The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-03-06

PFfNOSW ~ "'e 's""S"' 's" -""sesp s~
Council.
Among The documents through, to light,
,..,;ur upo" kossuth's claim TO he Gov
D.,o, Of Hungary. was his official resigna
In that document. X ossuth, after De.
'I.,;uy his conviction that the continuance
A. The provisional civil government would
',oye useless, and that the salvation Of the
pstu,ry depended entirely upon the leader.
# the army, says;
;,,,. resign the guidance Of the public affairs,
and that Of the supreme, civil, and military
',xer. is herewith conferred on Gen. Ar.
hur t.orgey, until the ua,ion, making use
4 Il. rights, shall have disposed that power
according to its will
This document. Ms published, wa. signed
!, ko.suth and his four Ministers. including
S.,o,erc, who WAS Prime Minister, or Prcsi.
liant Of the Council of Ministers.
sc.mere was one Of the most ardent aud
.&c;en, friends Of Hungary in
ri. tendencies declared himself in a..
W, Of Republic in liungnry--wns among
tho e,les ia Turkey. from whence he made
hi, escape, and has since resided in France.
,,n .,ei,p the document above referred to,
,,;,b his name attached, he addressed n note
Ia the editors OF the n Y. Courier and
Enquirer, in which he states distinctly, that
he neycr saw, and Of course never signed
The document, and proceeds to discuss, not
onl, the claims of kossuih TO be achnowl.
edged as Governor OF Hungary, but his
General character AS Statesman, patriot,
and a leader Of \ revolution.
We give extracts from TIN, letter below.
|, will be observed that the sentiments of
Sexmerc is in remarkable accordance with
those Of Esterhn,y and Eallhyany--here.
,oforc published.
Ia relation TO kossuli', act Of abdica
ton. he says;
Il did, indeed, take part III the business
Of the war. which we were compelled 10
wage for our constitutional liberty and il
dependence, against the Austrian dynasty
| have indeed participated IN that holy war;
. but in so doing | only fulfilled my duties AS
\ citizen aud man, AID consequently have
done nothing which could cn'l'le me to lay
claim to any particular glory, vet on the
other hand, J must insist that have done
nothing, which could by an, means, bring
shame upon me. or soil II clear conscience.
feel myself therefore, constrained, for
the sake of truth--ior nv own honor and
political character-to makc.the following
declarations
l. That | never subscribed that nc, Of
abiication.
= That | never saw the same.
3 That neither my sense al duty ms n
citizen, nor A. N patriot, would ever have
allowed me to put my signature to that act,
had | ever seen IT, or had its existence
ever been made known to me which never
vas the fact"
Speaking Of the condition OF the ccun
Try at the time OF kossu,h', flight into
Turkey, he uses the following language;
1T is important TO remark here, that NJ
this moment there were still in the hands
Of the nation. four fortrcsses, and two OF
th.Ae, the strongest in the whole country,
namely komorn and Pctcrwarden, ~ well /
~ an army Of 1885, 900 meu and 200 field /
pieces. believe that never before in the .
history Of the world, has the head of ma.
ton turned his back on So powerful mill.
Mry force.
"Gorgey laid down his arms only with
u, 900 men. The rest of the army sur.
rendered only because they heard not oni,
that Mr.. kossuth had ablca,cd, aud by SO
doing had declared the hopes OF the nation !
~ forever lost, but tina, he had himself fled
the country. giving himself no thought Tor
the fat of his party. his friends, the army,
ii, T,.t .,J tl., HI.