMa., III Til SzHATZ, Ticudat, Dtttmbtr 11, 1851, n. A. Tnini Resolution relative 10 Lmiri Knaouth. Mr. BADGER. When the Congress of th I'niird Slate it el uPon l. w,rd high honor n honor, according to the lion 'u. L.n.inr from Florida. TMr. Mallory.l wM h jut taken hie seat, higher than tn ubdIii which Rome in her palmiest days. , .wanted to her conquering one it it certainly hut reasonable to except that the .mnnds should be rlear and manifest upon which such a demand ia made. In the past t.i.ir nfthia country we have had hut one .i.mnle of auch an honor having been award ed by the Congress or the United Stales. And surely, without trouhling oureelvca with any investigstion ot what ia atippoaed lo he ik. mii.iv doctrine of precedent, we have a right to expect that gentlemen who aak this at our hamle nau assign mo n-.u. ..T should now. tor me serum, ouo-. " --T-i.Tr"T?Bt",r jnme.jnJ!i.s..reso,umn. felt that there was an on igauon upon u, ,,, produce the teasona of this proceeding. My friend from Illinois. Mr. Douglas, ireiomuon " that gentleman ntmae... . as ""'bre.kfast table willMiimpoinniLJo jkui ed for only by the supposition that this Semite j M ilaivi discuss imv proposition even pose ma. "--- . ... v he with the sentence of eenMire upon all pre- I). I . f.. .. .-.! vious discussion upon ins Ts., cm ,u condemns in in tne pursun oi ... " others, ami occupieo me .-..-....c ..... . ,. to which I listeneo. oi omnr, ,.,r. - ore, as I always do to whatever lalls from , that distingtnslird gentleman no inconsiderable portion ..I j estcrday s MUing. f He delivered a speech, of which I will say it brought no ne- lo,..e before the American It urged no new senate, un """j; . argument, it pniduceil no new eiairmeni, n was made in reply to no new antagonist who had sDoeared in ihe debate, ll was a reilera lion Tor the lourin. mm. or -. . ! bmughl, perhaps from some of th.ie Euro-guments-I-wjH not say which had beefcaa: A-n,s .n(l 1nttlHy unknwn to ur well expresseo iiiiu ...r -rr... . ..... .1..., I -I..M nnl vnl..ri,hlll orh.ell eism as lhat 1 dare not venture but which had certainly been well and forcibly expre.s J iki 1 : I. . I -I..- ea y others. -r m,w.s. . . . ... I... .Us l.,.....r li'n Sfll :lltr. WMt!! HP XIICUI in this Cham'r, alwava speaks to thii body ; that he seeks to enlighten and to guide oi.r opinions sndlhalheha.no ulterior objects -Ia - . l-.f..r- ni,. I have felt bv ihese remarks irf his Uie slrimgeat iowUo "convic-1 Jerstand Us meaning and a disposition lo cavil lion fixed upon my minu lhat the friends of with ll ? Why, if he did. as was justly said this resolution thought it necessary lo assign b.v honorable Senator from Georgia. Mr. some reasons for its adoption. And I must ; Hcrnen, there is not the shadow ol a founds ay. that when 1 listened lo lhat honorable '''e Pgesiion. Yet I may be per- Senator, and when I lilencd to some oilier ""l",d -Y' '"at although I would not feel Senators my friend from Michigan, i Mr. ' myself justified in applying to an ordinary rev Caas.T in narticul .r I have fell another eon - , yictfoq fastened mpoh myi mintlIutt...wliHe they were doubly impressed wim the extreme necessity ol producing reasons, nrouueing reasons, iney louno ii no easy task lo discover any to produce. Mr. President. I wish 'to say, in the com - mencement flf what 1 haw -ntlnt to' the ISeri alr upon this subject, lhat if discussion has been produced here on this resolution, it is not to be charged to thooc oi ua wno oppose us When the honorable Senator from adoption, New York, Mr. Sewsrd.J in discharge of the high duly which he thought proper to intro duce with a long, elaborate, and soul-stimng appeal, which waa calculated to arouse our feelings, to excite our passions, and for the moment to suspend the calm exercise of our judgments. W hen, after this storm of passion . . 1 I . L .l eceewe'MTwwriuWmenuV' mmpeIni)r had suhsioeil. we were si leirvin anoweu in the mystic visions of grandeur and terror and glory, wiUt which impassioned eloquence had surrounded us when we were able once more to resume the exercise of a calm under standing, and lo take, in the language of my friend from Wisconsin. Mr. Walker, a dis- . passionate view of thie suhjeel, waa it to be expected that, inlertaining diferent opinions from others, we could, in justice to ourselves and what we believe to he the true interest of the country, fail to assign our reasons to the Senate! Were we not ratted upon, by Consid erations of high reepeel for the honorable and distinguished Senator from whom this reaolu; 4in proceeded as well aa for the honorable ' and distinguished gentlemen who supported thia resolution with their eloquence and their arguments, were we not bound, independent of all other considerations, hy due respect for them, to say why we could not go with them when it is always a matter of such deep-felt reluctance to part from them T Mr. President, I think it is out id fit ace In s.iy that it ia a waste of time to- subject this resolution lo discussion. It is a question which ought to be discussed ; its intrinsic merits de mand it. The circumstances which surround it 1n this Chamber and beyond these walla en force the necessity and propriety of it s and if we msy drop trout ibe high and solemn topics . which have been gathered around Ihe reception of Ijouia Kossuih and his associates in eaptivi v. which have been so brilliantly spread be toN ua arrhing the heavens, spangling the tirmaanent, and I know not what other mag nificent and startling figures and look ataome of the amuUm operations which are immedi ately be Car us in the course uf our poliiical future soon io lebiauiry, wlieo we .consider certain disposals of certain eminent political offices which ia a short time are to be made by the American people, we find an addition fteaann." Why; if we can allow "ourselves . L r.l- V . . .... v wdshw iron me torrent ol excited lectins .into whiea; fre.hafa been shmmihiMi.