Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-12-25
.LITCHFIELD ENQUIRER
Dinner Of Che Press . KosyutIl.

DiRner or the Press to KOSsutll.
The great editorial banquet was given
on Monday evening. at the Aston House
to KessutlI. The doors were opened at
six and the seats were Immediately filled.
Such had been the desire for tickets, that
thirty and even fifty dollars were offered
during the day for them. w G Bryant
of the Evening Post, presided. The
room was very beautifully decorated, and
the entertainment was very splendid
one. Letters of excuse, were read from
Gov. Hunt. Daniel Webster, ] J Crit
tenden, Alex. H II Stuart. N, K Hall,
Gen. Avezanna. ] T Buckingham OF
Cambridge. Daniel Webster's was re-
ceived with groans and Kisses on account
Of its brief. cold. and unsy mpatliizing
character. '7 ed} s.
On the giving Of the 6rst regular toast
Mr.. Bancroft made an animated speech.
AT the reading of the third toast, which
was SIMPLY Louis Kossath. the illustrious
Hungarian replied in his usually elo.
quent manner. OF course, the main
idea ofhis speech was the deliverance Of
his native land. but its p,incipsl topic
was the influence of the Pl less in pro.
curing it. and upon the cause Of liber.
~ in general,
We have room only for an extract al,
luding to his connection with the press.
1t is as follows: gu 'sa
You will generously consider that
whenever and wherever publicly speak
it is always chiefly spoken to the Press !;
and lowering your expectations to the
humility Of my abilities, aud TO the level
of the principal difficulties of my situa.
ton, you will feel inclined to some kind
indulgence for me. were it only out Of
brotherly generosity for one of your
professional colleagues. as ! profess to
be one.
Yes. gentlemen. it is proud recollsc-
ton Of my life that commenced nv
public capacity Of y journalist. Aud
ia that respect ! may perhaps be some.
what entitled to your brothetly indul-
gence. as you. in the happy condition
which the institutions of your country
insures to you. can haye not even nnidea
Of the fortunes ola journalist who has to
write with fettered hands. and who is
more than fette'ed by an Austrian arbi,
trary preventive Censorship. You have
no idea Of what torture it is to sic down
10 your writing desk, the BREAST iulI Of
the necessity of the moment, the heart
full Of the righteous feelings. the mind
full Of convictions and Of principles and
all this warmed by the lively fire of q
patriots heart--and to see before your
eyes tie scissors Of the Censor ready TO
fall upon your head. like the sword Of
Damocles. Looping your ideas, manning
your arguments. numbering your thought
and bis pencil before your eyes. ready
to blot out, with single draft, the work
Of your laborious days and of your sleep.
lessnights; and to know that the peo.
pie will judge you, not BY what you
have felt, thought Or written. but By
what the Censor wills to know tina
the ground upon which, you stand is no
~ ground known to you. because limites
by rules. but an unknown slipper,
ground, the limits Of which lie but with
in the arbitrary pleasure of your Csnso
doomed by profession to be stupid
and coward. and a fool 10 know tLi'
and yet not TO curse your dcstiny-no
to deny that you know how to read and
write. but to 60 on. day BY day. in the
tortnring work. Of Sysiphus. Oh it i.
the greatest sacrifice which an in.elli
gent man can make 10 fatherland and tu-
.6anity i' a @ ~ @'
And this is the present condition OF
the Pless. not in Hungary only. but in
all countries cursed by Austrian rule.
Our past revolution gave freedom to tlp
Press. not only to my fatherland. bsG
by indirect influence also to Vienna, ma
que, Lemberg; in a word. to tie whole
empire of Austria. This very clrcun,-
stance must BE- sufficient to insure your
sympathy TO my country'e cause (; rs
ON the contrary. the very circumstance
that the victory Of Hap1burgian dynas.
~. achieved by treason and Russian
arms, was "a watct@ord TO Cypress the
Press in Hungary. in Austria. ID Italy.
in Gsrmany-nsy, throughout the Euro
pean Continent. The contemplation that
the freedom Of The Press on the Europe
an Continent, is consistent with tbs pre-
ponderance Of Russia, and the very ex.
istence of the Austrian dynasty. This
sworn enemy Of freedom and OF every