The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-09
From the .Nt,o York Herald.
The Recention nj CastIe Garden.

Eleven CLOCK was lne nOur appointed LOT
the reception of Kossuth at Castle Garden, but
it was not until twelve that the LANDING was
made In the mean time several thousand peo
pie were assembled within the spacious hall.
Among them were several ladies' the fair sex
evidently taking as much interest and being as
DESTROYS of seeing and hearing the great Magyar
as the men. At length Kossuth disembarked,
and then ensued scene of excitement which it
is impossible to portray Bang, bang, bang,
went the guns--tap, tap, tap, went the drums.
Hurrah, hurrah Three cheers Bang, bang,
bang. IIuuah Three more. There he is f!
Where There's kocsuth Hurrah!
Immediately on his entering, the band struck
up the lively air of Hail to the Chief" This
increased the excitement of the time
Now he appears, and is recognized. We
cannot describe the scene. Ten thousand voices
proclaim his welcome, and ten thousand hats are
waved in his honor. The rush is dreadful-im-
mense bodies of men wave 10 and fro, like the
ocean in a hurr ane Three cheers more
= Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah," and the very founda.
ton IS shaken. Order, order, order-bang, bang
The ladies' are frightened, and the police do their
best TO preserve order. At length little quiet
is restored, and Kcssuth is introduced to Mayor
I Kingsland.
Mr.. Mayor, allow me TO introduce YOU &c
I Gov Kossuth. They shake hands cordially.
Gentlemen, will you come to order for a mo
meni, uuul the mayor receives Gov Kossuth
The mayor then addressed hossuth as fol
lows
THE MAYORS ADDRESS.
! Gov Kossuth-As chief magistrate of the
\ city of New York, | tender to You on behalf o
/ its inhabitants, a cordial welcome to our shores
! Into whatever part of our extended country
you may 90, you will find the people of this re
public quick to sympathze with all who suite
in defence of those personal and civil right
which they have secured for themselves ant
their posterity. They have proclaimed to tn
world the inherent and inalienable right of mai
to life, to liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness
They have watched your abors in the same
great cause with the deepest interest
They saw you struggling to rescue for Hun
gary, those rights which her constitution ha
guaranteed, but which the rapacious house o
Iapsburg had determined to destroy.
They recognize in you, not only the chan
pion Of your country against foreign tyranny
but the dearest friend in all that concerned tn
rights and privileges of the great mass of he
people.
They followed your struggle in the feel
against Austrian power, against domestic disser
sion, and against the gigantic might OF the Rus
sian Car, with the proudest admiration of you
courage, your constancy, your patriotic devotio
to your country's cause. But higher even tina
this has raised their admiration, that matches
and transcendent eloquence, with which 20
have indicated before the civilized world III
sacred and inherent right of Hungary, TO secuI
for her people, undisturbed by foreign influenc
those blessings of selEgovernment, which II
people of this republic have so happily obtaine
for themselves
/, The American people cannot but look wit
emotion upon any struggle for freedom thu
may be waged in any part Of the world. ST.
less can they fail to regard with the deepest II
}, terest such a cause as that which has engage
, your efforts, and in which they do not doul
your whole heart is still enlisted.
| beg TO assure you, sir, again, OF the hear
. felt pleasure with which the people whom hay
the honor on this occasion to represent, bid yo
welcome TO their country and their homes.
: AS the enlightened representative OF Hungi
8 rian independence as the champion of hum'
q progress, as the eloquent advocate of univers
freedom, present to you, fellow-citizens, Lou
Kossuth
2 This address was inaudibe TO any person b
Q Kossuth himself When il was conclude
o Kossuth was introduced to the immense null
D tude before him, and bowed his acknowledge
ments But the noise continued, and il W
n evident that unless il ceased, il would be IL
possible for Kossuth 20 make himself hear
" avon 10 thoae i'm his Immediate vicinity