The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-18
Koseiusko and Ksssuth.

lalthlul anu euISuteucu sPfl VIII Buiuo no u C.
Koseiusko and ksssuth. :
Did the Resemblance between these two
names, dear reader Of The Tigss, ever occur &c
You? If not, learn the reaf pronunciation
K6sstltsko and Kosshut--and try how glibby
and companionably they fall from the tongue
Two patriots they; great men, glorious men---
the one now dead thesesthirty odd yeafs, thpugh
his name lives imperishabiy; and the other q
gigantic living entity, whose shadow rests on
re- dictionary Europe, the prophecy of coming
heart-stirring events. The Kosciusso ar the
past and the Kossuth OF the present are equally
intimations of free, millennial future for the
world. "a II s.~.s.t0 y s.- Z q,ag 80 s5tas
IL may not be without profit to turn back an
age or so, and run a parallel, after the manner
OF Plutareh between these heroes 4.
Poland, at the time when the american Col
onies were jeaously defending their natural
rights, was, like Hungary invoved I'M sharp
conflict for the maintenance of its national nde-
pendence For centuries it had enjoyed q con
stitution resembling essentially that OF the Ma
gyar. The King was elective. There was nn
aristocratic Diet Its separate nationality was
=unqaestioned. Very little authority anisno alb
solute power had been entrusted to the King
oO ItotIiCtct Wcto VIC u'o CIOVu, tHa'
there were times when it was difficult TO find a
wearer for it. THE government wasra repub:
lie, disguised as monarchy; and, Ike that OF
Hungary, was a source Of perpetual uneasiness
and of perpetual troubles to Tho despots whose
territories lay upon the frontier The year l768
Witnessed an alliance of Austria, Russia and
Prussia, for TIE dissolution of the obnoxious
kingdom The resistance of the mild King
Stanslaus was, like all his 'nctlons,5 without
spirit or energy. His nebies played their parts
with more ferpor and galiantry but, noiwltl-
standing the IN ,sti desperate hendeavor-, the
lirst treaty OF partition was signed by The allies
~ 1712.
'fhe kingdom,'or more properly che republic
was shorn. OF, lis fair proportions. It's most
courageous defenders had -desPaired OF fbetter
times, aud sought tue shores Of America, where
their blades still advocated the principles OF
liberty which they had vaniy worshiPped, and
trusted to perpetuate at home. For nearly 2
score Of years the land enjoyed the rest OF ex-
hapstion, The people were, paralyzstd and utterly
with their hopeless effort, The re-
public md sunk into amere outside proyincp of
the great monarrhies adjaeent. The, wish for
freedom was there, and burning naora, wildly
than evet;; abat the time and the man for a
fresh assertion OF Independence has not yet ar,
IlSeu $500 ~
ioiThes EJeDch reyolHtinn broke out, = Europe
was stunned, land the beraists delighted, with an
entirely fresh set Of deas.'nilhey were studied,i
secretly adopted, idolized Ieverywherea PqanS
was IN a ripe State to catch theiintection AShe
now believed her hour had come-and the man.
The, man was Thaddeus lKqsciusko., y
The leader Of The Polish insurrectiotii was Of
gentle parentage /; hndreceiyeda thorough train
ing at the military sch0ol Of Warsaw ]; fallen in
LOVE, desperately and therefore foolisblynwith a.
fair daughter of the governor of Iithuana j was,
bitterly disappointed; "a and cDnsoied himself by
crossing the ocean, and giving his aid to the np.,
patiently hopeless strife FOR liberty. in which
Washington was then embafced. - 70 the fst&a,
Of that chieftain he was attached as an engineerp
with The title of Iieutenant ,colehei AID nptl
only learned the art of war in q general way,
but the art of warring for the dearest of human
rights, at the expense of the dearest of human
comforts, Auxuries, and other attendants of in
glorious ease From this schooling he passed
to the leadership Of the Polish revolulionists
His preparation was completeaoo ilni 1oI ;,
The motive of the first DEMONSTRATION Of the
patriots, was the exclusion external ihntiences.d