The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-10-12

preferred against the American officers en-
/ gagged in that affair, and for the purpose Of
giving such satisfaction as Austria might
: be entitled to receive in case he should find
that these officers had not duly respected
her rights. ''.... -,
, Though differing very much from the
views presented by Mr.. Huseman on be-
half ofhs government, the President indul-
: ges the hope that the exposition of the prin-
cipal reasons on which his own conclusions
are founded, wil1induce his Majesty's gov
, ernment to look at the transaction in diff
erent light from that in which it is presen-
/ ted by that government.
1t is the duty Of the undersigned TO pre-
sent these reasons to Mr. Hulsemann, and
he will fail in his intention, if in perfor ming
this duty. he does not evince friendly spir-
it, and avoid, so far as it can be done with
out impairing the full strength Of the case
the introduction of topics to which either
Mr. Hulsemann or his government can take
exception.
To bring out conspiciously the question to
be pressed upon, it seems to the undersign-
ed that the facts should be more fully and
clearly stated than they are in Mr.. Hulse-
mann's note. ...
Martin Koszta,by birth an Hungarian, and
r of course an Austrian subject at that time,
took an open and active part in the political
movement of 1848249, designed to detacl
Hungary from the dominion of the Emperor
of Austria. AT the close of that disastrous
revolutionary movement, Koszta with many
others engaged in the same cause, fed from
: the Austrian dominions, and took refuge in
Turkey. The extraGiton of these fugtives
; Koszta among them, was dem 'nded and
pressed with great vigor by Austria, but
firmly resisted BY the Turkish government.
They were, however, confined at Kutahia
: but at lenghth released, with the understan-
ding or by express agreement Of Austria
tkat they should leave Turkey and 60 into
foreign parts. Most of them, it is believed
r before they obtained their release, indicated
} the United States as the country of their ex
; lie. It alleged Koszta left Turkey in com
pany with Kossuth this is believed to be a
: mistake; and that he engaged never to re,
turn-this is regarded as doubtful To thai
sentence of banishment-for such is the
: true character of their expulsion from Tur-
key-Austria gave her consent; in truth il
5 was the result of her efforts TO procure theil
extradition, and was accepted by her as {
7 substitute for it. She had agents or com
missioners at Kutahia to attend to their en-
barkation. and TO hcr the legal consequen
t ces of this act are the same as if it had beeI
done directly by herself, and moi by the a
: gency of the Ottoman Porte. Koszta came
5 to the United States and selectedlhis country
, for his future home.
On the 31st Of July 1852, he male dec
laraton, under oa.h before a proper tribu
: nal, Of his intention to become citizen o
the United States, and renounce all alleg
, ance to any other State or sovereign.
f After remaining here one year and clever
months, he returned on account, as is allcg
, ed, of private business, of a temporary char
: acter to Turkey in an American vessel
+ claimed the rights of a naturalized Ameri
: can citizen, ,and offered to place himselfundcl
Tie protection of the United States Consul
at Smyrna. The Consul at fist AesiLated
to recognize and receive him us such, but
| afterw ards, and sometime before his seizure
5 he ana the American Charge d A9aires 0a
interim at Consiantinope, did extend protec-
tion 10 him, and furnished him with Il 1es-
kereh-a kind Of passport Or letter of safe
| conduct, usually givca by foreign consus i'll
) Turkey to persons to whom they eX end pro-
| lection, as by Turkish laws they have Il
} right to do. Ii is important to observe that
there is no exception taken TO his conduct
after his return to Turkey, and that Austria
has not alleged that he was there for a pol
itca object, Or for any other object, or for
any other purpose than the transaction OF
private business. While waiting, as alec
ed for an opportunity to return to the Uni
J ted States, he was seized by a band Of law
less men--freely perhaps harshly, charac-
terized in the dispatches as "rutlians, y
"Greek hrelings," ''robbers who had
not, nor did they pretend to have, or did
} they pretend to have any color Of authority
emanatng from Turkey or Austria, treated
with violence ana cruelty, and thrown into
the sea. Immediately there after he was
taken up by boats crew, laying in wait
for him, belonging to the Austrian briy-o
war Huzzar, forced on board of that vessel,
and there confined in irons. 1t is now "a
vowed, as it was then suspected, that these
desperadoes were instigated to this outrage
by the Austrian Consul General at Smyrna;
but it is not pretended that he acted under
theciv authority of Turkey, but, on the
contrary, it is admitted that, on application
to the Turkish Governor at Smyrna, that
magistrate refused to grant he Austrian
Consul any authority to Arrest Koszta.
The Consul Of the United States at Smyr-
ma as soon as lie heard of the seizure OF
Koszta, and the Charged affairs Of the
United States ad iaterins at Constantinople,
afterwards inerceeded with the Turkish au-
thorities, with the Austrian Consul. Gener-
al at Smyrna, and the commander Of the
Austrian brig-of- war, for his rel,ase, on the
ground of his American nationality. To
support this claim, Koszta's original certif-
cate of having made, under oath, in court
in New York, declaration of intention to
become an American citizen, was produced
at Smyrna and an imperfect copy of it pla-
ced in the hands of the imperial Austrian
intrinuncio at ConStantinope
4 The application to the these officers at
Smyrna for his liberation, as well as that
of Mr. Brown, our Charged affaires, to Bar
on de Bruck, the Austrian Minister at Con
stantinopfe, was fruitless, and it became no
torious at Smyrna that there was settled
design on the part of Austnaa officials to
convey him clandestjnely to Trieste-a city