The southern press., 1852-02-05
Letter from Count Pulszky,
ON PRINCE EsTERHAzY, COUNT cAsIMIR BAT.
THYAEI, AND GOV. LOUIS KossUTH.

body could surmse the deep impression he ha
since made upon the people, The cause o
} Hungary seemed dead, and the noble heart
which had already shed tear over the grave o
the once 80 mighty Hungarian nation, were read,
to bid meurnful welcome to the exiled chief
and to offer home---a safe asylum and com
Portable resting place, for the man thrust abou
by the chances Of fortune. But his arrival OF
the shores Of England was an electric sparl
thriliing.through the masses, and the power o
his eloquence, the purity Of his designs the coo
craftsmanship with which he steered through al
difficulties thrown in his way, kindled fire O
enthusiasm in all hearts, unknown in history
since the time OF Peter the Hermit. His pro
4 gress through England and America was series
Of triumphs never witnessed before: the people
turned out wherever he arrived by thousand,
and hundreds Of thousands: all the interna
| party ieuds were forgotten in the ovations pre-
pared for him; and the leading statesmen, though
differing in opinion, united to express their sym
pathy for his cause, and their admiration for his
person. lnmonarchical England and republican
Americ1. he boldly proclaimed his principles and
his mission; and the nations listened to his
voice with respectful attention, and greeted him
as the man of the future as the leader Of free.
dom's next battle on the continent II was not
the martyr whom they cheered for his past
struggles and suifsrings, but the apostle OF
liberty who had the ear of the nations ready to
act upon his eloquent advice. What a NORTH
cation for Austria and Russia what disgrace
to their diplomacy They had succeeded by
their combined forestry diplomacy and treach-
ery--to subdue poor Hungary, and to expel The
Governor from his native country. They had
succeeded to have him detained by Turkey,
though unwilling to become the TAILOR to Aus
tria; and after two long years he wa, to be
carried away from the Old World across the
waters Of the ocean to the Unit, d States, where
they did hope that the kindness Of the people
would detain hin by hearty welcome in every
State and in every city, until he would forget
his native land, or be forgotten by his country
They had so well eoncocted the plan, that its
failure seemed to be impossible and yet they
failed, because they did not comprehend either
the greatness of his heart or the power of his
mind. They endeavored, therefore, to destroy
him by calumny and SANDER la Germany and
in France, in England aud in America, the
papers were filled with nyectives and accuse.
tons, now coarse and disgusting, now artful and
malicious. They attacked his private and his
public character There was no baseness, no
cruelty Of which they did not accuse him. They
exaggerated and misrepresented his words, and
fabricated false statements to abuse him. But
he did not heed these continued attacks He
went on in his holy mission; and the calumnies
left no trace behind him. The world remem.
bered that in the trumphs of the Romans, it was
the custom to have the hero followed by man
who revef him necessarily it was necessary
feature of the triumph. Aud the world remem-
bered also that this official slanderer was always
hired slave
When the Austrians saw that anonymous
calumny prove insufficient, they exerted them
selves to degrade the cause of Hungary into a
personal quarrel, in order to drown the general
interest in polemic about personalities. They
induced, therefore, Prince ESterhazy to protest
in the London Times against Governor Kossuth
as the representative of Hungary. The poor
old man! He had introduced himself to Kos
suth on the 18th March, 1913, in the streets of
Vienna, while the Hungarian deputaton was en-
tering the city, cheered by the people Prince
Esterhazy raised his voice, and, in presence Of
the multitudefhe placed his person at the dis
posal OF kossuth, who was then but member
of the Diet, and notyet Minister. The name of
the prince was well known in the diplomatic
circles of Europe, and he became, therefore,
Minister for Foreign Affairs in the administration
of Count. Louis Batthyani, and retained bis Of
fee until the first days Of September, when he
resigned his seat bat FIVE days before the minis
try broke.up. Of a nervous temperament, he
was always in fear of losing his estates; he was
frightened in March by the popular movement,
and he is frightened now by the martial law. In
disgrace at court since lS4S, he was TO re -es
tablish his position by his protest. and he pro.
tested accordingly. But how could he blame a
ministry of which he had been member? To
give some color to the retrsction of his past, he
accuses the ministry Of Louis Batthyan of
having published the deposition Of Ban Jellach.
ich in June, against the solemn agreement enter
ed into al 'pruck, that this publication should
be delayed until a certain eventullity had taken
place. Had this. really been the case why did
Prince ESterhaZy remain in office after such n
breach of confidence on the pirt o. his col
league? This is the first question Of every one
who reads the letter of the prince. Bot the
AuStrians do not care for tic logic and consist
ency OF the late minister; il is enough FIR them
that Prince Esterhazy allied IN England with the
Vllliers, disayows Governor Kossuth in the
Times. Aud The prince himself forgets that
was his under-Secretary OF State, and that his
correspondence with me, continued until the end
Of August, shows no disapproyal Of tie. policy
Of his colleague
Bat there was yet another we'll known Hun.
garan name--well known Observation-Disclosures
Inc naughty JOunJ LOUIS was popular IN Eu-
rope by his travels, by his high altainments, by
his splendid career and by the hcrosm with
which he met his death ON the scairold. The
halo Of martyidom surrounds his name. The
Austrians bad therefore published letter signed
by some Obscure member Of the family, reitera.
ting the charges Of Prince Esterhnzy. They
well knew how unimportant this publication
was, but they calculated that il ould arouse
the family pride of the amiable Count G. Bat.
thyan, over whom they had no direct control
They wished TO crate split among The Hun.
garians. IL was important for them that the
opinion should b spread that bcsides Kossuth
there are yet other leaders in exile, who do not
subordinate themselse. 10 the man whom the
people had elected its chief that there lives
10 Paris a Count, who put himself forward as the
representative of the Hungarian aristocracy--
What an excellent argumenffor our enemies to
say that there are such divisions among the Hun
garians, rs make il impossible for any power to
give efficient aid 10 them And who can know
whether the course Of events may not put the
lead Of affairs 10 France or 10 England into the