The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-17

or to his effort in London: but this may de
pend upon the impcrfection of the report, fol
the correctness Of which we cannot answer.
N. YoRK, Dec. o-3 P H.
After Kossuth reached his hotel, his private
Secretary dictated his speech from manuscripts
to the reporters. We copy it from the Her.
aid
| am vet half sick gentlemen; tossed and
twisted about by f6rtnght's gale on the At
lan'ic restless waves, my giddy brains are
still turning round as in whirlpool, and This
gigantic continent seems vet to tremble be-
meath my waverinT stop. Let me, before GO
70 work, have some source of rest upon this soil
Of freedom, your happy home. Freedom and
home What heavenly music in these two
" rds Alas! have no home, and the free
dom of my people is downtrcdden. Young ei-
ant of America, do not tell me that thy shores
ore an asylum to the oppressed and a home to
the homeless exile An asylum it is, out all
the blessings Of your glorious country, can they
drown into oblivion the longing OF the heart and
the fond desires Of on native land My be-
loved native land, thy very sufarinrs make
thee but dearer to my heart Thy bleeding
image dwells with me when | wake, as it rests
with me in the short moments of restless sleep.
! 1t has accompanied me over the waves; it viii
accompany me when 90 back to fight over a.
gain the battle of thy freedom, once more |
have no idea but thee; | have no feeling but
thee Even here, with this prodigious view of
greatness, freedom and happiness which spreads
I before nv astonishcd eyes, my thoughts are
wandering towards home, and when | look
over these thousands of thousands before me,
the happy Inheritance of yonder freedom for
which your fathers fought and bled, and when
turn TO vou, citizens, to bow before the majesty
r.. a 4 81.
New York for their generous share in my liber-
alton, and for the unparalleled honor Of this re-
ception, see out Of the very midst of this great
assembage, rise the bleeding image of Hunga-
ry, locking to you with an anxiety whether
there be in the lustre of your eyes ray of hope
for her. Whether there be in the thunder of
your applause a trumpet call of resurrection
If there were no such ray of hope in your eyes,
and no such trumpet call in your cheers, then
woe to Europe's oppressed nations They will
stand alone in the hour of need Less FORUM
ate than you were, they will meet no brother
hand to help them in the approaching giant
struggle against the leagued des pots of the
world and woe also to me. | will feel no
Joy, oven here and the DAYS of my stay here
! will turn out to be lost for my fatherand-
Lost at the very time when every moment
is teeming in the decision Of Europes desti-
ny.
Citizens. Much as | am wanting some
hours of rest much as have need to become
familiar with the ground will have to stand
upon before enter upon business matters pub
licly, took it for duty Of honor not to let es.
cape even the first moment Of yonr generous
welcome, without stating plainly and openly to
you what sort Of man, and what are the ex.
pectations, and the hopes, what are the motives
which brought me over TO your glorious
shores
5 Gentlemen have to thank the people,
, Congress, and Government of the United
States, for my liberation from captivity. HUI
man tongue has no words to express the bliss
which | felt when | the downtrodden, Hunga-
5 ries wandering chef, saw the glorious flag Of
the stars and stripes huttering over my head
when first bowed down before it with deep
. respect, when saw around me the gallant Off
/ GERS and crew Of the Mississippi frgate the
4 most Of them the wor,hiest representatives Of
true American principles, American greatness,
American generosity, and to think that it was
= not mere chance which cast the Star Spanged
e banner around me. but that il was your protect
t ing will to know that the United States OF
America, conscious Of their glorious calling as
well as their power, declared by this unparal-
leled act to be resolved to become the protectors
2 of human rights ITO see a powerful vessel OF
by which the mightipst despot Of Europe, fet-
tered the activity Of an exiled Magyar, whose
very name disturbed the proud security Of their
: sleep; TO feel restored by such pratection and
, in such way TO freedom, and by freedom, to
: activity you may be well aware of what have
felt and still feel at the remembrance of this
proud moment of my life.
Others spoke; you acted was frce' You
acted and at this act of yours tyrants trembled
: humanity shouted out with Joy; the downtrod-
den people of Magyars-the downtrodden but
not broken, raised his head with resolution and
with hope, and the briiliancy Of your star was
greeted by Europe's oppressed nations as the
!, morning star of rising liberty
5 Now, gentlemen you must be aware how
, boundess must be the gratitude which feel
for you. You have restored me to life, because
) restored to activity; and shauld my life, by the
, blessings of the Almighty, still be useful TO my
0 fatherand and humanity, it will be your meri,
--st will be your work. May you and your
elorio0e csuutry be blessed for II, Europe is
N Che gerry cvenf such immense events, that
. 6oweser servent my sgfsstuds BE Ia you,
would nos have felt authorized t. oroys the At
flantie, Il this very timssony for the purpose T.
exhibit to you my wazmest thanks. 1 would
e have thanked you by acts eontributina 10 the
freedom Of the European cont inenss and YOU'D
have postponed nv visit to yonr glorious Sh6se,,
till the decisive battle for liberty was fought II
it we've my destiny to outlive that day. Then
what is the motive of my being here at this
5 very time 2 The motive citizens, is that one
generous act of yours, is but the manifestation
of your resolution to throw your weight into the
balance, where the fate Of the Europeans is to
j, be weighed. You have raised the conviction
y throughout the world, that by my liberation,
you were willing to say to the oppressed ma