New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-11
HUNGARY.
xo..uth and szemere'

n.n,rcrnau of distinction, WHO serFeu a'
rs:";ls1r ~ the Interior and President OF the
u;n;s.erial Council 10 the Revolutionary Gov
.r,mept Of which Kossuth was the head. In
this letter, as our readers will perceive, NOS
suth is very severely assailed. Ii Is as follows
Mn Error; In the rumber Of the 2oth Decem-
Der. 1851, OF your Journal " The Sent HeeSy JoF
ris sud New Yak EsqUTsT IN us morning eao,
an article IL inserted, win the neauing a., NJ
Kossunun In 4, Is embodied the autnen'ly az ~
abd,cavon OF the Government oy hossuti', SJ
among the names OF the suoscriosfs 'ns'e'o' INV
also my osn. $50. ..;,.ss NJ the war
xb,ch ne were compelled to wage for our cons.l !
tou Al I,nerty spd indep eadence aSaibs' INC
dynasty. Ihaye, incesd; pAnlilIi aS M, S,,sies o.
c,,'yen and man. and consequently nave cone
no1bine which could eniiile me 10 lay claim 70 duy
ssr,,c,ar glory vet. on the other hand, must IN
yS,.t that 4 nave done nothing which could, by any
near s. bring shame upon me, or soil clear con-
science. -.
of tTuth-for my own honor and political c1af4cier-
70 make the following declarations;
I. That never subscribed that act oil aoolcaAoh.
O. That | never saw the same.
g. That Leltter my sense OF du'y as citIZen nol
As patriCt would ever have allowed nue. 70 put my
signature 10 That act, had ever seen IT, or mao Us
existence ever been made known TO me WHICH never
was the fact. -,
Since il ls undoubtedly the fac, that Mr. Kossuth
neither as nor could have been compelled 10 that
abdca,ion by any morsl OF physical force Whatever,
and, as beside Mr. Kossush himself had FOR weeks
or even months before spoken Of General GOrgey
as a traitor, | cannot see how his a0oicauon ana
transfer OF the supreme power mo tae haius "
traitor can be cOnslSient with his somuch praised
bsroism and love of country. In war aud IN IeVo.
buttons the hero and superior mind Is manifested hot
by words, but by deeds. In the controversy pc
tween Kossutb, and GoIgey in ATad, on the lltn
nj August, 1919, one or the other must nave SUNK,
and we see that nelher Of them appears 10 nave
been hair the worse. Gorgey caused hossuth 70
nd hast med
IT, and Immediately thereafter fed across the Ii@KtSh
boundary.
n is important TO remark here that at this moment
there were still in the hands Of the nation Jour ior-
tresses and two of these the strongest In the whole
country, namely kOmoTa anu PenrwaI1em, as
well as army OF l35, 600 men and 300 field officers
believe, that never before IN the history Of the
world has the head OF nation turned MS pScA Oh
80 powerful military force oo
G0Tgey laid down his arms only win 2o,OOO mon.
The rest OF the army ndered only because 'asy
heard not only that Mr. Kossuth had abdcated, ana
by so doing had declared the hopes OF tne naIoh as
forever lost but that he had himself fed me country
giving himself no thought or tne iaee ., az NJ, PAY
He went over the boundaries entirely alone nc
avoided carefully his friends and acqualntances,
especially all those who assembled on the ooun-
daries-l order, that he might the more certainly
secure his own safety. ,,.A -,
MI Kossuth was chosen Governor on the IAN OF
April, ls49, not directly by the people, out py .ne
National Assembly, Professionally, aud not oy votes,
INIT nv acclamatio and under the condition OF ruhh5
in oonnection with the Ministry, which was also
made responsible for every thing. 49,
II is true that Mr.. Kossutn could resign MS once
In this case If the Natiosai Assembly were In sss
sioD new dispositions OF authority could have been
made in the absence Of The Assembly, the "oVeih-
ment must of necessity remain In the nands OIL lhe
Ministers.
1t is not necessary TO remark that the nation had
the sovereign right TO delegate executive power but
that the person to whom the same had been DELE
rated could never transfer his right to third party
Mr. Kessuth, however, on the llth of August,
le49 in ATad, not only resigned, which he hao the
power to do, but not only DID not assemble me nun.
istfy which had ire ceived powers OF government
eontemporaneo usy with himself, but he transferred
TO another the power, which had been in1rusIed TO
his own person.
