New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-05
KOaEufE.

note taker.
KOssutb.
When the Hungarian leader stepped
upon the deck of the Mississippi, he fondly
believed himself beyond the reach of Aus
triaR vengeance, removed from the inllu-
once of despotic intrigues and despotic
hatred. He was bitterly mistaken.
The officers If the American Navy and
the attaches of American diplomacy boast
that they are gentlemen. They are not
apt TO boast that they are republicans and
democrats. The former, especially, have
not been trained III democratic school,
and il is not so much their fauls as that of
their profession, that men should be found
among them with the very opposite of dem
ocratic sentiments. The latter, when in
Europe, associate not with democrats, but
with mon of titles ard tnsel and they are
all too easily tempted to forget that power
and honor come from the people, and to ape
the assumptions and adopt the notions of
the class with whom they are most brought
in contact With few honorable eXcep-
tons they learn to despise the people as
"the rabble," and to contemn and insult as
mere anarchists and destructives the lead
ere who in the late fearful struggles sought
but failed to establish freedom and popular
rights
Into the hands of such persons kossurH
has apparently fallen. They could not un-
derstand him, nor he them. lie thought
them Republicans, with Republican sympa-
tines, hating dcspotism and despots, loving
liberty, and jealous, as Republican officers
should be, for the elevation Of the people
everywhere. They thought him great
man, cured Of his greatness by defeat, and
now anxious only TO find an asylum and re-
pose in the United States. Parties SO OPP
posite in character and tendencies could
not harmonize. There have been ditiicul-
ties between them, and the officers have
forestalled public opinion in this country by
takiug care to have their side Of the story
widely circulated before anything could be
heard frsm the other. We cannot think this
proceeding altogether creditahe. Nay, we
think it is very small and pitiful, this Cos
siping i'll report of the exile and guest, as
sailing him at such advantage as carrlon
flies buzz about lion in the tolls.
We do not exaggerate the personal char
acter of the great Magyar. He is not
Washington nor a Franklin. He is the
man Of his country, not Of ours, undoubtedly
the greatest orator of the time, gifted with
power to sway the minds and lead the
hearts of millions, 10 impel them to deeds
of Titanic heroism, and to keep alive the
light Of undyiag hope even m the deepest
midnight of disaster If any doubt the
seality Of his genius and Of his power, let
them recall the history OF that war IN foi9,
when whole nation rose as one man at his
summons to the combat; let them remem-
Der that at this day the same nation knows
no name SO dear as that Of koSsUrH, no
faith SO deep as that in his ability, though
'baniShed and unsupported, to cope with It's
iailors and ,yTants.
The disagreement ia;o which Kossurn
has fallen with the United States officers
IL the Mediterranean, has, we doubt not,
grown out of that enthusiasm and gcneros-
ity Of character which is the source of his
power He has mistaken them, and has
not treated them with that prudence, pa
tience and Difference TO their anti-popular
preludccs with which he should have acted
under such circumstances, This was per-
haps natural. He is a man driven like L
prophet OF old by the sense OF his mission.
lie feels upon him the command of duty
that can know no respite and suffer no de-
day. The trampled liberties of millions,
the signs Of thousands languishing in prison
and in exile, the noble blood of martyrs
smoking from the sod of execution, forever
eau him to the work Of emancipation and Of
vengeance. What to such man, with
such burden upon his soul, with such
work waiting Cor his hand, are the fsrms