The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-04

which Hungary has been brought to her present
state OF misery and servtude 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 y but he is " averse to the meas
ure of the deposition of the house of Hapsburp."
And had Kossuth, after his liberation, appeared
before the world in the simple character of the
private individual his former position-his
misfortunes and the modesty of his demeanor
would have given him " a precedence, by courte-
sy, among his companions in exile" and placed
nm IN a position to receive their useful advice
and assistance! He winds his letter up by EN-,
terlng Ito technicalites, in orier to show that
Governor kossuth had no right to the title, and
that he should etire into private life.
Inc vanity of Antisthenes peeps through the
modesty of the Count, and blinds him so far as
to forget that since the last ten years be- as well
as his cousin, Count Louis, fought many par
lamentary battle under the standard of this
same hossuth, whom he reviles now-that they
belonged to his party long before IS4S-tbat
they were his associates in more than one polit
cal and industrial enterprise The Count forpets
that by his own occurrence the aristocratic con
stitulon OF hungary was already, in I84S, re-
modelled into Democratic one-that since the
days OF March and April there WINS no political
difference more between the classes i'm 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, at the time when Count
Louis Batthyani left Hungary without the
means OF defence, provided for the defence of the
betrayed country,-that when JelIachich entered
Hungary, and the Archduke fled and Count Lon.
is despared, it was the eloquence of Kossuth
which gathered the people on the plains of PA.
kozd and led them to victory
lie forgets that at the time when orr armies
were defeated, and the capital lost, and the coun.
try invaded from nine different points, and there
were no arms IN Hungary and no powder for
The 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 firmness Of his will. and
the resources of his mind, raised armies and
clothed them, and armed them, and organized
them, ana inspired the people with confidence,
and led It from victory to victory, till the symbol
of double-faced Austria--the doube-faced eagle
-iiew hastily back from the Thesis to the very
frontiers of Hungary. And the Count forpets
that after the deposition of the House of Haps.
burg, he did accept the ministry of foreign az
fairs from the hands of the Governor, and took
the oath to maintain the Declaration of Inde
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 reno.
lmionary one The Count forrets even that
after the days of Arad and Vagos, 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
Why does he now seek technical
niceties to deny in Paris what he affirmed in
Turkey, by his own signature? Because he is
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
true exponent OF the views of few Austro-
Hungarian Observation-Disclosures Count C. Bat
thyani gives him a precedence by courtesy. ard
whether he and his "hghy cultivated" friend
assist him with their e. useful advice" 1t is not
those few names WHO are to decide the future
OF Hungary, but the people at large. And the
people of Hungary grants its confidence but to
the man whom it trusts. Let the traveller in.
quire from the Carpathians, along the Danube.
to the iron gate, and from the Adriatic through
the plains of the Thesis, to the borders of MOL
davla, aud in every city, and in every village, and
IN every hamlet, he will hear but one name best
for the past, and enshrined in the hopes of the
. lture; and that name, mixed with the PRAYERS
OF the peasant, told by the mother TO the lisping
child 1t Is not the name of Count Casimir
Batthyan 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, 1t is Lous Kossuth" Can Count G.
Batthyanyi deny this fact Governor Kossuth
has no personal ambition at ALL and the task to
ree his country weighs heavily upon him. He
sacrifices to his mission all he has.-his enerries
ana his health, and the future of his family. He
does it readily, because he knows that hi, conn
Try expects her liberation bat through him
.f"y. kossuth would be happy if there should be
found a better man than he,-more able to per.
orm ms mhssion--enloying greater confidence
II nome, and greater respect abroad Let such
IN one appear, and Gov. Kossnth will readily
1--WE him precedence not merely "by courtesy
but IN the meantime, we must regret that ambi.
ION and hankering after notoriety, have induced
he Count to disown his past career, and to de-
,troy his position and inhuence.in the future.
The people of Hungary trusts but those who
IRE consistent; and it is not so easily deluded by
Austrian or Russian diplomacy as the Count,
whose attempt to create dissensicns among the
1ungarlans, will remain unsuccessful He will
zee that the common sense of the people out
Wits the artfuness Of diplomacy.
FRANCIS PULszKY.
PITrsBURG Pa, JAN 81, 1852
20 We regret to learn that Senator BER-