He did more he appointed dictator, which he
was not hmfelf.
Mr.. Kossuth can no longer consider himself either
In law or in night as the Governor Of Hungary,
Because he UOluntGriiy surrendered TINS power
Because he transferred this power TO another,
which he had no right TO do:
Because he also abdicatcd in the name of the
whole Ministry, without having previously con-
suited them:
Because he Immediately transferred the power OF
the State to Gorgey, nan whom he, ana he more
Than all others, had long before considered traitor
Finally, because he did all this without consult
ing with, and without the knowledge OF that Minis
ny, which had been appointed with him, and conse-
Quenty, even so far as mere form is considered,
acted contrary TO the Law.
Iii rot nv intention to dissect the unfortunate
and ever nuctua,ing polcyot Mr. kossuth yet as
am obliged to exculpate myself from any lnfer-
ences TO be GIa~n ifOm that act, which. nevefrhe'
less, though done m my name, was done clfaouf my
knouleags and Ufh0 my consent, II is Impossible ior
me on TINS occasion not 10 declare that Mr.. kossuth
has no claim either IN Law or OF Ight To the charac-
ter OF GOyem0r OF Hungary. Not an idr, peca'Se
ne 40 hastily surrendered the ONCE, without even
observing the legal forms; not Of right, because,
while ON the IAN Of April, lc49, when our troops
were everywhere victorious, We saw nun STAND iof-
ward as Governor, yet aiterwayd, on the lin OF
August, lS49, when We were suffering communal de-
feat, We SAN him hastily and precpiiately Tree nun
sell from the same office, that is 10 saw IN the cay
of victory and glory he accepted the office M the
DAY oil danger, he SURRENDERED % 10 the hIst VINO &C.
maldtd II OF him.
And now he steps forward, weakly and unconsci-
encously forgetting all this. before the woru, as Inc
&ovemor OF Hungary and as the DICTATOR among III >
ieiow'exhes, demanding ffom us uuoonui.io. 80. ~
obedience, ana asks u second time ior power LOT
which he showed himself before partly incapable,
and part OF which he niSused.
However much pity The iohtcal "ans oa 90.
science shown IN his political character, however
much he ii u may IeJOlce II ne shou1d sHccSeo ny
his rhetorical agitation TO OBTAIN money anu ~
patty for the cause oil Hungary, ~ oioe, .ua' nS
may in some measure restore, WAT ne mas injured
by his urCalculatng, ieNcilSn, N"cuianAS, hhptn'
cipleo policy Yet on the oher hand every sensible
minced Hungarian nustoe convinced tha1 10 recoS-
pi-e Mr kossuih as Governor, or as he earnestly
claims to be acknowledged, the absolute Dictator
would be equnalent 70 0eNoli0s the cause OF Han
gary for a Stcord uUe 10 a severe downfall We
wslcoue hitn, therefore, In our ranks only as 4
single giAto patriot perhaps even the nTst among
his equals, 6ui as Governor we cannot a 'snoNtedst
him, We no kno~ bis past career, and Who value
divine liberty, and oar beloved iathcEltn and aboys
every rfllona. cOusitt RATION.
W6Ae respectfully request You, NJ. Editor, t.
receive these ia es, ssse - ho Ssne time the li5er
~ to make tue folio Nlng rema5Ss; Cruclse. exam
Inc, CC0ctWn as fgnca IS you VIII thc actions oil
those persons who have spqc-.ed IA Inc late Hun
gaiisn war OF Independence, We deserve 1. al, each
OF Us has less been wanting. only touch no.
win contemptuOuS hand the cause Itself, Tor taal
cause vas 81 least as pure and holy me Of ihe
metictn Revolution N word, we were The de-
tenders OF rght and Law against the Efforts OF falA
tessnS sS and anSTChy We were the heroes the apoE
ties the mart,is of freedom under the persecution,
OF tyranny. ConslSeT Mr.. hossuth as a Ihetorlca
advocate OF the Hungarian cause, he may be II,
pleacer, be never It's hero. because Al
The hrst approach Of caIger he tho firSf ID
shihk. In forming an opinion upon his career aIc
his political character, this Is ali the more impor
tant ana decisive test since he (~to Is beVond al