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cause, while on the nth Of April, 1919, when
our troops were everywhere victorious, we saw
him stand forward as Governor, yet afterwards,
OF the | lth of August IcI9, when VIC were
suffering continual defeat, we saw him hastily
and precipitately free himself from the same
office, that is to saw In the days Of victory and
glory he accepted the office in the day OF dan
ger, he surrendered 10 to the first who demanded
it Of hun.
And now he steps forward, weakly aud IN
couscentiousy forgetting all this, before the
world as the Governor of Hungary, and as the
dictator among his fellow exes, demanding
from us unconditional obedience, aud asks a
second time for a power for which he showed
himself before partly incapable, and part of
which he msused.
However much pity the political want Of
conscience shown in his public character, how
ever much he may rejoice if he should succeed
BY his rhetorical agitation to obtain money and
sympathy for the cause of Hungary, in order
that he may in some measure restore what he
has injured by his uncaculating, teverish vac
illatng, unprincipled policy yet on the other
hand, every sensible minded Hungarian must
be convinced that to recognize Mr.. Kossuth as
| Governor, or as he earnestly claims to be ac-
knowledged, the absolute Dictator, would be
equivalent to devotng the cause Of Hungary
! for second time to a severe downfall. We
welcome him, therefore. in Our ranks only as n
single gifted patriot, perhaps even the first
among his equals, but as Governor we cannot
acknowle edge him. we who know his past career.
and who value divine liberty, aud our beloved
, fatherland above every personal consideration.
While respectfully request you, Mr.. Edl-
tor. to receive these lines, I take at the same
time the liberty to make the following remarks:
| Criticise. examine, condemn, rs much rs YOU
will. the actions of those persons who have APP
ppared in the late Hungarian war of ndepen-
dcncr. we deserve it all; each of us hls more
or less been wanting only touch not with con
tenptuous hand the cause itself, for that cause
was at least as pure aud holy as the war Of the
American Revolution i'll word, we were the
defenders Of right aud law against the effort
of fathlesSncss and anarchy; we were the he
rocs, the apostles. the martyrs Of freedom un
der the prosecutions of tyranny. Consider hr
kossrth As a rhetorical advocate OF the Hun
gariau cause. he may be It's pIcader, be nevc
was its nero, because at the first approach o
danger he was the first to shrink. In tormln!
an opinion upon his career and his polltlca
character, this is all the more important an,
decisive test, since he who is beyond all doub
a man the most avarlclous Of glory, thai eve
livedl always in every way, by every possible
means cndeavorcd to concentrate contidenc
in his own person; and hence it was natura
enough, that by his weakness in the day of dar
ger the cause of the nation fell with HIN. TIL
people. however remained steadfast, while h
became fugitive. and with his crossing tn
boundaries of Hungary, he filled no longer tina
> high place, to which the confidence OF brav'
.. people had elevated him.
BARTHOLOM.EUS SZCMERE,
, Formerly President of Hungarian Minsteria
Council.
PARIS. ith Jan, 1852,
No. r. Rue Boursault !