The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-22 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1851.

Nothing seems to have been omitted in the way of
preparation fur the reception of KOSSUTII on his
arrival in England. We are heartily rejoiced at this,
because the name of no other foreigner has perhaps
ever before been so intimately associated with the
cause of constitutional liberty. Our satisfaction,
moreover, is increased very considerably in consequence
of those base and ungenerous calumnies by which the
friends of continental absolutism have been endeavour-
ing to poison the rniuds of the multitude in reference
to the illustrious patriot, already suffering from the
poignant regrets of expatriation. Not satisfied with
a denial of his genius and a depreciation of his
great admiristrative achievements, these sinister
slanderers of the exile have endeavoured, by every
means, to blacken his name in the eyes of the igno•
rant by representing him as a man of the most de
prayed and unprincipled character. They have
charged him with the heinous vice of licentiousness,
and have declared him to have been guilty of the
moat despicable dishonesty. KOSSUTH has been
assailed not merely as a demagogue but as a robber.
lie has been vituperated not only as a tyrant capable
of carrying out the cruelest schemes of government,
but in addition to this as a person long since con-
victed of the grossest malversation. Meanwhile the
public has relaxed in no particular its exertions to be
in readiness to receive KOSSUTH in a manner worthy
of a nation like ours when welcoming a
hero such as the some time Liberator of
the Hungarians. For the people at large know
the infamoue fallacy of these accusations : they know
the atrocious impudence of the whole scheme of mis-
representation : they know that the charges directed
against the hero of the Magyars are attributable
solely to the vengeance arising in the minds of his
enemies in consequence of the terror formerly in-
spired there by the greatness of his influence among
Occasionally, it is true, some
his compatriots.
among the more imp:-tuous admirers of the ex• Di-
ctator found themselves goaded to a denial by the
Warmth of their personal indignation, but more fre•
""tiY, we are rejoiced to think, the majority pre-
served a haughty silence in regard to assertions too
vile for serious contradiction. It has thus
happened that the traducers of KOSSUTH have in-
dactul,gaeudeetdbefmrosmelvesin unlimited vituperation, and have
insinuation to insinuation, and from
Calumny to calumny,until the evidences of their
hatred and their turpitudee have known no restriction
whatsoever. What
th
be it is by no
mesas
drfeasult of all this detraction may
enough in all conscieee,; to conjecture. Reasons
tions._ for libel almost ad avefib"u afforded for ac-
exiled patriot will deem it a2,l.lVituni. Whether the
of this means of obtainin sable to avail himself
g reparation •
somewhat difficult to deeide upon ,Is a-question
Assuredly he has all the power tomwerrea conjectures.
on the heads of his unscrupulous assailanakt etla Only
geance
s• It
rests upon the chance of his likewise
inclination. Possessing the
Infuriated at the utter indifference manifested by
the people of England in regard to the accusations
levelled against KossuTer, we perceive that the ene-
mies of that distinguished person in this country are
adopting a very novel plan with a view to allay in'
1"e riVasure the ardour of the 130131114? euthUeiiiam.