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garan army surrendered, and the attempt at revo-
( luton. and the establishment OF an independent
government, in which they were engaged, were
sternly crushed by the united forces OF two OF
the greatest powers of Europe.
Their chief associates are, like themselves, In ex-
| lie, they have perished on the held. or on the
scafold. or by military execution their estates are
conhscaed, their families dispersed, and every cas-
tie fortress and city of Hungary, is in the posses
sion of the forces Of Austria.
They themselves, by their desire to remove so
far from the of their late conflict, declare
| that they entertain no hope or thought OF other
similar attempts, and wish only to be permitted to
withdraw themselves altogether from all European
association, and seek new homes IN the vast inte-
rior of the United States.
For their attempt at independence they have
dearly paid, and now, broken in fortune and IN
heart, without home or, country, band OF exiles,
whose only future is a fearful remembrance OF the
past whose only request s to spend their remain
ing days in obscure industry--they wait the per-
mission of his Imperial Majesty to remove them
selves and all that may remain to them, across the
ocean, to the uncultirated regions OF America and
leave forever, continent which to them has be-
come gloomy than the wilderness, more lone
and drenry than the desert.
The people of the United States expect from the
generosity of the Turkish monarch that this per-
mission will be given they wait to receive these
exiles on their shores, where, without giving just
| cause Of uneasiness to any government, they may
enjoy whatever of consolation can be afforded by
sympathy for their sufferings, and that assistance
! in their necessities which this people have never
been late in offering TO any, and which they are
not for the first time called upon 10 render.
! Accustomed themselves to high ideas OF national
independence, the people OF the United States
would regret to see the government OF the vast
empire Of Turkey, constrained by the force OF CIR
cumstances, TO exercise the duty OF keeping pris-
| oIers for other powers
You will further say to the Sublime Porte that
| if, as this Government hopes and believes, Mr.
| kussuth and his companions allowed to depart
from the dominions Of his Imperial Majesty at the
expiration of the year commencing In May, 1885,
! they will find conveyance to the United States in
some Of its national ships now in the Mcditer-
ranean sea- which can be spared Tor that purpose,
and you will, on receiving assurances that these
persons will be permitted to embark. ascertain
precisely their number, and Immediately give no.
tice to the commander Of the United States squad
| ron on that station who will receive orders from
the proper authorities to be present with such
ships as may be necessary, or can leave the sta
| tion, to furnish conveyance for kossuth and his
! companions to the United States.
Extract from the corresp spondence pih the austrian
| Minister.
! The Government and people OF the United States,
! Ike other inte gent governments and communl-
ties, take n lively interest in the movements and
events of this remarkable age, in whatever part OF
the world they may be exhibited. But the interest
taken by the United States in those events has not
proceeded from any disposition to depart from that
neutrality toward foreign powers, which ID among
the deepest principles and the most cherished tra-
ditions of the political history OF the Union. 1t
! character Of the events themselves, which could
fail TO arrest the attention Of the contemporary
world as they will doubtless fill a memorable page
! In history.
But the undersigned goea further, and freely ad-
mits that, in proportion these extraordinary
events appeared to have their or gn IN those great
ideas of responsible and popular government, on
! which the American constitutions themselves are
wholly founded, they could not but command the
warm sympathy OF the people Of this country
| Well known circumstances In their history, in
! deed their whole history, have made them the re-
presentative5 OF purely popular principles OF gov
I eminent In this light they now stand before the
world They could not, if they would, conceal
their character, their condition, or their destiny
They could not If they desired, shut out from
/ the view Of mankind the causes which have placed
them, in short national career. in the station
which they hold among the civilized States Of the
world. They could not ii they desred il, suppress
either the thoughts the hopes which arise in mems
minds in othercountries, from contemplating their
successful example OF free government Thatvery
intelligent and distinguished personsge, the Elm
peror Joseph the Second, was among the hrst To die
/ Germ thi. necessary consequence Of the American
Revolution on the sentiments and opinions oil the pco
pie OF Europe In letter 10 his minister in the Neither
lands in l7s7 he observes, that cit ID remar kable
I that France. by the assistance which che afforded
10 the Americans, gave birth TO reflections free
dom a" This fact, which the sagacity Of that mon
arch perceived at so carly day, IL now known
! and admitted by intelligent powers all over the
world True indeed IL j. that the prevalence on
the other continent Of sentiments favorable to re-
| publican liberty is the rcsut of the reaction Of
| America upon Europe; and the source and centre
OF THE reaction has doubtless been, and is. in
these United States.
The position thus belonging 10 the United States
| 10 fact ss inseparabe from their history, their
constitutional organ zation and their character
the opposite position Of the powers composing the
European alliance is from the history and constitu
! tional organization Of the government Of those
powers The soyereigns who form that alliance
have not unrcquently felt 1t their right 10 inter
/
and have, in their manifestos and declarations, de-
nOuuced the popular idcas OF the age in terms so
kCOmpreheusye Of necessity 20 include the United
States and their forms Of government. 1t is well
known that one Of the leading primo ples announced
by the allied soveregus, after the restoration OF the
Bourbons, l., that all popular or constitutional
rights are holden otherwise than as grants and
/ indug gences from crowned heads. "Useful and ne
cessary changes In legislation and administration"
says toe La bach Circular Of May, 1871 fought
ly 20 emanate from the free will and intelligent
/ ,ction Of those whom God hss rendered respon.i.
bic for power; all that deyiates from this line
] cessauly leads 20 disorder, connections, and evils
] far more insut'crable than thOse which they pre-
] tend 10 remedy" And hs late Austrian ajesty.
Francis the First, 10 reported 70 have declared. in
an address 20 the Hungarian Diet in 1920, that
the whole world had become foolish, and, leaving
/ their ancient lave, were in search OF imaginary
constitutions" These declarations amount to no
thing less than n denial OF tho lavfulness Of the
| origin Of the Government Of the United States,
siuce it 10 certain that that Government wa. estsb-
proceed from thrones, the permission Of crowned
I neads But the Government Of the United States
heard these denunc istions of ts iuudsmen prin-
ciple, without rsmOnstrnnce, the disturbance Of
| it, cquanimity. This was thirty years ago.
The power Of ths Republic at the present mo-
ment is spread region one Of the richest and
most fertile the globe, and Of an extent in com
parison with which the possessions Of the hous Of
HaIsburg are bot As patch the carths surface.
/ It, p puation, already twenty five millions, will
crcced that oi the Austrian empire within the pc
/ Rod during which u may 10 hoped that Mr.. Hulse
! mann may yet remain In the honorable discharge
| of his dutios 10 bis government Its navigation
] and commerce ere hardly exceeded by the old.
| Get and most commercial nations; ito maritime
/ means and its maritime power may be seen by
| Austria hcrself, In all scas where che has porte,
ss well ss they may be slso in all other quar-
tors Of the globe Life, liberty, property, and all
personal rights arc amply occurred 10 all citizens,
/ snd protected hy just and stable laws; and
] credit, public ana private, is 80 well established
/ ~ in rny government u continental Europe;
and the country in all its interests and concerns,
| psrtakes rnost largely in all the Improvements
/ and progress which distinguish the age Certainly
the United States Insy be pardoned, even by those
who profess adherence 90 the principles Of absolute
government, II they entertain an ardent affection
for thOse popular forms Of political organization
I which have 90 rapidly advanced their own pros
perity and happiness, and enabled them in short