Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-02-03
KossUTH AND COUNT BATTHYANY.

man. and decided opposition TO the endorsement oy our
government of his appeal for Intervention TO prevent inter-
venon" Anxious to present the great orator IN his true
light, We have republished of his speeches delivered
under circumstances that called forth the whole powers and
characteristics of the man. 10 his impusve
character has doubtless placed him in false position (es
pecialy In retaining the title and office of Governor-
bu, we have never failed regard him of extreor
binary genius of lofty principles, and as patriot 1t Is
ever due truth refer to singular aud startling
letters from distinguished counuymen of his which have
recently appeared and which ercey assa Kossuths char
ncte, craftsmanship and The first ia letter. dated
u, Vienna from Prince Estehazy who was leading men,
be-. Of the Hungarian Cabinet after the disturbance at Vi
rnna ln March, ls45. OF Kossuh he thus writes:
There were the head of several departments as men
toned before men Of trustworthy character VINO nn
der no illusion the political tendency AMI the candes
tine plans OF their colleague endeaVoreo ahoueh un
successful to counteract them
100 much heard in England where the woudbe friends OF
Hungary have prepared for him reception showing stll-
king the evidence Of high treason and 10 the ca
smities and misfortune which by subversve schemes ne
brought his country well as TO the state In which ne
left il at the moment of his hight.
ut 10 evident that two ways were open 10 the pursuit Oh
those patriotic views which he oasted Of One OF them was
tho path of legality in devong his undeniabe ability to the
task of eacing the employed in eSorting
from tho Crown.
Bu the secret motives which guided him. his vanity and
the party which devoted drove him into Tho oppo
PATH and following this direction he brought on the ca
astrophies of which his country has been the theatre ano
was himself led acts OF treason with their Just consequent
ces This result of the proceedings OF which ne was al
once the moving power and the instrument the frequent Oil
between words and his deeds and his
TO act manfuy in OF need, by couageousiy exposing
his o have now think, blottet out among the majority
of the nation the phanasmagoria OF his unpopous nu
ence To that last blow given when seeing the emo
o his ephemea power fast approaching he resorleo 70 re
publican utopias more intended, lappeheno LOT
10 foreign markets than Tor home consumption In our own
as can hardly think him capable of such an gorgeous MIS-
take as really indugein the hope of making such scheme
pastabls TO population whose genius, .faoonIi 3
feelings and habits are SO emineny monarch'cai ana af'
'ocratic
The second letter dated at Paris is from Casimr Bat
yany brother of Louis Batthyany able and Virtuous
minister Of Hungarian cabinet who after the surrender oil
oergy and the flight Of kossuth persisted on the scao by
order Of the Austrian This letter Is called form
BY the letter Of Prince Eserhazy whose assault upon the
official conduc, OF Louis Batthyany is most warmly denoun
ced aud the writer of charged with sanderng the dead
Casimir Bat,hyany's letter concludes with the following
extended and severe criticism Of Kossuth:
And asserting that with the exception OF contempt
Idle faction, il at the commencement the loyal nten
of every in Hungary maintain the union with
Austria do not-whatever he may have done since-ex
clude kossuth himself
The yery versatility of his mind and temper which makes
him embrace every novelty with much ardor and such
sanguine expectations, is the best proof that although
stamped by for aga,o he was honest and sincere
In this respect would have remained sohad austria Kept
her side OF the bargain. Besides what could have Induced
any man in Hungary al that period to over
the bounds of constitutional iegahty tne VI
which had been the constant dim OF 50 many diets ana "nc
the first time fully sanctioned and supported y guar
antees which fondy hoped would render such des
rabe lime too, when he who had pro-
voked struggle would have been left alone, because the
country had everything TO lose ana nothing 10 gam oy
keeping up the connection with Austria on the terms that
had agreed But when the undehand practices that
had constantly carried could longer be conceaed;
when unexpected blows dealt the dark with the in-
tenon of wearing Hungary and exhauslng her strength
and n.ence in frutcss struggles then that Kossuths
his character and laxty OF principle pEedonnaed over ms
better feelings Ambition and hankerng after nooriety,
and suppeness with which he always yielded the most
pressing and least scrupuous placed him first 10 conadc
ton with himself and then involved hm-and may DC SAID
also, the other Mnisters-n nm inconsistent policy, and
finally led him self wlled and arbitrary which
accelerated the fall of the Bathyany Ministry. is
he has been guilty Of Kossuh has already enough to
for before the tribunal OF public opinion respecting his
political conduct which was Enthusiastically the main cause
of the ruin and downfall Of his country.
Deficient in the knowledge of men and things in The
sesdfast bearing cool judgment and comprehensive mind
ting at naugh, all sound calculation played game
OF chance and stased the fate Of the nation the cast OF
de encounerug danger with hair-brained enley when
distant, but shrinking from it when eated and over
bearing In prosperity but utterly PROSTATE in adversity
wanting that strength and ntrepldty of character ta
he auered himself De made every ntrigue
10 connection with; mstakne his manifold accom-
pahments and natural genius for aptitude govern
country in times Of troube and setting in the flights of
fancy bounds TO the Of hi, ambition kossuh hur
ried the nation into course OF the impoIic
measures and the hghes, in the realm by
bous but when scarcely in possession oi il suffered
be wresed from his hands BY the whom he had
himself iniudciously raised high station, and
agsins, whom although he had received repeated warnings
well proofs of his ,reachery and ~orthessncss he
dared openly and boldly 10 proceed-by the nan
whom he had hoped while he couched beneath
him Ia abect fear but by whom he was finally outwitted
The generous sympathy of the English nation cannot be
quashed by being told that Austria the benedctor of
Hungary, while the Hungarian Diet factous Assem-
bly, and the msjorty Of the Hungarian Ministers set of
rebels In doing honor kossuh, English people have
shown the oympathy for the OF unfortunate
try has been bsreaved of It's chartered rights aud ber
.Ies and In fomenting this sympathy kossuth has been
obliged pay tribute the feeling of legality that ami
mates the humbles classes in England by eschewng
in his speeches the demagogica which he had in
duiged only week before al Marseies The applause of
the English people not given to the revolutionary char
of the but TO the able manner in which he brought
the grievances Of his country before Them Several unpe
JUDGED and impartial English journals have already begun to
inquire how far Kossuh has right the distinction that
has been accorded hm and the Examiner in particular
has sharp glance his past Career and on the pre-
sumption with which he launches into his new II lie
not however, for the English people settle his right to
tine position he is to hold among his counymen This
nigh, belongs exclusively the LITTER and those who
scattered the world in exile but those in whom
reposes the will Of the nation at home