The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851Various
History
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851
Various
Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Science -- History -- Periodicals
Louis Kossuth, having been set at liberty by the Turkish government, will
very soon arrive in the United States, where extraordinary demonstrations
of respect will be offered to him in several of the principal cities. About
nine months ago Kossuth committed to the care of Mr. Frank Taylor, a young
American visiting Broussa, the MS. of an address to the people of this
country, which was published in a translation, at New-York, on the 18th of
October--having been withheld until that time lest its earlier appearance
should affect injuriously the interests of its author in Europe. The
friends of liberty will rejoice that Kossuth is free, and in a land of
liberty; but it is not improbable that future events will demonstrate, that
the Austrian government was not altogether unreasonable in protesting
against his enlargement. Kossuth and Mazzini are scarcely less terrible to
tyrants, as writers, than as the leaders of armies and the masters of
cabinets.
Although extraordinary prosperity in a state may sometimes lead to
arrogance and injustice, the position of this country toward several
European powers who intimate an intention of compelling a certain policy on
our part in regard to Spain, must insure a triumphant consideration of the
_Union_, in which we have a strength that may laugh their leagues to scorn.
The details of an arrangement between Spain, France, and Great Britain, are
not yet perfectly understood in the United States, but it is generally
known that some plan has been adopted which will be likely to draw from the
Secretary of State a sequel to his letter to Mr. Hulseman, the Austrian
_chargé d'Affaires_, whose experiences were made known a year ago.
The vessels of the American exploring expedition in search of Sir John
Franklin returned--the _Advance_ on the 30th of September, and the
_Rescue_, which had separated from her on the banks of Newfoundland, a few
days after. It is probable that a full account of this heroic enterprise,
so honorable to its authors and to all engaged in it, will soon be given to
the public, by Dr. Kane, or one of the other officers; and as any such
brief statement as we could present of its history would be unsatisfactory,
we shall not now go further into details than to say no traces of Sir John
Franklin, except such as we have already noticed, were discovered, and that
the crews came home after a year's absence in excellent health. The nearly
simultaneous return of the British expedition has caused considerable
discussion in England. It appears to be felt very generally that it is not
justifiable to abandon the pursuit until the fate of Sir John Franklin has
been demonstrated by actual observation. Such satisfaction is due to
science and to humanity. Proposals are now, we believe, before the
Admiralty, for sending into the Arctic seas one or more steamers, with
which alone the search can be advantageously prosecuted further.
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