The republic., 1851-12-20
From the Buffalo (N. ~ ddoeftiser.
Kossuth ys. SNnahiugtou

The Kossuth ftvor seems to sweep every thing
before it in New York. If the papers fairly re-
present the popular feeling the excitement on the
subject of Hungarian independence and the en-.
thusiasm respecting Kossuth himself, are wholly
unexampled, even in the history of that mercu-
rial city There is no other topic discussed by the
press, and apparently nothing else talked about
by the people, All the phrases Of eulogy and en-
comium exhausted in describing the elegance
and sumptuousness Of the banquet given him at
the Irving House, and broadsides of the papere
the speeches made on the occasion. The chief
feature is of course the speech of Kossuth
That production, according to the concurrent tes
timony of the press, is " above all Greek, all Ro
man praise" And certainly, as an intellectual
effort, it deserves all the admiration that has been
lavished upon it. He intended it as a full ex-
position OF his views and purposes, and it could
scarcely have been more carefully and delibe
rately elaborated. II is ingenious able full of no
BILE thoughts and instinct with patriotic fervor and
the love of liberty. One easily imagine that
the effect of such speech would be resistess upon
an excited auditory, especially when delivered in
Koasuth's captivating and most impressive style
of eocution. Referring to this speech, the New
York Commercial says, cones heart yearns in gym
pathy for his condition, and when he speaks lie
We have rarely looked upon a countenance that
speaks 30 earnestly in its very silence, into eyes
more eloquent in appeal or listened to a voice SO
touchingly sonorous, 30 truly expressive of deep
and truthful feeling. Mr.. Kossuth is man to sway
multitudes. With him every gesture is n voice;
every intonation an argument. He carries men
captive by his earnest but unobtrusive enthusiasm
and displaccs reflection by impulses"
His extraordinary power over his hearers could
have no stronger illustration than was exhibited on
this occasion. The company at the Irving House
comprised large number of men of education end
intelligence sober minded and discreet persons of
sedate habits and conservative views-and vet il
was to such an assemblage that Kossuih demon
strated one of two wothings-eitherthat the Ameri-
can people and the proioundcst and most venera-
bic and veneratcd American statesmen have mis-
interpreted the language and sentiments Of their
own immortal Washington, that the 'sFather of
HE Country" was egregiously deficient in sapacity
and forethought And stranger still, the company,
under the influence Of his speech, adopted as their
resolutions, three propositions which Kossuth de.
sired the people of the United States 20 declare.
Surely nothing but the very delirium of horo-
worship could have so carried away the judgments
OF his hearers Never before has any man made
an appeal to the people against the uniform policy
OF this Government, and, to justify that appeal told
the people that their statesmen have wholly mis-
understood the purport of Washington's njunc-
ons or that il would be absurd at the present day,
to follow his counsel, if he had given il. And
yet the company endorsed his doctrines without
question and by acclamation.