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Kossuth's Address to the People Of the U. s.
The Washington Uaioa Of the 18th contains
kossuth's Address to The People OF the United
States. Ta:s is the document of which the pub
lie were informed some months age. as beng in
existence. 1t was written in March, 1850, at
Rrousa, in Asia Minor, and was brought to this
country BY DR. Taylor, who visited kossuth after
his removal TO his place Of Punishment.
Its publication has been delayed BY direction Of
Gov. Ujhazy, in order rot TO complieste and him
der the negotiations lately in progress for the re-
lease of the ragitivcs. Kossuth having been re-
leased, il is nos presented 10 the public.
The address is long one, making five columns
of the "Union." 1t has been translated from the
Magyar into The German, and f'om German into
English. The address has no doubt lost part of
its force and fire. in undergoing two tran>lauons,
but with this disadvantage, it is an eloquent, he
roic and s.a.esman,ihe paper.
The N. Y. Morning Star, says of it:
at is al once argumentative and enthusiastic +;
logical and poetic; sasacious and snblms. Ii
any man can doab. after reading il that kossuth
is patriot, nature must have omitted To place a
heart in his bosom. The address is noble epic
II has grandeur akin to that OF tho prophecies;
and a breadth and scope of reasoning that COM
prehends not merely the future of one people bat
Of the whole human race"
Kossuth says that in March, 1873, he held in
his hands the destiny of the reisnins House of
Austria He did not, however, take advantage
Of these favorable circumstances 10 do more than
to secure, as be thought, TO his native land, en-
tire freedom, the only wish of his heart.
"Mv requests he says, ''were of tina. moler-
ate nature which. in the condition OF Hungary
and Europe, seemed best fitted for my country
men. Iasked Of the King not The complete ill.,
dependence Of my beloved country-aos even any
new rights or privileges-bnt simply these three
things:
sFTss: That the inai,enable rights sanctioned
by thousand years, and by the constitution of
my fatherland, should be guaranteed by nation
al and responsible administration,
s:S,eomd: That every inhabitant OF my country
without regarding language or religion. should
be free and equal before the laval classes hav
in. the same privileges and protection from the
law.
..TAud: Tha, all the people of the Austrian
empire that acknowledged the same person as
Emperor whom we Hunsarians ecogpzed as
King, and the same law of succession, should
have restored their ancient constitutional rights,
Of which they had unjustly been despoiled, mod
ified 10 snit their wants, and the spirit Of the
age
After explaining tho nature Of these demands
he goes on 10 say:
quests, appealing to the sanctity of their oa,hs as
I guarantee Of their fulfilment; and J. weak in
myself, but strong through The confidence of my
countrymen and the noble sympathy of the Aus
trian people, proclaimed everywhere, :ds; the
raging storm of revolution, that "ihe house of
Austria should stand; for BY the blessing of the
Almighty, it had begun to move in the right d.
rection, and would be just TO its psople." II
stood, and stood, toe, at tine when, whatever
might have been the fate Of Hungary, the revoiu-
tionary tempest, under my direction, would have
blown away this ANTICIPATED and helpless dynasty
Ike cha6 before the WINDS of heaven."
How hasely the pledges o. the cowagdly aud
pcrhdions Emperor were violated, has become
matter Of history. Kossuih bitterly remarks:
s'Whca was it that Austria was not treacherous?
We look in vain even for suca honor as is found
among robbers, in the Ha?sours, family.
stOa the very day they signed the grant Of those
moderate demands of the Hungarian people, and
solemn!y swore before God aud the nation TO
maintain them, they secretly resolved and plan
ned the most cruel conspiracy against us. Tney
determined TO break their oaths, TO desolate the
land with instruction, conhlgralioa and blood,
till, feeble and exhausted under the burden Of a
Thousand niserics, II ,nsary might be struck from
the roll o. living nations. Tley then hoped, By
the power Of the bay oaet and If necessary by The
arms Of Russia. TO erect united and consolidated
empire, like the Russian, of sixteen various ma
fions; they hoped to realize Their long conceived
purpose Of making themselves an absolute pow :
cr.a
The great Magyar refers with lofty scogn 10
the fawniny sycophsncy with which the Ans
,rian Government craved and from Russia, aud
the uttsr psos.ration Of its independence, which
has resulted from the in.erpos.tion Of The Gar.
Ne says.
AIoe Emperor hopel TIA. .ha Iiia,arian people
would be tsrr fad BY his threa,eninss, a7i wollt
prefer slavery to death ba. he was deceived lie
sold his owa liberty 10 Rnsfia, for aid TO ensare
hn pecp!e. The choice OF coward is = pnr-
'hoasn the cost Of his honor and iniepenl-
ence."
Kossath dencanc.s the treachery OF George;
w;shsH the elolnence Of genuine grief
"Nor could the united n 1850. Austrian fo-ce-
nave conquered my heroic colatrymen had thew
NOT found traitor to aid them, in the nan whon,
cenennc IN NJ honesty, and on account Of his
skill raiaed from obscuritY. E1;oyinc nv
confidence, the confidence Of the nation anil the
army, placed him at the head OF our forces,
giving him the most glorious part to perform ever
granted to man. What an Immortality WAS IN
bis reach, had be been honest! But he hrtrava6
bis country. Cursed be his name fore,eri /
viii not open the bleeding wounds by the sad re-
membranes OF this event, and will merely men.
ton that the surrender al Villages was the crown
ing act of along system Of treachery secretly
rrscticcd-by not using the advantages which
victories PIT in his hands--5y not fulfilling IN,
commands, under cunning pretences-by das.
troying national feeling in the army--by weak
eninx its conidence--and BY the destruction
through unnecessary exposures aud dangers, Of
thN portion Of the army that he could not coz
rapt h his base designs to make himself military
dictator. God, in his inscrntable wisdom, knows
why the traitor was permitted to be successful.
In vain fell the bravest of men in this long war
jim vain were the exertions Of nv brave ccun-
trymen--in vain did the aged father send, with
pioas heart, his only son, the prop Of bis decl-
n;ng years, and the bride her bridegroom vain
did 81 private interests yield to the loftiest patr-
otism--in vain arose the prayers of suffering
people--in vain did the ardent wishes of every
'riend OF tresdom accompany our efforts-;n vain
ia me Genius or Liberty hope for success. NV
c1nfry was mlrtvrcd Her rulers are hang