-Mjmlk rt rufl 4iV! ikimin'Sit sacncH people wnu we think ia the eal and dispassionate and delib erate eomaaon-aeaae riew of the subject before . we oenasi. I ree with what waa said'hr the honors. Ill Senator from Massackiueta. flilr. nm. er, Who sddreawri the Seaale a few days fo o thie tubj eel, Oiat this is esse which requrres statement taibaa iLa -.w a . 'w lWnc'"mlw' " mWL iass a; anw ' U'a W to his propositkisi, that il require luoieni rattier Uiaa declamaiioa, and proof -. - pmpnciy oi aeopung uiw coarse ruUier s wui e.rt cay enmeamng ((or nothing nat wspeket) ea lh floor is aver unearariing) defiance of foreign Power, and the large and expansive declaration of American power and prowess, which we have heard, and of our capacity to contend with a world in arnta. Ijet us look at thii question aa it ia presented to ua upon il intrinsic merila. What is it i Aa 1 have said, gentlemen have admitted (aa is plain, whether admitted or not) that they are to aaaign antne reason why this resolution should be adopted. The resolution proposes to bid, in the name ot the American people, l.ouis Kos' tulh welcome to our shores. Several reasons have been asa.gned whv we should adopt thia course. I proceed to oner some remarks upon them. It is aaid, in the first place, that by the joint resolution adopted at the last session of Con gress, we have taken the initiatory step which requires us, in point of consistency and honor, to follow it up with what ia now proposed. That I deny. 1 know no method by which we can ascertain what we did at the last ses sion of Congress, and to what, therefore, we may consider ourselves aa properly oblig ed aa a consequence of it, than by looking st the language of the resolution. My honora ble friend friend from Michigan Mr. Casssaid tint he scouted the idea of applying philology to llits investigation. Scout the idea ot apply ing philological criticism, the rule by which we ascertain the meaning of language, to the question of the interpretation of language ! Why, my honoranle triend must have a very Mjiufuiat Uca M uffice . m et f4- He m. to have madTT riHi hy eMe hu, , r,lh(,r j (iJ ;,, of mv a(.oul);nlilll.e wilh re. .irj lo thr ,cirnPe nf nrillimpti,, or mlmbPT,, '.gslilvmldbys voting man sitting at the i containing Hire hiseuils, "Mr. K , ynn can- 1 not tell how many biscuit there arc in that plate without counting them." "What sir," : says he, "do you take me for a fool, that I can- ,laUlerc are ,,rce biscuits in that plats wiihout counting them!" He rejected the idea tia(.omptIl,jn anj arj,h,netie were necessary , nmh(,if ,h. nmberof particulars : wm roa , kow lhat my h,monMr fnend i w, he ' jmo thi, Anglic- (;re(,k wmnf mv o- nuf n , ,;,,. holn(. know noihingand who-would n ilurally nn:ieine. without an explanation. that tho.e of ns who are opposed to the reso i liit ion had brought some new and strange and barbarous machinery of interpretation lo bear , Wnv we sePertam -tn, J . ... meaning of anything which depends upon words, without the application ol the rule of ,,;,, , it 1 e !1 n'.v f"1 mean to imply thai there ") deposition lo what is called hyper criticism ; thai is, to bring to the construction I "f this resolution a reluctant disposition to un- j "I"1""1 or cl 01 l ongressauy particular sine lures of interpretation ; though I am notdis pmetf W'a p pff It CS"Tn fCWere'' would be no thing very unreasonable in such a process, when we recollect from whom the joint reso lution proceeded. It came Irom my honors' --rriend.-'frnm ' Mississippi;' :'f!vtr. " Foote,' Known 10 us uu lor nis extreme exactness in the use of language, and, therefore, it may well stsnd nut ss an exception from the general I lepafatmn of Ibis body, and we have a right lo treat it with more closeness of examination, and more severity of criticism lhan a resolu tion proceeding from another person. We all know that the honorable Senator has a place in what he writes for every word j and he will excuse mn for saying, that we also know that he has a word for every place. It ia im- possihlc tor us according to my judgment, if 1 undW,"thr Ertgllth langospri if is used North and South, thai there can he any mis take about Ihe understanding of Congress at the lime the reaolu Hon was adopied. It says : Whereat the people of the United 8tates sincerely sympathise with tlis Hunsariaa exilaa, Kossuth sad lilt ataaeiatsa, and fully appreciate the aarnan iraoun conduct of Uis TurkiahtiovernaieatiB reoaiv jog and trcaiing then aobl siiles with kiad asatand boapiulity : sad if it be the wish of thest eiitea to emigrat to Ih t ailed States, and ths will of the Sultan to permit thtrn to leave his do miniona: Therefor, llfii Htolntd iy M Sentlt mti l7omi of Kfprfen tmlivfoflht Vnittd 8tat o Amtriem m Congren mltltd. That the President of th L'nlttd Sutef b sad he hereby is rsqurstsd to sathorit the em ployment of some ont of th public vessels which may now bs cruising ia th Mediterranean to re eeiv and convey to th United States the said Louis Koaaulh and his auoeiates ia captivity. The preamble of lhat resolution aesent, in die first place, a fast; and then il alleges a con tingency ; upon which contingency, and upon which alone, the particular direction of the resolution is founded and is lo lake effect, The fact affirmed is the sympathy of the A nierirtn people for ihose exiles, and their esti mate of the noble conduct of the Turkish Gov ernment in giving them a refuge.. -The con tingency is, whether or not these exiles desire to emigrate lo the United States. II they do sire lo emigrate, ihe President is requested to authorize ihe use of one-Of our ships cruising, upon Ihe Mediterranean sea to bring them t the United States. And if they did not mete to rmirrate, it was not the intention of Con gress that the President should furnish them with a national ship. I presume that, without any particular dexterity in this dark, barbarous UrtudL-dem td scituce. of . philology, we have a pretty tolerable understanding iu this country of what is meant bv sn emigrant and emigra tion., If an English or a French geuweinaiwj comes oyer. to Mia. country latum 115. to.luok at Its railroads, its .