The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-10-12
THE KoszTA DIFFICULTY.
MR.. HULSEMANN TO Mr.. MARCY
....... TRANSLATION. .-
AUSTRIAN LEQATIoN.
Washington Aug. 10, 1856;


.t Washington Aug. 10, 1885
The undersigned, Charge d. Affairs OF his
Majesty the Emperor of Austria has beer
instructed to address this official note to the
honorable Secretary of State in relation tc
the difficulties that have occurred between
the agents .ofthe two governments At the por'
of Smyrna. ls r.
The facts which came TO pass on that oc'
casion are of public notoriety, and the un'
dersigned thinks he may conhne himself In
his comments thereon to the most prominent
points. Our Consul General, Mr.. de Week
becker, exercising the right OF jurisdiction
which has been guaranteed by treaties to the
consul or agents Of Austria in the East rela-
tive 10 their countrymen, had caused to be
arrested. and conveyed on board the Austri-
an brig-of-war "Huzzar," the Hugarian re-
fuoee, Martin Koszta, who, residing at one
time in the interior of Kutahia, had left Tur-
key, in company with Kossuth, and who, af-
ter having pledged himself in writing, not
to set foot again on Ottoman territory broke
that pledge by returning some months since
to Smyrna This grave arrest gave cause
to seme reclamations which Mr.. Ott1ey, U
S. consul, conformity with the commander oi
the American sloop of-war ''St. Louis, an
chored in the roads before Smyrna deemed
it incumbent to address to Mr.. Wickoeck-
er, basing their demands upon the fact that
the aforesaid Koszta, avlng according to
them. caused himself to be naturaliled in
the United States, was entitled to the pro-
lection of the American authorities. Upon
this the Consul General of the Emperor, ac-
companied by the American consul and the
American commander, repaired on board
the '.Huzzar." and these two functionarles
had it in their power to convince themselves
from thu declaration Of the prison him elf,
that the latter hal not acquired the quality
of citizen of the United States, and that he
was not even provided with an American
passport. I...
On his own part the Charge d'Affsirs od
interim, of the United States at Constantine
pie addressed communication, on the 27th
OF June, to the Imperial Internurcio, Minis
teri the object of which was to ask for the
release of Koszta, upon the plea that he had
taken some steps to be admitted as an A
merican citizen. Baron de Bruck replied to
this leq uest on the same d,y, refusing to
comply with it. Two days after Mr.. Brown
returned again to the charge, by forwarding
to Nj. de Bruck a copy of a declar ,tlon pur-
porting to have been signed by koszta, in
New York, on the 3lst of July last, ard
which the Charge d'Atfairs of the Union
seems 10 regard as sufficient to imply the
naturalization Of that refugee in America
The Internuncio replied that it was impossi-
Bile for him to alter his determination as he
could not consider the individual in question
as belonging to foreign jurisdiction SO long
as the ties which bound him to his country
were not legally dissolved,
The Undersigned thinks it proper to i'm
body with the very text of this note a copy
of the document alb, We mentioned, which
has srrved as the basis to all the extra
ordinary proceedings both on the part of
MIR. Brown and thai of the commander Of
the St. Louis. Here it is.
Declaration made by Martin Koszta Of al
legiance to the government OF the United
States. .......
|, Martin Koszta, to declare, on OATH
that it is 60mn Jtte my intention to become
citizen Of the United States, and to re-
npunce forever all allegiance and fidelity to
all and sovereignty whatever, and parLlcu-
larly to the Emperor Of Austria. ....
Sworn in open court this 3lst day of Ju-
ly, 1859, before me. clerk Of the court &c.
(siyned) MARTIN koszrA,
r., clerk Of the court OF -. being
q cuurt of record, having common law ju-
risdic'ion, and clerk and seal, do certify
that the above is true copy of the original
declaration Of Mr. Koszta to become citi-
zen Of the United States, remaining opened
in my Office. u b. 49,. r..a.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
i IT, S, subscribed my name and affixed
III, the seal Of the said court the
.-. e,ms 3lst day of July, 1859, ...