New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-22
KOSSUTH'S SPEECH.
ADDRESS BY DIR. BELLOWS.
~-souUrroNs-CLOsING SCENES.
THE AUDIENCE.

The scene at Metropolitan Hall on Sat
.,s.v afternoon was probably the most beautiful
At has yet met the eye OF the great Magyar since
n came 70 America. The immense Hall was
Sensely filed with an assembly Of 1900 persons,
q whom about 1850 were women. Their eager Gu
yosity 70 see and hear the Wonder of the Nineteenth
Century, was nobly gratifed by the more subdued
sens;ment of respect for the distinguished man and
Aeps for his cause.
ARRIVAL OF KossCTH.
Shortly after o'clock Judge Edmonds
spp>arina on the stage sad,." AS Governor hossu'n
.nd his family enter the room, the audience are
ssQuested TO rise
a. q. O'Clock, Koseuth entered the stage &C.
senpanied by Madame Kossuth, Madame Pulzsky,
r. pulzsky, Col Berzenczey, and several other
eIGeeys of his suite. the Mayor, Rev. Mr.. Bellows,
pev. DR.. TyDg, and Hon. George Bancroft, together
with number ofladies
The whole audience arose and cheercd vehe-
nsntly.
Hon. GEORGE BANCROFT then came to the front OF
~ stage and addressed the audience as follows;
MR. BANcROFT's ADDRESS.
LADIES OF New YORK Woman does not
pass beyond the proper sphere OF her duty when sne
meets 70 join in welcome 10 our illustrious Trend,
Who surrounded by his wife and the companions OF
his exile, honors with his presence. humanity
sTeat and good man toiling for humanity and struck
down by unjust violence. Wherever there Is ms
fortune 70 be soothed, wherever there Is sorrow 70
assause, wherever the struggling hero is called upon
70 look upward and to look forward, the voice oil
consolation should arise from Woman tApplause
The Hungarian patriot has toiled IN the spirit oil
truth and justice he has struggled for time haioweo
Constitutional Liberty, has struggled Tor r1ght 10
which thousand years had lent their sanction, mas
Struggled for that celestial hre OF Liberty wmcn
alone can carry peace ana happiness, anu
Has been connected with the imperishable
esuse Of Justice that his faith and his hope are Ike
the mountains encompassing his native land, wnch
sink their roots down TO the center OF The earth thar
thew NAV be kept firm, and lift their peaks on high,
hat they may catch the first glimpses OF the sun -
II is because ne has wished nothing but good, done
nothing but good for his country that his heart shes
forth in affection for his native land from sources as
inexhaustabie AS the sources of his own Danube
And If we look forward TO the future the wisdom
which has marked his proves conclusivey that
we need have fear in the future from anarchy from
laWlessness, or from disorder Nursed in the Sc
we're school OF adversely he has had the opportunity
10 contemplate life in action and IN prison. from the
quietness OF the East and now from our own native
land He has declared TO us, and he has declared 10
the world in language which wisdom itself inspired,
that for the future OF Europe there is no good hope
out In Tepubcanism, tappa,isel and that he under
stands perfectly well what that means he has given
evidence by telling us that he knows repubicansm
70 exist must have vitality in all its parts that there
must be suffrage extended to all as 1t is among
ourselves, and also centralized government and
municipal liberty. Applause And so he comes
among US, the honored guest OF the nation, thrice
over invited thrice, four times, many times over
made welcome. sThe Congress of the United
States-the Executive being the voice Of that Con
gsess-summoned him to our shores from Asia Minor.
Ne came, heralded by the President of the United
States, who, in his most solemn address To the
ton, announced his coming as the coming OF the
rishtul Chief Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lioeT-
~ had been Overthrown by violence. He comes
among us, and he finds himself welcomed to our
municipal institutions, welcomed by all but
x,fI I'D ,x,
She President welcomed by the millions of this
widely extended land, who lift up the voice OF
sonsratnaicn at seeing him. and hope for his future
that welcome he responds in language which rs like
the voice Of many waters Applause he comes
10 us under the sanction OF the example Of Wash
irgtcn foE never believe that Washington, who at
he moment OF doub, in his career wrote to France
20 stretch out its hand for relief, and declared
that II il not extended he should perish never
believe Washington would have seen nation
struck down by the hand Of violence, robbed of its
life and left bleeding on the earth. Never believe
thai Washington would have been the Pharisee to
have passed by for his heart Was noble heart
thai thT0bbed with impulses for all humanity his
heart was like iron at white heat, which CLOVIS
though it does not sparkle. He welcomed the APP
preaching European popular revolution with en-,
thusiastc JOY, and all his life long nothing could
dim the eye Of hope within him with which
he looked toward the future Of Europe. La
dies and gentlemen, what an occasion 10 this
which 10 presented to us Our Industrious friend
comes among us, the haEbinger of the future
For consider a moment how republics fra came
into being. They came into being among colonies
che colonies OF monarchical Greece first instituted
republics. Men wen, forth, leaving behind them
monarchy and aristocracy, and planted colonies
end these, away from the domestic infiasnce Of
monarchy and arstocracy, set themselves up as free,
and found by the light OF nature how TO govern
themselves. and that self government was so beau
siful and SO practical that as 1t became known in
the mother Country one State after another an old
Greece itself assumed the forms Of republican gov
eYIment This was done in a comparatively narrow
part Of the earth The day came when colonies
should be planted wherever the ocean extends Its
waters. England, France, Spain, sent forth their
colonies, and now what do we see That all
the way from the banks Of the 81. Lawrence, 70
Terra del Fuego, all the way from New-Eng
land to the waters Of Oregon The standard Esndsn
English, Spanish, everywhere in America are Re-
publicans We ourselves, ceasing TO trace our or
tsn nom single land, receive among US the repre-
seAsatves OF every country, and thus become IN the
FACE OF Humanity the representative OF every coun
ny N the world. And this forebodes that the time
coming when, following our example, the mother
mother country Of the Grecian colonies, establish
Republics lCheersl WE'LL YOU know what was
the symbol Of the near advent Of that result II
was when our illusuious friend sailing under the
aloYious banner Of the stars and stripes the trcoor
Of America passed between he ises Of Greece Then
IL that the waves ofthe Egean Sea clapped their
hands for Joy then the sun looked out with new
splendor on the marbles Of the Parthenon then the
bees as they gathered honey ON the mountains Of
.Hymettus, found the flowers possessed of unwonted
fragrance then the Muses. as they sat disconselste
On Mount Cytheron, rose up, and pointing 70 the
Geld of Plates, exclaimed, with voice to be heard
through the world, Aristides, too, was an exile"
Look to the field OF Plates the held OF Plaiea keeps
the record Of what a returning exile may do
ICheers.l We look ~ the future, then, with hope
We are firm in the conviction that Hungary viii
emerge nom the lurid cloud that now overhsngs
her. We are confident We may yet welcome her, IN
the east shining on the forehead OF the morning sky
the brightest star IN the armament the day-star OF
European Republican Liberty applause
Prot. II. p TAPPAS then recited on original ode,
the points in which were loudly chsered by the audi
saee particularly those which claimed the sympathy
and and Of strong and free nation for an oppressed
and wesk one.
Dr., Tying remarked. l have been constituted the