Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-12-06

Cardinal Hughes, in letter to Horace Greeley,
says that Kossuth is not great man-that the late
European buttons, unlike those at the end of the
18th century, produced no Ereas men. We should
like TO know by what standard the astue Jestit
measures greatness. Otherwise, it is difficult to
discuss the disparagng negative which he so insult
ingy casts at the of this eventful epoch, which
has just begun in Europe. How many great men did
The Frence Revolution of 1898 produce? Who can
tell, unless we have generally recognized standard
OF greatness? In France, England, and Germany,
many men, lllustrious in terature politics and war
were produced by thatrevoiution But we do not
know of one, who, according to cur idea of great
ness, exhibited any of its attributes and qualities
10 the same noble extent, that Kossuth has done
Napoleon was the chief actor in the grand events
succeeding that Revolutions but he was destitute Of
5he soW OF greatness. The circumstances in which
he depofted himself were tremen dous but detached
from those circumstances, Napoleon Bonapare hinl-
self, is contemplate man. He was selfish, vim.
diclive, and caious, in his disposition, and he was
false to all that is sacred in the idea Oh homes
Such man might be great, according to the stand.
ard Of ancient Rome, but, in a Christian age, he
dwindes down to the positive rank Of those who
are merely illustrioes. Kossuth, in bis heartsoaas-
pirations, and acts, comes nearer TO Washington,
THAI any other man Of DER age. Ifit had been his
fortune to detect the traitor Georgey, as Washington
did Arnold, he would have been at this moment,
like Washington, first President of Republic,
founded through his wisdom and genius, and by the
virtue and Vaor of his countrymen. 1t seems to US
notwithstanding the denial of Mr.. Hughes, that Kos
suth is great man. who inspired AS he did,
the whole HungariaR nation, to rise against the br-
tally OF Austria, and who only still sustans the
hopes of bleeding Hungary, but causesa thrill of
generous sympathy and ardent enthusiasm to swell
<he great moral, sympathetic heart of Anglo-Saxon.
dom, must, we believe, be great. His private life
is pure, dsinterested, and illustrious His motives
and his actions are worthy Of each other; and they
are both honorable the man. As Washington
was the representative man Of America, so Kossu,h
like our own Washington, is the representative man
of Hungary He is the incarnated personifcation
OF the wishes, the sentiments, Ehe affections and
the hopes ofthe Hungarian people.
Kossuth is, at this moment, awaiting his public
reception in New York, and the excitement Of public
NSNPSSSH ""d 10 ihtClinSs he real,
true, generous heart Of America trembes in antic.
patton Of the pleasure it shall feel in welcoming the
expariated Magyar our hospitabe shores for hos
pitable they are, TO all the ,ctte men who suffer
in freedoms cause.
Kossuth deserves the cordial welcome of every
true American. His whole career has been repro.
ducton Of our revolutionary struggle except in
the catastrophe. He opposed the unjust, unconstitu.
tiona action of Austria, towards Hungary, as our
Patrick Henry and Franklin opposed the Illegal
tyranny Of Great Britain He spoke as our orators
spoke He printed as political philosophers did
He was prescribed like our Hancock and Adams
lie fought like our Washington. He inaugurated
republic like our Jefferson. And he fell, because
Gorgey more successful villain than Arnold
In Kossuh we behold the times reproduced, in which
the demigods of American freedom MADE liberty
law. Ia him we have restored the generous fervor
Of the morning of our,liie a nation. The virtues
of our fathers, their eloquence, their devotion their
sacrifices, their hopes, and their aspirations, cume
up before us, at his name. We bid him welcome to
shores, and trust. that, when he goes hence
again. it will be to complete the parallel between the
American and Magyar struggles, in the establishment
Of democratic republic