New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-21
pmszKY's REPLY TO sZEMERE.
-. cn.rses Against Governor Kossuth.

~. .uccess which accompanies G0Ver-
v".suth. in spite OF the ehohs oil the AuS,fo-
no l Press trumpetlIg every Gay MS Cohp'e.e
n,ss and the hopes OF the people ior ciVl anu re-
faaiuIe' s~.Som which are attached to hrs person,
he;oes usS ,he enemies Of the Governor IN zoe
have I~rt attacks T1s s'ourisr and Enquirer re-
nos. ,,s him AZ the Champion OF A'lsIocratcai %
pss.on. and the Catholic B,shop OF PuSsouIgn oe,
nouece. tell us that he is vacillatiDg and un-
~: SsnIsd and The Neu- York Herdh attacks him az
psx~IIIed and unsoyernaolei WheD the Governor
1900 the institutions OF self government Ia Eng
Pa men Bishop OConner charges nim with prals-
-. he nresept administration Of England, and ln-
I~,sns the English Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, and
hsa IL says that the Hungarian nation has lost Its
cadence in princes and has became republican,
sh.n An English paper denies that he has the rght
- state sucs fact But the violence Of the enc
,n;es itself, is an evidence that they are losing
Ground though there are papers enough IN the
Union delighted to fill their columns with all
thsss Inconsistent charges and contradictory at
Why should they care for consistency their aim
jsto destroy the principles advocated by Governor
Kosruth, and unable success ully 10 make wal
ssainst them, they assal hrs person. Whatever cal
umsy is uttered against hun, Is welcome 10 them,
tbey practice the notorious principles OF the Jes
uits "Calumniate but boldly something away
Int, now all these tricks have been frustrated
ht the great card Of our enemies remains always 10
Jsny The Governors right 70 the title OF Governor
Tfova
=. ~ thew thought that fne cause of Hungary could
he dsnoiished with this title and the principle gwen
nm that the time has come, when the united states
oe If 10 throw their weight into the scales "nere the
Sestipies OF Europe are weighed. But let US see
-hst his enemies say against his title Mr.. Bartnoi
new szemerelw hom not [, out Count Casimlr Bat
hyany has called his highly cultivated trend, ex
rounds the doctrine in his letter to me NsD VOTE
rosver and Enquirer: That the nation had the
sovereipp night TO delegate the executive power out
thai the person to whom the same was delegated,
soud nsrtr transfer his righttO third person. And
again SzemeTe says: "kossuTH transferred his
power to another, ,ohiek he had no rigat to do"
The actual consequence Of this principle is iosi,
cally that an act which nave right to do, is null
and void Governor Kossurh nal no night TO trans
fer bis powers, therefore he retained lnem out Tue
loric OF Mr. Szemere Is diferent-by some new pro-
cess OF the mind he draws contrary conclusion
from the premises. lie admits that Governor Nos
suIh had no right to abdicate, therefore, ne mas
no right more to be called Governor 40 nun
sarv thev do not understand his kind OF reason
fne and the people say: "The Governors reSgna-
ton was an act not In obedience 10 law, or to the
will of the nation. Ii was ELECTED by Gorgey under
false pIetenses. and morally goes for nothing. Inc
Governor must dis0wn an act which his country dld
NOT ask OF him. and with which she might now Justly
Teprosch him II he did not DISC Sn. NO successor to
bis post is, can lawfully be made he, therefore,
is necessitated to resume 1t
But the letter of Mr. Szemere is not only illogi-
cal, but 1t contains, also, several false state
meAts. IL says that on the llth OF August, 1919,
the Governor did not consult with his ministry
while il was just on the urgent request OF the
ministers, in council assembled, that he yielded
to G0rgey, who had surrounded the fortress OF
Arad, then the seat of Government, with his
army, and II the Governor has not consulted Mr.
Szemere, 1t was only because Mr. SzemeTe had al
ready fed when the council was summoned TO as
semble. He says that the Governor was not com
PEELED to the abdication by any moral or physical
power whatever; while Count e. atthyany says
lust the contrary. Such are the accusations ainst
The Governor Bat the means OF enforcing such
charges are still worse the Austro Russian organ IN
Wallst 10 bold enough to quote against me letter
OF mine from Widdin, in Turkey, while | never
In my life have been in Widden. or in Turkey. 1t
was letter written by an EnglIshman, and 1t con-
tanned the statement that Count Batrhyany acted
in Wiocen in accordance with Gov. Kossuth. Nov
this was Just the ground which had taken IN re-
futing Count C. Batthyanys attacks. said that the
opinions OF the Count had but lately bat the
paper Of all st. quoted this very passage as an evil
dence OF my Inconsistency. Tne Austrian papers
have always pursued this line Of polemics they
have always falsifed history they have always at
tackled what has not been sad, ana quoted what has
not been written but Is strange TO see that there
10 such q portion OF the public, even in America,
which allows itself to be deluded in such manner
francis PULsZKY.