Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-24
TIE EDINRuRG REVIEW.

Nash e. Woodhouse have laid on our table the
July No. Of this interesting Quarterly. Ills filled
with mastery articles; and among them Re.
view OF Sir Edward Bulwer Lylion's new poem,
King Arthur; Macaulay's England Austria and
Hungary, striking sketch Of the condition and
resources Of The LATER and The causes Vi the death
struggle with Austria. We cannot forbear from
giving The following extract. touching Kossulh,
one of the mos, remarkable men OF the day, and
Who in his patriotic sell-sacrifces and endless
resources Of mind, resembles our great and only
Washington:
OF such people 9TH, Hnngarians) il is impos
stle to despair; and hope is strengthened by the
characters OF their present leaders. We have al.
ready conlraSitd the banenness of Austria in
myn aud measures with The abundance and acliv-
ty oil Hungary. Our limits will moi permit even
briei sketch Of The administrative talents OF
Csanyi or the financial powers OF Duschck Bul
Louis kcssuth too remarkably embc dies The &C.
MUS ol The people and ths cause, To be passed
over in silence.
".The warriors who in The ninth century, cross
ed The Carpalhians with Duke Arpad beQuealhed
TO their descendants an oriental hinge OF character.
The Hungarian of the nineteenth century accord
lDSly COUDtusS q lclFlu WIN d
strong under Standing; and il is peculiarly alive
TO glowing, apohlhegmatic, and even mystic
eltquence. The speeches oil Kossulh have part
ly an Arabian fcrvor, and partly a religious
earnes,ness-which remind US OF Mahomed and
Cromwell. Els words, even more than his deeds,
mark him as The man OF the hour His health
has been broken in The solici,uds OF an Austrian
dungeon, but his genius was maiured there TOO; ;
and the union OF the statesman will The en'husi.
asl imparts personal az well as historic interest
10 bis career. kossuth is Justly the IDOL OF the
people whose councils he directs. To the frmest
lailh 10 his mission he adds unwearitd energy, a
genius for organization, aud keen perception OF
the character OF others. His wise choice OF in.
strumcnts. and his skilful cobcealment of his own
plans until the moment of execution, enable him
10 reconquer the whole length ol Hungary. from
Drb.eczin 10 the frontier, al the very moment
when the Austrian general aid statesmen bclier-
ed him 10 be fugitive, and had set price upon
his head. Throughout Galicia and Austria, the
police were furnished with The most minute IL
s,ruclions to look Tor him under every disguise.
His presence with the army was disc reded, aud
his capture al Eperes was reported al Vienna,
"a! the very time that he was advancing upon
Pes,h, and putting down the Servian instruction
with an ilnnrovsed force OF 10000 men,
awe have shown that The physical character OF
Hungary is seconded by The genius oil lis peo'
Pile, and the genius OF its people guided by men,
both civil and military, equal 10 The prcsen, crisis
Whatever may be The issue of the present strug.
gle, the names Of Kussuih, Szemere, Csany ard
Duscheck, and Of The generals BEN, Gorgey,
KIapka and Damanich. are cuiiiled 10 rank
among the foremost Of their age. Should the
result he favorable, and Hungary either maiuIain
The independence oil lis crown, or resume, bu!
with stronger guarantees its relations with Aus
ria, new career is open for lis people. A pcr!
on the AdTialic, an abundant aud increasing
produce, institutions now unielercd, comprehen-
siye, and tolerant, aid ID BY The manly and prac.
teal temper o. its inhabitants and their generous
aspirations, mus. in thai case, raise The Hunga-
rians ere long 10 level with the great nations Of
Europe. Among those nations Hungary looks
10 England Tor lis sympathy al the present mo-
ment, aud az its example for the iu!u:e."
From an article on Free Trade, We select
the following comprehensive passage. The
beneficial influence Of the liberal CONNER
cial regulations Of this country upon the uni.
versal prosperity has impressed itself deeply on
the popular mind The proiuctivensss Of the Ia
rid Of 1886 TO the public revenue Is admitted
BY the Wing papers. The N. Y. Express al
ludss TO 'the unprecedented large amount q
duties collected at the Custom House during