The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

KOSSUTH

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE 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 MADAM.
(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 that 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; becaut e the whole nation
was united, ready, and, xmklved as scarcely ever
before. All the &elk xtilhich 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 undespondingly, though not without grief.
I feel tranquil in my conscience that I have done
the duty of an honest man and of a good citizen,
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 uncompromised, intact. This
at least is a bright speck on the dreary horizon of

y 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 lye battalions (upwards of
4,000 men) organised—alas ! in three weeks more
we should have 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 he 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.
comEexctuose
yourth hands,isliberty ; and should any such letters
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 are useless as they are unwise.
I am like the birds of the air ; I bad given up
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.

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S ITALIAN
TUTOR.

The following is from It Monitore Toscano, in
reference to Dr. Lemmi's appointment as Italian
tutor to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales :
" We learn by the English papers the appointment
of our fellow-countryman, Advocate Enrico Lemmi,
to the post of professor of Italian literature to his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Enrico
Lemmi's name is endeared to those Italians who
love beyond all else Italy. Those who have per-
sonally known him before the struggle of 1848
can best tell how Italy had grown the centre
of every aspiration of his imaginative nature, and
how many of his youthful companions owe to
his inspiriting words the honour of having fallen in
brave strife on the glorious fields of Curtatone and
Montanara, and under the walls of Rome. When,
in 1848, bright hopes seemed to dawn for Italy, the
early aspirations of his life were cptickly carried
into action, and Carlo Alberto deemed Enrico
Lemmi deserving of a special notice (menzione
onorevole) for the bravery he displayed at Curta-
tone, while fighting by the side of Montanelli, Pilla,
Pierotti, and that band of braves who for an entire
day resisted the united forces of Radetski. In 1849
he was acting commissioner for the department of
Grosseto ; and having discharged his functions with
zeal and intelligence, was appointed secretary to
the embassy at Constantinople. And here we gladly
and proudly mention a fact which. honours our
cause and countryman. In a letter Inserted in this
paper he respectfully but firmly declined office,
alleged that, while danger threatened cline o
his duty and privilege was to remain with those
ready to defend it with life. Later we find it men-
tioned in several memoirs of the times that he dis-
tinguished himself anew at the siege of Rome, in
the action of the Ponte Molle. In 1850, trusting
to the amnesty of the Grand Duke Leopold, Advo-
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change his
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we rejoice that his nine years' exile has been
cheered by the esteem of the people amongst whom
he has dwelt, and that his talents have been appre-
ciated and rewarded by the honour of teaching the
heir of England's throne."