Washington telegraph., 1849-09-12
What Kossuth thinks of France.

The Hungarian Leade7;-The fol
lowing portion of a letter from Hungary
dated Pesth, July l, will be read with
interest:
81 send you the present by thawife o.
trader of Vienna, who is ,bout to Join
her husband and who, thanks to her
German origin, may perhaps with i'm
punity pass the hedge of b,yonets that
separates us from Europe. take this
opportunity of writing you-rot to believe
the account which may reach you from
the seat of war in Hungary. You know
that tor moment our countryis anoasis
of liberty, bathed by desert of opprce-
sion, and that the nature of events in our
land is at the mercy of oDr enemies. So,
every time you hear of victories gained
either by the Austrians or the Russians,
examine the story twice, and recollect
that retreat is not always a defeat, and
that even if we evacuate Pesth, town
of little use to as in all administrative or
strategetic point of view, the Hungarian
cause is not lost.
"We no longer count on the aid of
France in our supreme struggle with
despotism. When the French Republic
is spoken of to Kossuth, he says, with a
smile of pity, Let us leave old men to
die in peace, and ask not from dotage
what we can only expect from youth.
In the meantime, this astonishing man
displays an energy of which can scarce
ly give you an idea. Despite his pre-
carious state of health, he does prodigies
of activity. Seated on a country car,
with his wife and child at his side, he
crosses the country, calling the people to
arms, and communicating to the whole
nation that burning ardor which beams
round his immortal face. Sometimes he
arrives at the camp of his warriors, where,
thanks to the Inconvenience of every
popular war, want of provisions and am
unition drag encouragement in their train.
Then he rises on his car and speaks,
and at the departure Of the dictator, the
soldiers have forgotten their misery and
fatigue; they are full of enthusiasm, and
ready to fight and conquer, were it only
to give repose to Louis Kossuth and his
family.
"He is admirably seconded by his lieu
tenants. Georgey wounded slightly in
the arm UulllS Tie last Ddltlc, proves
that revolutions can only be accomplished
by young and new men. knowledge
and experience ever give way before
youth, and in every national movement
the errors of ardor are better than those
of calculation. Dembinski, whose force
is scattered along the frontiers of Galicia,
is trying to draw Paskiewitch into the
country. You know this General, who
gained every rank in the French army.
His dream for eighteen years has been
$4,000 men with whom to annihilale the
Muscovite empire. His dream is realiz-
ed; and, though afar off my reasoning
may seem absurd, if in one battle Dem
| binski gains victory Hungary is saved,
and the Polish General will enter Galicia
and the kingdom of Poland.
"The Russian troops are demoralised.
The Hungarian war is unpopular in
Russia. and if were sure my letter
would not see the light, [ would prove
this. Dembinski is a General of Arlosto,
to whom nothing is impossible. Sudden
blows fascinate and tempt him, in which
he differs from BEN, whose perseverance
| is his principal quality. Benz may be
beaten, but never discouraged or destroy
| ed.