The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-30
Kossuth's Protest.

euner Justice OF generosity. lie, VINO Is iorceu
force or violence; he is beyond all constraint.
The undersigned has reached this point.
Today u the anniversary Of our arrival at ku-
Porte has buried us alive, whilst speaking to Of
A' TeS,.u.a by misfortune, we stopped before the
threshold Of the Mussulman, and asked from him,
In the name Of God, in the name of humanity, in
the name of his religion, hospitable asylum, or
free passage. The Turkish government had entire
liberty to receive US or not.
1t had the right of saying will give you shell
ter in prison, or In some distant place where you
win be detained and strictly guarded. This is the
hospitality which Turkey offers you If it docs not
please you, hasten your departure, rid US Of your
embarrassing presence.
This was not said to US.
The Sublime Porte deigned to open to US its
shelterng tent; 1t entreated to the thres-
hold, and swore by its God and its faith that ii
would grant Us hospitality and a safe asylum. We
eat OF their bread and of their salt; reposed
der their roof. We prayed to Ged to bless them,
and We offered them our courage, our experience
matured by vicissitudes, and our everlasting graft
tude. And Hungarians keep their word
Look at Bosnia, where Mussulmen, subjects of
the sublime Porte, are revolted against it. A
handful Of Hungarian soldiers are in the ranks Of
Its army-it is but handful, for the Porte would
not accept more. Well who are first upon the
breach? who are first in the charge who are they
who never retreat, who advance, in the m idst of
fire and grape shot, bayonet in hand, to victory
They are this handful Of exiles. They die for Tur
key; the Hungarian keeps his word
They offered US hospitality, and they gave US q
prison; they swore to US that we should meet with
an asylum, and we have found Punishment. God
will judge; and Gods just.
We have suffered; but for the sake of not causing
embarrassment, We have been silent. They begged
US to have confidence. We have shown it. They
begged US to wait. We nave waited long.
They said to us it is only until Austria shall sue
coed in re bishing that which the despots call
order 1.-THE order Of oppression that which they call
tranquility (the tranquility Of the tomb)
Well, she has blished this order, this tran
quillity by her executioners. She has established
II - far as to dare to provoke Prussia to war; far
as to dare trusting to the support Of her MASTER the
Gar, to encroach upon the nations Of Europe, to
extend her forces from the Baltic to Rome 80 far
as to threaten Piedmont and Switzerland so far as
to bride the border provinces Of Turkey to revolt
she has re-established this tranquility, she has
even announced its establishment to the Sublime
Porte; and we are still prisoners
They beggedus to wait one year, reckoning from
the day on which we first placed our feet upon Otto
man soil. We waited.
Afterwards we were told to reckon the year from
into the interior was decreed Again waited
patiently AT length they seemed to revolt at being
any longer the jailers of Austria and they permit
ted US to hope that on the anniversary of arrival
at hutahja, our liberty would be restored to u.s.
Well, this anniversary has arrived Let US see
what it has brought US.
n poor hungarian, Domotor, PREFER ing,
as do, exile even death to seryitude destitute
Of all means of subsistence, had come eight months
before to ask my advice and some assistance to 60
TO Belgrade, In order to send for his wife thther,
who was living at Peterwardein.
IL was matter of simple humanity. | gave him
some shght assistance, and he departed for Bel.
grade.
When be arrived there, he had been already anti
cipated by the accusations of Austria, who sees
everywhere my hand in the well-founded discomfort
other oppressed people, and who, as her whole life
IL conspiracy against God and humanity, finds
conspiracy in everything Austria then anticipat-
ed him, by the lying accusation Of being the bearer
approximations from me to the Hungarian nation
The accusation was false | affirm IL on my
honor. Nevertheless, on the faith Of spies, with
out honor or character, Austria caused to be arrest
ed Semlin his poor wife, on her way to join her
ekiled husband, and the magiaary proclamations
were demanded as the price of her liberty.
Domotor justified himself before the Serbian GO
vernment in so striking AMER that that govern
ment, although only eeble vassal of the power
fu Ottoman empire, found sufficient strength in the
justice of his cause TO protect him.
Austria was obliged to loose her hold. The poor
wife was permitted to join her husband, but upon
condition that Domotor should Immediately leave
Belgrade.
cutie heritage, the money Of the orphan Is In the
bands OF Austria, not by confscation but il trust.
Domotor resisted the ins)ent demands Of the
Austrian Consul, until the debt due to his wife
saould be paid.
ms Is ms crime lie dared TO demand the re-
turn Of the poor orphans heritage.
The Serbian government. continued gene rously to
support and protect him for eight months.
But as the Austrian Consul persisted in his perse-
cution, and as the Dragoman Of the Pachialik Of
Belgrade (who IL rather an officer of Austria than
OF the Sublime Porte) made common cause with
the Consul, the Serbian government was at length
obliged to remove him from Belgrade; but his cause
was soJust that our government even then gave
him permission to reside at kragujevaer, and con-
tnusd its protection to enable him to follow up his
judicial dispute with Austria.
II was under such circumstances that Major Do
motor, seeing the commercial enterprise which he
had undeItskenin order to support himself and his
vile, ruined by this removal, aud finding IL impos-
-ble 10 provide for the existence Of his wife in the
city In which residence was offered to him, was
obliged to leave her without money, exposed TO die
Of hunger, to come again TO ssk my assistance and
advice. lie came furnished with regular pass
ports.
lie was upon the point Of departure, when, on
the anniversary itself Of our detention at kutahja
an order suddenly arrived from the Grand Vizer
that he also should be detained
Ills passports were regular; he was neither a
subject nor guest Of Turkey; has wife was end
less and dying ofhunger nj kragujcv1er, but what
cfthat' II seems that the agents Of Austria have
the power 10 treat with ridiculo the rights Of ma
ions, and the personal safety Of individuals in
Turkey. One Of thcm caused an hungarian to be
publicly arrestedRt smyrna, because be was one Of
my servants, and transported him TO an Austrian
dungeon, where he stu languishes; another caused
Turkish houses 70 be searched even in tho capital
81 the ladishsh, in order to possess himself Of pa
pers belonging 70 the hungarian emgrants. lie
inyeigled Others into his Official residence as IN a
trap, and here be caused them to be bound and
carried on board Austrian vessels because they re-
fused 70 accept an insulting amnesty from the
hands u the exeCutiOnera of their country; others
Cnticed there, ard detained By force, have been
20 nenaccd and threaicae d that they ave sought a
voluntary ceath u escape from Austrian grace.
At length the Austrian agents drew W q calum-
NM swNt "A
The Serbian government found upon inquiry 20 be
80 totally without foundation that Il not Only treat
"a Il as such, but gave permission to Domotcr
to reside at hrsguievaer, the serbian capital. And
the sublime Porte, upon the faith Of this calum-
NOUS denunciation, without inquiry, without in
yestigation, arrested my countryinan, aud ordered
bio confinement at kutahja, although be was only
ira weller, provided with regular passports, recog
nlfed ss innocent by the Serbian governIn emit and
taAen under ~ protection Il was enough that lie
vas an Hungarian