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these things will not be found wanting in the
KossuTHs APPEAL.

kOSSO ] ii - al IAh.
Bv the arrival of the papers, brought
by the Europa, we are put in possession
of noble letter from Kossuth to Lord
Palmcrston appealing to him, in the sad
dilemma in which he and his Companions
are placed. The Sultan gave the refu
gees protection, but now, it appears,
makes qhe dishonorablc proposition that
the price of his protection must be the
abandonment of their faith and religion.
We trust that the succor SO promptly
granted by England, and its apparent en-
dorscmcnt by the Republic of France,
may have its effect ChriStendom ought
not, cannot submit to such an outrage
There are some eloquent glorious pas
sagcs in tie appeal of Kossuth, but our
limits will not permit molc than the few
brief extracts below Carolinian
"a fresh letter from his majesty the
Car arrived in Constantinoplc, and its
consequence was tho suggestion sent to
us by an express messenger Of. the Turk
iSh Government, that the Poles and Hun
ga,ians, and in particular myself, Count
Casimir Batbiany, Minister Of Foreign
Affairs of Hungary under my Govern
ment, and the Generals Messaros and Pc
rczcl Gall present herc,) would be sur
rendered unless We chose to abjurc the
faith of our iorefathers in the religion of
Christ and become Musselmans. And
thus five thousand Christians are placed
in the terrible alternative either of facing
the scaffold or of purchasing their lives
by abandoning their faith. SO low is
fallen the once mighty Turkey, that she
can cevise no other means to answer OF
evade the demands of Russia.
"Words fail me to qualify these aston
ishing suggestions, such as never have
been made yctto the fallen chief of a
generous nation, and could hardly have
been expected in the nineteenth century
"My answer dpes not admit of hesita-
ton. Between death and shame tho
choice can neither be dubious nor diff
cult
Goods will be done. am prepared
to die; but as think this measure dis
honorable and injurious to Turkey, whose
interest ] sincerely have at heart, and a.
feel it my duty to save my companions
in exile, if | can, from dangradlng al
Tentative, [ have applied to the Crane
Vizicr in conciliatory manner, and tool
also the liberty to apply to Sir Stratfort
Canning and General Aupich, for thci
generous aid against the tyrannic act
"Time presses doom may in
few days be scaled. Allow me to max
an humble personal request, | am
man, my lord, prepared to face the worst
and can die with free look at Hcavc
as | have lived. But | am also, m
lord, husband, son, and father; my poo
truc-hearted wife, my children, and M
noble old mother are wandering abou
Hungary. They win probably soon fa
into the hands of those Austrains VIII
delight in torturing even feeble womer
and with whom the innocence of child
hood is no protection against pcrsecu
tons. | conime your Exccllcncy in tn
name of the Most High, to put stop t
these crueltics, by your powerful media
ton, and especially to accord to my vii
and children an asylum on the soil of TIL
generous English people
Gas tony people-my loved and nc
BILE country-must she, too, perish fol
ever? Shall she, unaided, abandoned t
her fate, and unavengcd, be doomed t
annihilation by her tyrants? Will Eng
land, once her hope, not become her con
sola.ion?"