-teamboats. its harbors; lo contemplate it government and Ihe condition When we speak of emigrant -ehipe we think we have a clear arid distinct meaning attached In the term. -An emigrant if a man who learea Europe; who comes lo our shores with s view ol making our country his home ; who comes 10 aeuie amidst ua and become one of our peo ple and lo enjoy the privilege and protection due (tine, and al no very distant day, to be al lowed lo participate equally is all the muni cipal privilege conferred by the Constitution upon ine eiuzen. j nen to whom did Una res olution apply t Itspplied lo Kueeulo and hit comiuaious in captivity, desiring lo emigrate to thia country and to make it there home. It was inienuea to anora inem ischium in a it-,' i . . .. .. 1 puonc snip in oroer mat mey nngm oecome domiciled here. That ia the plain, unmistak- able meaning of the law. Now, besides the meaning of it a ap parent from its terms, do we not all know that that is the way in which we understood it ? We took it for granted the outbreak in Hungary having been crushed by the power of the Czar added to that of the Emperor the country being restored to.au origioal coo dition of subjection, but stripped ol its privi legesthat Kossuth, languishing in a Turkish prison, was desirous to come to this country, and enjoy wilh us a common freedom, par tike of the pnnectioii of our laws, and do what he could not do in Europe live a peace ful an happy life, and die a Clnistisn and quiet death. To this slate of things it ap plied, and this wsa all. It was nut a resolu tion directly for the benefit of Kossuth, the late Governor of Hungary, by way of doing him .an honor in the character which he had then lately tuslaiued. It was not a resolution that bears upon its face the slightest allusion to the fact, that, for the time, he had been possessed ol and exercised sovereign power in the direction of this contest. It was ad dressed to Louis Kossuth aa an exile in cap tivity, seeking ti. escape from the itiauspicioua condition of European coercion, to place 1.,.,, ,i ,i':-. himself, as a rcsul oiHb.--N--mn"--H-var ,k;. Tk. . .. i'nrr.' lihotrld h desired the rrsidmftn transport- Kossuth and his associates in captivity here in ' ""J " ""K "lr U'J- a public ship, which has never heretofore oc j and after they are brought, is. that a resolution curred in the case of any other person desir-1 b.v Sfl,a,"lr from New lork. e rierarr- Weill krwwtht-ttw Em,1.Mr-ARU.J.4o, wekuuui. .-KuauuV..iul. oeror of Austria considered his enlertainment ; in Turkey an offence to him, AVU luuwv- he demandud that Kossuth should he expel led from Turkey by the authority of the Sul tan. (Ve all know that he sought to seize him and bring him within his jurisdiction and authority, to subject him to such punishment as he might deem suitable lo the occssion. It was. therefore, for lhat reason, important thai when the Sultan gave permission to Kos suth and his associates lo leave his dominions, aillll inu Ml" HBWKIIir, ivtn.c ins u.r.ii.'i.uus, iHhcy rire to rrmr we should put them under tne protection 01 our flag, which would effectually prevent him from being seized by Ihe power of Aus tria. Thii being the state of the case, I desire to know upon what authority gentlemen say, that hy that resolution we have invited Kos suth to our shores have made him the guest of the nation ! Is there a word in ihsl re solution expressive of invitation t Is there a word in it lhat declares that the people of the United S.ates desire that he should come to our shores as a guesi 1 The difficulty inter posed by the wonl "if was In be solved be fore this public ship was in be placed at his disposal, or used for his service, and there is nut a word in the resolution which intimates that the United States eared whether or not he de cided lo come. It announced nothing but this: litis man was in captivity ; we understood be wanted to come to our country. We knew that in Uie existing stale of things, if he left Turkey without being put aboard an Ameri can ship, he might not be permitted lo exei eise his free wish lo come. Therefore we lemleredjjim Ihe opportunity Jo eonie under ihe national flag of thia country. '? hails" the" whole of it. He was no invited guest of the nation. not a whit more an invited guest of the nation than the humblest emigrant that leaves the shores of Europe and finds him self in the port of New York. If the fact of placing that ship at his control, or rather of charging that ship wilh the duty of bring- ng Koaaulh and hit companions to our shores; if the fact that he was brought to our shores in that ship would have constituted him Ihe guest of the nation, he did not come in thaM capacity. He left that vessel at Gibraltar, and made an excursion to England. He left his associates to come under our flag without bim, and he came here afterwards in a private packet. How, then, is he to be distinguished in the particular to which I am referring from any other emigrant who seeks our shores I He can in no way he distinguished, tuner men who come here are more humble. They may not have achieved Ihe name which he has