The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-06-16

ers of Austria, and they permitted us 70
hope that on the anniversary of our arrival
at Kutahja our liberty would be restored to
us.
Well, this anniversary has arrived. Let
us see what it has brought US.
A poor Hungarian, Major Domotor, pre-
ferring. as do, exile or even death to seryl-
tude, destitute of all means of subsistence,
had come eight months before to ask my adj
vice and some assistance TO 60 to Belgrade,
in order to send for his wife thither, who
was livingat Peterwardein. ~
1t was matter Of simple humanity. a
gave him some light assistance, and ne de-
parted for Belgrade. !,
When he arrived there, he had been already
anticipated by the accusations OF Austria,
who sees everywhere my hand in the we'll
j founded discomfort Of her oppressed people,
land who, as her whole life is a conspiracy
against God and humanity, finds conspiracy
in everything. Austria then anticipated
1him, by the lying accusation of being the
bearer Of proclamations from me to the Hun
garian nation.
The accusation was false. affirm it on my
honor. Nevertheless, on the faith of spies,
without honor or character, Austria caused
to be arrested, at Semlin, his poor wife, on
her wayto Join her exiled husband. and the
imaginary proclamations demanded as the
price of her liberty.
Domoter justified himself before the Ser
Wan government in so striking manner,
that that government, although only feeble
vassal OF the powerful Ottoman Empire,
| found sufficient strength in the justice of his
cause 10 protect him.
Austria was obliged to loose her hold
The poor wife was permitted to join hel
husband, but upon condition that Domotel
should Immediately leave Belgrade.
This poor woman is creditor Of Austria
Her entire heritage, the money of the orphan
is in the hands OF Austria, not by confsca.
ton but in trust.
Domoter resisted the insolent demands o.
the Austrian Consul, until the debt due tc
his wife should be paid.
This is his crime He dared to demand the
return of the poor orphans heritage.
The Servian government continued gener
ously to support and protect him for eigh
months.
But as the Austrian Consul persisted in hi
ersecution, and as the Dragoman of The
Pachalik of Belgrade (who is rather an Off
Ger of Austria than Of the Sublime Porte,
made common cause with the consul, tht
Servian government was at length obliged tc
g remove HIM from Belgrade; but his cause was
| so Just that our government even then gave
. him permission to reside at Kragujavaer, ant
6 continued its protection to enable him to fol
: low up his judicial dispute with Austria.
: 1t was under such circumstances that Ma
n tior Domotor, seeing the commercial enter
n prise which he had undertaken in order I
:, support himself and his wife, ruined by thi
= removal, and finding it impossible to provid
L for the existence of his wife in the city il
S which residence was offered to him, wa
e Obliged to leave her without money, expose
A to die of hunger, to come again to ask my as
sistance and advice. He came furnishe
with regular passports.
He was on the point of departure, when
on the anniversary itself of our detention a
: Kutahja, an order suddenly arrived from tn
o Grand Vizier that he also should be detained
}, His passports were regular; be was neithe
g subject nor guest of Turkey his wife wa
S friendless, and dying of hunger, at Kraguje
vaer, but what was that? 1t seems that tn
agents of Austria have the power to trea
t with ridicule the rights Of nations, and tn
e personal safety of individuals in Turkey
It One of them caused an Hungarian to be pull
licly arrested at Smyrna, because he was on
te of my servants, and transported him to a
d Austrian dungeon, where he still languishes
lie another caused Turkish houses to be searche
a even in the capital of the Padishah, in orde
lie to possess himself Of papers belonging
E. Hungarian cmigrants. He inveighed othel
into his official residence, as in a trap, an
~ there he caused them to be bound and carrie
ce on board Austrian vessels, because they n
ly fused to accept an insulting amnesty frol
h the hands of the hxecutioners of their couI
u, Try; others enticed there, and detained
r force, haue been so menaced and .threatene
that they have sought voluntary death to e
cape from Austrian grace.
Us At length the Austrian agents drew up
IS calumnious denunciation against Maj
is Domotor, which the Servian governmel
a found upon inquiry to be SO totally withol
le foundation, that it not only treated it
ID such, but even gave permission to Domot'
ir to reside at Kragujevaer, the Servian capita
I'd And the Sublime Porte, upon the faith ,
ce this calumnious denunciation, without il
lg vestigation arrested my countryman and o
ir dered his imprisonment Kutahja, although
was only traveller, provided with regul
b. passports, recognized as innocent by the Sc
ID Wan government, and taken under its pr
rs lection: it was enough that he was Hung
q rian.
= There is yet more: in the order which i
10 hicted this crowning act of injustice upt
at Major Domotor, the phrase which folloy
of is literally to be found: Gas the departu
C. of the individuals detained at Kutahja is q
ey ready decreed, it is ordered that the sa
lis Domotor, who is by chance amongst ther
be arrested and detained ALSO"
We Is it, then, to inspire us with confden
Id in our approaching liberation, that the
nd fresh detentions have just been effected7
is Behold the consolation which the annive
sary of our detention has brought to u.s.
ot must solemnly protest against this &C
,e. Iappeal from it to the eternal justice of Go
it, and to the judgment Of all humanity.
Iappeal from 1t with the more confdenc
ria as this act gives proof to all foreigners, ira
ch ellers or residents in Turkey, that their pc
S. sonal safety cannot be guaranteed, and III
he no one can be sure that in consequence
some denurciation, he may not be simila
lis ly treated.
as appeal from il yet more, because th
Ike act cannot foil to be followed by disa
to trous consequence, in DESTROYING all con