The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-08

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1t might have been fairly supposed, after a
stormy voyage of fourteen DAYS, during the
whole of which Kossuth was desperately sea-
sick, AID with the prospc ct ola campaign before
him, compared to which the whole Hungarian
war was only trlfle, that he would have been
allowed bis first day in America to recruit his
strength, and to exchange congratulations with
bis private friends. But the patrio,i c people OF
Tompkinsville, Staten Island, determined 9th
erwise, and the lion of the day was made TO
parade before he had been twelve hours in the
| country.
| lie had been left in charge of DR.. Dome bv
our city authorities to get his land-egs on, and
to enable the commercial metropolis of The
! Unlon--thc heart of the whole nation-to give
him reception worthy of his position and of
the country; bat, in the meanwhile, he was car
ried off by the besieging islanders "taken up
to the top of high mountain" and addressed
by several individuals in the most eloquent
manner. As, however, Kossuth bore it all with
the most unexampled good will, no body
else perhaps has right to complain. We will,
therefore, describe the proceedings in the order
they occurred after the close of our Yesterdays
report.
THE PROCESSION
About one o'clock procession was formed
in front of the Hospital buildings, when Kos
suth came forward from DR.. Doane's house, and
took seat with the Doctor and Richard Adams
Locke. in carriage. In another carriage, Ma.
dame Kossuth, Countess Pulsky and others OF
his suite, were seated. The procession, consist.
ing of several military companies civic soceti s,
mounted citizens, and large number of car
riages, took up its line of march to a large tent,
which had been erected on a hill about a mile
from the Quarantine. It passed through the
principal streets, and was greeted with immense
cheering by the country people in multitudes,
who thronged the way Arrived at the bio
tent, the principal personages took their seats
on raised platform, and Nil Locke began to
read his address. lG was an appropriate and
well written paper, but, like most of these af
fairs, too long for the occasion and the place.
by the way, let us remind those people who
will have addresses of this sort to make hereaf
ter, that the French speakers are models in such
matters, and seldom 90 beyond halfdozen
well selected senteuces) Mr.. Loeke's address,
however, was warmly received throughout, and
was Immediately responded to by Kossuth.
APPEARANCE AND MANNER or THE ORATOR.
When Kossuth rose, he was greeted by three
tremendous cheers, which were instantly fol.
lowed by the profoundest silence. He looked
have been at home than in that cold air, enthu
siasic and well-meant as his reception was. H
is thinner than we would infer from the por
traits, but with well formed and even handsome
features. His dress was the ordinary Hunga-
rian blackvelvet tight coat with loose sleeves
buttoned and frogged to the neck He also
wore loose overcoat, which he threw off in the
course Of his remarks
kossuth's face expresses great saeacity and
penetration, while his temperament indicates the
most intense earnestness and power Of endu.
rauce. There is less of the scholar in his look
than we had supposed, and more Of the man of
business. lie seems capable Of the most pro-
tracted work. In reposc there is the touch of
melancholy about the lips which you see in the
port ats, bot when b c is animated there is unu
sual herceness in the eye. His voice is full and
flexible, with most decided foreign accent. and
yet with clear and distinct English pronuncia.
ton II is rarely that foreigner after ten
years sCJourn among US speaks our tongue with
more correctness and fueucy. Sometimes he
stops for n second or tNo 10 call the word and
when he does so, it is invariably the right word
But the main charm Of his oratory Is not the
language nor the thought so much as the man.
ner, which is rare union Of grace with dignity
lie stands in an erect position, with as much
hrmness as Webster, scarcely moving the body,
while there is an ncessaut and graceful play Of
the arms and head. His gestures, always easy
and appropriate, ere very varied, aud show
natural gift for that mode of physical exprcs-
sion.
lie was not at all boisterous or even impas
stoned yesterday, but simple, plain, direct and
quietly in earnest Many Of his remarks we're
in the familiar style ofconversaton, though there
WAS The constant oratorcal tendency when his
thought or sentiment rose in dignity or value,
10 viyacicus and even vehement utterance. His
least tones are strongly sympathetic, and we
can well conceive his power over an audience
when some great theme has excited speaker and
hearer alike into magnetic unison.
There is in his look, tone, bearing and whole
appearai ce, the nscipms ess of power beyond
any display that he is making at the time. One
!, els ttat no single effort gives out the whole of
him, but that b'ck Of all the external manifesto
lions, there Is vast reservoir of strength This,
we should say was one of his principal character
isiics Orators are often a superficial sort of men,
ike the Italian improvistores with exhaustless
fertility of uttcrance, but without prsfuund re
LECTION and feeling Kossuth does not appear,
from our first sight of him, to be of this sort
His fiuency comes from the fullness, rather than
the shalowness Of his mind Yet, ia the reAec-
tive and logical faculties we should not compare
him with Webster, as an English writer has done
lie Is not so ponderous rs Webster, and rescm-
bles, in facility and ease of manner, the more
spontaneous Clay.
MS SPEECH.
As the occasion Yesterday was rather an in. I
formal one, we shall not report the speech at ]