acquired. They may leave a transient impression in the little circle whicli sur rounds them, and ' then he forgotten, while hit name may remain, and be perpetuated by history to succeeding generation ; but so far aa the claima of an emigrant may extend o far a a generous desire 10 give our hospitali ty to those who corns so far a a with to offer a refuge to the persecuted, the oppressed, the unhappy, extends, Louis Koesmh (lands no particle higher lhan Ihe meanest and hum blest down-trodden individual of Europe who ever reached our shores. Indeed, so far aa claima to our sympathy are concerned, sure ly to a generous mind there are particular reasons why thi sympathy should be opened and shown forth more toward the lowly and ihe humble. I say, then, that there being nothing in the original resolution but ft simple proposition to bring to this country one who was supposed In be desirous of emigrating here, there is no more reason why we should pas a resolution of welcome towards him than towards those thousands of humble indi viduals who come here not under a particular resolution, but under general invitation held forth by our Constitution and our laws to the oppressed, the poor, and the humble of eveiy late and clime. The resolution of the last Congress, then. doe not pledge us lo this step ; but if it did. I ask, how 1 It possible to resist the conclu sion that the amendment offered by my hon orab! friend from Genria-f-M r. BkikumI ought to be attached to the pending resolution nd ihst the honorable Senator from Nw, York, when he drew il, should have inserted in ti 'no ttame not m -tntuvwutat nam l but the general name, descriptive of all those person who.are embraced in Ihe original act orCongres whleH' gave rise to those proceed ings. The resolution of the Isst Congress make no distinction among them. I ne rresi dent is requested to furnish to them a.!!, as Hungarian exile in captivity, patsag to this country "to Kossuth and hi sssociitea in captivity." What a etrange rpeeiaele, then, do we exhibit, when our friend on th etas al!)itmLktb&twmiti to permit the assoeisles ol Koesuth to b in corporated in the resolution of welcome to KiMsuih I I il to be construed a degrade tion lo Kossuth to be put alongsid in llti re solution of those bia associates 1 . If the ss socutiion be not offensive if h,was willing to keep company with them, to be prisoner wun incm, 10 receive uteir anecuonaie minis- . ; I tr : .l: Irations and their affectionate sympathies, my opinion is, thai, if he haa the soul of man in his bosom, he will resent the idea of having compliments paid to him alone, did we offer in do iu When, during the war ol 181'i, and during (he recent war wilh Mexico, one of our commanders gained a victory, and Con gross expressed the sense of the nation upon the subject, were the thanks of Congress ex pressed towards the. commander-in-chief, and the officers and soldiers who served un der him omitted and forgotten ? No, sir ; the the thankf of Congress were always bestowed poo the commsnder-in-chief, and, through him, to the officers and soldiers who served under him, and by whose aid and assistance the victory bad been achieved. Has it not been always so! We may vole medals to the generals ; we may sometimes give addi tional pay to the soldiers ; hut the thanks of Congress, the expression of the sense of the country in behalf of those who have served faithfully, and added another leaf to the lau rels which crown her brow, hive always been voted to all, in whatever situation, who have participated in the gallant deed. And yet here are .Mr. Kossuth's associates, not, I suppose, servants men, I suppose, his equals in the sense in which we iimicr'Und equali ty. I presume they arc men Avhom he takes by the hand, whom he docs not keep at a lis)- the attitude of servile dependence-Yet when lnroM,u.JlsMa to Hang AQmSJnI. these lur our laeM "P0" his associ.itc. Sir, if any reason iu Hie w orld cnu he assigned l,ir the resolution, it follow s ns a necessary and indispensable corollary from it, thai the a inendment should be also adopied. I do not understand this thing. It is not consistent with my notions, and what I' believe to be American notions, of equality. We have sent a public ship, or wc have authorized the using of a public ship, to bring Kossuth and some twenty or thirty other Hungarians, who , - , - shared a common captivity with him. When we propose to include these men in the reso lution of welcome, it is opposed aa interfering with the preeminent dignity of the chief. It thai the American idea of equality I I do notundersland a very greatdcalaboutihis contest. Some of my honorable friends here, who are much belter acquainted wilh the case than I a'nT,1nve regarded it as a sorl of at tempt lo uphold the Magyar or Magutre, as some of us call il superiority of race. Even if that is. so, I presume. these, associate of Kossuth are neither Croats nor Slavonians, hut belong to the privileged nee, as well as himself. I do not suppose that Kossuth will feel his dignity insulted if we chouse in say to htm, We are glad to see yott, and are glad also to see the men you have brought with you. Mr. DODGE, of Iowa. I would ask my friend from North Carolina Mr. Badges if he will vote for the resolution in ease the a mendment he has so much at heart should pre vail t Mr. BADGER. The question need not have ien asked by the honorable Senator, law tuse hsil snawweit tt - lisilytthTwl me to assure uie ocnauir trisi ne placet me in no difficulty by asking questions of this kind. I have aaid, and I repeat, 1 am op- rioaed to the whole resoluiion, with or with out the amendment. Therefore ihe Senator did not ask the question in order lo be inform ed. For what purpose he did ask it, he is