New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-22

honor Of such position fcT nyeef, echno~leoge
TO be great whether regard The valued audience
whom an TO respresent or the very distinguished
individual, to whom ] am 10 speak ~ theif name.
You have had repeated opportunities Sir 20 address
the mt OF this Republic, SINCE your welcome arrival
In this City. Hin each Of these occasions, some OF
the women OF our favored land have been permitted
70 hear. But there, they were guests. Perhaps
sometimes, they might have feared themselves TO be
murders. Now, the assembly is theirs and the other
sex are here, but as their representative aud atten
dalts For the first time with u.s. you 10 have
that opportunity, the importance and interest OF
which, IN our private relations We so well under
stand, TO address your appeals particularly and per
sonally to the female mind and heart. But on TINS
occasion, you have privilege rarely granted W
your sex. Your address has been particularly So
licifed by them. Can man occupy In ais social re-
lations, higher, or prouder elevation than M,
The ladies in whose name have been appolnIeo -
speak have been embolcenedto make TINS fe3u. "a
ycu, both from their knowledge OF your n..o by
and from the consciousness OF tnen Own ,s ,a6
and characters. They well Know h, ,ns noSie
| your country women have suffered IN she hoJ.e
| cause, which as bound up IN your person n'aJ "a
exiled for time but must be triumphant N .nI
The massacre of whole popu atlone IN youi se
the burnng OF the fairest weiines on your teIoD
the hynta ecouysings OF the mothers and daugntefs
of Hungary by the base official cruey Oh aus. ~.
have not been unknow 70 mem Ioo,e intimate &C
cnaintance with the heroic affection OF woman
heart what she endure for the man "non sne
yensrates and loves and no " much she can cleei
| Inc labors solace and dignity the solitude, ana
animate and sustain the hope, OF HIM "hom she
feels il an honor still to call her Lore. Ana upon
this -four daiion of your knowledge OF the worm ana
influence of the sympathy OF womanss heart ana
the aid OF woman's COUNSEL they have felt II 10 De
no humiliation of themselves, Tor American women
TO offer voluntary hearing TO you. But, sir, there
is that in themselves also, which gives them conn
fdence in this request In America woman feels
her entire social equality and nights, with man She
is acknowledged here as his adviser, his partner,
and his best earthly friend. In the past days OF our
our own struggles for independence and freedom,
they tell you of their mothers patriotism and en-
<h<( natat 10th ruyhn IN nYaC ont.
ing the shield to her son. said, EITHER brng me back
this, or be brought back upon 1t "-Or hike the wo-
men of the ancient besieged city, who cut off their
own hair for bowstriDgs for their defenders,-they
could tell you instances of female devotion to the
sacred cause Of American independence and Liberty
of cheerful sacrifices, not OF ornaments only, but OF
garments and clothing Also to relieve the suerlngs or
to encourage the confidence OF the asserters OF their
rights of their gathering IN the house OF God, TO
offer united prayer for his defense, when their sons
and husbands were in the midst OF the fight, and the
balls Of bOmbaIding enemy were falling around
the temple in which they were convened An as
semby like this, is no exception OF peculiarly on
this occasion. With us, female sympathy and en-
couragemeDt is fixed and all-impoTtant fact. Our
women must hear, and understand, and be informed
Of all the great subjects Of interest N which we are
engaged We deem it sad characteristic oil any
cause or pursuit in which the man is occupied, that
the woman must be kept In ignorance OF 1t. we
delight in the fact, that our women are DIS
posed and prepared to give you an intelligent
hearing and may have directly from yourself
complete understanding of the great scheme OF
truth, and interest and duty, which it is your
mission to present. We have no fears that you will
speak too profoundly for their comprehension or
too earnestly for their emotions or their Judgment
Permit to congratulate you, Sir, on the vast honor
and importance of your present mission and employ
ment What blindness was il in Austria to suffer
you to escape, How little did the depot know of
the springs which are to move the future, when
he thus sent you out with the undOubted diploma
of his own hatred and vengeance, to teach the ma.
tons the great truths which he would give the world
to crush. Far better for the cause Of despotism
and darkness IN the earth to have consexated your
abode IN prosperity as the Governor OF the King OF
Hungary. than thus to have commissioned you to
Stir up the nations and throw open the deeps of the
human mind and heart. This was their ignorance,
not their plan Prosperity in your effort for indie
pendencs there, would have shuty up IN your own
lovely valleys, and by your own fertiliZng rivers
and have yelled in domestic peace and national re-
repose your power to awaken and move the
world. The embraces OF Austria would have
destroyed you. The sunshine of her smiles
would have sent poison into your veins. Her
howDs and prosecutions were to be the instruments
Of your triumph. They have ground you under the
power OF their Hostility, and then scattered you
abroad that the world might feed upon the heathful
and nourishlDg product How vast is such
mission You have sent abroad to speak to man,
kind, to enchan the ear, and to the heart of
the human race, for far heavier struggle, and far
nobleI victory, than till now you could have i'm
agined. Austria may call you an exile. America
will hail you as an apostle. And, where on the
globe, was there such rostfum as you nave found
tn this great commercial CITY No European me-
CATION of the banshed ntes ence OF all the nations
OF Europe itself Neither London nor Paris could
have arayed before you such a mass OF minds, able
70 appreciate eager TO listen, ready sand anxious
10 act. No opening upon the ocean cold have pre-
pared for you such instant and unlimited power of
mankind. No crisis IN the history OF man could have
SO driven your mighty message, as upon the light
nine's power, to the remotest habitations OF the
eaith. You are here addressing the conregated
race of men. They will listen, they must hear and
never have any weeks in your life been so potent
and sopIegnant as those which have passed in the
City of Newly ork 1t is vain TO talk of non inter
vention now Your first speech upon this soil was
intervention which cannot be retracted. Promises
and covenants may be withheld and violated But
vast and deep IDEAS remain and remain to work and
20 human power can forbid or arrest their operation
The effect OF your addresses, even in Austria and
Hungary, would not have been so great II your voice
bad sounded on the Danube instead OF the
own tongue, rather than in your amazing
and majestic conquest of foreign one.
Phe dignity, the majesty of your present position
cannot be enhanced Go on. Boldly, honestly speak.
Fear not. Your words are winged There will be
no limit TO their flight They are barbed. There
can be no withdrawal of their hold: The effects are
and too widespread, TO have flowed from any human
origin, or to be overruled or counteracted by any
politics or wisdom Of man. And now, Sir, the ladies
whom have the honor TO represent, knowing your
distinguished history conscious of their own ntell-
gent interest and power in your cause, and fully
aware Of the vast Importance and consequences of
your tleNdteU career ueShe themselves 10 De the
auditors Of the voice of Kossuth and of the claims Of
Hungary
This speech was very often interrupted with ap-
plause, IN some instances SO noisly as to obge the
speaker to remain silent for considerable time.
When the applause had subsidized, Gov. Kossuth
rose to reply. He was greeted by prolonged cheer
ing, and with every manifestation Of JOY.
KossUTHs SPEECH.
Governor kossUrH then spoke as follows:
| would were able to answer that call.
l would / were able conveniently to fill the place
which your kindness has assigned TO me but really
l am In despair do not know how many times
have spoken within the last fourteen days in New
York Permit me to make some few remarks which
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