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KOSSUTH AND THE HUNGARIANS.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The accompanying interesting letter from
the patriot Magyar has been elicited through an
expression of sympathy from the lamented Profes-
sor Nichol and other tried friends of continental
freedom in Glasgow who approved of the late at-
tempt to free his native land, and, while sorrowing
with him in his disappointment, had assured him,
through me, of their abiding faith in his conduct

and patriotism, and of a hearty welcome back to
this country from the people of Scotland. The
deep and continued interest taken in him by my
fellow-citizens will, I trust, justify me in giving as
much of his letter as may be proper and safe in the
present circumstances. The facts mentioned by
him regarding his care for the safety of the Hun-
garian soldiers who had joined him at Aqui I was
apprised of by other means within a week of its
taking place, but did not feel justified in publishing
my letters of that date with a due regard to the
safety of the brave men involved. Trusting this
communication will suggest to my countrymen how
they should act in the circumstances, I am, respect-
fully theirs and yours, JOHN INPADAM.

(Copy.)
London, Sept. 26, 1859.
My dear Sir,—The fatal day of Villafranca pro-
strated my hopes at a moment when we had the de-
liverance of my country within sight; nay, almost
within the reach of our hand, like a ripe fruit ready
to be plucked ; and here I am again, a poor exile
as I was four months ago, only older by ten years
from the bitter pangs of disappointment.
I say designedly " disappointment," and Not
" deceit." Of deceit I cannot complain—for I took
good care to guard myself and my country against
even the possibility of deceit—but I feel my heart
nearly broken by disappointment, unwarranted by
circumstances, unaccounted and unaccountable.
Without iat thunderbolt from a clear sky—
the Villafranca arrangement—this moment at
which I write Hungary would have already filled
a page in the annals of history than which none
equal stands yet on record; because the whole nation
was united, ready, and resolved as scarcely ever
before. All tho feelings which sometimes bring
division into a national household, difference of reli-
gion, language, race, and distinction of classes, had
melted into one great common resolution—to get
rid of the banditti rule of the House of Austria as
soon as the war would take its logical expansion.
And the positive knowledge of this fact only adds
to the bitter pangs of my disappointment. To be
thus stopped at the moment when we were stretch-
ing out our hand to pluck the ripe fruit of liberty
is distressing beyond description.
Well, it is as it is, and must be borne. It shall
be borne undespondin gip, though not without grief.
I feel tranquil in my conscience that I have done
the duty of an honest man and of a good citinn,
by not neglecting to try whether or not events
might be turned, on a solid basis, to the profit of my
native land.
And some consolation I have besides. I had occa-
sion to get reassured on the point that no diplomatic
tricks—in fact, nothing that the lying craft of
despots may devise—will ever for a moment divert
my nation from its unalterable determination to
take advantage of every reasonable opportunity for
reasserting its independence.
I have learned that this resolution can as little
be broken by terrorism as it can be shaken by any
concessions which the Hapsburgs may devise in the
hour of their need. I have learned that Hungary
knows how to endure, how to wait, but never will
change. I know that the nation is as well dis-
ciplined as it is determined.
I have been confirmed, together with my nation,
in the conviction that no great European question
can ever receive its definitive solution without us ;
nor can Europe be brought to a settled condition
without the rights and legitimate claims of Hun-
gary being taken into due account.
From this conviction we derive the certainty of
our future. We believe in our future freedom,
therefore we shall be free. The corresponding re-
solution has, with the whole nation, become a reli-
gious creed.
To have learnt all this is some consolation; and one
more I have—l have the satisfaction to know that by
not allowing myself to be influenced by promises,
that by insisting on the guarantee of irretractable
facts, preliminary to my giving the signal for rising,
I have preserved my country from great misfor-
tunes for aims which were not our own, and have
preserved its future uneompromised, intact. This
at least is a bright speck on the dreary horizon of
my deep grief.
I was particularly careful to warn my fellow-
countrymen in exile not to be led away by impa-
tience, to throw up their positions which they may
have gained by industry, before events take a turn
which will warrant my calling on them. I even
warned, in public papers, my countrymen in Ame-
rica to wait, and not to stir. Thanks to this pre-
caution, no harm has accrued to any one on my
account. But the prisoners of war from the Hun-
garian regiments flocked spontaneously to our
banner.

We had already five battalions (upwards of
4,000 men) organised—alas ! in three weeks more
we should hare had 25,000 of them. When the war
was brought to an untimely end, I considered it a
duty to guarantee the condition of the gallant band.
I wished them to return home, rather than be scat-
tered in misery over the face of the earth, provided
I could secure to them a safe return.
I therefore insisted on a double stipulation for
them ; that of amnesty, and that of exemption
(conge definitif) from further Austrian military,
service. I succeeded in both regards. France in-
sisted peremptorily, and Austria felt obliged to
yield. Both points are guaranteed as far as stipu-
lations can guarantee ; it remains to be seen how
Austria (false Austria!) will execute them.
On this point I want to be kept in knowledge.
Accordingly I ordered • • • He re-
ports that some of our homegoing braves may pos-
sibly write to me, under your address.
Excuse this liberty • and should any such letters
come to your hands, do me the favour to forward
them to me. There will be nothing in them of a
compromising character. We are no conspirators,
nor do we want to be conspirators. Our national
cause has long ago outgrown such poor swaddling
clothes. Where the whole nation is one, conspira-
cies arc useless as they are unwise. _ _

lam like the ct bir sof the air ; I hid given up
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my house, and have yet none—in fact have no spot
on earth to rest my wearied head upon; therefore
till further notice, please (occasion arising) to send
letters to the care of Francis Pulsky, Esq., 13 St.
Alban's Villas, Highgate Rise, London, N.W.
Allow me to trust that your friendly feelings
towards me and mine have undergone no change
by late events; and believe me to be, with parti-
cular consideration, yours ever truly, KOSSUTH.
John M'Adam, Esq., 45, Hyde-park-street,
Glasgow.

TEE PRINCE OF WALES'S ITALIAN
TUTOR.