best able to determine. Sir, other reasons have been assigned in the course of thi discussion. Il hss been '! that we were committed to adopt some such precedent as this, because it was of Ex ecutive recommendation. I think, sir, some- of.the House who consider ourselves ..pretty good lugs, were rather twilled by some of our friends on the other aide, Iwcaine were opposing what they iiaiJ the President recommended. Permit me lo remark, it i no Whig doctrine, that a Whig is hound lo support, wilh or without reason, whatever W'ig .President may recommend. If that doctrine obtain among our friends on the other ide with regard 10 a Democratic Presi dent, it may he necessary they should urge same special excuse for departing from il in any particular ease, while such departure might, without such excuse, lie considered ground of censure, and an intimation iliut they had stepped off the Democratic plstlorm. But we acknowledge no aueli doctrine, and therefore it would be a sufficient answer to say, thit even if it were the President's le enmmendation, we do not agree in its proprie ty, and therefore cannol support it, Hut ihe fact is, ihe President of the United States has recommended no such thing T Mr. FOOTE, of Miiipt.i. Will my friend allow me a moment of explanation t Mr. B AUG EH. Certainly. Mr. FOOTE. If I wae understood as staling thai the President of the United Stiles recommended this resolution, I was eeriainly grossly misunderstood. I stated the simple lads to he, ss I shall explain them on this oc casion. I with it to he understood distinctly, lhat I said thi before, lhat I should never have moved, or thought of moving in thi business, but that I received an unexpected, kind, and very complimentary written application from the Secretary of Stale of the United 8latrs, re questing an interview upon llii subject; which interview wss immediately held. In the course ofthst interview he brought lo my at tention, in advance of the President' message being received jn thi hpily l. ft that i President would make substantially th re- commendation which is to be fiiutid in the message, lie requested ma especially, and h warmer particular taritesl- ne, to introduce, st Ihe earliest rl.xsihi moment. af:r ill tmm(M:4nt.f ihesawsM ion, a joint resolution for the purpose of rais ing joint committee of the two Houses of Congres, to decide. In accordance with the recommendation of the ' President contained in his message, upon Ihe most expedient mode of affording a national reception to Governor Kossuth. lis went furtner, a I may now tale. I dislikV to go into these psrticnlar 1 lleman make it necessary fur me to do it. He requested me having very high respect, a w all have, for that knowledge of parlia mentary precedent whicli distinguish so highly the Secretary of tbi body to go to him immediately. I went to hi hout with- ot delay, at the instance of the Secretary of Slate, for the purpose of ascertaining how, in tome way consistent wilh Senatorial usagu, such a joint resolution could be introduced and passed, if such a thing should turn out to be practicable, without the necessity of pre vious notice. I learned from the Secretary th it the mode of proceeding thus intimated by the Secretary of State, was not practicable. Therefore 1 did proceed to gte notice, as" the Senate recollects. ,1 wiU.sta.te J'lrthcrin. explanation of my conduct, thai I should not have mentioned the name of the Secretary of Slate at all except upon his express authorization. It appears lo me thai if a joint committee was raised, the Secretary should himself deliver the address to lite Governor of Hungary. I spoke lo him to that effect ; which he promptly declin ed, from an unwillingness to do anything which might look like compromitting our neu tral relations. If I had known at first that there would have been so much discussion about this deli cate subject, as lo the responsibility which the Administration have assumed, or intended to assume, I would have been more circumstan tial in the first instance. But really I could not anticipate such a course of proceeding. It is true, and the Secretary of State will hear me witness of the f.ict, that in the course of my interview wilh him, he went so far into particulars as to refer to the former re-J Ung a proper precedent. 'So that idea did no originate . wyh thjL.ji.ilft. at-lhit'. .Cbamhef .. He suggested it 10 me ns the proper precedent and said (hat in his opinion the best mode would be lo bring in Kotmlh, without any farliffiilarneteiwonyi In eiith JltliBe.'alioTil'iVil him introduced lo the President of litis body and In tlie.Kpeaker-of.4ha.tilief Itotrserwhcn uu ble addretsses should be made, in somes nrmal mode, by the presiding officer c f eachl House. That was the idea of the Secretary of Slate,; and concurring with him, I adopied the course which I have pursued. I wish ull lo understand, thai owing In the delicate character of this affair, I resolved not to enlist in il al .ill unless I could be authori zed by the Secretary of State lo say thai il wns -at tits fnsratlce- -that t "itewdi nftd'thfff Tie sanctioned ihe proceeding. I hope that in all 1 have aaid, no 0110 will understand me as casting censure on any person. I have been very desirous of receiving Kossuth in a man ner creditable lo Ihe nation, creditable lo our national leeling, and in a manner required by the almost unanimous voice of the people. Knowing (he feelings Jif some member of the Administration, I was anxious lo give the rr. fair opportunity of participating in the eclat of the proceedings, hmI if iltey have declined it, I think Ihey have .made a great mis take, and lhat jl has been one of the most seri ous political blunders they hare ever commit ted. . .,.. Mr. PAbGEfl. I