Hajnal István: A Kossuth-emigráció Törökországban, I. kötet (Budapest, 1927)
IRATOK
In full reliance upon your Excellencies noble sentiments and generous principles by which as well as by your wisdom Mylord, you have so gloriously won the full esteem of all civilised men, I am bold to hope that your Excellency will excuse the adjoining of the copies of my two letters, written to the Grand-Vizier and to Sir Stratford Canning, in order to have a full information about. It is reported to me that the whole matter is likely to be a scheme against the Ministry of Reschid Pacha, the ennemies of whom would force the Ministry to the extradition of ours, in order to lower it and to make it impossible. It is certain that in the great Council held the 9 and 10 septembre the majority of the Council after a very tumultuous debate has declared for the extradition, the majority of the Ministry against. But it came to no decision, the Council being dissolved on account of some hot altercations within, — notwithstanding the Ministry thought fit to make us the above said most revolting suggestion. I am sure of that this cutting short the difficulties would scarcely save the authority of the Ministry, because a protection given only contrary to the Sultans generous sentiments at the price of forcing 5000 christians to become renegados, — must revolte the feelings of the whole christian world and could scarcely win any sympathies to the Turkey, for the case of a war with Russia, which to the jugement of the most honorable turkish statesmen is approaching fast. And as to my native land the Turkey does already feel the weight of the neglected opportunity of giving to Hungary at least some moral help, to stop the formidable advancement of the common ennemie, but to my humble meaning it appears a very badly chosen measure, to will to win the sympathy of the Hungarians by sending me to an Austrian scaffold and forcing my unhappy companions to abjure their religion, or to share the fate of the other alternative. Prom my blood shed by the broken faith of the Turkish Government no friends will arise to her but many the deadliest foes. Mylord! Your noble heart will excuse me of having put before your attention our unhappy sorte in its turn as I can guess of great political importance also. Abandoned, as our poor country was, here in this distant unsociable land by the whole world, even the respect of humanity as regarding us affords no hope of beeing protected, if you Mylord and your generous nation will not protect. What may be convenient to do, what may be expected from the all known generosity of England were inconvenient for me to enter upon. I lay the fate of mine and of my companions in the hands of You Milord.
