New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-11
. The Yea, Of Mr. szemere now TO accuse Gov

faction al the relative prominence Vi a"'-"0l
MO-, whom he cannot but admit TO be gifted
na,,iot. perhaps even the first among MS equals
Fo, these reasons, Mr.. szemersas4 by no means
20 he admitted as an unpreJudicSi and reliable
witness upon the questions at issue.
q His opinion that the abdication Of power
into Gorreys hands ought not to have been
made and that the war hight have been con-
tnued with any hope, proves the unsoundness
of his Judgment BEN had been defeated, ana
Gorgey had suffered grea, losses The army was
reduced in numbers, and demorazed oy defeat;
the bank machinery was lost and there were no
pecuniary means to carry on the war In the
council he'd at Arad TO decide on the course 10 De
pursued, Gorgey declared, and, as we have under
stood. produced evidence to sustain the declara-
ton. tina, the Russian commander tcds ready to
frect and uoald treat Nth him (Gorgey) on the basis
# preserving the indepsndenoe Of the nation As
preliminary to this, it was necessary Gofgey m
sisted, for the supreme power TO be commu'ed
to his hands council was held, where nos
| suth and four Ministers (all that were then IN
Arad) were present After long discussion,
there was majority OF votes in favor OF the
abdicaton, as the best chance Of defending the
national Independence, and II was accordingly
| executed We have always understood that
| Mr. Szemere was present at that council ana
| voted against the abdication, but have never
be fore heard that he was not aware of It, or that
his name was not attached to it by himself IN
coupliance with the decision Of the majority
We suspect there is something here which he
| has not seen fl, to tell
4. Mr.. Szemere thinks Kossuth ought no longer
to be called Governor, because he left Hungary
| after all was lost 1t is to be observed that Mr.
Szemere did the same thing, and very wisely,
we mink, since to remain would have been to
| be hr4g or shot But we apprehend that has
jealousy Of Kossuth's position is not to be estl-
mated very highly against the universal conn
| dence of the Hungarian people in hossuth and
| their attachment to him, as testified to by Mr.
Brace and other recent travellers in Hungary
and as evidenced by the absolute exclusion of
all intelligence respecting him now practiced by
the Austrian Government. Both Hungary and
Austria still regard Kossuth as the chosen and
beloved chief and the great human hope of the
Hungarian people, and against facts like these
his enemies must labor in vain The cause of
Hungarian independence and fthe independence
of Europe fortunately does not depend on them,
but on ADLER, wiser and more reliable agents.
S. 1t is fact that in this hour OF defeat and
depression Kossuth is doing much and Szemere
nothing TO retrieve the cause OF Hungary. What
right then has the inactive to assail the active
patriot
7, S,-Since the above was in type we
have received The Daily Neus of Jan. %, con
tanning letter from Mr.. s. VUKovIcH, who was
Minister of Justice in the Cabinet OF which
Szemere was member. From that letter we
make the following interesting and important
extracts relating to the abdcation and the pres
ent position of Kossuth. 1t is written IN reply |
TO the letter Of Count Casimir Batthyany, which |
we noticed some time since:
When the intelligence Of the unfortunate battle of
Teneswar reached the Governor kosSu!h, who was
then in the fortress of Arad he Immediately sum
mOned council Of the ministry TO deliberate ON
measures OF public safety stll possible At TINS
council la which all the ministers look part |
TSzemere incudedl, it was resolved to invest Cor
eey who stood alone at the head of an unconquered
army, with fun powers for negotiating peace II
WAS moreover solved 10 dissolve the Government,
which could not be carried on IN any fixed place OF
safety under the existing circumstances We did
rot, however, insert IN INC INSTRUMENT investing
Goyeey with fuli power (and dispatched 10 MIN lm'
medlniely) the aodicatlon OF the Government On
tbe same dav-lt was the llth OF August Ie49-Gor-
sey declared in the presence OF some OF the minis.
,ers who had assembled at Csanyis (who was one OF
m, ny that he could not accept the commission be-
caus, the resignation of the Government was NOS
contained IN H. while he was sure that the enemy
would enter into negotiations with him SO long as
Kossuih and his ministry we're thought 10 De Denha
him. The ministers who were present alter snort
celebration, considering II to be their duty not TO
stand in the way Of the negotiation which hau oeen
resolved as necessary accordingly sent their re-
| ,eslen ms well The Governor soon after sent his
| abdicaiion for cOuntersisnaure by these members
| of the ministry, and accordingly the Eo'eIhnneIl
| formally dissolved Itself, after having done 80 de
| focfo ,a the previous council of ministers must
mention the circumstance that IN the Governor IN.
| soumtut of abuication conditions were prescribed
for Gorgey, which were rot inserted III the ouSlnh
instrument OF authorization issued by the TAU coun-
| ell These conditions were, the Preservation OF the
| ra,iCualty and the autonomy of Hungary. -Four
ministeTs took part IN this resignation Of the Gov
CrAor, as above stated, Auch, Csanyl h0ry attn and
| |. Two OF the ministers, Szemere ard baIhyany,
were absent when the formal declaration OF the 40
Ccatlon was discussed at Csanyi's residence nave
| not mentioned among the ministers our ate col
| league, the Finance Minister, DusheE. because his
| tieacheIy, which was S'tefWaId brought 10 Light,
! excludes him from our raLkS. From ali these CIR
oumstances II viii be nantes. how unjust the re-
breaches OF Count Cas.mlr Batthy ali! axe, thai no
| new Cabinet tOuIcll was RED.
II Is notorious that Corey abused the fll! powers
With " hlch he was lntruSIed, lastead OF procuring
Tie preservation OF hungary By negOua.lCn Tor
yeace by an ign0Hlnious ueacnery his native
country, From nat very moment the power con
isIItc On ham By the above mentioned instrument,
and fas conditioned Gbd-stio4 Of fts ia frast con-
S,Qsssfl2 and sally gcfricl % hin rka hal DsrsSfst
nm Uatk IT, 10 dsay tsIs soDia DC @ recognise fss
ftr6i. rae ckica rrtStcd Hup-GrU 7isace u
/ nor trtGcltry, legitimate rgA. and la,rfn' Y3Usr
Tie noble Count himself answers the question
Why NosSuili, before crossing the Turkish ifcOuer,
tlc Aot resume power asan2 tie states that Kos
Suih cCud not know, before crossing the tfoaieT
he ea;-s.fophs e. OF Mss9s, ana therefore lst'
fully fuhll his cCAnmlsSion-a belief which was the
more naiuTsl, because Gorgey ha1 uncOnquered
army uIcer hun, AID almost all the fortIesseS at his
opposition power more than sufficient - carry on
The negotiations. ana even 20 menace the enemy
with elimination OF the WAY The ro5ie Count
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