Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-08-15
OTTUMWA, IOWA, AUGUST Is, 1851.

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TURKEY.
Letter from Louis KOssuth, Lat,
Governor Of Hungary.
KUrAHIA, the 4th May, 1851.
To HoRNEs A.. HoRNEs, Esq. Charg
f.a6aires ad interim, Of the U. S
of .america at Consfaatinople:
SrR-Scarce have learnt from yo,
the rebuke given by the Turkish minis
ter to the generous proposition of your
glorious country's Congress and Gov.
ernment, than an Austrian commissary
also arrived to put the barbarous deci.
sion of the Porte peremptorily to execu.
iion. An Austrian commissary in I'nr.
key! You must, of course, feel how
eeep this empire must have fallen, till il
was to suffer such degradation, nay, alb
dication of her Independence. She is
falling, fast. poor Turkey-falling, no,
by want of strength. not by fatality, bu,
by the cowardice of her leaders, who
have not the courage to act according to
their own Judgment.
OF course, all the CONVERSATIONS about
"Septcmber and no longer" as the term
Of my detention, is mere hnmbug; nay,
more, it is atIron, added TO oppression.
Has the Porte given the assurance to the
United States that such a day Of Sep
tember next you can take me without
any further application on board an
American ship! Of course no. BE
therefore, sure of this, my dear SIR, il is
mere humbug. The real value of their
words have had opportunity enough to
appreciate.
Full well ! understand the case.
am doomed to perish at kutahia--to fall
victim here to the fears Of abominable
Austria. There are many ways to come
to that end, now that the com mpanions ol
my prison, they who have accompanied
me by free choice, with the agreemen. OF
the Porte, hi;her, are by force torn away
from my side, and stand almost forsa.
ken--alone!
Well. ! will look to for myself, and
meet the worst if needs be-.
Imust frankly tell you that have
anticipated the failure of your ncgo,ia-
lion. The Turkish Governments Yields
but to fear or 10 protection, and il must
be fully aware that whatever may be the
power of the United States, Turkey has
nothlngto fear and no protection to hope
from them; nothing, because your Gov
ernment, your legislative bodies, all your
organs of publicity, are very anxious to
proclaim, every once and again, that
in European matters is
the first fundamental principle Of the
political system of the United States
TO be sure, wise were the men who first
established this principle, and wise were
the men who followed it.. Itwas nee.
cssary one for the foundation, as well as
for the growth of the United States
Neither would i. be convenient for me
10 investigate whether the dress which
is SO well suited to protect the childhood
and to develop the youth will still prove
suitable when the much-promising youth
had become a full grown man, nay, a
mighty giant, as your country is. Time
is going on. and every hour may bring
its own convenience as il brings its own
necessity. May be that even your glo-
rious country may soon be called to feel
tha, every position has its necessity, has
its conditions-has. | would almost say,
its unavoidable fatality; the more, the
greater, the mightier that position is.--
.sGod acts not by special will, but by
general laws" said an English philoso-
pher. May be that even your country
viii very soon be called to feel tina. it is
determined (as surely it is) to uphold,
nay, still to heighten the glorious posi-
tion il already holds, il will scarcely be
possible. should ii even be convenient
not to put a weight into the balance,
where the destinies of the old world and
its civilization are to be weighed, il will
scarcely be possible not TO give anything
more to the sufierings Of nations than
the noble sentiments Of sympathy to the
struggling, the ecommisera,ion to the fall
en-, an asylum 10 the persecu.ed, or at
the most, generous offer. but which
even . Turkish Minister may dare TO de-
cline. .s u
There may be some who believe tha,
the non-acceptation of the generous Of
fer of the United States is but an indirect
answer Of Austria to the glorious decla-
ration of MIR. Webster, which fonnd SO
mighty an,echo in every American breas,
an answer scarcely less arrogant than
the frs, foolish pfovocations was: there
may be some who believe that the Uni
ted States may even not speak, bat hav-
ing once spoken their word must be
0beyed. As 10 me, il 10 my duty no.
to repress even any humble wish about
the further steps Of oar Government; to
me it would be quite inconvenient either
TO entertain or express any feelings else
than the most fervent gratitude for the
generous attention OF your country and
Of your Government, and the most res
pectful appreciation Of their noble
conduct toward myself and my
companions, which beg you will be SO
kind TO convey to the Government and
the people of the United States, togeth.
or with the humble declaration Of mire,