The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-11

settled there. Among these settlers there 10 sec
e csned Onesn0m (the ptous), who are known Of
snsr long gowns. fu. caps, and eudy locke. h'l
the native Jews. Kossuth's father conduc ed Z
yexatious lawsuit against the chefrsbbi of phsly
The cause OF 1t is not known. but It lasted May
years, and was carried On With great obstinacy BY
sons ofthe attorney died, and very shortly Alter.
the father also. Prejudice and bigotry spread n
report to the effect that this heavenly visitation
was in consequence Of q. curse BY the rabbi; aud
the power of the Jewish eoclesiastc. The sick and
unfortunate of all religious professions focked Co
the rabbits houss;,to be cured and assisted by his
wondrous SPELLS The rabbi enjoyed the greatest
respect and reverence; he was q shrewd and sxpe-
rienced man. aud'turned the ignorance fthe people
to his advantage, IS is not unfrequently done by
political and ecclesiastical leaders Of other creeds
The widow Of the attorney, fearing that her last
boy, Louis Kossuth, would also fall victim to the
curse of the rab oi, was induced by maternal love
to pay visit to the bearded rabbi, and seek his
pardon for the offence given to him BY her late
husband. The rabbi received the sad widow very
graciously, and even favorably, which emboldened
shTewd rabbi hesitated, gazed at the boy aud con-
versed with him. Vivacity and high spirit then
already distinguished the lad, and the respectful
rabbi and his suit had favorable effect on the We.
nerable ecclesiastc We omit to portray the state Of
mind of the wise rabbi, the anxious N other, and
the hi Oh minded lad at that moment; we leave
We vi. but ss.. P sss pss . than ss .sSs
laid his hands on the head Of the child, and
blessed him. This was considered so great an
event in the country, that the family of Kossuth
carefully noted down the psalm quoted by the
rabbi which was the Goth, and the passage. verse
a." Natatta iiraesha mes Lehisnoses mipne Koshet-
Selah." Chou hast given banner to them that
fear thee. that it may be displayed because of the
truth.-Selah) The rabbi selected this verse on
(truf fha
name kossuth" is pronounced by the Hungarians
The rabbi then impressed on Kossutn's youthful
mind not to entertain hostile feelings TO wards the
poor Jews; this injunction obeyed, aud even at
school, Louis Kossuth distinguished himself by
tolerance. These little traits come cted with the
boys growing up bright and vigorous man, gave
the rabbi great name and authority.
When kossuth commenced his political career, h,
expressed himself at literally towards the
Jews who understood how to keep Kossuth's attach
verso in the synigogues, and on all sole M occa-
sions. kossuth coon promised the Jews the boon
of emancipation. He loved the Jews; aud they
loved him. They shed their best blood in the
dered him many services; and even his private
secretary was Jew. The eman ,ipation of the
Jews In hungary was proclaimed Mt Szegedin Just
before the Russian invasion The Austrian 60
vernment saw the necessity Of soothing the fer
mentipg ele ment. Stadion, who had an eppor-
tupty, during his residence in Poland TO study the
Jewish character, recognized the dSnger of driving
the Jews "a body Of people full of mind and age)
back into their Ghetto. 1t was known at Vienna
that Pillersdorfs fall owing to the non-execu-
tion of the principle of religious liberty embodied
in his constitution. The cabinet Of Sab varzeaberg
have acted more wisely, and have carried out the
principle to its fullest extent But the attac hment
Of the Jews to Louis Kossuth remains unab ated
The enlightened adore him for his capacious mind,
whilst the orthodox revere him on account of the
blessing of the rabbi