The southern press., 1851-12-03
KOssuth.

As by far the most interesting matter the
mails contain, We present our readers again this
morning with another speech from KossUTK-
one of his p. +. C.s TO the English people
Among the many remarkable traits Of this truly
remarkable man, his gift of tongues is the most
noticeable. The reports Of his speeches are eyi
IDENTIFY daguereotyPes Of the actual utterances
of the orator, taken BY the most accurate re.
porters for there is freshness, fervor, raci.
ness about them all, which prove them TO be the
productions of no common man. And yet,
under all the disadvantages Of speaking in a Ian
guage so new Ia him, KossUTH yields that
weapon with power and an effect rivalled only
by favored few among those whose mother
tongue il is. The chef art Of the orator, too
that Of relieving the weightier parts Of his
speech by brief but brilliant flashes of fancy
he possesses in an eminent degree and Gas we
have before remarked) Whatever varying opin.
ions may be entertained of his strategy as a
general, no one now can deny him the palm Of
oratoy.
The press Of this country, with exceptions
few and far between has done justice 10 the great
Magyar; and it's conductors echoed the general
voice Of welcome 10 this true votary Of freedom,
standing true TO the faith that is in him. in des-
pite Of the lures or the threats Of despots--as
firm in exile as while flushed with the hope Of
coming conquest. The, Aigcucsr, the New
York Courier, follow Hbeir faint and feeble
echo the Richmo2 g. affect to sheer at the
enthusiasm wbic advent 20 our shores has
excited in the d kis Of our people. But as
soon could the Nile be damned up with bull
rushes, as those puny efforts at dsparage.
ment prevail in turning back the current Of
popular admiration setting so strongly towards
him. Both as a patriot and an orator--whose
hate Of tyranny and tyrants though bafFied, ia
yet burning still'-we welcome the illustrious
exile, who reared under the shadow Of despot-
from that pit Of darkness and comprehends aud
teaches the true doctrines Of constitutional free
dom, respect for law, and rational liberty.
More especially do We admire those eloquent
outpourings Of his, because in them all he incul.
Gates the great truth that GENERALIZATION and
DEsPoTlsn are synonymous terms, and that the
former tends to produce the latter as invariably
and inevitably as the report follows the flash Of
the engine Of destruction This lesson we too
and the advocates Of strict construction in this
country, have sought to inculcate; for il applies
as forcibly here as in Hungary. In a popular
government especially, the encroacbments of the
central power are more to be dreaded, because il
adopts indirect modes Of action, and while most
rapidly stealing power from the sections to
strengthen itself, loudly procaims the largest
liberty Of each, and the " eueral welfare" as
its prete1t and apology.
Hence it is that the antiqua'el otgans Of an.
Gent federalism, the disci ,es Of the consolida.
ton school, and the eager apoIogsts for foreign
as we'll as domestic despotism, and all the swarm
that fatten wli.e they lutter around the court"
attemst 10 prejudice the public mind against
Ko,.uth, first by retailing sanderous gossip, and
afterwards by indirect insnuation and inuendo.
Again, therefore, we say thrice welcome Kos.
sutb.