The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-02-19

Diet duriug the war, and one Of Kos.
suib's ministers during the exislance of
the Provisional Government. aud who is
now in Paris with Count Casimer Bath
yam, censurug very severely Kossuth's
policy and conduct, and charges upon
his vacilation aud his resignation Of the
office Of Governor, the downfall Of Hun
carian independence. The letter is a
strong one. and, coming from a republi.
can member of the Hungarian govern.
ment, will have far mure weight with
the people Of this country than eithe
that Of Prince Es,erhazy or Count Bath.
yani In regard to the abdication Of the
government Of Hungary, NJ, Szemere
makes the following declarations:
|. That never subscribed to that act
of abdicalion.
2 Thatl mover saw the came.
3 That neither my sense of duty al
citizen nor as a patriot would even have
allowed me to put my signature to that
act had ! ever seen it,or had its existence
ever been known To me; which never was
the fact
After stating that NJ. Kossuth had for
months spoken of Gorgry as traitor
NJ. Szcmere proceeds to say:
"Gorgey caused Kossuib To be request
ed to abdcale, and Kossulh hastened to
doit, aud Immediately thereafter fled
across the Turkish boundary.
alt is important to remark here that at
this moment there was still in the hands
of tho nation four lorlresses, aud two OF
these the strongest in the whole country,
viz:KomoIn aud Pcterwardein. as welI'as
an army 0f Is 500 men aud 300 field Of
licers ! believe that never before. in
the history OF tho world, has the head OF
a nation turned its back on so powerful a
military force.
"Gorgey laid down his arms only with
10000 men. The rest of the army sur,
rendered only because they heard not
only that NJ. Kpssulh had ahdicated, and
by so doing had declared the hopes of
the nation as for ever lost, but that he
had himself Aed the country. giving him
selfuo thought for the fate of his party.
his friends. the army. the for,resses aud
the nation. Ho went over the boundary
entirely alone; he avoided carefully his
friends and acquainlances, especially all
those who assembled on tho boundaries
lin order that he might the more Ger
'anly secure his own safety"
He then goes on to show that Kossulh
not only resigned the Office Of Governor.
but, without the shadow "l law or author
ity, delegated his powers to another. thus
crealing-- what he was not himself-a
Dictator and all, too, without even the
knowledge of the Ministry. NJ. Szemcre,
in view of these facts, Declares
"That Mr. Kossulh has no claim either
in law or ofrighi. to the character of Gov.
ernor of Hungary. Not in law, because
he so hastily surrendered the office, with.
out even observng the legal forms; not of
right, because. while on the 18th Of April,
1919, when our troops were everywhere
victorious, we saw him stand forward as
Governor, yet afterwards, on the ] lth of
August, 1919, when we wero suffering
continual defeat, we saw him hastily and
precipitatcIy free himself from the same
office; that is to say 10 the day Of victory
and glory he accepted the Office; in the
day of danger, he surrendered it to the
first who demanded il Of him,
And now he steps forward, weakly
aud unconscously forgetting all this, be.
fore the world as the Governor of Hun
gary, and as the dictator among his fellow.
exilcs, demanding from US unconditional
obedience, and asks a second time for a
power for which he showed himself be
fore partly incapable, and part Of which
lie misused.
However much | pity the political
want of conscience shown in his public
character however much he may rejoice
if he succeed by his rhetorical agitation
to obtain money aud sympathy for the
cause Of Hungary in oIder that he may
IN some measure restore what he has in.
jnred by his uncalculating, Gevcring, va.
ciIIating, unpriucipled, policy; yot on
the other hand, every sensible minded
Hungarian mus, be convinced that to re.
cognize Mr.. Kussurh as governor, or as
he earnestly claims To be acknowledged
tho absolute dictator, would be equivalent
To devoting Ihe cause oI Hungary for n
second time to a severe downfall. We
welcome him. therefore. in our ranks on.
ly as single gifted patriot perhaps even
the first among his equals, but as govern
or we cannot acknowledge. him, wewho
know his past career, aud who value di.
vine liberty and our beloved talhcrland
above every personal considerations"
Mn. MACAULAY has still further post.
poned tho publication of the third aud
fourth volumes of his history, in order to
make use of fresh material that has
reached him.
TEMPERANCE IN GEORGIA. Tho last
grand jury of Chatham county, Georgia,
declared that intempcrauco wasa grow.
ing evil. and recommended that one Ii
cense only be granted for each ward in
the city.
TnE MAINE LIoUoR But has been in.
"odnced into the Pennsylvania legisIa.
'nIo' but ofils final passage their is con.
siderable doubt