Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-05
Secretary narcy's letter.

Ifne conduct OF confn5nueF inPfahdU )" '"o
Koszla affair at Smyrna On account of the
length OF the two papers We have not space
! for the full insertion of Mr.. Hulscmann's
/ letter. but such extracts gwen as will ex
/ hbit the ground and character OF the demands
! of Austria.
The Union prefaces the publication Of the
;, documents with some editorial remarks, in The
. course Of which The following important state
nent is made
ut will oe remembered that the Austrian
Government. several weeks ago. AMI after the
occurrence "f the Koszta affair. permitted it.
self To give Ia that transaction. and 10 all The
negotiations consequent upon IL, very unusu
al aspect, hy addressing 10 the principal Eu
ropean CabInets. in advance Of any mum
cation 10 the Go, eminent ofihe United States
a. circular letter Of complaint and prot, st
against tie course adopted by the American
uthorlties The speedy publication, apparent
y rot uin'rutiohal, OF his circular in the
eading European journals. from which. oil
curse, 1t uhs widely copied IN this country
~ as man'iosly calculated # mol ocsI gnrd to
III woke from other governments and nations
n oil immediate y Interested IN The Il ansaction
= 'emature judgment IN regard 10 it. winch as
r. sing npon mere * parte statement. could
Il ii be considered fair aud free from undue
l. "a. II is Ia he regretted thit this departure
ny the Government OF Austria from the esiab
lished usages and prophecies of diplomatic in
tercoursc should lave been 80 far counter.
anced by the Cabinets Of st. Peiersburgh and
Berlin as TO induce those governments Ia as.
| sumo the position of voluntary parties to the
lcontroversy, by inslrnciiue Their representa-
lives In Washington III intimate 10 the Prcsi-
dent their general concurrence in the view ia
! ken by Austria Of The proceedings in the case
lof koszta. ii is gratifying To state, however
that the Governments OF France and Greal
Britain, 10 whh h The Austrian circular was
equally eddr ssrd have deemed il proper to
proceed in the premises With far more praise
worthy circumspecllon. II is understood, in
deed, hat the Cabinet of Paris has not fal, d
to make known TO that Of Vienna It's disnppro
baton OF the proceedings of the Austrian iuuc
honares in reratd 10 Koszta at SMYRNA, even
upon the Aus Ran stat IN 1T I'll those proceed.
ings md that the view il takes Of The trans
action looks rather II the mant, nance of the
rights and territorial sovereignty Of Turkey
thar 10 the interests or pretcnsons Of Austria
/ | he Gnvernn ept Of Great Britain, though il
has made knuNn to that OF the United States
the fact that us attention has been drawn To
the subject, has yet given no elimination that II
regard the cou,se of the American iunciiona.
rles IN that transaction as open to ccnsute.
1t would be CRAFTY ing 10 find as might be
inferred from the above statement, that the
views Of our Gnyernment are 10 he sustained
by France and Engand--6ut II Is proper 10
state how ever that the National IreIieencer,
which docs not speak al random on any ques.
ton ofimpo' lance, doubts The correctness of the
impression conveyed in regard To the action OF
the Ministers Of those Powers by the explana.
lions ofthe Union. 1t is plainly inferablo f ON
the remarks Of the lntegcncei that the Rep.
resenaives Of England and France had taken
sides it'll Austria on The point in controversy
The note OF Mr.. Hulsemann To Mr.. Marcy
opens " it'll statement of What the Austrian
authorities represent to have been the facts oil
the transaction at Smyrna, and proceeds to
discuss the t~o distinct questions involved in
this dispute, which are thus stated
Zone is the main question relating to the
dispute about the right Of jurisdiction which
has risen between the legations of ustria and
the United States at Conslantinople, concern
ing kosato; The other question al least fully as
important, is that " hich has reference TO those
formaltIes in ,itue Of " icll the agcn's of the
| United States have deemed themselves au.
I horlzed Ill urging their pretensions
With regard to the first question, Mr. Hulse
! mann declares that
!, "Thc imperial government adopts ,n'ircly
the views of Baron dc Bruck. II. our opinion
kosta has nc,e ceased to e an Austrian sub
lcct. Everything combines tn make the i'm
perial government persist in this estimate OF
the matter The laws of his country are Oh.
posed to X ostas breaking nsunder of his own
accord, and without having obtained p.rmiss.
ion to expa,riate himself from the authorities
of that country the ties OF nationality which
bind him to it. The very declaration Of that
refugee on board the "Hnszar,' in the pres
ence of the American consul and of the com
mander Of the "St. Louis" shows that he still
considers himself as a subject OF the Emperor
In short, even according 10 The terms Of the
law oT the nion such a leclaration summons