The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-11-14
iGorgey, the Hunearian Traltor.

o Nn. DtaCe WIlIeS 10 Tue New YORK IHbnne
the following description Of Gorgey, the Ar
mold of Hungary,
m regard to Gorgey, one af my friends here
lately remarked, that he was the opposite Of
hossuth--'Kossuth was Hungarian and
nothing, else-Gorgey was anything but a
Hungarian p
There is much truth in the remark -Gorpey
never had the least sympathy with either The
virtues or the weakness of his countrymen.
A man Of cold stern nature, Of few words
and tremendous deed he always laughed over
the Magayr fire, and eloquence and patriot
ism. Despite the falseness he displayed at
last, there is something very striking about
his character. Ifhe was traitor, he was no
common one.
His career commenced in Characteristic
way, BY hanging up, when only major one
OF the first noblemen in Hungary, foitreach.
eEy, tslniy and indiletentiy as IL Inc min
had been runaway drummer. The affair
made great noise, and brought his name very
prominently before the public. His after
course was consistent with this--as cool in
the discharge of grape, his officers say, as he
was At the council board.
T4ey have told me they have often seen
him IN the midst Of fearful charge around
himg sitting quietly on his horse, with pis-
tol n hand-but not for the enemy. The
moment he saw man finch, he shot him as
unrdlentingly as if he had been dog. He.
seemed 10 others utterly Indifferent to what
nenusually long after. He always professed,
amid his most splendid achievements, khe
would rather be teaching chemistry, than
leading an army. When Kossuth sent him
on dne occasion 100000 guilders (l0O,OOO).
to make provision forhis future, and in or
der not to offend him, inclosed it to his wife.
he sdnt it back, with the remark, 'If | fall, /
shall not use it my wife can be governess
again, as she was before; if we are conquer
ed, and | escape, l can be professor abroad !;
if we conquer, and survive the victory, /
needno money now!"
After one OF his grand victories, the minis
try sent him certain decorations and orders of
honors he put them aside With sneer, that
snchlgew gaws were not the things for re-
public!
People have told me that after the storm
ing Of 0ben, the only words on the lips OF
the people and Of the army, was "Gorgey 7"
"Gotgeyr' but with all the demonstrations
bsfoe his quarters, he never showed himself,
and remained codly within-indeed, express
singhimseli that this very bombardment was
the iuin of Hungary
Hf always sneered al everybody, even the
friends who idolized him; and was almost
the only man in Hungary who was perfectly
Indifferent under kossuths eloquence -
And the splendidly dressed Hungarian Of
ficeis, he always appeared in his old majors
coat land in boots which he had not taken off,
perhaps, for week.
A lady told me that she met him after the
taking Of Oben, in vile looking coat, with
"a grea, bole in one of the elbows.
She demonstrated with him for wearing
such thing. "Poh " said he, ,ssIll be known
through all my rags!"
See said she, pointing to the rent; see
the Diogenes peeping through the hole !" at
which he seemed very unusually disconcert-
ed. And have no doubt the lady had hit
the matter exactly. 1t was not that he was
indifferent to peoples opinion. He took this
very course TO show his own pride-his rul-
ing trait seems TO have been a mean, selfish
pride. He was unspeakably jealous of Kos
suth, and would rather see Hungary thou-
sand times ruined than ii should conquer un-
der him.
There is little difference of opinion, even
now, in Hungary, about the amount OF his
treachery. The general voice, however, pro-
nounces him a traitor may speak more OF
the details hereafter; for myself, have no
doubt, that he was meanly, basely false to his
country. But in consistency with his char
acter, he was determined his treachery should
not be forced upon him, and be did not con-
sumate il until he had shown, by mastery
retreat and a series Of splendid manGuvres,
what he might have done, had he willed.
Whatever may be said of his early course,
for his last act of unconditional surrender and
betrayala at Villages, no excuse, Or pallation
can be found. He could not have lost more,
had he fought out the war, to the last inch of
ground on the Hungarian P,iSSia8. All his
faithful comrades who had stood by his side
in many hard fought field, and had messed
at his table, were left TO the gallows Or the
axe. The brave soldiers who had followed
him through his long and weary retreat, with
mistaken confidence and love, believing that
"their Gorgey' would come out right at last,
were abandoned to Austrian dungeons. or left
10 be drafted into The imperial regiments"
He saved nothing but his own miserable
life. No man in Hungary believes that he
did this malignant treachery for gold. 1t was
all from his diabolical pride. His reward
has been poor enough; residence in small
town of Syria. under the inspection of Aus
trian spies narrow stipend from the gov
ernment, and the howl OF detestation and
wrath following him from the whole Hunga-
riap nation. He is said to be pursuing his
study Of chemistry quietly in Klagenfruit.
where probably he win die. The bitterest
punishment for the proud man, the scorn and
contempt of the world, has met him and we
may leave him TO it.