Polynesian., 1850-02-23

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suggestions, such as never have been made
to the fallen chief Of generous nation, and
could hardly have been expected in the nine
teenth century. s.e sa.s @
My answer does not admit Of hesitation.
Between death or shame the choice can nei-
ther be dubious nor difficult. Governor Of
Hungary. and elected to that high place by
the confdtincesof fifteen millions Of my coun-
ltrymen, know well what owe to the honor
| of my country even in exile. Even as pri-
vate individual have an honorable path to
pursue. Once governor of generous coun-
ltry-l leave no heritage to my children
they shall, at least, bear an unsullied name
Gods will be done. am prepared TO die !;
bat as think this measure dishonorable and
injurious to Turkey, whose interest sincere
ly have at heart, and as feel it my duty to
save my companions in exile, have replied
to the Grand Vizier in a conciIiatory manner,
and took also the liberty to apply to Sir STRAIT.
ford Gaming and General Aupich, for their
generous aid against this tyrannic act In
reliance on the generous sentiments and no.
BILE principles of your Excellency, by which
as well as through your wisdom, you have
secured the esteem of the civilized world,
trust to be excused in enclosing copies of my
two letters TO the Grand ViZier and Sir STRAIT
ford Canning.
am informed that the whole matter is a
cabal against the ministry of Reeschid Pa
sha, whose enemies would wish to force him
to our extradltion in order to lower it in pub
lie estimation and render impossible its cor-
tinuance IN office. 1t is certain that in The
Grand Council held on the 9th and 10th of
| September, after a tumultuous debate, ma
jority of the council declared in favor of our
extradition, the majority of the Ministry
against it. No decision was come to in con-
sequence of the alteration which took
place; but Notwithstanding, the Ministry
Thought fit to make us the revolving suggest
ion have named.
This mode of solving the difficulty would
not, am convinced, save the Ministry, be-
cause a protection only given, in contradc-
price Of FIVE thousand Christians abandon
whole Christian world, and prove hardly cal
culated to win sympatlaes for Turkey in the
event Of war with Russia, which, in the
opinion of the most experienced Turkish
statesmen, is approaching fast.
AS to my native country, Turkey does, ]
believe, already feel The loss of the neglect
ed opportunity of haviag given Hungary at
least some moral help to enable it to check
the advance of the common enemy. But it
appears TO me that it would be very ill-ad-
vised mode of gaining Hungarian sympathy
| by sending the to an Austrian scafold, and
forcing my unhappy companions to abjure
their religion, or accept the same alterna-
tive.
| No friends to the Turkish Government
would spring up from my blood, shed by her
broken faith, but many deadly foes. My
lord, your heart will, am sure, excuse my
calling your attention to our unhappy fate,
since it has now assumed political import
ance. Abandoned in this unsocial land by
the whole world, even the first duties of hu-
manity give us no promise of protection un-
less, my lord, you and your generous nation
come forward to protect us.
What steps 1t may be expedient that you
should take, what we have right to expect
from the well known generosity of England,
it would be hardly fitting for me to enter on.
place my own and my companions fate in
your hands, my lord, and in the name of hu-
manity throw myself under the protection of
England
| Time presses-our doom may in a few
days be sealed Allow me to make an hum
bic personal request am man, my lord.
prepared to s,aeet the worst /; and can die
with free look at Heaven, as hsve lived.
But am also, my lord, hu1.aad son, and
father my poor true-hearted wife, my chill
dren and my noble mother, are wandering
about Hungary. They will probably soon
fall into the hands Of those Austrians who de-
| light in torturing even feeble worien, and
with whom the innocence of childhood IS no
protection against persecution. | cOnjure
your Excele1cy, in the name of the Most
High, to put stop to these crueltles by your
powerful mediation. and especially to accord
to my wife and children an asylum on the
soil of the generous English people.
AS to my poor-lly loved and noble coun-
try-must she, too, perish forever! Shall
she, unaided, abandoned to her fate, and un-
avenged, be doomed to annihi!a,ion by her
ltyrants: VIII England, once her nope, not
become her consolation
The political interests of civilized Europe,
so many weighty considerations respecting
England herself, and chiefly the maintenance
of the Ottoman Empire, are too intimately
bound up with the existence Of Hungary, for
me to lose all hope. My lord, may God the
Almighty for many years shield you, that
you may long protect the unfortunate, and
live to be the guardian of the rights of free
dom and humanity. | subscribe nyself, with
the mos, perfect respect and esteem,
Signed L. kOSSUIH.
! FOUNDATIONS UNDER s*ATE;s.
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