Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-12-13
Kossuth and the Crescent.

By this caption we do not intimate the con-
~nection of the Hungarian with the crescent
flag Of Turkey, which he should ~venerate very
highly, but that bold and talented journal, the
Crescent newspaper of New Orleans. While
this paper is ready and willing to award Kos.
suTH the full extent of praise which his genius
courage and patriotism merits, it nevertheless
utters correct sentiment and tells some stun.
ming truths not at all favorable to his reputation
Indeed, this man is an enigma to US. While
we see sufficient material in his character and
past career, out of which to form a dozen he
roes deserving Of monumental fame, we are
nevertheless constrained to say, that he has
done and said much of late that is reprehensi-
bic in the estimation of the citizens of the
United States. There may be nothing derog-
atory in his leaving the Mississippi, or in his
visit to England, but can his address to the de-
mocracy of France, under the circumstances,
be otherwise than condemned! His speeches
in England, too, while all admit the superior
and powerful intellect from which they ema-
nate, must likewise confess that they expose
points deserving of the severest criticism. In
those oral declarations Of the Hungarian, we
see an ambition portrayed, of different char
acter it is true, but as glazing and magnificent
as that entertained by Alexander or Napoleon.
His speeches do not say so direct, but the SUBJ
stance, concocted by a mighty mind to suit the
tastes and arouse the passions of his hearers,
aim a speedy blow to the progress and existence
of despotism and anarchy throughout the world
he the main instrument of this grand reve-
luton, and through it not only elevate his
lame to the very pinnacle of greatness if not
of power, and his darling Hungary once more
restored to her nationality. This appears to be
his prevailing sentiment, considerably enlarged
since he left the arena of his first fame. He
calls upon the "people" for ~ahelp-helpr r. in
speaking of Hungary and the arrest of despo-
tism, not the people Of any particular nation or
latitude, but the people of the civilized globe.
And he does this (and here is he great in the
heart of the British MISUNDERSTANDING up a
passion for equal rights in the very face of
a Government which has opposed it since its
existence! This is all very well, if it did not
portray a dangerous ambition in one so gifted
and so popular. He is now upon our soil, and
the "help" which he cried for in London. while
pleading for the arrest Of despotism in the old
word, and for the aid of nations to effect it
will in all likelihood be repeated to our own
sons, and to the mixed population of ten mil
lions of foreigners, in the face of our known
non-intervention policy-changing the feature
of our politics, if not creating discord and dis.
s~ensions among our people. Such a course,
if pursued by KossurH, should at once be
checked; and the following, which we extract
from an excellent article in the Crescent, proves
there is another journal in the South be-
sides our own humble sheet, which will pro-
test against such a course by the distinguished
exile:
Kossuth has his game, TOO, but it is a nobler
one. Every thing with him is secondary to
his life-dream of independence for Hungary.
That is the unrisen sun he worships, and from
the path of which he asks us to scatter the
Our sacrifices, our peace, our pro-
.ress, are nothing to him in view of this re-
For this he is every thing to all men.
No man can read his address to the people of
Marseilles, without concluding that it is ~calcula-
if not designed, especially to appeal to the
.,rejudices of the Socialists and Red Republic
ans. He lands in England, and issues one of
he most eloquent of eulogies upon a c~onstitu-
ionai monarchy-sets himself up as its special
and de6es Socialism and Red Re-
,ublicanism, and all their works. Louis Blanc, I,
he most celebratedof Socialists, waits upon
and he Immediately re-endorses his Mar
'eilles address. He writes to America, and the
Of Hungary, a great republic in the heart /
# Europe, charms our republican %sympathies.
We do not question the patriotism, or devotion.
honesty OF the Hungarian chieftain; we do /
ay he looks at nothing but his one heroic idea,
md that he would sacrifice forty such republics !,
9 ours, twenty such kingdoms as Great Brit :
in, to make it real. !
Our policy, through all this deceptive mist =
popular phrases, is clear. If any are OPP =
'ressed, here is our own land, the most favor ,
d and glorious in the world, in which shelter .
nd protection may be found. Not all the pow :
rs and ~principalities could snatch from us one :
ingle refugee. Should he not like our land, :
hould he scale it below his own-what then? !
hall we enter upon a great war for that? Is /
is glorious old Ireland, a nobler land 9
han ours? Shall we battle for every mans
rejudices? Shall we interfere in every strdg-
le? Safe as in a Temple, safe as in Gods
louise, let every man repose here. If he refuse g
magnificent asylum. his the eontest-not Q
urs. y.
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Corn and Pork.-We have just seen a gen. .
direct from Marion county, who informs =
that corn is selling there at from 10 to 90 Z
per bushel; but that in consequence Of the il
carciiy ofhogs, pork is held up at four dollars :
er hundred. One gentleman, of South Mis- :