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

appreciation of great, glorious and free
democratic America. Amen.
Bat, dear sir, there is vet one thing
which must beg you 10 clear of all mis-.
represo ohtations before your Government
that the answer given by the Ottoman
Ministry may be fully appreciated.
Now, have no doubt the thing will
he represented to the world as benevo.
lent step Of the Sublime Porte. They
would make the world believe that ..lho'
political considerations did not allow
them to restore all Hungarian exiles to
liberty, still it was noble resolution OF
the Porte 10 restrict the detention, only
TO eight individuals, freeing all the rest. .
But no, sir. the case is quite different;
the present resolution Of the Porte not
only partakes nothing Of benevolencc,
but is rather the most barbarous, the
most inhuman deed among all we have
yet experienced here. -
Before stepping over the threshold of
Turkey, | asked if they would give me
or not anasylum and hospitality. ask.
ed them, let me be your guest, or else
LET me pass, that may carry my wea-
ry head to more hospitable shores
They answered me. be welcome, be our
guest; our house will be an asylum to
thee; we swear thee protection and hos
pitality.
Itrusied-I arrested my steps, that
might yet feel the breeze which swept
over the plains Of my neighboring native
land, that | may see the pillows Of the
Danube mixed with Hungarian tears
from Presburg to Orsova. $50
A few months later they gave me a
prison in far Asia to be the asylum
which they had sworn to me.
At the sad moment of this change ir
my fate, the poor ruins Of independen,
Hungary, my fellow exiles, almost all,
with few exceptions. demanded the only
concession, TO share my fate.
II was refused.
AT last to twenty-thres OF them was
granted the permission to accompany
me. So they came with me. They
came firmly decided, and declaring this
their resolution to the commissary of
the Porte, rather to undergo every priva-
ton. rather to struggle with starvation,
than to let me be forsaken, alone.
II was noble deed, sir, worthy of the
sympathy Of humanity.
Now, sir, these are the men who are
now driven away from my side by force,
by the Turkish Government.
They protested against this inhuman.
ity, as you will see from the sabjoined
memorial; they declared to be willing
to stay with without the slightest aid of
the Turkish Governments; they asked
nothing but the permission to share my
fate; they declared not 10 submit to this
inhumanity.
The answer was--if you don't go
willingly, you will be set upon the horses
and bound up, and carried away by
force. "a e. ,s.-, 4.
Only five OF the whole number is per.
misted TO share my ,martyrdom. They
have been seven officers, who more par
ticularly devoted themselves to the SER
vice of daily guard to my person, a pre-
caution of necessity, as the Turkish
government acknowledged again and
again, that Austrian assassins were ?lot-
ting against my life. asked at least to
spare me the modification of choice a.
mong these seven. No, il was not per-
mitted; two even of these were driven
away.
On the contrary, was willing to sac.
ri6ce the consolation Of the presence OF
my family. for the sake Of the education
Of my children. ! intended, therefore,
to your Governments generous offer. to
send away my infant children, under. or
even Gf it can't Otherwise be) without
their guardian angel, nv beloved wife.
Il was explicitly refused.
That is the real state Of the question,
sir. Il is not for the sake Of relieving
The burden Of my feelings by weak
complaint, that dwell upon these par
,iculars: will bear my fate; but il is
that barbari,y may not succeed in shell
tcring itself under the mask Of humani-
~. and that my gaolers may not sell for
benevolence deed which is the most
shocking cruelty. I, is for that reason
that / pray you would be so kind as to
inform your Government about these. as
the real issue Of your country generous
proposition. as viii also state the mat
ter before the publicity Of the civilized
world. ~ A 81
Now. my dear sir, as the greatest part
Of my driven-away companions have
decided to profit Of your generous offer
and go to America, in the confident hope,
that with the aid Of God, they may YET
see their native beloved fatherland in
freedom and Independence, it is my du.
~ 10 trouble you with some indispensa-
BILE prayers on their behalf, which L
trust you will feel authorized to comply
with, &c. L. KOSSUTH.
II Caution 10 the LGdies.-A Gin
cinnati paped states that DR.. Muzzey
was one day last week called on to per-