would ask my friend Irom Mississippi, whether, after having intro duced this resolution, at the instsnce of the Secretary ol State, he withdrew it without any conference with ihst gentleman T Mr. FOOTE, of Mississippi. I withdrew the resolution certainly, without any confer ence wilh him, I withdrew it, because I did think honorable gentlemen had not conierred ihey might have dime wltlnhe rcjauhaii ne. 1 uiu consider mat 1 was rattier ungra ciously treated hy some honorable gentlemen on ihe oilier side of the House, who seemed ! to rnisuntlersijnd my -poi4ioov-nd not to af ford me lhat liberal mipport which they ought to have done, when the proposition wa brought forward under such suspires. I with drew ihe resolution forth additional reason, lhat I saw very plainly, lhat if Governoi Ko 11 tit wa received on the day when it' wa originally expected he would he received in New York,, il wa not at all likely, from ilia oppositon experienced here, provided a aimi lar opposition waa presented in the other House, that we should be able 10 act io time to receive this distinguished stranger in the mm!e ..on tfiinplaleiL I Wed-. these reaeone j at Ihe time I proposed 10 withdraw the reso lulion. I did it, a I stated then, without the least feeling nf nnkindness or disrespect tow ard any human being in the world; but wilh feeling of the most profound mortification, lint gentlemen had not acted up to what I had supposed would be their course of rondjet, Mr. BADGER. I gave the opportunity to ihe gentleman from Mississippi with great pleasure to make these statements; because, although he has already spoken several limea wilh reference to this particular point, some misapprehensions have prevailed which this opportunity haa enabled him 10 rectify. But at the Inns he interposed I was not referring particularly lo ihe introduction of his resolu tion, under the .motion of ihe Secretary of ntale; I was alluding 10 a remark made hy the honorable Senator from Michigan, Mr. Cass, lhat this was a measure recommended by Ihe Executive of the failed Stales in his annual message. So far a that i concerned, it seems to me thai no two things can be more dearly nd distinctly separate than what is contained on this subject in ths President's message and thi resolution. The President had been desired by Congress lo cause these liuug.irisn patriots to be brought here in a public ship. He had, iu compliance with that request, caused them lo he brought in the ship ; and they were daily expected at the time the President message was written. He e.mhl say nothing less than hr haa said. He ha simply communicated lo Congress th fael that these captive had been brought her according to their request, and he desired 1 hem to do what they ihourhl proper under the eireomstsnee. The President does not Mim'lgJ onrer o ne maoe 01 tnein, or 01 tne subject. Of course he wa bound, as Presidcuii, m in form 01 in lii annual message what lis had done in aTwmr;rifrw-wTth:"i ssk ua lo mak such further disposition of jjMrjwtetVMV lhiil(ltt ttgfcr. aimwiMw Again : and now I refer to what my friend from Mississippi ha nid. It wss ihe desire of the Secretary of Stale that llii resolution should be introduced. A regard hi appli cation lo th Senator from Mississippi for that purpose, the introduction of the subject and the withdraws) of th reoduu'on, w must keep date in view in order to give proper. tnflncYIM'Wsahcaat varTori ira'nsVetioiis.i . The President' message wa prepared and print ed, a w all know, before the meeting of ;ongres. it ws in the town In which 1 lived, before I left there for Ih seat of Gov ernment. Before it ws aent to either Hoose of Congress it was in Ihe poucssioo of tit postmaster, ready to be delivered wheB.hr should receive a telegraphic dispatch author- lain him m do Everything,, therefore. (n the President's message, was prepared. written and printed before the arrival of this gentleman in (his 'country. The resolution, offered by Iny friend from Mississippi, was, if I recollect aright, introduced on the very first day of the session. It waa withdrawn on the Thursday succeeding, beipg the fourth day of the session, and Kossuth did not ar rive in- tbi country until the-day afterwards until Friday. We must bear in mind that Kossuth had been expected lo come lo this country as an emigrant.. . It was in that char acter that a public ship was employed to bring him here. It was in that character he waa exprcted M arrive. It was with reference to that character that the President' message re ferred lo him. It was with reference to the same thing the resolution was proposed lo be in troduced by the Secretary of State, and that the resolution was introduced. That state of things continued until the resolution was withdrawn. Never, until Kossuth landed upon our shores, did we have any authentic declaration from him of the purpose for which he came here We may have drawn our eonjecturca from what he said tit his hasty visit to England, but we had no authoritative expression of his purpose in coming, and what he expected to accomplish, until after he landed iu this coun try. ' -"'Mr. fOtVTft, of lyttssfsiipjiTTIirJustice to the Secretary of State, and to the Adininistru- lien, I wwl my that itie nhjoel f hi niait waa not spoken of in th interview which I had wilh Mr. Webster. The reception referred lo and recommended by Mr. Websier was based UpiUI OUT rCaOlUMOll III IUPI K-nPIIMI, HIIU IIG suggested lo me the propriety or my moving .1 .. t A 1 J in the mattrrrorraeeuiuit nf iiiy-fremgvti her knew, the aulhur of the original resolution. I feel hound to say, lhat if the Secretary )f Slate had supposed lhat any expectation was entertained by Governor Kossuih that an arm ed intervention waa to lake place on Ihe part of Ihe United Stale in European affairs I think he would have been on or th last men in the world tit have requested me to of fer any resolution on the subject. ; 1 do not tfiitik''ifownt plated in any quarter. Mr. BADGER. I am obliged lo my filend from Mississippi for this explicit statement which he has made with hia usual candor, ll seems, then, lhat so far al the action of the Administration is concerned, the President and the Secretary of Slate both relcrrrd to a sup- poneu ciiugniili cuiiiiiik mwm vm tin nm imr-1 p.