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communicated to Congress. No measures were adopted by that body, 

 however, which would enable the Executive to extend to those unfortunate 

 men, the facilities to come to this country, which the Turkish government 

 seemed to expect ; without this authority and an appropriation, the Execu- 

 tive could do nothing. This the Turkish government ought to be made 

 fully to understand. 



[Copy.] Secretary of State to Mr. John P. Brown. 



Department of State, 

 Washington, 22d February, 1851. 

 John P. Brown, Esq., Dragoman of the United States Legation at Con- 

 stantinople. 



Sir : Being desirous to know the exact condition in which the Hungarian 

 exiles are, and what the intentions of the Turkish government are supposed 

 to be in regard to them, I would be obliged to you, if you would give me 

 such information on this subject as you may possess. 



Yours respectfully, 



DANIEL WEBSTER. 



[Copy.] John P. Broivn to the Secretary of State 



Washington, February 23, 1851. 

 Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State of the United States. 



Sir : I have had the honor to receive your letter, of the 22(1 instant, in 

 which you are pleased to request that I should communicate to the Depart- 

 ment whatever information I may possess respecting the circumstances con- 

 nected with the detention of Mr. Louis Kossuth and his companions, now 

 in Kutayich, in Asia Minor ; and consequently beg leave to lay before it 

 the following statement : 



When, in September, 1849, Mr. Kossuth and his compnnions fled from 

 Ilungiiry, and found safety in the dominions of the Sultan of Turkey, from 

 the united forces of Austria and Russia, they (the Poles and Hungarians 

 together,) amounted to some four thousand in number. You are aware 

 that the Emperors of Austria and Russia demanded, that the Sultan of 

 Turkey, whose protection they had claimed, should deliver them up, and 

 that the Sultan generously refused to accede to their demands. The Sultan 

 however, as a matter of friendly compromise, addressed to each of these 

 sovereigns an autograph letter, offering to expel from his Empire, or to 

 detain in it, under surveillance, any of the refugees whom they might de- 

 signate. The Emperor of Russia requested that all the Poles should be 

 expelled from Turkey, and consequently, the Sultan sent to Malta, some 

 two hundred and fifty Poles in one of his own steamers, and they have 

 dispersed throughout France and Belgium. The Emperor of Austria asked 

 the detention in Turkey of such of the Hungarian chiefs as he might namr 

 in a list, which would be given to the Porte by the Austrian Legation at 

 Constantinople. In the mean time, a large number of the refugees escaped 

 from Turkey, through the generous connivance of the Turkish authorities, 

 and made their way to difllerent parts of Europe, and even to the United 



