The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-10-16
From the New York Herald,
sx-..., ~ an. Life o Louis Kossuth, the dIstin-
$500 uulsIsed Patriot.

erck the Great, and Alexander he fills brilliant page in
history but, like Washington than the others
named Kossuih occupies the heart OF The republican
world. We give sketch of his life Our authorities,
however. are Austrian-bter, malignant and yndlcuve
against the patriot but. with the sting and the venom
extracted, we believe have furnished our readers
with pretty fair biography OF the man.
Kossuh j. in his forty-fh year lie was born IN the
1i%pdS e Of The hey
the comat OF Zempn, member OF the Ausburg con-
fesson. His possessions, being limited TO few OF
vineyard and arabic land did not admit OF much expense
on the education OF his children lilo found means, in
deed place his son Louis in the College Of Scharasch
patack, Protestant institution OF the neghborhood
With this aid he prepared himself for the profession OF
an advocate. After obtaining his diploma he became
agent to Countess Szapary, The influence which he
derived from this position and from the relations which
be had established al college with the noble class OF the
district. gave him some weight in the assembly OF the
comita in which the noble propretors and official dgn
taes are accustomed 10 meet together from four TO SIX
times IN the year. for the management oil local AFFAIRS the
execution OF government DEGREES, &c In these assem-
bes the principal influence naturally devolves the
holders Of civil Offices and those who, by their ora
tory, influence the elections TO those Offices.
After the lapse OF several years, kossnlh closed his &C
counts with the Countess Szapary, and, in hopes OF
larger field for the practice OF the law removed to Pesh
Here he found the chances OF advancement in the legal
profession cut of by the number OF established compet-
tors and the year 1922 he betook himself to Presburg
the abegat representative in the Hungarian Diet OF
an absent magnate in which capacity he enjoyed resi-
dence free, seat at the lower table, and right Of
speaking but not OF vong IN all OF which particulars ms
position exactly that OF three hundred similar
representatives OF absentee noblemen, most OF whom
were likewise educated for the law Al the commence
ment of the proceedings OF this Diet kossuth is said,
essayed to speak but if abashed at his presump
ton in the presence OF the older and experienced
heads around him. he dessted and Tell back upon the
idea OF setting foot Journal to be devoted to the pro.
ceedngs of the Diet and specially to the publication OF
the discussions in the sngs OF the circles so.caed OF
which no printed protocol haa ever ye appearea ness
~ conferences OF The Deputies at which subjects were dis
cursed, under the presence OF deputy OF the govern
ment, but under that OF members who were changed
every week and merely asa preparation Tor uerlor us
cusson in the Diet proper the diary OF which was printed
This preparatory discussion did, however IN truth, IN
vove the pth Of the proceedings OF the Det for, con-
Quoted under the supervision OF popular audience, un-
checked by the precedence of government otcia II laid
ssb e ih be avo OF be oeope The effect ny
deed upon the deputies present not Immediate with
respect the decision OF questions at ISSUE for the depu
ties strictly bound by the instructions furnished 10
them by their constituents The comats received
twice month from their respective deputies official
ports OF proceedings, and were very generally guided in
their further instructions the tone OF these reports and
the manner In which the various proposals OF the popular
opposition party commented upon in them. These
reports read in the comitat assemblies and those
who had seat in the latter thus obtained knowledge of
the speeches delivered in the Diets but The public large
had little or no information Of them.
This stale of things kossuth determined 10 turn to the
account of the opposition. With funds contributed by
OF the deputies he procured lhographc press,
with the view OF disseminating his journal AT cheap
rate possible, though not without profit him.
self, through all the comats. The experiment took
with the peoples but the Austrian spies became alarmed
and soon the central government ordered the paper to be
suppressed kossuth's party in the Diet resisted Ii
would not do 10 put down the liberal Journal and the
matter was compromised by buying out the press But
.ns aia moi sop ne paper, was paolsned ~ manu-
experiment still succeeded The price was, indeed raised
to Six forms for the monthly amount OF the journal, OF
which two sheets issued twice a week the
number OF readers decreased but still each comita was
customer for from to copies. In the towns
raj societies paid In advance, and many deputies contrib
IphIv lu N a1tI
subscribers and benefacors improved and enriched
under kossuths treatment and reputation and popularity
flowed from his pen. The enterprise was altogether a
mt and kossuth arrived not only al covering his
expenses, but al consideration in country of which
be influenced with progressive force the representative
body, their discussions and their decisions, while, the
same time he acquired followers in body OF
adheTents
With the close of the Diet after a session Of four
years. in the year 1885, these sources OF kossuths in
fuence and prosperity were dried up, and he betook
himself reporting the proceedings OF the comitat as
semblies which communicated by local reporters,
and distributed in thegraphic shape among
numerous subscribers al Pesth.
The government again became alarmed, and made sew
eral Intellectual attempts TO suppress the obnoxious jour
nal but still il continued to report series OF eloquent
harangues upon the legal questions which now agated
the whole country and his speeches in the
bly, trangressed all limits OF the respect considered TO be
due TO the sovereign. The Paatne at last received
instruction TO seize the press the comat House OF
Assembly, 10 arrest kossuh himself and proceed
him charge of high treason. In conseq OF the
illness Oh NE hICnduke Tdldtne, the execution OF
order devoved upon the chief judiciary the Count Cyra
ky and the Crown Fiscal Feesch, with company Of
grenadiers arrested kossuth at his residence in the
Ofner Hills, in April, 1897 His papers also seized
and among them many important letters from deputies
OF the opposition, of which, however, further notice
taken. kossuh's defence conducted by the
Baron Nicholas Wesseleny, who himself under
similar accusation, founded expressions against the
King which, in his zeal for the dissolution Of all bonds
Of loyalty, be had made of in the Assembly OF
the Szathmar comitat. In his his personal lib
erty was not affected as, by the law OF Hungary,
certain amount OF property is considered surety
against the escape OF accused party. kossuth,
having no property was not exempt from personal
durance Several young people, whcbag followed Kos
suths lead In the agitation OF their comals also
arrested on charges OF high treason. He himself was
conveyed TO the fortress OF Oten, where he allowed
books writing materials and newspapers, and daily
walk on the bastoDs with othcer. Here he devoted
himself with much application 10 political studies and to
that OF the French language, and It was al this period
that he gathered from the republican literature OF that
country maxms and principles which ineradicaby fixed
risn independence upon his imaginaon-that the
idea oil revenge upon Austria for the wrongs which his
country had endured, engendered Ii about this
hme hst Tue relation commenced which resulted in his
subsequent marriage with the daughter of a noble of
Suhiweissenburg Wesseeny-a lady who inspired with
Admauon lor ms political exertioDs him books and
exchanged letters with him in his captivity They were
married soon after his liberation in is4I The sanction
OF the Komish Church was obtained for this mixed mar
rlage with difficulty, and celebrated nv p,oss,an,
clergyman. The proceeding for high treason ended in
1889, with sentence 10 four years Imprisonment Wes
se!eny was condemned 10 the same The connection hs
tween these two cemenled by equality in suffering
and the halo OF patriotism which attached them both
In this year 1S39) the Hungarian Diet assembled and
lad n w nd from nfnan