-.ofsouiHH. here, and making M his domicile, Mi, FOOTE. If ihe renlleman nntJet- stood me at saying lhat ill application was made 10 me to introduce my revolution thi setaion with a view to providing for the reeep tion of Kossuth at an r.niginnt. Its misunder stood me. I itated no stieh "thinglf tfi gentlemen will refer to Uie British paper, he will find lhat Governor Kossuth atnled in msny speeches In England, that lie wak tfonv" ing 10 the United State' merely a visitor ill behalf of hi country, and not a an eittigrnht. We asceriailied months ago that our original expectations upon this subject had not been founded upon actual facta. Mr. BADGER. I understood all that be- futa. What! meant Uaa ., 4iis Xtrtt 1L.1 .1.. U tl-.. I A I. i 1 that Ihe Secretary of State had spoken to ihe Senator irom Missitsipiii 10 oiler tin retolu tion to receive an intended emigrant not all lr:""Kyrtr rhff ten1itfrin or Congress under which ihe President wss directed to bring hi in here which fixed the character and what he now expected. That resolution contem plated his coming a id emigrant. Whstever he might have said in England, we had no authoritative exposition from him before he landed here, that hi was in set in any other character. When, therefore these proceed ing, took place, I lay that It i dear upon ihe record that ihey referred loan expected em- igrsntr As aoon as Kossuih land upon our j shore, he assures Us Ihsl we were mistaken, and - that he due not enme mrim cTnhmi "TWal'M' doe not propose to become a cliizen of ilia country ; bntthathe is here as a visitor not for the purpose of curiosity or Improvement, but upon a political mission. He eomea her to agitate among the people uf this country , and 10 endeavor, so far as he 'can, to awaken among them a spirit which may prompt intervention in the future contest lhat is expected between Austria and Hungary intervention in order lo prevent the Czar from interfering. Now the whole ehsiaeter nf the rase ia changed. Wa invited Kossuth, if we Invited him al all. to route here for purpose personal to hiin-l sell, wa invited him lo come here aa an emigrant and tire among ns. He lays, I come in no such character, for no purposes personal to myself) 1 come upon apolitical million, to place myself in thai character be fore ihe people of litis country, and to induce them to give me pledges lhat they will make any intervention oil Ihe part of Russia in the affairs of Hungary, ineffectual. There hat been nosanciimi given by the Executive De partment of thi Government, in any nf its brauehes, lo a resolution proposing to welcome this gentleman in aqy uch charei-ler . It it one thing to welcome him a ft distinguished oreigner. coming irom etna 10 settle among ns, and it ia another and a vers difT. rent thing 10 welcome him mlitieal agitator among m. i,ni.i;.cn. ...wrr eiBC niay oe saiu it hi no diminution of Uie high character thi genlleman occupies for intelligence and high landing to y, thai it is in exceedingly bad teste, in my judgment, fof foreigner, who na jnn sci 11 is loot, on our loil, who eome her lo invoke our eymrmihirs. 10 be come a propag i inditt of his oriniont, to endVat opinions, lo endeavor to sflontmrt Trf Tn pa ar il res which he may think benefieiiil to )he cause of Hungary, without rrcanl eillw-r lo he aw or ihe polieyjjtour (iovertiinenti antfi mnmv, not itnseuroty r mai. Whatever miy he the action nf Conirress, hit Will appeal lo the ,TT-iiiri, ,1, iiiu.,,'iiiro ou.fl, a' uur sover eigns. . .." j f - Now, whert emignini' tfhmt to this eotrniry to aeett rehtgtj frmfl shffttd ; nhen llici come to fettle among tiaf; and to miifcle whh mir people lo enjoy the prfdlegt of our iu.iiiit lions, tn add energy to the imluAriaf pursuit! of our country, so lhat may all t.wrthr njy.jdi!.WataiBg-f ibuy may become perpetual ein-ngth In the eomilry, we might well bid litem welcoWie. And when emigrant me to "ilji Votmtry, i nmeiimee ihey do, who re able to ministor 10 our assistance, and lo shed glory upon our country in different and hr higher spheres, who are able to direct the thunder of armies in the field, and lo add grace and wisdom (s) ' ' our k-gislativ connects, I shall ever he reirjr, ' as, if my Iriend from illmoie Mr. Smttlas ' will permit m lo y, I have to respect to him ' '" already done, to place, them iew to my beam ' nowevet ti may hot be In emsoa with the ' temper of the umes, 1 lay I thank no foreitit " 1 eoiiseary lo come here and aasum to instruct ' our pod with regard to our t'ntie at homW ' or abroad. Whether ll is a member of the Briiiah Parliament who endeavor to ninvok sectional discord, and IT possible to 'shake the lubrie ol Una Union lo piece, or whether It il i Hungarian side, however eminent who - come heie to persuaide u either 10 make ak i empiy boast hud utler an Unmeaning threat !" ! Slid thua expose us to ih derision of mankmdi ' or else to mix up in the turmoil of Europeart "' pon ne aud cause ua to expend inn Wood and treasure of our free citizens in dispute with ' wnictl utey lias no concern, and from wbR-h . ihey can derive no benefit, terminate aa ihey may, make in thi re-pe'ol 11 diRrreac to -m. 1 'can agree to welcome neither th one uor the other. ,.:.' ,., ; 'v?'