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Austria brands the great Hungarian as traitor; but an enlightened Public Opinion, the predestined queen of the civilized world, already re-judges the justice of the tyrant government.
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Sumner critiques the Austrian government's labeling of Kossuth as a traitor, highlighting the role of public opinion in justice.
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