The New York herald., 1851-12-04

The aPproach OF the greotoo6 IN OF the age,
Kossuth Of Hungary, to the free shores Of America,
is stirring up elements Of contsovWsy in various
quarters, from editors down 70 loaSsrs, and from
loafers mp to congressman and charlatans For
. long time there has been . dispute between Ger
tain editors in this goody metropolis, relative to the
mind, the capacity and characteristcs OF kossutn'
and the Hungarian war. The ex.Charge to Aus
tria, whe must have received all his intelligence
when he dined one day in Schoenbrunn, nom the
highest authorities in the Austrian empire-Hom
Schwartzenburg, Haynsu. or worthies sf tnas
stamp-has insisted, al along, that Kossuth was no
patriot-no republican-no dsmoHat-no genera
friend Of human liberty, in any compre hennve
form,-that he was, in fact, from the beginning co
the end Of the Hungarian struggle, merely q. sup
porter of the exclusive Hungar1an mobiles, and
opposed the rights of the masses Of otter races,
who had been held in subjectisn by the Magyars.
In opposition to this view, certain editors of the
other branch Of the sane party--the abolition
branch-the hairy and un-hairy philosophers of
the Tribrwe and Tir,es- those two black ponies of
abolitioa-the Bessy Bell and Mary Grey of the
Seward party-have endesvored to show, by in
termiEable extracts from all sorts Of pamphlets,
magazines, newspapers, and old books, that Kos
suth was republican-that he fought for the liber-
ties Of the aggregate people Of Hungary-that he
was and is true patriot, and that he is the most
complete and unspproachsble democrat Of the day,
on either side Of the Atlantic, or from the North
pole to the centre of the tropics.
Without at all going into the bling and silly
details which both these classes of philosophers
have raked up; without wishing to disturb the en-
joyment that now is derived from the expects
tion Of the reception that will be extended to the
great Magyar on his arrival in this country, We
may at once pronounce both these classes of dis'
putants-the Cossacks on the one side, headed by
Haynau and the Emperor of Austria, and the Ko.-
slths on the other, led on by the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, and others Of that ilk-we may pro
nounce both, in some measure, right and correct in
their conclusions respecting the character and peliti
cal characteristics of Kossuth during his whole
career in Hungary, and up to this period. Both
classes of these controversasts are, in some mea-
sure, correct in their estimation of the character
and history of the hero Of Hungary, but it is neees-
sary to unite the inferences and deductions of both
on platform, in order to present full portrait
of Kossuth to the minds eye.
In the early part of Kossuth's career he was, ne
doubt, monarchist, as the term is understood in
Europe, and as is represented by the ex-Charge to
Austria. In latter stage his mind had gone
through the natural progress Of intellectual de-
velopenent, and he gradually approached, through
the process OF paper money and necessity, nearer
and nearer to republicanism, until, during his oap-
tivity in Turkey and his in England he com.
pleted his political education, and now comes to
this country fullfedged, undying, and dyed in-
the-wool democrat.
What a set of ridiculous silly charlatans these
editors of ours who are attached to this clique or
to that clique, or to the other clique, are. They
are utterly capable Of forming correct or com.
prehensive opinion Of any man Of the age; and the
bert evidence Of it may be found in the ridiculous
exhibition they have put forth Of their silly erud-
tion and nonsense, relative to the career and cha
racter Of Kossuth. All great revolutions, and
every original republican that sprapg from them,
have passed, in every age Of the world, from
the depths and dungeons Of monarchy ana mo-
narchieal ideas, up to the lights and heights of re-
publicanism, by the gradual development of facts
ideas, and historical events The great men of the
American revolution were at 6rst monarchists; and
in the early stages of our struggle with Great
Britain, they sought only for the abolition of the
tax on tea, imposed BY the British Parliament.
The British government refused the reasonable
demands of the American people; and from that
moment the fathers Of the country gradually
went through the process Of changing their belief
in monarchy and monarchical institutions, to full
faith and triumph Of repubhcansm and democracy.
The same process and gradual change charac-
terized the old revolutonin England, commenced by
HampdeA and Sydney, in consequence ofthe ship
money and other impostions attempted by Charles
the First. They commenced by avowiag their be-
lief in monarchy and in monarchical rights, to a
extent; but in consequence Of the op-
position of the crown, they gradually went through
the natural circle of human rights, and reached the
belief which establish the Commonwealth, and de-
molished monarchy in England for series of years
The sane characteristics mark the rise, progress,
and history of the old French revolution. In the
States General Of l7s9 there were few or no avowed
republicans, and even Mrabeau and those asso-
eiated with him, claimed the right merely to form
q conaitutonally monarchical government. Op.
position from the crown as in the other instances,
naturally Led to the developement of the political
mind Of the age, and the consequence was the
establishment Of the old Fren:h republic, the re-
collection Of which has it's influence at this day,
even in France and in all Europe Even in an
cient times, the very old republics Of Greece sad
Rome went through the same circle OF despotism,
u ons rchy, and democracy.
With these historical examples before US, show
ing .se natural progress Of the human mind and
the human character, how foolish il is in editors
calling themselves intelligent and acquainted with
history, to be lighting each other day after day,
writing and printing interminable columns Of YER
bisge, and ndiirg the merest sophistry that could
occupy the attention of the school boys, or school
men Of the middle ages Kossuth once played tee.
totan and the football. He was a smart boy then
On the banks Of the Danube. The ex. Charge to |
Austria may well say that Kossalth's views at |
this moment do no. rise above teetotum or foot.
ball. because 1t is fact in his history that he once
played these amusements in some by-ane or by- |
way, or the fields Of Hungary. What nonsense
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