Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-07-14
K0SSuth'S Protest.

| k0SSuth'S Protest.
| ADDRESSED TO THE SUBLIME PORTE. 3.
The undersigned, late governor of Hun.
gary, is by his prolonged detention, reduced
to despair Of either justice or generosity.
lie, who is forced to abandon hope, has
nothing further to fear from force. or yio-
lence; no Is beyond all eonstraint.
The undersig ned has roached this point.
To-day is the anniversary OF our arrival
at katajah! Katajah! the tomb where the
sublime porte has buried US alive, while
speaking to, US Of hospitality IN
Pursued by misfortune, we stopped be-
fore the threshold Of the Mussufman, and
asked from him in the name of God, in
the namo Of humanity, in the name OF his
religion, hospi.able asylum, Or q free
passage. The turkish government had
entire liberty 10 receive US or not. 4
II had the right Of saying; will give
you shelter in prison, or in some dis>
liant place where you will be detained and
strictly guarded. This IS the hospitality
which Turkey offers you. Ii it does not
please you, hasten your departure, rid US
Of your embarrassing presence. .sss,
This was not said 10 US. 5sz2 a&5 ara
The sublime porie deigned TO open to
US its sheltering tent; it entreoted US to cross
the threshold, and swore by its God and its
faith, that it would grant US hospitality and
safe asylum. We trusted ourselves to
the honor Of the Turks. We eat of their
bread and their salt; wereposed under their
roof We prayed 10 God to bless them,
and we offered them our courage, our ex-
perience matured. by vicissitudes. and our
everlasting gratitude. Aud Hungarians
keep their word. 5sz- sEss
Look at Bosnia, where Musselmen. sub.
jects of the sublime porte, are revolted
ngains, it. A handful Of Hungarian SOL
diers are in the ranks of its army-it is
but handful, for the porte would not nc-
cept more. Well! who are first upon the
breach? who are first in the charged who
ore they who never. retreat, who advance,
in the midst Of fire Of grape shot, bay yonet
in hand TO victory? They ure this handful
of exiles. They die for Turkey; the Hun
garian keeps his word. ag s.,6 a.4zz--
They offered us hospitality, and they
gave us q prison; thoy swore to US that we
should meet with On asylum, and we hive
found banishment. God will judge; nno
God is just. 81. h-s.s=
We have suffered; but for the sake of
not causing embarrassment, we hayo been
SILENT They begged US to have confi>
dence. We have shownit. They begged
US to wait. We have waited long.
They said TO US, it is only until Austria
shall succeed in re establishing that which
the despois order (the order Of oppression;
that which they Gull tranquility (the tran
guilty Of the tomb z5.s,
Veil, she hes re- established this order,
this tranquility, by her executors. She
has te-esiablished ii SO far, as 10 dare TO
provoke Russia TO war; SO far us to dare,
trusting TO the support Of her master the
Gear, to encroach upon the nations Of Eu.
rope, to extend her forces from the Baltic
10 Rome; SO for .us threaten Piedmont and
Switzerland; so far as to bribe tho border
provinces to revolt-she has re.established
this tranquility, she has even announced its
re-estublishment 10 the sublime porte; and
we are still prisoners.
They begged US 10 wait one year rcck.
oning from the day on which We first placed
our feet upon Ottoman soil. We waited.
Afterwards we were told 10 reckon the
year from the day when The sentence Of
our transportation into the interior was de.
creed. Again we wailed patiently. AT
length they seemed to revolt at being any
longer the jailers Of Austria, and they per.
mitted US TO hope that on The anniversary
of our arrival at Kalahla, our liberty would
be restored to US. =. e, ., :,
Well, this anniversary has arrived. Let
us see what il has brought US. ,.-.5
A poor Hungarian, Major Demoier, pro-
ferring, as do, exile or even death, to
seryitude, destitute Of all means Of subsist-
ence, had come eight months before to
ask my advice and some assisteneo to go to
Belgrade, in order to send for his wife
! lhi,her, who was living at Peterwardein.
1t was matter, of simple humanity. i
gave him some slight assistance, ana be
departed FOR. Belgrade. z5s .ss.....s /,
| When he arrived there, he had been al
| ready anticipated by tho accusations OF
Austria, who sees everywhere my hands
| in the well founded discomfort Of her op'
pressed people, and who, as her whole life
is conspiracy against God and humanity,
finds conspiracy, in everything. Austria
| then anticipated him, by the lying occu-
/ sation Of being the bearer of proclamallons
from mo: TO The Hungarian nations.
The accusation was false. etlirm /,
on my honor. Nevertheless, on the faith
of spies, without honor or character, Aus
lria caused to be arrested, at Seliem, his
poor wife. on her way ito join her exiiet
husband, and the imaginary. proclamalions
4 demanded us the price Of her liberty. ~
I Demoter justified himself before the Ser
Wan government IN SO striking manner
that the government, although only fee
BILE vnssal Of / he powerful Ottoman empire
found sufficient strength in the justice o
his cause to protect him.
4 Austria was obliged to loose her hold
The poor wife was permitted to Join he
husband, but upon condition that Denote
shosId Immediately leave Belgrade.
= 10 This moor woman is q creditor of Austria