!--1 It may be, ir, that I bare Mil got the idea :-i of progress which i peculiar to Ih lime.a i My honorable friend irom New Jersey, Mr. ' Srout;VoK,iii speaking of lhat policy nf aon ' intervention wmcn w received lrfra Washing . ion, aid that what waa proper tfien might not - ' be proper now, and he aak a, ( sphering to that ' policy, progress f think it is). : A man may ailvanrf. though Tie Hoes not efiange the road " in which lietravels. To muke progress it il not ueevtaary ths! a ma should b perplexed nd oewiiuurea wun repealed changes at direction, And perpi'lually relraeing hi Map, and healing - pbiJtoAlkloaiH- natttft it wbtclme-tresd. 1 want progress in old priacple toward the ' full development of our inaiituifdne to the " eornmKrlattmi of odtp liberty r Trogre upon ., oi l principle to mag u nd to keep A- " mericanilted forever. That i the progress . : which 1 wish. ' ,!.. -- , -. 1 Nor ban I consider " U enliHf hsrmlea , In a person to come and inflame the people of uf the United Slates, hastily lo commit them- ; selves to Measures like thia. It ia not only ' gai'a ihe aeiiled policy) but It i against the ' taiute la f. thi .eMutiy : jUtic:.h. furlild . armed intervention in all it forms, by cilixens or otlier from th shore of the United Slate. ' in theaffjra of other nations with whom wt ' art it peace. .,:. ;..!..!.'- . ; - . Mr. FOOTE, of Mississippi; I believe the sedition law ha been repealed'; ',,- ' Mr. IUDGEP. Itmichl ocrhau b tor. ' Innate Kir aome, in eenain event, that the at . , . . , m I j I tr I'here la sedition that due not depend upon lhat ttslnte, and although that Milium . law. hns been repealed, the repeal ha not made (edition honorable. lay that il Isaotsnti e ly innocent for any mad lb entltaver to in flame particular miJi)ijfeBfii Ut country, in laror 01 Hit measure which Ko t ruth desires to recommend. Why i it not . ot 1 was ahmit lo ftutte why, when the ntlcipativ genius of ihe Senator from Mu siatippi at once sprang far ahead of me, and .. he saw in hi wind's eye that bugbear of th Democracy the sedition law. W bsv statute which forbids all armed intervention Irom thi country in the s flair r any nation with which we are at peace. That (labile - foi amdmg foorfltj br settliig 'on rorV L :.J!.: .. . ' i.l !. T of any uch CXDedili.m. altil ii neerasardv condemn all preparduify alepJ by which such s result ,i ty.,b.b&tte-rMtiiKyjb-fall within Jlte provisions nf th statute, aa ft to be pllnishiibl by law, ihey eeriainly and indubilably are morally criminal in their char ( ,:,er-... - vvi'-'vi-u, , What doe thi gentleman want the (!- ' v lowseitiken of our to commit themscive tof Why to lliist that llii eouniry shall fomish ' Ih material and mean to prevent the Empe - ror of Russia from interfering in the futrjr son- . lest between Hutlgary 4tnJ Jtualrht. What ' - means! Paper resolution1, primed ptbtet,'or proiest written dp parchment wuh ih seal . oflJlV.O!!4..8le.. ftitochedL-Jln .psucIi do we itippose they will iway the mirld of the Czar! No, ilr, th moment wi lake thai ' ground the moment we occupy die posiuon h desire. (I do not ay what gentlemen here , , contemplate,) w will have, in my judgement ' placed oilrsefvea in eurh a poaitioa that we must idvaiie in th event of future conflict and th interposition of Kuesia, whioli I wp- poae 1 Just a certain tne futur eon diet it self, or we routiinglorimisly retire. - Wammn either abandoned th policy of th eouniry and involve ourselves in distant ind future . quarrels, of which ao msa can foresee tha b sue, or after having threatened w mttM igmv ' 1 - My retreat. lam willing to welcome foreign - ers who coma to our kawe for just rtd lauds- ' ble and useful purposes, but I sm not willing ' . -," to welcome hy my vote any roan wild eome ' here to endeavour lo commit . the ritixen of thit country to any intervention in fortgn Iran- : actions. In saving this I do not mean lo east reproach on Koaaulh, for 1 ran understand the enthusiastic temper and ih rharenter of the - man. 1 ran understand bow he ha been led, ' i t on hi fire! landing in lh United Slate, to be- heve that oiir people were ready la poar by thousands and hundred of thousand, to join : ' h stniladt It is natu ai. . He i tr.at up in Hungary. lis is devoted to Hungary. . ' ." T Lie for llungar). We can un.lersl.nd bia -J II live lor 11,'ngary, snd Ii I preuarrd to natural leeling on thi account. We ran, nn deratand hia strong deal re to anlieit aid for his rouniry ; but when 1 am called upon tn vole fir a resolution, and welcout to our shore one who has openly nd puliliely kd this annntioeeinenl of Ills puro s--tifie who has mrfde iff most powerful Appeal to the pasaio'iif of hi auditor every where, I yi'unot tietp sewing dial the Ineviia1))! in(eprclatioa of lb proceeding must be xiUue rcecir him in that character; lhat we uidorse lirit a! po litico missionary,' tk il lhat, by . doiug that, vre would welcome hint liere i , who it hi rt cj'iv JKutneeof ermed fntcrventirm to prevent the ioterfcrenee of Russia Ui a future quarrel between Hungary and Autfiri. 1 do not lit ink that such a course is eoiisii'ient with abat 1 owe id Hiy vwsi country.. While I would hold myself ready to adopt Mf meas ure which 1 believe In be jtisl, reasonable, fair, and honorable inward Uiis o'rrl rfrtsj.sale ex ile, I eanir.it, by giving mv entesl to- tlii-fran- , that he still rcefriv any u'cb aid MtH 11a.' AgaiAi, Mr. P.-ei leiit. il hat berii said dial we owe lids y-t'iulony (ii Kossuth M ihe great impersonation of lha principle of free gov ernment. It ha not been my fortune, thorn;'! 1 do not profess any large koowled on thi subject, 10 have found in the past butory of
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