Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-11-10

!, ibe governor Of unhappy Hungary, after la
wing. believe, a. a good citizen and honest man,
'I.A..sd 10 The last my duty 10 my country, bad
NO choice Ten me between The rppose Of tbe grave
and he ineIpressibs anguish ut s1rsfrjation.
Many OF my brethren ia misfortune Bat pre-
ceded me on the Turkish territory. | l.'owed
thither in the hope that ! should be permitted to
pass to England, and there, under The protection
d the English people, protection never yet
denied 10 prosecuted man--allowed 10 rpp0se for
a while my wearied head on the hosPilabIe shore
d your happy island.
But even with these views, | would rather
have surrendered mysei to my deadiesl enemy
than to cause any difficulties 10 the Turkish 90.
vernmenI. whose situation | well knew how to
appreciate. and therefore did not ntrude on the
Turkish territories without previously inquirng
whether ! and my companions ia misfortune
would be willingly received. aud the protection
oithe Sultan granted 10 ".
We received the assurance that we were wei
come guests, and should ENJOY the lulI protection
ofbs Majesty the Padisha who would rather sa
critice 10000 ofhis own subjects than allow one
hair Of our heads 10 be injured
Il vas only upon this assurance that We pass.
ed into the Turkish territory; and according to
the generous assurance, we were received and
tended on our Journey--receved iu Widdin as
The Sultaa's guests, and treated Hospitality du-
ring four weeks, whilst waiting from Constant.
nople further orders TO the continuation OF our
sad journey to some distant shore
J Even The ambassadors OF England and France,
to whom yenured in the name OF humanity 10
/ appeal, were SO kind as to assure me Of their
! sympathy
| His Majesty the Sultan, was also so praciou,
as 10 give decided negative to the inhuman
pretensions OF our extradtion demanded by Rus
STA and Austria
But fresh letter from his Majesty the Gar
arrived in Conslantinople and It's consequence
was The suggestion seni TO us by an express mes
senger oflhe Turkish government, that the Poles
aud liungarians, and in particular myself, Count
Casimir Bathana, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Hungary under my government, and the Gene.
rails Messaros aud Perczel, Gall present here
would be surrendered unless we chose to ablure
The faith Of our oreathers in the religion oil
Christ and become Mussulmans And thus five
thousand Christians are placed in the terrible al.
Tentative either OF facing the scaii3ld or Of puf.
chasing their lives by abandoning their faith.-
50 low is already fallen the once mighty Turkey,
that she can devise no other means to answer or
evadf the emands of Russia.
Words fail me to qualify these astonishing
suggestions, such as never have been made YET
to the fallen chief Of a generous nation, and
could hsfdly have been expected in the h cen.
tury
My answer does not admit Of hesitation. Be !,
1n tha, al a,
he dubious nor difficult. Governor Of Hungary. |
and elected to hal high place by the confidence |
Of hieen monso fmy conntrymen, know well I
what owe to the honor Of my country, even in /
exile. Even as private individual, have an !
honorable path to pursue. Once governor OF
generous country, leave no heritage to my
chdren--hey shall, at least, have IN unsullied |
name.
Gods will be dune. am prepared to die; .
bul as think this measure dishonorable and in.
wrious TO Turkey, whose interest sincerely I
A,sse At heart, and as feel il nay duty save m, !
COM Mons in exile, il ! can, from degrading !
alternative, have applied to the Grand Vizer /
IN eoncllla,ory manner, and took also the iiher
~ to apply to Sir Sraliord Canning aud General /
Auplch, for their generous aid against The lyran
menls and generous prhci les o; your Excellcn
cy, by which, as we'll as through your wisdom,
you have secured the esteem Of the civilized
world | trust to be excused in enclosing copies
OF my two letters 10 the Strand N2ieT aud Sir
Slratord Canning.
lam informed that the Whole matter is cabal
against the ministry of Reschid Pacha, whose
enemies would wish 10 force him TO our eItradi>
ton m order to lower it in public estimation,
and render impossible It's continuance in office
IL 10 certain that in the grand council held on the
e'h and 10Th Of September, after a tumutuous
debate, the majority Of the council declared in
@vH OF our eEtradition, the majority OF the min
lstry against it. No decision was come to in
consequence Of the alteration which took place;
but, notwithstanding, the ministry though! f, to
make Us the revolving sugge stion have named.
This mode Of solving the difficulty would not,
| am convinced, save the ministry, because
protection only given, in contradiction OF the Sui
lap's generous feeling, al the price OF five thou
sand Christians abandoning their faith, would be
revolving to The whole Christian world, and prove
( hardly calculated 10 win sympalhies for Turkey
1 IN the even, of war with Russia which, in the
opinion Of the most experienced Turkish states
men, is approaching Fast.
As 10 my native country, Turkey does, | be
Iicve, already feel he loss Of the neglected OPP
PorunlIy Of having given to Hungary at least
some moral help TO enable !, 10 check the adj
vance of the common enemy. But it appears TO
me that il would be very i'll advised mode Of
gaining Hungarian sympathy by sending me to
/ an Austrian scaflod, aud forcing my unhappy
companions TO ablure their religion, Or accept
the same alternative.
| No friends to the Turkish government would
spring up from my blood shed by her broken
faith, bu, many deadly foes My lord, your heart
/ will, | am sure, excuse my having called your
attention to our unhappy tate, since il has now
assumed political Importance. abandoned in
this unsoca land by the whole world, even the
first duties Of humanity give us no promise of
protection, unless, my lord, YOU and Your gene.
rous nation come forward to protect US.
| What steps it may be expedient that You