The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-18

NEW YORK, June 10, lSo2
GovFRNoR LOUIS kossUTH:
DEAR SiE:-Allow us to congratulate you on the
reeained liberty Of your mother and sisters. That
those 50 dear to you should have suffered so many
bardships in consequence of your devotion to con-
stiutional rights. must gain for them a sympathy
as wide as that which is felt for yourself Their
dangerous relationship to you is their honor and
their title TO our particular regard In this view
their expected arrival in this city interests US and
we believe that we but express the feelings of our
fcow-ctzens in addressing you in the relation you
will soon be called on to take toward them.
We are that these ladies and their families,
on their first arrival, will have no one but yourself
to whom to look for support and that you have no
Of your claims to honor. You will wish then to do
something toward helping them. 1t has occurred
to that if you would afford fellow citizens an
opportunity of meeting you again and hearing your
views upon any subject, they would gladly embrace
II as means OF helping you in the performance of
your duties az a son and brother. If you under
take anything of the kind we shall DO happy to aid
you in carrying it out. Yours, respectfully,
NM g. BRYANT, JOSEPH n. BALEsTIER
HENRYJ. RAYMOND, HENRY w. BELLOWS,
S. DRAPER, WM. II. SEDGwlCK
S. JOINS. S. p. PARKER
HORACE GREELEY, STEPHEN n. TyN2
GEORGE BASC E0Fr, VIM. G. Russell,
JOHN BIGfiow, SAMUEL OsGooD,
PAEkE GOODWIN, GEORGE Il CHEEyER,
Il. II. CHAPLIN.
GOVERNOR KossUTu's REPLY
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LADIES' AND GENTLEMrN-With deep emotion
thank you for the generous interest YOU are pleased
10 take IN cansc sacred 10 my Affections next to
ny country dearest to my heart.
hratifying though it be- TO know my prosecuted
sisters liberated and reunited to my aged parent be-
You'd the reach OF my country's murderers-still ii
is hard destiny, full Of nameless woes, be driven
nom the native soil-an old mother, tried by more
severe aiction than any mourning parent on earth;
sisters sick and worn out by the sufcrngs Of an
~ bitIaiy prison., inflicted Oh them solely because
I'm their b.otber and helpless children, two Of
nc fatheress orphans, all cast among foreigners,
homeless and poor.
Yet thank God that His counsel has destined us
to suffer for our iatherland
But my devotion to my country rights being the
cause Of the shattered happiness Of my family it is
deep anxiety added to the of my public life,
that have not the to support the iorlorn ex
lies, so near to my heart.
am poor, and proud of being
My life and every one of its moments belong to
my country. and the material aid which have been
abe 10 collect, and may yet receive for my coun-
try's cause, shall not be diverted from its sacred
aim, and cannot be employed to alleviate the mis-
fortunes of my family.
advised my dear relatives to seek your free
shores, not only because America is an asylum to
the oppressed, but also because wider field is here
open 10 labor than anywhere else in the world, and
labor is honored here. Here, therefore, / thought
they may. by honest exertion, earn an humble
livelihood, and enjoy the consolation of an indie
pendence, founded By their own activity, until, with
the aid OF God, may restore them to our beloved
native land.
My earnest desire was, therefore, to secure the
means of their first establishment. ] thought of a
lecture for their benefit, but hesated, conscious
OF inability, overwhelmed ms am with tolls and
cares to rouse the interest Of the public so much
the more as felt not entitled to claim public at
tention for the distress of my family at the time
when millions are oppressed, and bleeding nations
claim the sympathy of America.
You, ladies and gentlemen, prompted by the no
bic impulses of your generosity, pleased to
courage me. offering your aid that may attain the
desired end
therefore warmly thank you for the comfort Of
your encouragement. ! accept with gratitude your
offered assistance, ready to do according to your
friendly advice. feel happy to leave every further
hearts Of New York will answer your appeal, and
viii not refuse ray of that sympathy to lial and
brotherly solicitude which they have offered to the
exeltions Of the patriot. L. hossurH .