The southern press., 1852-02-05

which Hungary has been brought to her present
state of misery and servitude he accuses him
of want OF cool judgment, strength and intre.
pidity; he accuses him of temerity and ambition
And all this only because Kossuth maintains his
title Of governor, and adheres to his democratic
and republican principles. For Count C.. Bat.
thyani is {" far from wishing to fetter the activ-
ity of kossuth !" but he is averse to the meas.
ure Of the deposition of the house of Hapsburg y
And had Kossuth, after his liberation, appeared
before the world in the simple character Of the
private individual his former position-hs
misfortuncs and the modesty of his demeanor
would have given him "A precedence, by courte.
sy, among his companions in exile" and placed
! him III position to receive their useful advice
and assistance! He winds his letter up by en-.
tering ito technlcalites, in orier to show that
Governor Kossuth had no right to the title, and
that he should retire into private life.
The vanity of Antisthenes peeps through the
modesty of the Count, and blinds him so far as
to forget that since the last ten years he as well
as his cousin, Count Louis, fought many par
lamentary battle under the standard Of this.
same Kossuth, whom he reviles now-that they
belonged to his party long before l848-that
they were his associates in more than one politi-
cal and industrial enterprise. The Count forgets
that.by his own occurrence the arstocratic con-
modelled into Il Democratic one-that since the
days Of March and April there was no political
difference more between the classes in Hungary
that the Count himself consented to abolish
the feudal rights and to enlarge the franchise
nearly TO universal suffrage. He forgets that it
/ was kossuth alone who, Mt the time when Count
Louis Batthyani left Hungary without the
means of defence, provided for the defence Of the
betrayed country,--that when Jellachich entered
Hungary, and The Archduke fled and Count Lou
is despared, it was the elcguence of Kossuth
which gaihered'the people on the plains Of Pa.
kozd and led them to victory.
lie forgets that at the time when our armies
were defeated, and the capital lost and the cou,-
try invaded from nine different points, and there
were no arms in Hungary, and no powder for
tne charge, and no sulphur TO manufacture the
powder, and no money to pay the soldiers, and
no hope in the breast of the bravest--it was
KossUTH who, by the frmness Of his will, and
the resources of his mind, raised armies, and
clothed them, and armed them, and organized
them, and inspired the people with confidence.
and led it from victory to victory, till the symbol
OF double faced Austria-the double faced eaoIe
flew hastily back from the Thesis to the very
frontiers of Hungary And the Count forgets
that after the deposition of the House of Haps.
burg, he did accept the ministry Of foreign ar.
fairs from the hands Of the Governor, and took
the oath to maintain the Declaration of indie
pendence, and did belong to the administration
OF his highly cultivated" friend B. Szemere.
who, without the previous knowledge of the
Governor, declared openly to the Diet, that his
administration was to be republican or a reno
tutionary one The Count forgets even that
after the days Of Arad and Villages, already IN
exile, he countersigned orders issued by the
Governor, in his official capacity. What is now
the value of those accusations which are over.
ruled by the conduct and the acts Of the Count
himself? Why does he now seek technica,
niceties to deny in Paris what he affirmed in
Turkey, by his own signature! Because he il
ready to treat with Austria, whilst Governor
kossuth makes no bargains with the enemies of
his country!
But after all, it is of little Importance whether
Prince Esterhazy recognizes Kossuth as the
trne exponent of the views of few Austro
Hungarian MISREPRESENTATION Count c. Bat
thyanl gives him a precedence by courtesy. and
whether, he and his highly cultivated friend
assist him with their useful advice" Il is not
those few names wio are to decide the future
OF hungary, but the people Al large. And the
people OF Hungary grants its confidence but 10
the man whom il trusts. Let the traveller in.
quire from the Carpathians, along the Danube.
to the iron gate, and from the Adri.tio .hroash
the plains Of the Thesis, TO the borders of Mol
dava, and in every city, and in every village, and
in every hamlet, he will hear but one name blest
for the past, and enshrned in the hopes of the
future; and that name, mixed with the prayers
OF the peasant, told by the mother 10 the lispng
child lit is not the name of. Count Casimir
Batthyani. Let them ask in the plains or in
the mountains, or even in Croatia and among
the Servians-" Who is the rightful Governor
of Hungary !"-and the people will unanimously
respond I" Ii is Louis Kossnth" Can Count C..
Bitthyanyi deny this fact. Governor Kossuth
has no personal ambition ut ALL and the tack 90
free his county weighs heavily upon him. He
sacrifices to his mission oil he has,-his energies
and his health, and the future Of his family. He
does IT readily, because he knows that hi coun-
try expects her liberation but through him.
Gov. kossuth would be happy if there should BE-
found better man than he,--rnore able TO per.
form his mission-enjoying greater confidence
at home, and greater respect abroad. Let such
an one appear, and Gov. Kossuth will readily
give him precedence not merely "by courtesy"
but IN the meantime, We must regret that smbi.
ton and hankering after notoriety. have induced
the Count TO disown his past career, and TO dc.
stroy his position and influence in the future.
The people of Hungary trusts but those who
are consistent; and it is not so easily deluded By
Austrian or Russian diplomacy as the Count,
whose attempt TO create dissensicns among the
ilungarians, will remain unsuccessful. lie will
see that the common sense Of the people out.
wits the artfulncss Of diplomacy.
FRANCIS PULSZKY.
PGTrsBUEG, Pa, Jan. 81, 1852.
95g"We regret to learn that Senator BER-
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