Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-08-22

We have been permitted to present TO our readers,
says the Washington Union, letter from the renown-
ed Hungarian leader and patriot, Louis Kossuth adj
dressed to General Cass, senator from Michigan.
The intensity of patriotic feeling which il manfests,
the beautiful simplicity of its expressions and its
confident hope in the progress Of the great of
human liberty, will commend it to the warm regard
of every true-hearted American. How proud is the
reflection for an American, that wherever man is
struggling for freedom, he looks this country for
encouragement and example during the contest, and
for sympathy, if defeat and misfortune, instead of
victory and triumph, should come upon him! And
much prouder would have been the reflection had the
resolution of Gen. Cass (to terminate diplomatic in
tercourse with Austria, in token of reprobaton of
her fagitious conduct) passed Congress, and gone
out to the world the condemnation by free peo-
pie of the most atrocous act of tyranny recorded in
the long conflict between power and the oppressed
victims of power.
KUrALYA, CASA MNoR,) May 25, 1850.
GENERAL: 1t is already ten months that have the
anguish of exile to endure.
Nature has mans mind with wonderful elasticity
lowed Ii yields to many changes OF iate and gets
customed to adversely But to one thing the pat
riots heart learns to nure itseto the pangs of
exile.
You remember yon patrican of Venice who, when
banshed feigned high treason, that he might at least
from the scaffod the Ralto glance more
This fond desire can easily understand. /
the more, because yon Venetian though exlled, knew
his atherand to be happy and great but l. sir carry
the dolor of millions, the pains of down-trodden
try in my wounded breast, without having the sad
consolation think that it could not otherwise be- OH
had Divine Providence only from designed
preserve swear to the Almighty God the threatening
pillows of despotsm would have fallen like foam from
rock of my brave peoples breasts. To have this
firm conviction, sir, and instead of the weldeseryed
victory of freedom find oneself in exile the father
land in chains, is profound sorrow nameless grief
Neither have the consolation 10 have found mitiga-
tons of this grief the hospable hearth of great free
people, the contemplation of which, by the imposing
view OF freedoms wonderful powers, warns the desPon
1t is not a coward lamentaton which makes me saw
all this General, but the lively of gratitude and
thankful acknowledgements for your generous sympathy
wanted sketch the darkness of my destiny that YOU
might feel what benefit have been your
OF light by which you from the capital OF free America
have heightened my night
1t Broussa General, that the notice of your i'm
posing speech has reached me- yonder Broussa where
Hannibal bewailed his countrys mischief and foretold
the fall of its oppressOrs-Hannba exiled like myself
but still unhappier, he accompanied in exile by
the agraudc o! his people but by the love of mine
Yes General, your powerful speech not only the
inspiration of sympathy for unmered misfortune nat
ura to noble, feeling hearts; it the revelation of the
justice of God-it leaf from the book of fate
yelled to the world On that day, General you were
sitting in the name of mankind, in tribunal passing
judgment despotism and the despots of the world
and the God Of Justice lives your verdict will
be accomplished.
Shall yet have my share in this great work or notl
do not know Once almost efficient instrument the
hands of Providence am now buried alive. With hum
bic heart will accept the call to action should be
deemed worthy of submit the doom of inactive
suiferngs if it be But, be it the other,
know that your sentence will be fulfilled. know that
aged Europe, at the OF freedoms young America,
will herself grow young again. know that my people,
who proved worthy of liberty will yet notwithstand-
ing their present degradation weigh heavy this bal
ance of fate; and know that, long Hungarian
lives your name, General will be counted among the
most cherished in my native land the distinguished
who worthy interpreter of the generous senti-
ments OF the great American people, has upon poor
Hungarians the consolation bestowed of confident hope
at moment when Europe's decrepit politics seemed our
unmerited fate forever to seal.
May you be pleased, General, to accept the most fer
vent thanks OF honest friend of freedom. Let me
hope that should Mr. Uhazy, (my oldest and best friend
and present representative the United States) the
interest of the holy to which you have gener-
ously your protection accorded address himself to you
for something which you mi ht, in your wisdom, Judge
convenient and practicable, you will not withhold from
your powerful support; and please to accept the
of my highest esteem and most peculiar
ton.
Anc Governor of Hungary
! To the Honorable the General Cass, Washington.
hope you will excuse my bad English. thought il
my duty to address YOU in your own language.