Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-08-07
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Governor of Hungary.
KUrAniA. the n MAY. Is5I


Governor of Hungary.
; KUrAmA, the II May, 1851.
+ To HoRNEs A. HoRNEs, Esq, Charg,
PAfaires ad interim, Of the L. S. Of Il.
I merica at C0Rsfanfiaopic
SIR Scarce have ! learnt from YOU the
= rebuke given by the Turkish minister to the
= generous proposition Of your glorious coun-
= try's Congress and government, than an
Austrian commissary also arrived to put the
: barbarous decision of the Porte peremptori-
ly to execution. An Austrian commissions
airy ia Turkey You must, Of course, feel
: how deep this empire must have fallen, tai
1t was to suffer such degradation, nay, alb
Z dlcaiIon Of her Independence She IS fall
ing fast, poor Turkey-falling, not by want
OF strength, not by fatality, but by the cow
/ ardice OF her leaders, who have not the
courage To- act according to their Judgment.
OF course, all the CONVERSATIONS about the
4 September and no longer as the term of
my detention, is mere humbug, nay, more,
= It IL airout added TO oppression. Has the
Porte given the assurance to the United
States mat such day OF September next
you can take me without ANY further apple
alton ON board am American shipi OF
course not. BE, therefore, sure of this, my
dear sr, II is mere humbug. The real W.
Tue OF their words ] have had opportunity
enough to appreciate
Full well | understand the case | am
doomed to perish at kutaha--to fall VIC
tim here To the fears OF abomlnable Austria.
There are many ways to cone to that end,
now that the companions oil my prison, they
who have accompanied me by free choice,
with the agreement of the Porte, hither,
are by force torn away from nv side, and |
stand almost iorsaken-alone
Well, | viii look for myself and meet the
worst If needs be-
must frankly tell you that have anti
cipatcd the failure OF your negotatlon.--
HE Turkish government yields but to fear
or 10 protection, aud 1t must be fully awafe
that Whatever may be the power OF 'i'~ g.
states, Turkey has nothing 90 fear and no
protection 10 hope from them nothing, be-
cause your goyerument, your legislative boz
dies, all your organs OF publicity, are very
anxious TO proclaim, every once again and
again, that nou-IuteryeHuon ln European
matters Is the first fundamental principle of
The political system of the United States
To be sure, wise were the men who estab-
iishcd this principle, aud wise were the men
who followed IT, Ii WAS necessary one for
the foundation as well as for the growth Of
the United States Neither would 1t be
convenient lor me to Investigate whether
the dres, whish is SO well suited TO protect
the childhood and to de,elope the youth wall
ailH prove suitable when the much-promis-
ing youth had become a full grown man
nay, "a mighty giant, as your country is
d d
It's own convenience as 1t brings its own ne
cessty. May be that even your glorious
country may soon be called to feel that eve
ny position has It's necessity, has lis condi-
uons--has, would almost say, It's uuayold-
able fatality; the more, the greater, the
mighuer that position is. God acts not by
special wil, bat by general laws, SAID an
English philosopher. May be that even
your country Will very soon be called to feel
lhut II is determined (as surely it isl to up
hold, nay, sill TO heigh,en the glorious po-
siuou ID already holds 1t will scarcely be
possible, should II even be convenient not
to put weight into the balance, where the
desluics OF the old world and It's olyiiIza-
;ion are to be weighed it will scarcely be
possible not 20 gpe anything more to the
sliieuugs OF nations than tie noble sent-
meuts ct sympathy to the struggling, the
comml,seratlon 10 the fallen, an asylum to
The prosecuted, or at the most, generous
oiier but which even Turkish Minister
may dare To decline.
There may be some who believe that the
non-acceptaton of the generous offer of the
Unted States is bul an indirect answer of
Austria to the glorious declarations OF Mr.
..N- fsft..
in every American breast, an answer scar
ceiy less arrogant than the first foolish PROV
acauon was; there may be some who believe
that the United States may even not speak,
e but having once spoken, their word must
he obeyed. A TO me, II Is my duty not TO
e. repress even any humble wish about the
r. luflher steps OF your goyerument; to me II
would be quite 0nienent either to enter
? tam or 10 express any feelings else than the
most ierveut gratitude for The generous in-
2 lention OF your country aud of your gov
? eminent, aud the most respectful apprccia-
ton OF Their noble conduct toward myself
and my companions, which | beg YOU will
be SO KIND as 70 convey TO the government
aud The people of the United STATES. toqeth-
or with the humble declaration of nine.
= that Whatever may be the fate | have to
meet, It will be, even IN the moment Of
death-aiter the trust to God, always my
I chiei consolauon,- that your glorious coun-
Try, the grave judgment OF your wise men,
) as well as the sentiments of your people
have deemed the poor Hungarian exile not
unworthy Of their sympathy.
2 may die, but the cause will yet rise -
and, with or without me, the batlle will be
! fought once more, which met the approba-
) ton OF great, glorious and free democratic
America. Amen
But, dear sir, there is yet one thing which
| must beg you to clear of all msrepresent-
) atoms before your government, that the an
: swer given by the Ottoman Ministry NAV
be FULLY appreciated.
Now, have no doubt the thing will be
, represented to the world as benevolent
step of the Sublime Porte They would
1 make the world believe that though polite