Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1852-02-18
Xsnsthyany. lAo>sus3l and FulZ>ky's
Letter.

Letter.
Some DAYS since We published part of the
late letter OF Coun; Casimer Eatt.yany, as Ii
appeared in the London Times. 4 reply te
this letter from Count Francis Pulszky, one OF
kossuths suite, has been published in the
Pittsburgh Post The first part OF the reply
adver.s to the deep impression made on the
popular mind in En- gland and the [ Uaited States,
and the great interest manifested IN bo;h coun-
tries in the cause of Hungary. which is the
cause of human freedom. 1t speaks of the
modification of Austria at the movement OF the
free i'll favor OF down troiden Hungary. and OF
her efforts, and the efforts of the advocates of
absolutism in Earope generally. to put down
kossuth, by base and cruel caumnies on his
public ana private character. filing the papers
with invectives and accusations, now coarse
and Disgusting, now artful and Malicious and
add that Kossu;h not needing these attacks,
went on in his holy mission; and the ealum
nics left no trace behind him. The world
membered that in the triumphs of the Ro-
mans, it was the custom to have the hero fol
lowed by who rcviled him necessarily
it was a necessary feature of the triumph-and
the world remembered also that this official
Slanderer was always hired slaven'
pul~zky notices ut length the published let
ter of Estc.hazy, published i'll the London
Times through Austrian influence; we omit this
part of the letter, we have not noticed Ester
writes as follows of the older and younger
Counts Batthyany:
Bat there was vet another Hungarian name
well known abroad Batthyanv. The naughty
Count Louis popular in Europe by his
travels, By his high attainments, by his splen
did career, and BY the hcro~m with which he
met his death ON the scaffold the halo of
martvrdom surrounds his name. The Austri-
ans, therefore, had published letter signed by
some obscure member o: the family, rcitera-
ting the charges of Prince ESterhazv They
well knew how unimportant this publication
was, but they calculated that it would arouse
the family pride of the Count c. Batthyany,
over whom they had direct control. They
wished to create !split among the Hungari-
ans. 1t was important for them that the opin-
ion should be spread that besides kossuth there
Yet other leaders in exile, who do not subor-
dinate themselves to the man whom the People
had declared its chef-:hat there lives in Paris
Count, who puts himself forward as the Rep
resentativc of the Hungarian aristocracy.-
What an excellent argument for our enemies to
say that there are such divisions among the
Hungarans, make it impossible for any
power to give efficient aid to them. And who
tell whether the course of events NAV not
put the lead of affairs in France or in England
into the hands Of a Forei ,n Minister who, un-
der the pretencc of liberalism, might encourage
those revolutionsts who are sure to fall, in or
der to fctter the hands of the men who can
succeed, and to strengthen depotism while he
seems to attack the despots everywhere, and
reaps the cheap cheers Of the deluded fberals.
Tie sympathies of the world have made it
already now impossible that. liberal foreign
minister could rennain APAKnc1ips tosSstt e9t1l
gary; but il there are two parties among the
Hungarians then, without tossing his character
of liberalism, he openly counteract Kos
suth, who is working for his country: because
he has the excuse that he would countenance
Count c. Batthyany, who lives retired and in
active in Paris. This plan, too, was well de-
vlscd, and the Count went into the snare
Though appointed by Governor kossu,h his
minister of Foreign Affairs, he does not see
that he becomes the tool of his country's enc
mics Instead of rejoicing that there is man
who, at the same time, commands the conf
dence of his people and the respect of All free
nations of the world, and who makes use OF this,
his position, TO plead the cause of his country
the Count falls into the trap prepared for
him, and puts himself forward to create dissen-
sion among his countrymen, to the great de-
light of Russian and Austrian diplomacy In
his letter published in the London Times he
accuses his former chief, in vague way of
failingS and foes, Of faults and errors, through
which Hungary has been brought to her present
state of misery and serytudc; he accuses him
of want of cool iud gment. strength and ntre-
pdty: he accuses him Of temcriv and ambi
tans his title Of Governor and adhcres to this
democratic and republican principle.
For Count {. Bathvanv is far from wishing
to fetter the activity of kossuth:' but he is
aver>c to the measure of the disposition of the
House of Hapsburg; and had kossuth after
his liberation appeared before the world in
the simple character Of the private individual" >"
his former position. his msfortuncs and the
modestv of his demenor would have given
him precedence by courtesy, among his com
panons in exile and placed him in a position
to receive their useful advice and assistance.
He winds his letter up bv entering into technic-
alities, in order to show that Governor Kossuth
had no right to his title, and that he should re-
tire into private life.
The vanity Of Anti>thened pu: through the
mo9esty of the Count and blinds him so far as
To forget that since these last ten wears he as
we'll as his cousin. Count Louis fought MANY
parliamentary battle under the standard of the
same kossuth, whom he revilcs now-that they
belonged TO his party long before 1818-tha,
they were his associates in more than one Do
litcal and industrial enterprise. The Coun
foreets that. BY his own concurrence, the aristo
cratic Constitution of Hungary was already
in 1848, remodcled into a Democratic one
that since the DAYS of March and April there
was no political difference more between the
classes in Hungarv-that the Count himsel
consented 10 abolish the feuda rights and te
enlarge the franchise nearly to universal suf
fraee.
! He forcets that it was Kossuth alone who
/ at the time when Count Louis Batthyanv left
Hungary without the means Of defence proyi
ded for the defence of the BETRAYED country
that when Jellachch entered Hungary. and the
Archduke fed and Count Louis despared, i,